The James Aldridge story "The Last Inch" was written in 1957 and translated into Russian the same year, while the first English edition came out in 1960. Most unusual story line: veteran pilot decides to make some extra-money by filming underwater shark feeding at the remote Red Sea location. He takes with him young son for a plane ride, while goes underwater. The trouble is: while filming, he has been viciously attacked by a pack of angry sharks which render him incapacitated to fly home. Now he faces an option: either both of them die in the desert or his little boy must fly them back. His son has some rudimentary knowledge of flying, but does not have any real experience. The father lost a lot of blood and he is in constant pain. He is drifting in and out of consciousness, hence additional danger may be that his son will be all along in the air. Keeps the viewer on the edge of the seat. The musical score is well chosen as well. In 2008 this film celebrates the 50th anniversary.
Russian and Soviet films, TV-shows and cartoons with English subtitles.
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The Evil Spirit of Yambuy (English subtitles).
The action takes place in the end of 1940s. A large-scale land-surveying research is underway in a remote area of Eastern Siberia. The work had almost been concluded when a wire arrives with the news of people disappearing in the locality of Yambuy. The expeditionâs chief and radioman decide to go in search of the lost ones. The local Evenk hunters come to their aid. Many dangerous adventures lie in store for these daring people before they find the culprit â a man-eating bear.
Based on the play by Alexander Volodin. The set is the 1950s. The tangible world of an old communal apartment is recreated on screen with an incredible accuracy, every thing capturing the flair of the time. The stylized visual, the curious objects, the amusing inhabitants, so charming and exotic⦠There are all the marks of the âretroâ style, which is always âinâ. Once Alexander and Tamara were in love. But the war had separated them⦠Twenty long years after, they meet again, but they lack the courage to admit that their feelings are still alive. Unable to overcome their pride, they try to convince each other that both are doing just fineâ¦
"Chapaev" is a 1934 Soviet film. It was directed by the Vasilyev brothers on Lenfilm. It is a story about Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev (1887-1919), a legendary Red Army commander who became a hero of the Russian Civil War. The plot is based on the novel of the same name by Dmitry Furmanov, a Russian writer and Bolshevik commissar who fought together with Chapayev. Immediately upon the release (on November 6, 1934 in Leningrad cinema theatre "Titan") the film became one of the most popular creations in the history of Soviet cinema. Within the first year it was watched by 30 million people in the USSR alone. It was awarded as "Best Foreign Film" by US National Board of Review in 1935 and Grand-Prix of Paris World Affair in 1937. In a 1978 poll of cinema critics the film was considered one of the best 100 films in history.
"The Irony of Fate. The Sequel." or "The Irony of Fate 2" is a 2007 Russian romantic comedy - a direct sequel of the first "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" Zhenya and Nadya go their separate ways. Nadya married and had a daughter, also called Nadya. Zhenya married and had a son, Konstantin. Both later divorced. More than 30 years later, Konstantin ends up drunk in the flat where the younger Nadya finds him. He is there as part of a convoluted ruse by his father's friends to get Zhenya back into the arms of the woman with whom he shared a magical night... One romance is rekindled and another between the son and daughter is struck up...
The 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. It is based on the short story The Killers by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. It was Tarkovsky's first film, produced when he was a student at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).
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The Agra Treasure. Part 2. (English subtitles)
The fourth part of TV adaptation of "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson" that was made by LENFILM studio in 1983. The film based on the stories "The Sign of the Four" and "A Scandal in Bohemia". When you visit museum of Sherlock Holmes in London, Baker St., first thing that you see on the second floor is a number of pictures of all actors who ever played Holmes in the movies, and in the middle of that compilation you can see the biggest photo - the photo of Vasiliy Livanov.
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The Agra Treasure. Part 1. (English subtitles).
The fourth part of TV adaptation of "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson" that was made by LENFILM studio in 1983. The film based on the stories "The Sign of the Four" and "A Scandal in Bohemia".
Alexei German's third film as director is based on stories written by his father, prominent author Yuri German. The mostly black-and-white film begins with a present-day color sequence, then reverts to monochrome and the freezing winter of 1935, when the narrator was nine years old. The boy lived in an apartment with his father and two other men, Police Chief Ivan Lapshin and his officious underling. The story focuses on Lapshin as he tracks down a gang of crooks in his provincial Russian village, helps his recently widowed friend, and enters into a tentative relationship with an actress. Capable direction by German and a talented ensemble cast make this detailed look at the pre-purge Soviet Union both entertaining and richly rewarding.
"The Barber of Siberia" is dedicated by Mikhalkov to Russian officers, "the pride of the country", and its main topic is the set of values regarded as the cornerstone of Russian mentality, culture and politics. Those values seem to be honor and truthfulness, but also to obey authority and blind willingness to sacrifice one's life. The plot is a love-story, however a very unorthodox one. Jane Callahan, a once beautiful American, writes to her son, a cadet at a famous military academy, but who is he? Her memories take us back 20 years to when she arrived in Russia to assist Douglas McCracken, an obsessive engineer who needs the Grand Duke's patronage to sponsor his invention...
"The Barber of Siberia" is dedicated by Mikhalkov to Russian officers, "the pride of the country", and its main topic is the set of values regarded as the cornerstone of Russian mentality, culture and politics. Those values seem to be honor and truthfulness, but also to obey authority and blind willingness to sacrifice one's life. The plot is a love-story, however a very unorthodox one. Jane Callahan, a once beautiful American, writes to her son, a cadet at a famous military academy, but who is he? Her memories take us back 20 years to when she arrived in Russia to assist Douglas McCracken, an obsessive engineer who needs the Grand Duke's patronage to sponsor his invention...
Based on a story by B. Lavrenyov. Russia, the Civil War years⦠A Red Army unit is conducting a reconnaissance operation in the sands of Central Asia. The group of gruffy soldiers includes one woman, Maryutka. She is one of the unitâÂÂs best sharp-shooters, with forty killed enemy soldiers to her credit. In the course of the latest operation that Maryutka participated in, White officer Govorukha was taken prisoner. He is to become the forty first killed in her list, but so far they are stranded face to face in the expanses of sand, sky, sea and complex passions⦠This dramatic love story captivated the Cannes Film FestivalâÂÂs jury in 1957, which gave the film a special prize.
The Idiot (ÐÐÐÐТЪ) is a costume drama TV series produced by TV Channel "Russia" in 2003 based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel with the same title. The series was branded by the novel's original pre-1920's orthography title "идÑоÑÑ" (in all caps) instead of the current "идиоÑ" as one will find it on the bookshelves in Russia (to promote the atmosphere of the tsarist time when the film's plot takes place).
The Idiot (ÐÐÐÐТЪ) is a costume drama TV series produced by TV Channel "Russia" in 2003 based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel with the same title. The series was branded by the novel's original pre-1920's orthography title "идÑоÑÑ" (in all caps) instead of the current "идиоÑ" as one will find it on the bookshelves in Russia (to promote the atmosphere of the tsarist time when the film's plot takes place).
The Idiot (ÐÐÐÐТЪ) is a costume drama TV series produced by TV Channel "Russia" in 2003 based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel with the same title. The series was branded by the novel's original pre-1920's orthography title "идÑоÑÑ" (in all caps) instead of the current "идиоÑ" as one will find it on the bookshelves in Russia (to promote the atmosphere of the tsarist time when the film's plot takes place).
The Idiot (ÐÐÐÐТЪ) is a costume drama TV series produced by TV Channel "Russia" in 2003 based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel with the same title. The series was branded by the novel's original pre-1920's orthography title "идÑоÑÑ" (in all caps) instead of the current "идиоÑ" as one will find it on the bookshelves in Russia (to promote the atmosphere of the tsarist time when the film's plot takes place).
The Idiot (ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂê) is a costume drama TV series produced by TV Channel "Russia" in 2003 based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel with the same title. The series was branded by the novel's original pre-1920's orthography title "ÃÂøÃÂôÃÂÃÂÃÂþÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ" (in all caps) instead of the current "ÃÂøÃÂôÃÂøÃÂþÃÂÃÂ" as one will find it on the bookshelves in Russia (to promote the atmosphere of the tsarist time when the film's plot takes place).
The Idiot (ÐÐÐÐТЪ) is a costume drama TV series produced by TV Channel "Russia" in 2003 based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel with the same title. The series was branded by the novel's original pre-1920's orthography title "идÑоÑÑ" (in all caps) instead of the current "идиоÑ" as one will find it on the bookshelves in Russia (to promote the atmosphere of the tsarist time when the film's plot takes place).
The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private chauffeur. In a jet-black "ZIM" limo, Viktor is chauffeuring the General's disabled daughter Vera. Viktor is oblivious to the hidden agenda of the KGB agent Saveliev, who manipulates everyone behind the scenes in the old rivalry between the Army and KGB.
The Idiot (ÐÐÐÐТЪ) is a costume drama TV series produced by TV Channel "Russia" in 2003 based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel with the same title. The series was branded by the novel's original pre-1920's orthography title "идÑоÑÑ" (in all caps) instead of the current "идиоÑ" as one will find it on the bookshelves in Russia (to promote the atmosphere of the tsarist time when the film's plot takes place).
The Idiot (ÐÐÐÐТЪ) is a costume drama TV series produced by Telekanal "Rossiya" in 2003 based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel with the same title. The series was branded by the novel's original pre-1920's orthography title "идÑоÑÑ" (in all caps) instead of the current "идиоÑ" as one will find it on the bookshelves in Russia (to promote the atmosphere of the tsarist time when the film's plot takes place).
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