Russian Movies

Is anyone interested in talking about Russian Cinema?
If you are, what are your favorite films? actors? directors?
My favorites:
about love:
Обыкновенное чудо / Ordinary miracle
Ирония судьбы или С легким паром! / Irony of fate or with light steam!
Вокзал для двоих / A Railway Station for Two
Москва слезам не верит / Moscow does not Belive in Tears
Жестокий романс / A Cruel Romance
Служебный роман / Business romance
Я шагаю по Москве / I am Walking Along Moscow
Чародеи / Wizards
Труффальдино из Бергамо / Truffaldino from Bergamo

comedies:
Обыкновенное чудо / Ordinary miracle
Кавказская пленница / Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures
Бриллиантовая рука / The Diamond Arm
Иван Васильевич меняет профессию / Ivan Vasilievich changes his occupation
Покровские ворота / Pokrov Gates
Тот самый Мюнхгаузен / The Very Same Munhgauzen
Кин-дза-дза / Kin-Dza-Dza
Двенадцать стульев / Twelve Chairs
Здравствуйте, я ваша тетя! / Hello, I am your aunt!
Джентльмены удачи / Gentlemen of luck
Операция Ы и другие приключения Шурика / Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures

Sci-Fi:
Солярис / Solaris
Сталкер / Stalker
Кин-дза-дза / Kin-Dza-Dza
Завещание профессора Доуэля / Professor Dowell's Testament
Человек-амфибия / Amphibian Man

dramas:
Солярис / Solaris
Москва слезам не верит / Moscow does not Belive in Tears
Зеркало / The Mirror
Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих / At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among his own
Звезда пленительного счастья / The Star of Fascinating Happiness
Кавказский пленник / Prisoner of the Mountains
Вор / The Thief
Любовник / The Lover

Actors:
Александр Абдулов / Aleksandr Abdulov
Михаил Боярский / Mikhail Boyarsky
Ролан Быков / Rolan Bykov
Андрей Миронов / Andrey Mironov
Андрей Мягков / Andrei Myagkov
Евгения Симонова / Evgeniya Simonova

Directors:
Марк Захаров / Mark Zakharov
Эльдар Рязанов / Eldar Ryazanov
Леонид Гайдай / Leonid Gaidai
Георгий Данелия / Georgi Daneliya

Mnogie iz nih ochen horoshie filmu.

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I know next to nothing about russian cinema. I have seen three films by Tarkovsky and they were all brilliant. Solaris, The Mirror and Stalker. They all made a deep impression on me when I saw them and they have a unique feel over them that I have never seen in any other movie. Especially The Mirror is so beautiful to watch that I can't even find words. Utterly incomprehensible, but breathtakingly beautiful.

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Check out Nostalghia if you liked Tarkovsky's other work.
It's more like a painting then a movie.

My favorite Russian movie is Andrei Rublev, I could have done without the animal cruelty in the film.

Others I've seen,
Stalker
Solaris
Ivan The Terrible Parts One And Two
Alexander Nevsky
Battleship Potemkin
Strike
The Man With A Movie Camera
Dersu Uzala
Brother
The End of St. Petersburg
The Thief
Earth
Chess Fever
I'm sure I'm missing some.

I' ll do that.

Oh, I've seen those too. The Battleship Potemkin is my favourite silent film.

Interesting are there any that are in subtititles?And what are these titles in english?THey sound interesting that is why I am asking!Sorry if I am being annoying!I just like other country's different lanage firms they are so intersting!Ssee you around!JM

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Im confused by the question. All of them have english subtitles.
On the left is original Russian title and on the right - english title.
If you are asking what above mentioned movies are about,
check my site for descriptions.

Here's some really good movies from last few years:
Прогулка / The Stroll
Бедный, бедный Павел / Poor Poor Pavel
Дневник камикадзе / Kamikazee’s Diary
Кармен / Carmen
Идиот / The Idiot (mini-series)
Карлик Нос / Karlik Nos
Отец и сын / Father and Son
Старухи / Old Women
Война / War
Звезда / The Star
Кукушка / Cuckoo
Любовник / The Lover
Русский Ковчег / Russian Ark
I have created a page listing Russian films released in 2003, because of such discussions:
http://www.geocities.com/rusatg/2003.htm

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I've recently started to translate my actors pages,
so far Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Aleksandr Abdulov, Yevgeni Leonov.
Tell me what you think. If you like it. I'll do my best to translate the rest.

Has anyone seen Ночной дозор / Night Watch?
It has surpassed Spiderman 2 in Russian movie theaters.
It's a bit like Matrix with Horror twist.

dont castrate me if im wrong but wasnt solaris written by stanislaw lem
and isnt he polish?

I've been trying to find it for quite a while now, it's kind of hard since I'm in Canada. Is it worth the search? I hear it was very original and creative, I'd like to hear feedback from people who've actually seen it. Thanks in advance!

Sorry man, I hadn't heard of it until just now. Even in my Foreign/Indy friendly city, we don't get much Russian cinema.

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pgmatg i saw a russian movie yesterday it was called Tycoon: The New Russian/ Oligarkh

I just saw Night Watch. It's a pretty awesome movie, although I still think it was really confusing. Can't wait for Day Watch!

Russkij Kovcheg (Russian Ark) is well worth a look

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I saw that on DVD a couple of months ago. Not much of a standard "storyline", but man, was it ever impressive to watch.

Well, that is what my site is for. Netflix has some good Russian movies, I keep up complete list (theirs is a bit inaccurate).

Question for those who've seen both Tarkovsky & Soderberg's versions of Solaris, which did you like more and why?
I prefer the Russian version, of cause the book is even better, but Clooney's effort is pretty good too.

Sigh... the only Russian film that I have seen would be "Russian Ark" of 2003. It's sort of a documentary, and was filmed entirely in a single day. Yet preparations and sequencing took *months* to plan.

\m/Battleship Potemkin\m/ Best Foreign,Black and white,Silent film ever

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Lilja 4-ever was insightful, in a Russian kinda way.