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pgmatg
02-22-2005, 08:03 PM
I have a page (http://www.geocities.com/rusatg/USfilms.htm) that lists English language movies that are based on books by Russian authors. So far I have 27 titles listed that are available in US. And I'm trying to find more. Would appreciate any help with the ones I've missed. I really liked Lolita, Onegin & Doctor Zhivago.

Also Is anyone interested in talking about Russian Cinema?
If you are, what are your favorite movies (http://www.geocities.com/rusatg/dir.htm)?
My favorites:
comedies: Ordinary miracle,
Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures
The Diamond Arm, Ivan Vasilievich changes his occupation,
Pokrov Gates, The Very Same Munhgauzen, Kin-Dza-Dza,
Twelve Chairs,
Hello, I am your aunt!
Gentlemen of luck, Wizards,
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures

dramas:
Solaris, Moscow does not Belive in Tears, The Mirror,
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among his own
The Star of Fascinating Happiness,
Prisoner of the Mountains, The Thief, The Lover

War: Alexander Nevsky, Ballad of a Soldier, War,
Prisoner of the Mountains, Father of The Soldier,
100 Days Before The Command, Torpedo Bombers

Action: White Sun of the Desert, Brother

Horror: Viy or Spirit of Evil

History: Andrei Rublev, The Battleship Potemkin,
War and Peace, Ivan the Terrible, October, Russian Ark,
Strike, Cold Summer of 1953, Tchaikovsky

Musical Comedy or Costume Drama:
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, Truffaldino from Bergamo,
Naval Cadets, Forward!

Romance: Ordinary miracle, Irony of fate or with light steam!,
A Railway Station for Two, A Cruel Romance, Business romance,
I am Walking Along Moscow

Sci-Fi: Solaris, Stalker, Kin-Dza-Dza,
Professor Dowell's Testament, Amphibian Man, Night Watch

Animation: Alice in Wonderland, The Secret of the Third Planet,
Adventures of captain Vrungel, Treasure Island,
Musicians of Bremen, Mowgli

Koa
02-23-2005, 04:38 PM
I so much want to see Doctor Zhivago, I just finished the book and Im curious...

Im not much into cinema and Im impressed by your knowledge of Russian movies cos it's not something so mainstream (unless you actually are in Russia...). But do you mean only movies based on Russian lit., or movies actually produced in Russia? Or both? I saw 4 Russian movies last year, because one of my teachers organised the shows, they are not so easy to find... They were quite "strange", not similar to what we are used to... I appreciated Acca, good soundtrack too :) Oh and I saw a recent one, just from a couple of years ago, but it had no subtitles so I understood more or less 10 words and I cant remember the title right now.

Molko
02-23-2005, 10:29 PM
Also, the Brothers Karamazov was made into a film :)

Miss Darcy
02-23-2005, 10:37 PM
What version of Zhivago? The old one, with Omar Sharif, or the new with that guy...forget his name...who plays Marius in Les Miserables? I've seen the old one, it's fantastic. :)

I also loved Onegin, saw the movie before reading the book, but that order didn't hurt a bit.

simon
02-24-2005, 03:00 AM
The only comedy I have seen is The Twelve Chairs.

And I have only read of the Bremin Town Musicians, but it is by far one of the best fairy tales.