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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
