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• Broken Wings | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £14.94   |  Saving you £8.04 (67.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The remarkable feature film debut of Nir Bergman Broken Wings tells the story of recently widowed Dafna and her increasingly estranged four children. Five year old Bar suffers from feelings of abandonment while 10 year old Ido attempts to break the world record in the free jump - into an empty swimming pool. The teenage son Yair refuses to go back to school preferring to spend his time dressed as a mouse distributing leaflets in the metro. Seventeen year old Maya

• Gagarin | DVD | (23/06/2014) from £8.14   |  Saving you £4.85 (59.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On April 12 1961 Soviet fighter pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off into space not knowing what fate awaited him. He was one of the legendary top twenty men selected for a mission wrought with danger and whose bravery knew no bounds in his quest to become the first man in space. Gagarin tells the story of one of modern history's greatest pioneers and of the Russian space team whose untiring efforts and determination led to the conquering of the unknown.

• Hamlet | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £11.09   |  Saving you £-0.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The surface of ceremonies and rituals celebrating the coronation of King Claudius (Mikhail Nazvanov) and his marriage to Hamlet's mother (Elza Radzina) leaves the young prince indifferent. Hamlet's melancholic nature finds no relief from his brooding, not even in his courtship of Ophelia (Anastasiya Vertinskaya). However, a nocturnal visit from his father's ghost changes everything. Claudius' treachery having been brought to light, Hamlet conducts a quest to avenge his father's death.Grigori Kozintsev's renowned Soviet production ranks among the finest adaptations of Shakespeare on film. His strong visual style places the characters on a rich widescreen canvas while preserving the inward dimension of Hamlet's character. Laurence Olivier, director and star of Hamlet, the Oscar-winning 1948 English production, praised Kozintsev's Hamlet, singling out Innokenty Smoktunevsky's performance as the definitive screen performance of the Prince of Denmark.

• Battleship Potemkin | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £8.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sergei Eisenstein's revolutionary sophomore feature has so long stood as a textbook example of montage editing that many have forgotten what an invigoratingly cinematic experience he created. A 20th-anniversary tribute to the 1905 revolution, Eisenstein portrays the revolt in microcosm with a dramatisation of the real-life mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin. The story tells a familiar party-line message of the oppressed working class (in this case the enlisted sailors) banding together to overthrow their oppressors (the ship's officers), led by proto-revolutionary Vakulinchuk. When he dies in the shipboard struggle the crew lays his body to rest on the pier, a moody, moving scene where the citizens of Odessa slowly emerge from the fog to pay their respects. As the crowd grows Eisenstein turns the tenor from mourning a fallen comrade to celebrating the collective achievement. The government responds by sending soldiers and ships to deal with the mutinous crew and the supportive townspeople, which climaxes in the justly famous (and often imitated and parodied) Odessa Steps massacre. Eisenstein edits carefully orchestrated motions within the frame to create broad swaths of movement, shots of varying length to build the rhythm, close-ups for perspective and shock effect, and symbolic imagery for commentary, all to create one of the most cinematically exciting sequences in film history. Eisenstein's film is Marxist propaganda to be sure but the power of this masterpiece lies not in its preaching but its poetry. --Sean Axmaker

• Cirque Du Soleil - Vol. 3 - Alegria / La Nouba / Dralion / Saltimbanco | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £20.23   |  Saving you £9.76 (32.50%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Cirque Du Soleil - Alegria: A feature-length film starring the Cirque du Soleil Alegria is a beautifully filmed fantasy about the strange world inhabited by circus performers and their interpersonal relations. Veteran thespians Mako Langella and Cox provide the acting chops while members of the famed Canadian troupe do their inimitable thing. Cirque Du Soleil - La Nouba: Derived from the French expression ""faire la nouba "" which means ""to live it up "" the show lives u

• Barber Of Siberia | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £10.06   |  Saving you £5.93 (58.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1905 Jane Callaghan a once beautiful American writes to her son at a famous military academy. Her memories take us back twenty years to when she arrived in Russia to assist Douglas McCracken an obsessive engineer who needs the Grand Duke's patronage to sponsor his invention - a massive machine to harvest the forests of Siberia. In the course of her travels Jane meets two men who will change her life forever. A handsome young cadet Andrei Tolstoy with whom she shares her pas

• Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba | DVD | (22/08/2011) from £3.95   |  Saving you £12.04 (304.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set in the 16th century this is a story about the Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing armies.

• Verdi - Stiffelio - Domingo/The Met/James Levine | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Stiffelio the searing drama of adultery jealousy religious devotion and reconciliation is sung by an all-star cast led by Pl''cido Domingo. Performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1993 this rarely staged masterpiece was conducted by James Levine directed by Giancarlo del Monaco and filmed by Brian Large.

• Ladybird Ladybird | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ladybird Ladybird is Ken loach's harrowing story of a woman's fight to keep her children and her relationship intact. Maggie has had four children (by four different fathers) removed by Social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge a gentle Latin American refugee she gradually sees her chance of happiness but her history still haunts her. Once entangled with the social work bureaucracy she finds it difficult to break free.

• Ivan The Terrible - Part 2 | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1564 Ivan suddenly changed his methods of ruling and moved his family to his estate at Uglich outside Moscow. As a result of the pilgrimage to this country retreat by the populous of Moscow Ivan is persuaded to return to the city. Taking advantage of this mass support he now has the backing to make his rule more powerful and decisive than ever. The boyars were forced to to accept some drastic changes including the formation of wo different goverenments in Russia so that Ivan cou

• Ivan The Terrible - Part 1 | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £12.76   |  Saving you £3.23 (25.31%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sergei Eisenstein's two-part epic chronicling the life of the 16th Century Tsar Ivan Grozny is one of film's most artistic and absorbing creations. Over three years in the making ""Ivan the Terrible"" features an operatic score by the esteemed Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev. The story begins with Ivan's coronation at the age of sixteen. One month later contrary to custom that demanded he marry a foreing princess he marries Anastasia a Russian girl from the Romanov family - m

• Dark Descent | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Take a deep breath; it might be your last! Deep in the Mariana Sea Trench a corporate underwater mining complex has been built - an industrial Atlantis. When a dry-dock chamber incident kills several miners an investigator is sent to find the cause and immediately discovers that it was not an accident...

• Verdi: Simon Boccanegra -- Metropolitan Opera/Levine | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A performance of the Verdi opera 'Simon Boccanegra'. Conducted by James Levine.

• Sadko | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Sadko's exotic world of myth magic and mystery encapsulates all the seductive charm of 19th century Russian opera. This widescreen DVD will be the only DVD version of Sadko on the market. Filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg 1994. Kirov opera Orchestra and Ballet Mariinsky Theatre St Petersburg under Valery Gergiev.

• War | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (32.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'War' is set around the ongoing civil war between the Russian Federation and Chechnya written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov best known for the ""Brat"" series. Ivan a Russian prisoner is being held by Aslan a Chechyan rebel leader. Hostage negotiations begin resulting in the decision to allow Ivan and a British prisoner John to go free so that they can return with the ransom for the release of the other captives. However unable to raise the money the two men return to

• Guardians | Blu Ray | (21/08/2017) from £12.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  During WWII, Joseph Stalin receives intelligence reports on top secret genetic experiments performed by Nazi doctors who were trying to create a super soldier. It was reported that German doctors carried out their experiments in the territories Germany occupied during the war - France, Spain, Poland and USSR. Meanwhile, United States intelligence reported that there are traces of super humans in the States. Stalin has no choice but to create Patriot - a super-secret defiance and research organization so combat the potential threat from the German experiments. The Soviet experiments continued after Stalin's death and During the Cold War, Patriot succeeded in altering the DNA of selected individuals, and created a team with super human powers known as GUARDIANS, to defend the homeland from any threats. Now, for the first time, the superheroes gather to prevent a nuclear disaster that could destroy the entire world.

• Blown Away | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The moment Rich meets Megan there is a spark which ignites an erotic passionate affair. An affair that creates an obsession some might think worth killing for. Rich is an ambitious eighteen year old who along with his older brother Wes works at the resort owned by the beautiful Megan's father. Rich and Wes have a mysteriously strained relationship haunted by a dark secret from their past. Megan is searching for an escape but she trusts no one. Rich fights hard to win her trust - she has everything he has ever wanted. It takes time but Megan eventually falls in love with him - and Rich vows that he will protect her and help her work out all of her problems. But he doesn't suspect until it's too late the solution Megan has in mind and how far she will go... to get everything she wants.

• The Equalizer | Blu Ray | (15/07/2019) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  McCall (Denzel Washington) has put his mysterious past behind him and is dedicated to living a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer. Special Features Vengeance Mode with Denzel Washington & Antoine Fuqua (Exclusive to Blu-ray) Denzel Washington: A Different Kind of Superhero (Exclusive to Blu-ray) Equalizer Vision: Antoine Fuqua (Exclusive to Blu-ray) Inside The Equalizer (Exclusive to Blu-ray) One Man Army: Training and Fighting (Exclusive to Blu-ray) Photo Gallery (Exclusive to Blu-ray) Home Mart: Taking Care of Business One Bolt at a Time Children of the Night

• Night Watch / Day Watch Double Pack | DVD | (04/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nightwatch (Dir. Timur Bekmambetov) (2004): Embrace the day. Fear the night. With a centuries old truce beginning to break down, the forces of light and darkness come to do battle in modern day Moscow... Based on the first of Sergei Lukyanenko's trilogy of sci-fi horror novels, Night Watch is a groundbreaking new phenomenon, the highest-grossing Russian film of all time! Daywatch (Dir. Timur Bekmambetov) (2006): Like The Matrix, Day Watch combines cutting-edge digital e...

• Night Watch/Day Watch | Blu Ray | (20/10/2008) from £24.99   |  Saving you £9.99 (39.98%)   |  RRP £34.98

  Titles Comprise: Nightwatch (Dir. Timur Bekmambetov) (2004): Embrace the day. Fear the night. With a centuries old truce beginning to break down the forces of light and darkness come to do battle in modern day Moscow... Based on the first of Sergei Lukyanenko's trilogy of sci-fi horror novels Night Watch is a groundbreaking new phenomenon the highest-grossing Russian film of all time! Daywatch (Dir. Timur Bekmambetov) (2006): Like The Matrix Day Watch combines cutting-edge digital effects and mind-blowing action to create a stunningly original world. Only one thing stands between peace and Armageddon: the supernatural agents of Day Watch who fight to control the armies of light and darkness. When the son of a senior Day Watch officer turns to the darkness forces beyond the imagination are unleashed and the fate of the world hangs in the balance!