10 films about Russia made by foreigners

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

A special view of Western filmmakers on our history, customs and culture.

Last Sunday

• Drama, melodrama, biography.
• Great Britain, Germany, Russia, 2009.
• Duration: 113 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 0.

The film is based on the biographical novel of the same name by Jay Parini and tells about the last chapter of Leo Tolstoy's life. The great writer renounces the title of nobility, religion and part of property in order to devote himself to serving the people. This decision is at odds with the views of his wife, which is why a conflict flares up between them.

Vanya on 42nd Street

• Drama, melodrama, comedy.
• USA, 1994.
• Duration: 119 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 5.

Actors of a small theater in New York stage Chekhov's play "Uncle Vanya". The troupe is in dire straits. She has no props or decorations. But this does not prevent the artists from feeling their characters and recreating the atmosphere of the Russian countryside, relying only on acting.

Red

• Drama, melodrama, biography.
• USA, 1981.
• Duration: 195 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 5.

The painting is based on the biography of John Reed, an American radical journalist and writer. He moved to Russia, where the October Revolution is raging. Imbued with socialist ideas, Reed wants to return to the States and arrange a similar coup.

Outdoor furniture-19

• Thriller, war drama.
• UK, Germany, USA, Canada, 2002.
• Duration: 138 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 7.

In the center of the plot is the crew of a submarine that suffered an accident due to a breakdown of a nuclear power plant. The film tells about the valor and heroism of Soviet sailors who risked their own lives for the sake of their comrades.

The enemy is at the gate

• War drama.
• UK, France, Germany, Ireland, USA, 2001.
• Duration: 131 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

In the midst of the Battle of Stalingrad, the German command orders its best sniper to kill the legendary Vasily Zaitsev. Despite the historical inaccuracies and cranberries, the film turned out to be spectacular, and watching the confrontation between Ed Harris and Jude Law is a pleasure.

Doctor Zhivago

• Drama, melodrama.
• USA, Italy, Great Britain, 1965.
• Duration: 197 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 0.

Western interpretation of the novel of the same name by Boris Pasternak. This is a story about the doctor and poet Yuri Zhivago, who witnessed both the First World War and the October Revolution. Despite the fact that Russian critics took the picture coolly, in the West it made a splash. Doctor Zhivago became the second highest grossing film in MGM history after Gone With the Wind.

Ninochka

• Melodrama, comedy.
• USA, 1939.
• Duration: 110 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 0.

Three emissaries of the USSR come to Paris to sell confiscated jewelry that belonged to Princess Swane. The Soviet trinity is unable to resist the romance and beauty of Paris, so it does everything to stay in the city of love as long as possible. Since there is no news from the envoys, the party sends a staunch revolutionary Nina Yakushova to Paris to bring Soviet citizens back to their homeland.

Nikolay and Alexandra

• Biography, war drama.
• Great Britain, USA, 1971.
• Duration: 183 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 3.

The story of the life of Nicholas II and his wife. The film tells about the birth of the Grand Duke and Tsarevich Alexei, about the St. Petersburg life of the Romanov family and about the terrible events that ended the family.

Love and death

• Comedy.
• USA, 1975.
• Duration: 82 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

Woody Allen's satirical comedy will bring you to tears. But it will be tears of joy or sorrow, it depends on you. The director parodies Russian classical literature, neglects historical facts and forces the heroes to indulge in lengthy monologues.

Russians are coming! Russians are coming

• Comedy.
• USA, 1966.
• Duration: 126 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

A comedy about the crew of a Soviet submarine during the Cold War, who found themselves in a very difficult situation. The ship ran aground near a fictional island in the United States. The sailors decided that the only way out would be to go ashore and quietly tow the submarine. Of course, the appearance of Russians in America could not go unnoticed. The film pokes fun at the panic that prevailed during the Cold War and shows how politicians are pushing common people against each other.