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B. Runghe Movies

1966  
 
In this Russian comedy, a thief (Innokenti Smoktunovsky) becomes a sort of Robin Hood by stealing the cars of unpunished criminals, selling them and donating the cash to an orphanage. He is eventually captured by an investigator (Oleg Yefremov) who also happens to be performing with the robber in an amateur production of Hamlet. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Starring:
Innokenty SmoktunovskyOleg N. Yefremov, (more)
 
1942  
 
Diary of a Nazi consists of three separate Soviet documentary shorts, bundled together in feature-length form for American distribution. The first entry is "District No. 14", a study of the Nazi occupation of Poland. Next is "The Blue Cliff", a dramatization of a Czech woman's rescue from the Germans by the Russians. The last is "The Signal", a patriotic paean to civilian resistance. The English-language title of this compilation is derived from the notion that all three short stories were based on the notes found in the diary of a slain S.S. officer (if this is true, the officer had a surprisingly sympathetic viewpoint!) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Mark Bernes
 
1942  
 
In this Russian war drama, set during WW I, a 14-year old kitchen boy begins setting up a youth underground after he is inspired by a partisan sailor. He establishes the network to combat the occupying German army. When the sailor is captured by police, the boy leaves the underground to save him. He then returns to the Red Army and saves his friends, who are about to be hanged. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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