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This week we’ll go with Russian traditional festives: vodka, bears and balalaikas. Peculiarities of the National Hunt / Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty / Особенности национальной охоты (1995) Genre: Comedy iMDB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 (based on 3549 ratings) Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin Starring: Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov, Sergey Russkin Video format: YouTube Languages: Russian Audio, English … Read more

Another week – another Russian movies to see. Zhiharka / Жихарка (2006) Genre: Short Animation Director: Oleg Uzhinov Video format: YouTube Languages: Russian or English Audio   Description Russian folk tale. Fox wanted to eat a little girl named Zhiharka. However, to eat the naughty girl is absolutely impossible. In addition, the fox got a … Read more

This week I want to show you the two Russian movies about World World II I really like. The first one was made many years ago, before my birth. The other one is pretty modern, but somehow it keeps the old Soviet tradition of war movies – probably because it’s based on an book, which … Read more

This week I present you the Oscar-winning movie and the most popular animated series in Russia. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears / Moskva slezam ne verit / Москва слезам не верит (1979) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance iMDB Rating: 8.1 out of 10 (based on 10605 ratings) Director: Vladimir Menshov Starring: Vera Alentova, Aleksey Batalov, … Read more

This week you should see those two masterpieces of the Soviet comedy genre, which are still aired up to this date on every major TV channel at least twice a year. Operation Y and Shurik’s Other Adventures / Operacya “Y” i drugie prikluchenia Shirika / Операция “Ы” и другие приключения Шурика (1965) Genre: Comedy, Crime, … Read more

The first movie of this week is one of my favorites. The only problem for foreign people will be understanding of all idioms and accents of people in it, but the humor is pretty international. Love and Pigeons / Lyobov i Golubi / Любовь и голуби (1985) Genre: Comedy, Romance iMDB Rating: 8.1 out of … Read more

One serious movie and one funny half-movie/half-animation? What can be better for another Russian Movies Weekend, eh? Heart of a Dog / Sobachye serdtse / Собачье сердце (1988) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi iMDB Rating: 8.7 out of 10 (based on 6271 ratings) Director: Vladimir Bortko Starring: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov Video format: YouTube … Read more

This week I present you two favorite flicks of my husband. ASSA / АССА (1987) Genre: Crime, Drama, History iMDB Rating: 7.8 out of 10 (based on 2170 ratings) Director: Sergey Solovev Starring: Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr Video format: YouTube Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles   Description ASSA is set in Crimea during … Read more

Warm wooly dramedy by the great Georgian director Daneliya. If you liked Kin-Dza-Dza, you may also like this one. Mimino / Мимино (1977) Genre: Comedy, Drama iMDB Rating: 8.2 out of 10 (based on 5398 ratings) Director: Georgiy Daneliya Starring: Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mher Mkrtchyan, Elena Proklova Video format: YouTube Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles   … Read more