Kira Muratova Movies

This celebrated director's "exquisite cruelty" appears front and center when the death of a stage actor turns a theatrical drama into a real one. Two...

The movie examines the lives of the not-so-fortunate dregs of society through airy but uneven absurdist comedy. The unfortunates of the title are...

One day, Grigori appears at the hospital in a state of excitement and informs her that his mother has died. Margarita, who also knew this friendly...

Two young orphan siblings travel to Moscow in search of their missing father. Scared of being separated and sent to orphanages, they hope to reunite...

A sweet romance unfolds between two young factory workers who meet on a train and set out to discover their city together before the young woman must...

A couple of post-Soviet slackers want to record a video message for their friends who have moved to the United States. Muratova’s view of...

A strange man intervenes between ex-spouses on a matter directly related to a large sum of money one of them had secured after selling a piece of...

The first uncensored documentary about the Soviet Union ever made by an outsider. The film takes viewers to 12 of the 15 states of the former USSR.