Cinematography: Daniil Demutsky

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Daniil Demutsky. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.

Earth (Zemlya)

1930 · Movie · 75 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Direction Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Cast Stepan Shkurat · Semyon Svashenko · Yuliya Solntseva · Yelena Maksimova

Plot Dovzhenko's "film poem" style brings to life the collective experience of life for the Ukranian proles, examining natural cycles through his epic montage. He explores life, death, violence, sex, and...

7.5

947 votes

7.5

947 votes

Ivan

1932 · Movie · 102 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama

Direction Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Cast K. Bondarevsky · Dmitri Golubinsky · Elena Golki · Maksim Gornatko

7.1

45 votes

7.1

45 votes

Arsenal

1929 · Movie · 75 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama World War I Silent Film

Direction Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Cast Semyon Svashenko · Amvrosi Buchma · Georgi Khorkov · Aleksandr Evdakov

Plot The Great War (World War I) has brought devastation, heartache, and hardship to the Ukrainian people. Their soldiers, likewise, have faced horrors from the enemy and threats from their own...

7.0

424 votes

7.0

424 votes

Love's Berries (S)

1926 · Movie · 25 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Comedy Short Film Silent Film

Direction Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Cast Maryan Krushchelnitsky · Margarita Barskaya · Dmitri Kapka · Ivan Zamychkovsky

Plot Dovzhenko's debut film, it deals with a dandified barber's attempts to get rid of his "love berry" - his illegitimate offspring. Comedy misadventures of a father trying to dispose of...

5.7

38 votes

5.7

38 votes

Adventures in Bokhara

1943 · Movie · 80 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Comedy Romance Historical

Direction Yakov Protazanov

Cast Lev Sverdlin · M. Mirzakarimova · K. Mikhajlov · Emmanuil Geller

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Secret Agent

1947 · Movie · 88 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Thriller War World War II Spy Film

Direction Boris Barnet

Cast Pavel Kadochnikov · Amvrosi Buchma · Viktor Dobrovolsky · Dmitri Milyutenko

Plot Fedotov (Pavel Kadochnikov) is a WW II-era Russian spy chief whose mission is to steal a packet of valuable documents from a Nazi general. At sake is the future safety...

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Takhir i Zukhra

1945 · Movie · 92 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Drama

Direction Nabi Ganiyev

Cast Yuldus Rysayeva · Gulyam Aglayev · Asad Ismatov · Shukur Burkhanov

Plot Shot in Uzbekistan during WWII, Takhir (Aglayev) is betrothed to Zukhra (Rysayeva) on their birth days by her father, Babakhan (Ismatov). They grow up together in the Kahn's palace, but...

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