Russian and Soviet films, TV-shows and cartoons with English subtitles.
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 unitâs 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 Festivalâs 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).
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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).
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).
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).
Set during the Russian Civil War of the 1920s, this film tells the story of four young friends who make it their business to infiltrate Ataman Burnash's band in order to avenge the death of one of the friends' fathers. The teenagers nearly reach their goal, but one of them is captured. He is sentenced to death, but he certainly won't be executed if the other Avengers have anything to say about it.
This modestly budgeted, made-for-TV romantic comedy became one of the most popular films in the former Soviet Union and a staple of TV broadcasts on New Year's Eve. It's based on the premise that modern apartment complexes look so much alike that one cannot distinguish one city from another. On New Year's Eve, Muscovite Yevgeny Lukashin finally dares to make a marriage proposal to Galya. They plan to celebrate the New Year together quietly, but Lukashin's friends convince him that first he should attend their annual meeting at a bathhouse. The meeting quickly turns into an improvisational bachelor party for Yevgeny. Having consumed large amounts of alcohol, they cannot remember which one of them was supposed to fly to Leningrad to meet his wife. So they put the sleepy Lukashin on a plane. Upon his arrival in the Leningrad airport, Yevgeny gives the taxi driver his Moscow street address and the cab takes him to an apartment complex located on a street with the same name. The building looks very much like his own, so Lukashin, still not quite sober, does not realize that he is in another city...
This modestly budgeted, made-for-TV romantic comedy became one of the most popular films in the former Soviet Union and a staple of TV broadcasts on New Year's Eve. It's based on the premise that modern apartment complexes look so much alike that one cannot distinguish one city from another. On New Year's Eve, Muscovite Yevgeny Lukashin finally dares to make a marriage proposal to Galya. They plan to celebrate the New Year together quietly, but Lukashin's friends convince him that first he should attend their annual meeting at a bathhouse. The meeting quickly turns into an improvisational bachelor party for Yevgeny. Having consumed large amounts of alcohol, they cannot remember which one of them was supposed to fly to Leningrad to meet his wife. So they put the sleepy Lukashin on a plane. Upon his arrival in the Leningrad airport, Yevgeny gives the taxi driver his Moscow street address and the cab takes him to an apartment complex located on a street with the same name. The building looks very much like his own, so Lukashin, still not quite sober, does not realize that he is in another city...
The film is based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Jim, a dashing young man dreaming of romantic, thrilling adventures, happens to come across an old sea chart. It shows the way to a treasure hidden by a legendary pirate, Captain Flint. The treasure is buried on an island lost in the ocean. Jim and his friends venture on a dangerous seabound journey on a beautiful tall ship. But it turns out that they are travelling on the same ship with the pirates, former members of Captain Flintâs team.
This story, both happy and sad, is based on the popular fairy tales by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. Two parallel story-lines develop in this film. At a roadside inn, the puppets play out for their master a merry, magic fairy tale about a brave soldier and a wicked princess, a witch and a kind wizard, and a fantastic city where a ridiculous and silly king lives. The puppet show has a happy end. The filmâs other story-line is different, with much more sad lyricism in it. In real life, unlike the puppet show, the relationship between the young puppeteer and his beloved is not that simple.
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