Marina Babak

“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from different decades, fragments of hundreds of non-fiction and fiction Soviet films of the 1910s-1960s.

War correspondent and poet Konstantin Simonov reminisces about the experiences of Soviet soldiers during WWII.

The life story of Marshal Georgi Zhukov, hero of the First World War and commander of the Red Army during World War II, as told by actor Mikhail Ulyanov, who often portrayed him on film.

The film was created to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution and tells about the main events of each decade.

Alfred Schnittke, renowned Russian composer of German descent, talks about his life and music.