Russian Movies

[pgmatg]

Is anyone interested in talking about Russian Cinema?
If you are, what are your favorite movies? actors? directors?
My favorites:
comedies: Ordinary miracle,
Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures
The Diamond Arm, Ivan Vasilievich changes his occupation,
Pokrov Gates, The Very Same Munhgauzen, Kin-Dza-Dza,
Twelve Chairs,
Hello, I am your aunt!
Gentlemen of luck,
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures

dramas:
Solaris, Moscow does not Belive in Tears, The Mirror,
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among his own
The Star of Fascinating Happiness,
Prisoner of the Mountains, The Thief, The Lover

Romance: Ordinary miracle, Irony of fate or with light steam!,
A Railway Station for Two, Moscow does not Belive in Tears,
A Cruel Romance, Business romance, I am Walking Along Moscow,
Wizards, Truffaldino from Bergamo

War: Alexander Nevsky, Ballad of a Soldier, War,
Prisoner of the Mountains, Father of The Soldier,
100 Days Before The Command, Torpedo Bombers

Action: White Sun of the Desert, Brother

Horror: Viy or Spirit of Evil

History: Andrei Rublev, The Battleship Potemkin,
War and Peace, Ivan the Terrible, October, Russian Ark,
Strike, Cold Summer of 1953, Tchaikovsky

Musical Comedy or Costume Drama:
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, Truffaldino from Bergamo,
Naval Cadets, Forward!

Sci-Fi: Solaris, Stalker, Kin-Dza-Dza,
Professor Dowell's Testament, Amphibian Man, Night Watch

Animation: Alice in Wonderland, The Secret of the Third Planet,
Adventures of captain Vrungel, Treasure Island,
Musicians of Bremen, Mowgli

Actors:
Aleksandr Abdulov, Mikhail Boyarsky, Rolan Bykov,
Andrey Mironov, Andrei Myagkov, Evgeniya Simonova

Directors:
Mark Zakharov, Eldar Ryazanov, Leonid Gaidai, Georgi Daneliya

[HatchetMan]

Andre Rublev is a good one that springs to mind. I remember it being rather long too, but still a classic. I see you already mentioned, I just haven't seen that much Russian cinema.

[BobV]

I've seen Dr Zhivago and Reds. Both were as long as the Russian winter and as much fun as a frostbite. No more thanks any way.

(sorry, I just can't help being ignorant every now and then)

[BJ_M]

I've seen Dr Zhivago and Reds. Both were as long as the Russian winter and as much fun as a frostbite. No more thanks any way.

(sorry, I just can't help being ignorant every now and then)

neither of those are russian films ... though Doctor Zhivago was written by a russian ..


REDS was written and directed by Warren Beatty in fact ..

[BobV]

I've seen Dr Zhivago and Reds. Both were as long as the Russian winter and as much fun as a frostbite. No more thanks any way.

(sorry, I just can't help being ignorant every now and then)

neither of those are russian films ... though Doctor Zhivago was written by a russian ..


REDS was written and directed by Warren Beatty in fact ..

Yes I know, that was why I said I was being ignorant

[offline]

Uhhh Solaris. What a nightmare of a film.

[Rookie64]

Sergei Eisenstein was an amazing director -

Strike
Alexander Nevsky
Ivan the Terrible I & II
October (Ten Days That Shook the World)
Que Viva Mexico
Battleship Potemkin


Sergei Parajanov was another great director -

The Legend of the Suram Fortress
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors



Aleksandr Dovzhenko -

Arsenal


Others -

Chess Fever
Earth

The Masters of Russian Animation DVD series is must!


I don't really see many Russian films but those are some of the films with the most amazing images, which have been a big influence on me.

[slimmx]

I watch a lot of Russian movies. Most of the comedies pgmatg mentioned are Russian classics. Russians (Russian speaking) been watching those for decades.

For some reason most Russian movies that make it intarnationally are the worst ones. Those are the movies that get noticed at all those European movie festivals. Most Russians don't even like those movies.

I have too many movies that I like to remember.
Brother is a classic. Sergei Bordrov Jr. is one of my favorite actors. He died too young. Oh yeah, another classic is Boomer and DMB.

BRIGADA is my favorite series. I might even say it's one of my favorite movies ever.

[rallynavvie]

I just saw Lilya 4Ever the other day, though it's directed by a Swede I believe the movie itself is in Russian with Russian actors/actresses. Movie was a bit depressing but what it portrays probably happens more often than we think? Good movie nonetheless. Was nice to give my two years of Russian in college a stretch though

[pgmatg]

Have any of you seen "Night watch"? It's a very good Russian Sci-Fi / Fantasy movie ("Lord of the Rings" meets "Prophecy"). 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 until next week, while sequel "Day Watch" is already out in Russia. Ain't US movie studios grand

[BJ_M]

Night Watch DVD release date and preorder

http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=449211

[BJ_M]

you can also order it in canada

http://www.alldvd.ca/productDisplay.do?itemId=1301