10 most beautiful and exciting adaptations of Russian classics

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Ten of the most beautiful, famous and exciting works of Russian classical literature will come to life on your screen in serial format to brighten up the coming weekend.

Doctor Zhivago

• Russia, 2005.
• Duration: 484 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 6.

An impressive story about the doctor, poet and philosopher Yuri Zhivago, whose life was destroyed by the war, revolution and love, which he was able to carry through distances and years of forced separation.

Moron

• Russia, 2003.
• Duration: 505 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 6.

The childishly naive prince Myshkin, returning to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland, is faced with a harsh reality and is struggling to resist the injustice surrounding him, without fear of appearing ridiculous and eccentric.

The Master and Margarita

• Russia, 2005.
• Duration: 500 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 5.

The merciless Bulgakov satire is good both in print and on the screen. Mysticism, devilry, good and evil, prudence and madness - it is almost impossible to tear yourself away from this bewitching devilry.

Quiet Don

• Russia, 2015.
• Duration: 630 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 0.

An epic canvas about the tragic love story of Aksinya and Melekhov, which unfolds against the backdrop of the First World War and the Civil War. The newest film adaptation of all available to date.

War and Peace

• UK, 2016.
• Duration: 360 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 2.

British film adaptation of the great epic of Leo Tolstoy. If the four-volume creation of the great author scares you with its volume, then feel free to start watching the series. The plot focuses on grandiose historical events and their impact on the life and fate of five aristocratic families.

Hero of our time

• Russia, 2006.
• Duration: 312 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 2.

A historical drama about a lonely and tired young officer who was looking for peace and tranquility, but found his own death.

Brothers Karamazov

• Russia, 2009.
• Duration: 528 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 3.

A screen adaptation of the latest and most complex novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The series based on this work is very multi-layered. Here you will find everything: incredibly tangled family relationships, and arguments about human nature, and, of course, a love line.

Fathers and Sons

• Russia, 2008.
• Duration: 176 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 4.

The plot is built around the endless and eternal conflict of generations - the confrontation between fathers and children. It's a real pleasure to watch the nihilist Bazarov and the aristocrat Kirsanov argue with each other about love, religion, politics and much more.

White Guard

• Russia, 2012.
• Duration: 376 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 4.

This film adaptation, although it does not exactly repeat all the events that take place in the novel, is still incredibly close to it. From the very first minutes one can feel how difficult and precarious the position of the Russian intelligentsia was during the Civil War.

Demons

• Russia, 2014.
• Duration: 240 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 9.

A mysterious, confusing and very interesting story about a young man Nikolai Stavrogin, who is completely confused in life and, in addition, is hiding something.

Which screen versions of literary works do you consider the most successful and advise you to watch? Share your tips in the comments.;)