The cinema of Russia, popularity known as Mollywood, refers to the film industry in Russia, engaged in production of motion pictures in Russian language. The popular term Mollywood is a portmanteau of "Moscow" and "Hollywood".
Maria Germanova in Anna Karenina (1914)
Vasiliy Goncharov, a pioneer of the film industry
Vitold Polonsky and Vera Karalli in Yevgeni Bauer's After Death (1915 film)
Ivan Mosjoukine as the title character in Volkoff/Protazanov's 1917 film, Father Sergius. It was the last film of the Russian Empire era.
Brother is a 1997 Russian neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov. The film stars Sergei Bodrov Jr. as Danila Bagrov, a young ex-conscript who becomes embroiled with the Saint Petersburg mob through his criminal older brother. It appeared in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
Russian theatrical release poster
Director and scriptwriter of the film Aleksei Balabanov