Russian Films

Is anyone interested in talking about Russian Cinema?
If you are, what are your favorite films? actors? directors?
My favorites:
comedies:
Îáûêíîâåííîå ÷óäî / Ordinary miracle
Êàâêàçñêàÿ ïëåííèöà / Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures
Áðèëëèàíòîâàÿ ðóêà / The Diamond Arm
Èâàí Âàñèëüåâè÷ ìåíÿåò ïðîôåññèþ / Ivan Vasilievich changes his occupation
Ïîêðîâñêèå âîðîòà / Pokrov Gates
Òîò ñàìûé Ìþíõãàóçåí / The Very Same Munhgauzen
Êèí-äçà-äçà / Kin-Dza-Dza
Äâåíàäöàòü ñòóëüåâ / Twelve Chairs
Çäðàâñòâóéòå, ÿ âàøà òåòÿ! / Hello, I am your aunt!
Äæåíòëüìåíû óäà÷è / Gentlemen of luck
Îïåðàöèÿ Û è äðóãèå ïðèêëþ÷åíèÿ Øóðèêà / Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures

dramas:
Ñîëÿðèñ / Solaris
Ìîñêâà ñëåçàì íå âåðèò / Moscow does not Belive in Tears
Çåðêàëî / The Mirror
Ñâîé ñðåäè ÷óæèõ, ÷óæîé ñðåäè ñâîèõ / At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among his own
Çâåçäà ïëåíèòåëüíîãî ñ÷àñòüÿ / The Star of Fascinating Happiness
Êàâêàçñêèé ïëåííèê / Prisoner of the Mountains
Âîð / The Thief
Ëþáîâíèê / The Lover
Ïîêàÿíèå / Repentance

about love:
Îáûêíîâåííîå ÷óäî / Ordinary miracle
Èðîíèÿ ñóäüáû èëè Ñ ëåãêèì ïàðîì! / Irony of fate or with light steam!
Âîêçàë äëÿ äâîèõ / A Railway Station for Two
Ìîñêâà ñëåçàì íå âåðèò / Moscow does not Belive in Tears
Æåñòîêèé ðîìàíñ / A Cruel Romance
Ñëóæåáíûé ðîìàí / Business romance
ß øàãàþ ïî Ìîñêâå / I am Walking Along Moscow
×àðîäåè / Wizards

War:
Àëåêñàíäð Íåâñêèé / Alexander Nevsky
Áàëëàäà î ñîëäàòå / Ballad of a Soldier
Âîéíà / War
Êàâêàçñêèé ïëåííèê / Prisoner of the Mountains
Îòåö ñîëäàòà / Father of The Soldier
Ñòî äíåé äî ïðèêàçà / 100 Days Before The Command
Òîðïåäîíîñöû / Torpedo Bombers

Action:
Áåëîå ñîëíöå ïóñòûíè / White Sun of the Desert
Áðàò / Brother

Horror:
Âèé / Viy or Spirit of Evil

History:
Àíäðåé Ðóáëåâ / Andrei Rublev
Áðîíåíîñåö Ïîòåìêèí / The Battleship Potemkin
Âîéíà è ìèð / War and Peace
Èâàí Ãðîçíûé / Ivan the Terrible
Îêòÿáðü / October
Ðóññêèé Êîâ÷åã / Russian Ark
Ñòà÷êà / Strike
Õîëîäíîå ëåòî ïÿòüäåñÿò òðåòüåãî... / Cold Summer of 1953
×àéêîâñêèé / Tchaikovsky

Musical Comedy or Costume Drama:
Ä'Àðòàíüÿí è Òðè Ìóøêåòåðà / D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
Òðóôôàëüäèíî èç Áåðãàìî / Truffaldino from Bergamo
Ãàðäåìàðèíû, âïåðåä! / Naval Cadets, Forward!

Sci-Fi:
Ñîëÿðèñ / Solaris
Ñòàëêåð / Stalker
Êèí-äçà-äçà / Kin-Dza-Dza
Çàâåùàíèå ïðîôåññîðà Äîóýëÿ / Professor Dowell's Testament
×åëîâåê-àìôèáèÿ / Amphibian Man
Íî÷íîé äîçîð / Night Watch

Animation:
Àëèñà â ñòðàíå ÷óäåñ / Alice in Wonderland
Òàéíà òðåòüåé ïëàíåòû / The Secret of the Third Planet
Ïðèêëþ÷åíèÿ êàïèòàíà Âðóíãåëÿ / Adventures of captain Vrungel
Îñòðîâ Ñîêðîâèù / Treasure Island
Áðåìåíñêèå ìóçûêàíòû / Musicians of Bremen
Ìàóãëè / Mowgli

 

yeah I watched some of them, cause here in LIthuania sometimes they show it on TV.....My parents like's to watch them to remember old days.....

 

Finally! Someone!!!


I bloody love Russian cinema, lutcheye kino v mire!

Shurik is always hilarious, The Diamond Arm, even after a million times of watching it is wonderful..."ves pokritey zelenyu, obsolyutna ves...ostrov nevezenya vokeane yest"...

Ivan Vasliliavitch Minayet Pofesiyu is wonderful, Pokrovskiye Varota is just so well thought off, so well acted. Gentelmeni Udache is just such plain and honest humour... "ridiska".

On the Dramas... solaris is amazing, the American version was such a sdisappointment, completely idiotic. Moskva Slezam Ne Veret is my favorite movie of all time, you just fall in love with Gosha, his character... Alexandra is wonderful, such a story... and the soundtrack...lovely!

I didn't truly like Cibirskiy Tziyurnik. Neobaknavenya Chuda is wonderful as well, such a great plot.

Brat is a wonderful modern movie, great cinematogprahy, and amazing soundtrack.

And the Three Musketeers... common, just the song... "para para paraduyemsya na svayom viku..."

I would also put "kin-za-za" in comedy, such a wonderful movie, defenatly my favorite russian comedy.....Ku!!!

And Animation... Kapitan Vrungal was wonderful "Beda"..... Ostrov sokrovesh was also greatly done.

Bremenskeye MUsikante was my favorite cartoon as a child... "nechevo na svetye lutche netu, chem brodit druzyam po belu svetu"...

If you haven't seen this one, you defenatly should, a relatively new movie, a drama/comedy.....Dom Durakov...it's amazing.

Ahh...the memories...that you for posting this

 

I have seen "House of Fools", great movie with a cool soundtrack by Brian Adams.
Have you seen "The Return" or "Russian Ark"?

 

No, I have not, should I order them?

Have you ever seen "beg" or "ubitz drakona"...also good movies.

 

Ku!! But somehow tha intonation does not translate well on the net. Tis a shame!

Äâåíàäöàòü ñòóëüåâ - "Bender" (teehee) is my hero.

Òîò ñàìûé Ìþíõãàóçåí - for some reason always makes me cry...great acting there.

Ñòàëêåð / Stalker - Love it! But simply because I love the book...

 

I saw Beg about a month ago, a powerful movie, but then again its Bulgakov!!! :sunglasse

 

I LOVE House of Fools, particularly after I realized the message it portrayed - you know, that the whole world is a house of fools, and we are it's inmates, because we are all good, flawed people, like the inmates of the asylum. It made me think. . .

 

A bit off topic, I've recently made a page that lists English language movies that are based on Russian books. So far I have 26 titles listed. And I'm trying to find more. The ones I really liked are: Lolita, Onegin & Doctor Zhivago. Would appreciate any help with the ones I've missed.

 

You cannot truly call "Lolita" A Russian book, Nabokov wrote it when he was in France (I believe), and it gained much more popularity in English.

 

its a very interesting topic, its very interesting to read this, because i was born in russia, i didn't know that russian films are popular in other countries...

 

The only Russian film i've seen is 'Battleship Potemkin'. But i'm really interested in Eisenstein's work, i'd like to see his other movies; 'Strike', 'October 1917' and 'Ivan the Terrible'. Another movie that i really want to see is Andrei Rubiev, i heard that it's one of the best movies of all time.

 

Well, I was born in Russia as well, and pgmatg seems to be from a russian origin.

 

Some of my favorite movies come from Russia, so yes

 

The only Russian film that comes to mind is "War and Peace" released in 1968 directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. 2 versions are available on DVD, but the one I recommend is the 5 disc from Ruscico Cinema Council. This version has a much better-cleaner letterbox picture, 5.1 Surround sound, different language sound tracks including the original Russian and optional different language subtitles (including English).

This version of "War and Peace" was shown on American TV (ABC Network) in the early 70's. Took about 4 nights to complete. I hadn't heard anything else about this film until I was in Shanghai China in Nov. 2001. One night I was channel surfing just before going to bed when I came accross Napolean's retreat. The film was in Russian with Chinese Subtitles. Also being shown on a different channel was "Star Wars".

 

I have seen a few classics, Eisentein's Battleship Potemkin, Ivan the Terrible, Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev (one of my all time favorites). I would love to see some more! any suggestions? top 3 please.

 

Have any of you seen "Night watch"? It's a very good Russian Sci-Fi / Fantasy movie. It's been out on DVD for some time, but since Fox bought all American distribution rights, they have mandated to stop making NTSC formatted dvds of it. The disk has been slowly disappearing from even Russian stores in America. And Fox kept postponing the release (next week), while sequel "Day Watch" is already out in Russia. Aren't US movie studios grand

 

"Night watch" is the most popular movie in Russia nowadays
(And "Day Watch", too)
i love it..
new era of russian cinematography starts with "Night Watch"

 

Ìîè ëþáèìûå: Ìîñêâà ñëåçàì íå âåðèò
Ñëóæåáíûé ðîìàí
Èðîíèÿ ñóäüáû
Èâàí Âàñèëüåâè÷ ìåíÿåò ïðîôåññèþ
Ñîáà÷üå ñåðäöå
Äæåíòëåìåíû óäà÷è
Ìóëüòôèëüìû "Âèííè Ïóõ" è "Åæèê â òóìàíå"

 

are you russian?