6 Soviet New Year films that we love with all our hearts

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

If there is still no festive mood, good Soviet films that traditionally appear on screens on the New Year's Eve will help. Together with "" we have collected your favorite classics for you. You can start a festive movie marathon now.

1. Wizards

• USSR, 1982.
• Duration: 147 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 3.

In the fictional town of Kitezhgrad there is an institute for the study of magic NUINU. Real sorcerers and witches work there. The musician Vanya is in love with one of them. He has already proposed to the girl and soon he and the bride should move in. True, the deputy director of the institute, Apollo Sataneev, has long been staring at the young witch. Just on New Year's Eve, NUINU is developing a magic wand for the service sector. With her help, Sataneev expects to separate the lovers and conquer Alena.

The plot is very different from those that we used to see on screens during the Soviet era. The fact is that the script for the film was written by the Strugatsky brothers. And they took the idea of their book "Monday Starts on Saturday" as a basis. The result is a kind and unusual story, which we are happy to revise on New Year's Eve.

2. Carnival night

• USSR, 1956.
• Duration: 72 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

Employees of the House of Culture are preparing for the New Year's ball. The program has already been invented and rehearsed. However, the bore chief Ogurtsov is not satisfied with circus numbers and dances. An inveterate official wants to turn the holiday into a party meeting with the reading of reports. Subordinates did not appreciate this idea and decided to outwit the director.

This is the first film by Eldar Ryazanov to appear on the big screen. And the second role of Lyudmila Gurchenko in her career. The song about five minutes made her one of the most recognizable and popular actresses in the USSR.

3. Twelve months

• USSR, 1973.
• Duration: 135 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

The young queen was arrogant, moody, and not very intelligent. She decided that it was quite possible to find snowdrops in December. The order was issued immediately. The ruler promised a reward for the basket of flowers.

The greedy and grumpy stepmother, having enlisted the support of her daughter, decides to send her stepdaughter to the forest. Suddenly she really finds snowdrops. And even if not, this is a good chance to get rid of the hated girl. And on the night, when there is such a blizzard outside the window that it is a pity to even drive the dog out of the house, the stepdaughter goes to look for flowers.

A good fairy tale can be watched by the whole family. Both children and parents will worry about the main character.

4. New Year's adventures of Masha and Viti

• USSR, 1975.
• Duration: 66 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

Even if you have not watched the film, you have probably heard of its heroes anyway. Viti has a cold mind and vigilant vigilance. He believes in science and technology. Naive and funny Masha believes only in miracles. It is she who manages to revive the statue of Santa Claus on the school tree. From him, the guys learn that Koschey kidnapped the Snow Maiden in order to arrange a holiday for his henchmen. Brave schoolchildren go to rescue the granddaughter of a bearded wizard. But Koschey finds out about this and does not intend to give up so easily.

The film starred young Mikhail Boyarsky in the role of the cat Matvey.

5. The Snow Queen

• USSR, 1967.
• Duration: 79 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 2.

Soviet film adaptation of the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The film fell in love with both children and adults, so it was regularly shown on TV for more than a decade.

The plot of the movie is familiar to many. Gerda and Kai live next door, they have been friends for a long time and are very attached to each other. On a winter evening, the Snow Queen kidnaps the boy and turns his heart into a piece of ice. Gerda embarks on a long, dangerous and very difficult journey to save her friend.

6. Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath

• USSR, 1975.
• Duration: 184 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 4.

And absolutely everyone knows this story. It seems that even today you can stop any passer-by, and he will not hesitate to give out a couple of quotes from the film. But suddenly you are the only one who has never heard of the 3rd street of Builders. Then the next paragraph is for you.

Every year on December 31, Zhenya Lukashin goes to the bathhouse with his friends. The story begins with another such meeting. After the steam room, the men decide to have a drink for the holiday, but they get carried away a little. One of the friends needs to fly to Leningrad. True, they forgot exactly who. Of course, the wrong person was put on the plane. Zhenya Lukashin, passed out, arrives in a strange city. He automatically tells the taxi driver his Moscow address. By coincidence, Leningrad also has such a street and such a house. Even the key to the apartment came up. Zhenya, without hind legs, falls on the couch and falls asleep. But his dreams do not last long: the owner of the apartment is returning home. This is where the fun begins.

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