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Another week, another Russian movies mini-pack. Ivan Vasilievich Changes His Profession / Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future / Иван Васильевич меняет профессию (1973) Genres/Tags: Comedy iMDB Rating: 8.4 out of 10 (based on 13907 ratings) Director: Leonid Gaidai Starring: Yury Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalia Selezneva, Natalia Krachkovskaya Video format: YouTube Languages: Russian … Leer más

This Russian Movies Weekend won’t show you any animation. But instead you can watch Brat and Brat 2, two movies by Alexey Balabanov, which both became a cult right after their releases. I’m not a big fan of the main character/the actor, but the story and filming are really good in my opinion. Unfortunately, though … Leer más

This weekend I’d like to share two of my old Soviet favs from mid-80s. As far as I can tell they are still popular in modern Russia. Last Year’s Snow Was Falling / Падал прошлогодний снег (1983) Genre: Short Clay Animation iMDB Rating: 8.4 out of 10 (based on 1518 ratings) Director: Aleksandr Tatarskiy Video … Leer más

Today I present you another two examples of Russian cinema culture. The first one… I don’t like it much, too simple. But somehow a new story under this title is being released every year, so modern Russia likes it. And the second animation is a pretty good short, based on Ukrainian folk stories. The voice … Leer más

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 … Leer más

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 … Leer más

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 … Leer más

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, … Leer más

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, … Leer más

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 … Leer más