Aleksey Vertkov

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

Dir. Konstantin Buslov · With Yura Borisov, Olga Lerman, Artur Smolyaninov

While vacationing in the countryside at his childhood home, a woman suddenly reveals to her husband that she is expecting a child – but not his.

Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev · With Konstantin Lavronenko, Aleksandr Baluev, Maria Bonnevie

WWII, 1945. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white German Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.

Dir. Karen Shakhnazarov · With Aleksey Vertkov, Vitaly Kishchenko, Valeriy Grishko