"Director: Aleksandr Sokurov"

• Russian Ark | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Russian master Alexander Sokurov has tapped into the very flow of history itself for the flabbergasting Russian Ark. Thanks to the miracles of digital video, Sokurov (and cinematographer Tilman Buttner) uses a single, unbroken, 90-minute shot to wind his way through the Hermitage in St Petersburg--the repository of Russian art and the former home to royalty. Gliding through time, we glimpse Catherine II, modern-day museumgoers, and the doomed family of Nicholas II. History collapses on itself, as the opulence of the past and the horrors of the 20th century collide, and each door that opens onto yet another breathtaking gallery is another century to be heard from. The movie climaxes with a grand ball and thousands of extras, prompting thoughts of just how crazy Sokurov had to be to try a technical challenge like this--and how far a distance we've travelled, both physically and spiritually, since the movie began. --Robert Horton

• Alexandra | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Acclaimed director Alexander Sokurov's beautiful new film explores the enclosed all-male environment of a Russian troop regiment in war-torn Chechnya. In the oppressive heat of a remote military outpost an old woman (legendary Russian opera star Galina Vishnevskaya) arrives in search of her twenty-seven-year-old grandson whom she has not seen in seven years. What she discovers is a world devoid of warmth or comfort and with a constant undercurrent of violence in which questions of life and death are decided every hour of every day. Exquisitely photographed and directed Alexandra is an extraordinary examination of masculinity and the mental and physical scars wrought by conflict.

• Mother And Son | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Power Of A Tender Love Alexander Sokurov's extraordinarily lyrical film is a beautiful and tender exploration of the deep affection between an ailing mother and her devoted adult son. Set in a hauntingly beautiful landscape which Sokurov's camera transforms into stunning cinematic canvases the pair recall happier times as the dutiful son lovingly nurses his ailing mother in her final hours. The first part in a proposed trilogy about family bonds that continues with the captivating ""Father and Son"" ""Mother and Son"" is an emotional a poetic masterpiece of unique vision.

• The Alexander Sokurov Collection - 3 Disc Set | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Alexander Sokurov is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim.This box set includes three of his masterpieces, available on DVD for the very first time.Save And Protect (1990)Second Circle (1990)Elegy Of Life (2006)

• Moloch | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This drama is based on Adolf Hitler and his mistress Eva Braun's relationship. Focussing predominantly on the Spring of 1942 and a gathering of Hitler's right hand men Bormann and Goebels at his fortress.

• Confession | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The stars of an endless night bathe a Russian navy battleship cruising the icy waters of the Barents Sea in a spectral haze. Through the prism of its crew of conscripts their chores their watches and conversations the ship's commander immerses himself in a reflection deepened by loneliness. In a long night time journey punctuated by ghostly apparitions Alexander Sokurov paints a moving human epic revealing the outlines of Russia's historical destiny.

• Sonata For Viola - Dimitri Shostakovich | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Banned in the USSR until 1986 Sonata For Viola documents the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975). In addition to being a moving profile of a musical genius the film bears witness to the joy of modern music. It shows how the maestro despite the drawback of his time overcame the storms of history and human frailty. It is illustrated with rare archival footage skilfully chosen by Alexander Sokurov

• The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Documentary profiling one of the leading lights of world cinema; Andrei Tarkovsky the Russian director of thought-provoking classics such as ""Solaris"" ""Stalker"" and ""Ivan's Childhood"".

• Elegy of a Voyage-Alex Sokuro | DVD | (01/08/2008) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Elegy Of A Voyage tells the story of a man who embarks alone on a dark journey across vast snow-covered expanses boundaries border-crossings and sea to arrive in a foreign country. In a highly-industrialised area he is carried away into a stream of traffic. He chronicles in detail what he sees those he meets - all that lights his path. He eventually arrives at the doors of a palace that seems almost abandoned and enters a ghostly museum. In the moonlight the traveller discovers the goal of his voyage: a painting by Peter Saenredam : ""St. Mary's Square"" painted by the artist in his presence in the 17th century. Elegy Of A Voyage (48') HUBERT ROBERT A FORTUNATE LIFE is a stylistic portrait of the 18th century French painter based on paintings exhibited in Saint Petersburgs beautiful Hermitage Museum. Hubert Robert A Fortunate Life (26')