Cool Russian films?

Miss.K

Miss.K

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I was wondering if anyone could recommend some really good Russian films with English subtitles.

I've found that watching subtitled films is a good way to start picking up words, and getting used to the sound of languages, and maybe I'm not the only one who would like to learn to speak a bit of Russian?

So if some know some films that are also entertaining/enlightening that would be two flies in one swap :)
 
"Burnt by the Sun" won the Oscar in 1995 as best foreign language film. It was directed/starred by Nikita Mikhalkov, who's now the leader of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Overall it was a very interesting movie looking into the day to day life of Russia in the post-war/Stalin era. It is deemed as one of the best russian films (as far as my searches for russian films say), and I would recommend it.

IMDB link:

_http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111579/?ref_=nm_knf_t1
 
Hi Miss.K,

What film genres do you prefer? And would you like watching old Soviet films or some the modern Russian?

Btw if your intent is to learn the language, then listening to Russian songs may also help a lot. That's how I've been learning English. :)

And yes, the films by Nikita Mikhalkov are very good and certainly worth watching.
 
Derzu Uzala from 1961, available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVydqez3oNE

I would not necessarily describe this movie as "cool". You'll have to read about it to evaluate if this is something you might want to watch.

_http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411281/

"Dersu Uzala is a 1961 Soviet film, adapted from the books of Vladimir Arsenyev, about his travels in Russian Far East with a native trapper, Dersu Uzala."
 
Fort Russ runs a weekly topic where they represent a classic Russian film (with english subtitles) - and some explanation on the thematics - films are in line with Fort Russ philosphy, so they defenitly will not pick good films that are not in line with that thinking.

http://fortruss.blogspot.ru/2015/05/movie-of-week-little-vera.html

Russian insider ran a article in the runup of the 9th of may parade with top russian war movies

http://russia-insider.com/en/culture/top-5-russian-films-about-wwii/ri6467
 
I adore Russian movies because I love to hear Russian. :)

The movies by Andrei Tarkovsky are excellent. My favorite is Andrei Rublev and Solaris.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Rublev_%28film%29

Derzu Uzala is a fantastic movie! Extraoridinary story about an extraordinary human being.


And if people were able to see "When the cranes are flying" to start to understand how Russians suffered during the Second World War and also how Russian films were, as Japanese films, way way much better than the Hollywood films. Russian films are so profound and also so beautiful, as Russians are! ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cranes_Are_Flying
 
Jeremy F Kreuz said:
Fort Russ runs a weekly topic where they represent a classic Russian film (with english subtitles) - and some explanation on the thematics - films are in line with Fort Russ philosphy, so they defenitly will not pick good films that are not in line with that thinking.

http://fortruss.blogspot.ru/2015/05/movie-of-week-little-vera.html

Russian insider ran a article in the runup of the 9th of may parade with top russian war movies

http://russia-insider.com/en/culture/top-5-russian-films-about-wwii/ri6467
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Thank you Jeremy for this information! This is fantastic.
 
I'm not sure about 'cool' but if you can handle a Russian war film about the horrors of the Nazi invasion of Belarussia as seen through the eyes of a fourteen year old boy then 'Come and see' is worth a view, imo. It's a bit traumatic at times though, but better than the highly praised Hollywood effort about WW2, Saving Private Ryan, osit.

Be aware, it is not an easy watch.

From wiki -

Come and See (Russian: Иди и смотри, Idi i smotri; Belarusian: Ідзі і глядзі, Idzi i hlyadzi) is a 1985 Soviet war drama film directed by Elem Klimov about and occurring during the Nazi German occupation of the Byelorussian SSR. Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova star as the protagonists Flyora and Glasha.[2] The screenplay by Klimov and Ales Adamovich had to wait eight years for approval; the film was finally produced to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II, and was a large box-office hit, with 28,900,000 admissions in the Soviet Union alone. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

The film's title derives from Chapter 6 of The Apocalypse of John, in which "Come and see" is said in the first, third, fifth, and seventh verses[Rev 6:1,3,5,7] as an invitation to look upon the destruction caused by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.[4] Chapter 6, verses 7–8[Rev 6:7-8] have been cited as being particularly relevant to the film:

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see! And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
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Are you familiar with Fyodor Dostoyevsky's writings, Miss.K? I watched recently a TV series based on his novel "The Idiot" made by Russian Television in 2003 and I loved it. It's available on YT in 10 parts with English subtitles (not the best ones possible IMO, but good enough to understand what's going on - I may be wrong, none of those two languages is my mother tongue, lol!). I tried to watch older/other adaptations (no eng. subs), but even though I'm not a big fan of TV shows in general, I found this one the best of all I checked.

Here is a Wiki entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idiot

and the part 1 on YT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG9WwIkIBD0

But be warned, some people find it too depressing!
 
Wow, thank you so much guys :)

I think I'll watch them all, though I'm not much into war movies, -I watch documentaries about wars out of duty to witness it, and for knowledge, but generally prefer clever films, or something that makes me cry because it is beautiful and romantic, instead of crying for murdered children and such.

(Music is also good for getting to know a language, but it don't have subtitles)

Never read Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but have felt terribly un-cultural for not doing so, so thank you for that.

:flowers: :flowers: :flowers:
 
I think this is the highest budget Russian film ever made, it's a sci-fi film called "The Inhabited Island".

Here it is with English subtitles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci1IYy2UWvA

Inhabited Island 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljT88o2QZI4

The introduction at the beginning of the film:
Year 2157. Mankind's World of Noon. Armed with the Great Theory of Upbringing mankind forgot about wars, hunger, and terrorism. Nature has been revived. Breakthroughs in medicine saved people from illnesses and allowed to tap into the hidden resources of the human body. Earthlings are developing faraway planets. New generations have been born for whom free search in deep space is a routine matter. Young earthlings are brave, strong, and naive. They think they can do anything.
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Basic plot:
The film was adapted by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko from the 1969 novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky of the same Russian name, published in English as Prisoners of Power; a part of Noon Universe series. It is a dystopian story set on post-apocalyptic planet Saraksh, ruled by totalitarian regime that brainwashes its citizens. Maxim Kammerer, a space explorer from Earth, crash lands on Saraksh and becomes involved in the planet's everboiling politics.
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Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojw7I016Puw
 
Gaby said:
Derzu Uzala from 1961, available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVydqez3oNE

I would not necessarily describe this movie as "cool". You'll have to read about it to evaluate if this is something you might want to watch.

_http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411281/

"Dersu Uzala is a 1961 Soviet film, adapted from the books of Vladimir Arsenyev, about his travels in Russian Far East with a native trapper, Dersu Uzala."
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I might give Derzu another chance :), I wasn't particularly drawn to the movie when I tried to watch it :P Indeed is not for all, kinda slow.
 
Navigator said:
I might give Derzu another chance :), I wasn't particularly drawn to the movie when I tried to watch it :P Indeed is not for all, kinda slow.
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Try watching the remake of this movie by Akira Kurosawa -_http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071411/ :)
 
"12" by Nikita Mikhalkov.
I watch this movie recently, I guess it is my favorite movie of this film director, you definately need to watch it. :)
It's is better not to read the plot becaus it can spoil a movie...

_http://www.videofan.in.ua/online/twelve-12-nikita-mikhalkov-english-subtitles/165262143-25052359/
English subtitles
 
Don't know about 'Cool', but one of my favorite movies, which happens to be Russian, is "White Bim, Black Ear".
 
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