One Hour in the Hermitage

Lyuska, an employee of the only savings bank in the very young town of Radiozavodsk, wins a nylon fur coat on a lottery ticket. Her colleagues advise her to get the money and buy something useful. Lyuska goes to the regional capital, receives the money, and decides to spend it on a two-week trip to Moscow.

The system of curve mirrors ugly deforming human features. We laugh, seeing the reflection, not noticing that the ugliness becomes our essence.

Alter Ego (1989) is a surreal collage of puppets, actors, masks, and inanimate object, to reach deep into the artist’s soul.

A statue of immense beauty has to come to life, and all wish to win her heart. But she is a peri, a Persian spirit of seraphic beauty, who should belong to none.

The second film in the series is about helping your parents.

Based on Anton Chekhov's short story "Ward No. 6" and other works.

The puppet director and Microphone teach children how to do their homework.

Six films telling about the gems of the Hermitage collection. The museum holds a most comprehensive collection of paintings and sculpture, which, for its diversity and scope, is rightfully considered one of the best in the world. The Treasures of the Hermitage film series presents an absorbing narrative about the collection creation, the great masters whose works adorn the Hermitage's fabulous rooms, and the works themselves.

The film introduces viewers to the exhibition of the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, showing masterpieces of Russian painting, icons of the Old Russian period, and canvases by artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries in the halls of the Mikhailovsky Palace and the Benois Wing.

This is a story using unique newsreel footage about the transformations in the architectural and artistic appearance of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square that took place during the 20th century.

The film tells the story of the creation and rich collection of the State Historical Museum (the building was constructed by the architect V. O. Sherwood between 1875 and 1881 and opened on May 27, 1883). The museum's collection contains millions of exhibits reflecting the history of Russia from ancient times to the early 20th century.

The Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III displays works by outstanding Russian artists and sculptors in the halls of the Mikhailovsky Palace, where Russia's first museum of national art opened on March 7, 1898. Today, the Russian Museum houses approximately 370,000 works of Russian art, housed in three other magnificent buildings in imperial St. Petersburg: the romantic Mikhailovsky Castle, the sumptuous Marble Palace, and the 28th-century Stroganov Palace.

A film-walk through the halls of the famous museum, introducing viewers to masterpieces of Russian painting and the history of the State Tretyakov Gallery's collection.

We offer you a unique journey to the Moscow Kremlin. For the first time, you will see the royal and patriarchal chambers and the house churches of Russian princes and monarchs; attend a coronation ceremony in the Assumption Cathedral and a riotous feast in the Faceted Chamber; and explore the authentic interior of the Grand Kremlin Palace, recreated by the filmmakers. For the first time, you will stroll through the Kremlin gardens and climb the Kremlin walls and the Ivan the Great Bell Tower.

Museums of the World: Hermitage Part II