Films
Below is a small sample of both Russian and American films about Imperial Russian period. You can find more films by searching the Emory Library catalog, and limiting your results to video or visual materials.
Anna KareninaCall Number: DVD 19630Publication Date: 2012Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Set in late 19th century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
The captivating star of happinessCall Number: DVD 4316Publication Date: 1975The years 1825-1828 witness the Decembrist Revolt and its aftermath including the dogged determination which compels a group of women to follow their husbands and lovers to exile in Siberia.
Catherine the GreatCall Number: DVD 12052Publication Date: 1934Peek into the life of Catherine II, from the beautiful royal courts of 18th century Russia to her troubled marriage to Peter III
Fiddler on the RoofCall Number: DVD 21502Publication Date: 1971Tevye is a poor milkman in czarist Russia, where he provides for three unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife. Faced with mounting financial strain and growing anti-Semitism, Tevye strives to maintain balance despite the precarious nature of his situation.
Nicholas & Alexandra : the lettersCall Number: DVD 29615ISBN: 9781531710187Publication Date: 2019Ever since their brutal murders one hundred years ago, Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Empress Alexandra, have fascinated the world. Through the couple's politically damning, sexually intimate, and personally revealing letters, this two-part docudrama, presented by historian Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb, explores Nicholas and Alexandra's complex love story and the couple's role in the lead-up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to their eventual brutal and tragic executions.
RasputinCall Number: V.CASS. VHS 5870ISBN: 9780783109541Publication Date: 1996The story of Rasputin, the monk who rose to power in Russia during a time of war and radical upheaval.
Strike = СтачкаCall Number: OnlinePublication Date: 1925The first feature film by the director of Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein's Strike dramatizes the saga of a bitterly-fought factory strike in 1903.
War and peacePublication Date: 1956Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy and Set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812.
