After Brandon Thomas' play "Charley's Aunt".
A kindergarten director, a very kind man and a talented teacher, finds himself chasing a stolen treasure, and not for his own profit, but with a noble aim: using his likeness to a dangerous thief, who had stolen Alexander the Greatâ helmet, he has to find and return the treasure to the country. The gentle hero has to live with the thieves, and his kindness and pedagogical experience have an unexpected effect on the hardened criminals
This is a wonderful fairy love story. Magician met a young strong bear in the forest and turned him into a man. And he will turn into a bear if a princess kisses you... The Bear meets a lovely Princess and falls in love. The princess falls in love too. How dare you not to kiss a girl? This movie has always been a romantic inspiration. I understand, that for Western movie fans it must look too simple but Mark Zakharov is a theatric director, so it is actually a movie PLAY, having a touch of theater.
Ten Little Indians - Desyat Negrityat (Russian: ÐеÑÑÑÑ Ð½ÐµÐ³ÑиÑÑÑ) is a 1987 Russian film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None (the title of this version translates as Ten Little Negroes, which was very close to Christie's original title for the book). It was directed by Stanislav Govorukhin, who also penned the script. The Agatha Christie novel upon which this film is based is an excellent read and one of her most popular titles. It has been put into film many times, but each version is far inferior to the actual novel. Except this one. There is no matching the quality of the book, but this Russian one does a very good job, because for the first time the material is not softened down. It is as dark and as grim as Agatha Christie intended her novel to be. It also keeps the original ending, which other versions have adjusted, forfeiting the deeper things that the story has to stay. The flashbacks are woven in perfectly, the sound recording is noticeably sharp, and in general there is very little to complain about this superb rendition of the novel.
The twelve-part television series about a Soviet intelligence agent who infiltrated the Nazi Secret Service has become a cult film. For the first time since Chapayev jokes and literary parodies are being made up about its main protagonist, Stirlitz. The era of perestroika has passed, the Soviet system of values has been shattered, with the USSR itself ceasing to exist, yet the film continues to be watched and enjoyed. The film owes its astounding success to director T. Lioznovaâs many-year painstaking work, writer Y. Semyonovâs suspense-packed plot, the brilliant performance by the actors and M. Tariverdiyevâs music. If anyone would like to see a good TV Series he/she must see "17 moments of the Spring", where Viacheslav Tikhonov played wonderfully the role of the Soviet agent Stirlitz. In fact, this agent never existed, but he was like a compilation of those soviet agents (Kuznetsov, Sorge and others) who died fighting nazi occupation in the territories of former USSR. Leonid Bronevoi also played in excellent way the role of nazi officer Heinrich Mueller. The story of the series was like the one of cat vs mouse. Mueller always suspected of Tikhonov, but could prove nothing.
The film is based on real events and tells about the fate of Alexander Kolchak, a man with multilateral talents, began their path of a sailor, who became admiral and later, become the supreme ruler of the Russian Empire.
This "prince charming" tale about a little girl named Assol, who meets a wizard one day. He tells her that a ship with red sails will arrive - sometime in the future - to take her away to a new, happy life with a dashing young prince...
The twelve-part television series about a Soviet intelligence agent who infiltrated the Nazi Secret Service has become a cult film. For the first time since Chapayev jokes and literary parodies are being made up about its main protagonist, Stirlitz. The era of perestroika has passed, the Soviet system of values has been shattered, with the USSR itself ceasing to exist, yet the film continues to be watched and enjoyed. The film owes its astounding success to director T. Lioznovaâs many-year painstaking work, writer Y. Semyonovâs suspense-packed plot, the brilliant performance by the actors and M. Tariverdiyevâs music. If anyone would like to see a good TV Series he/she must see "17 moments of the Spring", where Viacheslav Tikhonov played wonderfully the role of the Soviet agent Stirlitz. In fact, this agent never existed, but he was like a compilation of those soviet agents (Kuznetsov, Sorge and others) who died fighting nazi occupation in the territories of former USSR. Leonid Bronevoi also played in excellent way the role of nazi officer Heinrich Mueller. The story of the series was like the one of cat vs mouse. Mueller always suspected of Tikhonov, but could prove nothing.
The film has three parts, each of them a screen version of "The Roads We Take", "Makes the Whole World Kin" and "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O.Henry. The film has an all-star cast. Though the film is black-and-white, it doesn't spoil the film any. Side-splitting and a real pleasure to watch the actors play.
War and Peace (1968) is the gigantic motion picture epic, based on the novel of the same name by the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, has won worldwide critical acclaim. For the shooting of the filmâs battle scenes, such as the Battle of Borodino or the 1812 Moscow fire, a regular army was mustered into service, as well as a specially created cavalry regiment. Over 12,000 soldiers participated as extras in the crowd scenes. More than 35,000 costumes were made for the production. The details of 19th-century Russiaâs everyday life, the period costumes, society and its traditions, the psychological characteristics and the heroism of the people, the glory of Russian arms â all this attracts the viewer not less than the love story of the delightful Natasha Rostova and the Prince Andrei Bolkonsky.
Friends call Valiko Mizandari âMiminoâ, which means âfalconâ in Georgian. Working as a helicopter pilot in his own village, Mimino delivers mail, fruit, sheep. But his greatest dream is to fly real, big aircraft. Finally his dream comes true. He is invited to work in the big international air company âAeroflotâ, and he leaves for Moscow. Mimino meets all kinds of people in the capital, among them a driver working on inter-city freight runs, Khachian, who becomes his friend. In Moscow, Mimino also meets an old-time offender of his sister. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to Georgia, to his family and friends.
The last film by Leonid Bykov (âMaksim Perepelitsaâ, âThe Volunteersâ), and his last film role. The tragic and the comic, the heroic and the lyrical - all has interwoven onscreen into an unusual story about the fathers remaining forever young and the children coming to the place where exactly thirty years ago their most dear ones took the last deadly battleâ¦The first public performance of the famous song by Bulat Okudzhava and Valentin Levashov, âTake Your Greatcoat, Letâs Go Homeâ
People living at the seashore town are frightened by reports about the unknown creature called "the sea devil". Nobody knows what it is, but it's really a son of a doctor Salvator. The doctor performed a surgery on his son and now young Ihtiandre can live under water. This gives him certain advantages, but creates a lot of problems. Amphibian Man is perhaps the most well-known novel by Alexander Beliaev, a talented Russian science fiction writer who lived in the early 20th c. First published in 1928. In 1962 the movie recorded 65 million ticket sales (the actual ticket revenue is unknown) quickly becoming one of the most admired movies in the USSR. Filmed on the South Coast of the Crimea and featuring a cast of beautiful young actors, the film features some popular song and dance numbers and has certain characteristics of a musical. The first song and the musical theme of the movie - "The Sea Devil" became a hit that was sung well into the 90s.
Taxi Blues is an excellent work and very well transcends the chaotic atmosphere in Russia during the late Perestroika period, and prior to the break-up of the Soviet Union itself. The relationship between two main characters represents bipolar parts of the Russian society, and shows degradation of the social fabric. A taxi driver in Moscow named Shlykov gets stiffed of his fare by the saxophone player named Lyosha who calls himself a genius who "speaks to God". Shlykov tracks down Lyosha and takes his saxophone and that is when the plot begins...
A wide-scope panoramic view of Russia in 1916. The country is in its third year of war which seems to never end, with police rule, hunger and devastation at their peak. All this plays out against a background of luxury and corruption at the court, where the agonizing power still entertains hopes of coping with âthe rebelsâ. The courtiers have a presentiment of the collapse of the Russian autocracy. Fear, despair and blind belief in Providence make a fertile ground for the âgreatâ starets, adventurist Rasputin, who is a friend of the royal family and has gained mastery over the Czar and his ministers. The filmmakers used newsreels of the 1917 Revolutionâ¦
The Russian writer Andrei Gortchakov comes to Italy to research the life of a serf musician, Pavel Sosnovsky, who had once visited those places. The search for signs of the musicianâs days in emigration unites Gortchakov with interpreter Eugenia who tries to find the reason for her Russian friend's melancholy. Soon Gortchakov begins to realize that the musicianâs life story in a large part resembles his own: he feels he is a stranger in Italy, but he cannot return home, either. He lapses into a depressing inertia; his homesickness turns to an illness⦠The film is dedicated to the memory of the directorâs mother, Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova.
The film is based on the story by Russian writer Anton Chekhov "A Hunting Accident". This film takes place in the 19th century countryside in Russia. Sergei Kamyshev, a successful investigator, on a visit to his friend, Count Korneyev, met 16-year-old Olenka. All the neighborhood men are mad about her. Quite unexpectedly, they learn that the girl is going to marry an old estate manager, Urbenin. But on her wedding day she confesses to Kamyshev that she loves him alone⦠Their love affair will be interrupted by a sudden shot made at the huntingâ¦
This is a touching story about a hunting dog, faithfully devoted to his master, an elderly writer. The war veteran Ivan Ivanovich got very sick one day (his wartime wounds had never healed). He lived alone and had no one in the world but his loyal Bim. After Ivan Ivanovich was taken to hospital, the dog had to be moved from one house to another, to live in the families of strangers. Bim experienced a lot of suffering, for he had never known the whole truth about human nature. But among a lot of different people that Bim encountered and who tried to possibly help him, there were good Samaritans, too. Almost as good as his master⦠It's one of those films you only have to see once to have every frame instilled in your heart forever.
On December 14, 1825 the military units of the Russian army were supposed to swear their allegiance to the new czar, Nicholas I. But the young officers, the most liberal-minded people of their time, who abhorred the terrors of serfdom, decided to raise their regiments against the autocracy and bring democracy to the country. That was a great heroic feat of the best sons of Russia. However, the revolt had been brutally crushed. Some of its inspirators were executed, many sent to hard labor in Siberia. Following the convicted officers to Siberia were their wives who had left their aristocratic families and comfortable lifestyles. The film is dedicated to those remarkable Russian women.
It is a comedy cartoon which is put on the motives of Alan Alexander Milne's known poem "The King's Breakfast" in S.Marshak's translation. It tells us how for the sake of trifling whim of whimsical king the whole kingdom was agitated.
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