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.
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.
After Brandon Thomas' play "Charley's Aunt".
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.
Impressive adaptation of the novel by Boris Pasternak. It manages to convey the main ideas, brilliantly portrays Doctor Zhivago's character and mood. In Doctor Zhivago, the life of a young doctor is intertwined with the fate of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. Yuri Zhivago is orphaned at a young age, and his uncle brings him to Moscow, where he studies medicine while living with his uncle's family. At the beginning of WWI, Doctor Zhivago goes to the front, leaving his wife and children in Moscow. Yuri Zhivago's personal drama plays out against a backdrop of social and historical upheaval, with his generation's hopes and desires wiped out by war and revolution...
"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...
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
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.
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.
One of the best Russian films about the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The “old men” in this squadron were no older than twenty, but those “wet behind the ears”, a reinforcement fresh from flying schools with accelerated training, were not allowed to go to battle for quite a while… They were yet to experience everything – the heat of the battle, the joy of the first victory over the enemy, the grandeur of a brotherhood strengthened with blood, the first love, and the bitterness of a loss…And there came the day when, on hearing the command “only ‘old men’ are going to battle”, it was them who rushed to their planes…
A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Soviet writer Mikhail Sholokhov, a Nobel Prize winner. The film depicts the destinies of the Don Cossacks during the First World War and the Civil War in Russia. Cossack Grigory Melekhov lives in a village of Veshenskaya. He is in love with Aksynia, but on his fatherâs insistence, has to marry another girl. Finding out about his love affair with Aksynia, his young wife leaves home. Shortly before the war, Grigory and his beloved also leave the farm. While on the Austrian front, Grigory learns of the Czarâs abdication and of the end of the war. He is on his way home where Aksynia must be waiting for him. I would highly recommend this film to anyone that is interested in Cossack history and culture and/or early Soviet history. A couple bits of advice for the foreign/western viewer: 1. The first part may not be as exciting as the last two, but it introduces you to all the characters in the film and fleshes out their relations to each other. To get the most out of the parts 2 and 3, it is important to make an effort to put names to faces and note how each character is related to each other. 2. The films were made for audiences that already had some knowledge of Cossacks and this period in history (WWI, Russian revolution, and the civil war). There are scenes that take place in parts 2 and 3 that no background information is given on, and if you are not familiar with the history will be somewhat confusing. It is highly recommended that one do a little reading online on Cossack history during this period before viewing this miniseries. It would also help to have a basic understanding of Russian revolution and subsequent civil war.
The film is based on a science-fiction novel by Polish writer Stanislav Lem. This is a reflection on the themes of cosmos, Earth, man, human conscience, life, death and responsibility before the future. Solaris is a planet, capable of materializing the earth peopleâs reminiscences about their home which they left on Earth and their relatives who had died long ago. This mysterious planet had intrigued people for years. The Solaris Ocean is a gigantic live brain whose riddle the filmâs protagonists are trying to solve. But all their attempts contact the unknown civilization end in failure. Meanwhile, strange things happen on the space stationâ¦
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.
A melodramatic love story with three main heroes: Vera, a waitress; Platon, a pianist; and⦠a train station where these two, already not young, people met. The differences in the heroesâ characters and professions, the plight that Platon found himself in (he is to be arrested and undergo trial) trigger a host of both amusing and sad situations which serve as a backdrop for their unfolding love. Platon is innocent of the crime he is being accused of. He simply took the blame for his wifeâs driving over a pedestrian. But this is known only to Platonâs wife and Vera in whom he confided. However, after the verdict has been passed, Platonâs life is of no interest to his wife, although Vera is ready to wait for his releaseâ¦
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The Visitor from the Future. Part 2 (English subtitles).
The Visitor from the Future is a five-part Soviet television miniseries, made at Gorky Film Studio, first aired in 1985. It is based on the novel "One Hundred Years Ahead" by Kir Bulychev. This is a fascinating story of time travel, friendship, battle of good and evil. 11 year old Kolya Gerasimov who discovers a time machine in a basement of an old house in Moscow and gets transferred into the 21st century. Then he is allowed to look around, everything seems to be different. He discovers a near-perfect, utopian society where robots play guitars and write poetry, everyone is kind to each other and people enjoy everything technology has to offer... This film is an excellent example of how a touching and an exciting story could be told without the use of extravagant special effects.
Impressive adaptation of the novel by Boris Pasternak. It manages to convey the main ideas, brilliantly portrays Doctor Zhivago's character and mood. In Doctor Zhivago, the life of a young doctor is intertwined with the fate of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. Yuri Zhivago is orphaned at a young age, and his uncle brings him to Moscow, where he studies medicine while living with his uncle's family. At the beginning of WWI, Doctor Zhivago goes to the front, leaving his wife and children in Moscow. Yuri Zhivago's personal drama plays out against a backdrop of social and historical upheaval, with his generation's hopes and desires wiped out by war and revolution...
The film is based on the play âA Dowerless Girlâ by the prominent 19th-century Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky. The beautiful Larissa Ogudalova, daughter of an impoverished, widowed noblewoman, living in a small town on the Volga, is madly in love with Sergei Sergeyevich Paratov. He reciprocates the girlâs feelings as long as it suits his purposes. Paratov keeps secret his engagement to another girl and just passes time with Larissa. At the climactic moment, when the girl is expecting him to explain himself, he leaves town to go inspect his estate. At the same time, Larissa is being proposed to by Karandyshev, whom she despises. Starring as Paratov is the famous actor and director Nikita Mikhalkov. The film is enriched with a lot of beautiful music, with romances which had been written expressly for this motion picture and became very popular after the release of the film.
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The Treasure Island. Part 2 (cartoon, English subtitles).
"The Treasure Island" is a 1988 Soviet animated game film in two parts based on the novel with the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film combines traditional animation and live action, similar to the American film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", which was also filmed in 1988. The first part of the film was released in 1986 and the second in 1988, after which the two parts were always displayed together. The film won the following awards: Grand Prize in Minsk, 1987; Grand Prize in Kiev, 1989; 1st Prize on International Cinema Festival of Television films in Czechoslovakia. An American version of this film called "The Return to Treasure Island" was released direct-to-video in 1992. This version of the film is 34 minutes shorter than the Russian version. This is the full Russian version.
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