Movies by Svetlana Smirnova

The Longest Straw

The Longest Straw

Post-war Latvia. Francis' gang operates in a small town and the new KGB agent Juris Vilks has been asked to infiltrate his gang and gain his confidence.

Broken Light

Broken Light

An art film about the life of Soviet creatives in the late 1980s.

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's Nightingale and The Emperor's New Clothes are integrated in this marvelous Russian adaptation by fairytale master Nadezhda Kosheverova.

Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom

Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom

Dance, espionage and passion come together in this powerful and exciting docudrama that tells the extraordinary story of how Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West in 1961 and became a living legend.