Films with: Bulgakova, Maĭi︠a︡

Krylʹi︠a︡ Wings /

Suffocated by modern-day living, a buttoned-down headmistress reminisces about her glory days as a World War II pilot.

DVD 6001

Lebedyne ozero zona = Swan Lake : the zone /

A powerful political allegory based on screenwriter Sergei Paradjanov's own prison camp experiences. Themes of captivity and escape, love and betrayal and surrender and sacrifice are dealt with in an extraordinary visual display which has virtually no dialogue, but is rich in harrowing sound effects.

DVD 10591

Lesnai︠a︡ pesni︠a︡ Mavka /

Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love breaks the spell, but Kilina curses the nymph, transforming her into a weeping willow.

DVD 10593