The drama of a former noblewoman who became the wife of an NKVD officer in the 1930s, and the almost anecdotal story of how a spirited stallion was prepared for Marshal Budyonny's parade and, in the end, a reliable mare was "slipped in" instead. The realities of life at the top of the State Security Service are shown, their ordinary and "sweet" life with its joys, intrigues, betrayals, and tragedies. Russia is like a whirlpool that sucks in and destroys.

The Only Living Boy in New York
2017
6.3/10

Fidelity
2019
6.7/10

Effie Gray
2014
5.9/10

Some Velvet Morning
2013
5.8/10

Foolish Wives
1922
6.5/10

Ayka
2018
6.9/10

Burnt by the Sun
1994
6.9/10

An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
1977
7.0/10

The Brothers Karamazov
1958
6.6/10

Tchaikovsky's Wife
2022
6.1/10

The Coach
2018
6.6/10

Rasputin
1996
6.5/10

Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944
7.3/10

Pitfall
1948
6.9/10

Addicted
2014
5.9/10

Lawn Dogs
1997
7.1/10

Little Odessa
1994
6.5/10

Too Big to Fail
2011
7.0/10

Flights in Dreams and in Reality
1983
6.5/10

Breathe In
2013
5.9/10
In the Mood for Love
2000
8.089/10