Russian/Czech movies i have seen, mainly comedies and fairytales. (I am English)
I am English, but over the last few years i have gained a real liking for certain Russian/Czech movies, particularly older fairytales and comedies.
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- StarsYuriy TorsuevVladimir TorsuevVasiliy SkromnyyThe Adventures of the Elektronic.7.5 - AKA Adventures of Electronics - This was good for the family and was in 3 parts i believe, so over 3 hours long, but i liked it.
- DirectorGeorgiy DaneliyaStarsLeonid KuravlyovEvgeniya SimonovaEvgeniy LeonovA carefree plumber spends his days drinking and chasing women, but the emptiness of his life starts catching up to him.6 - This one is a drama/comedy about our made character, but i didnt find it particularly interesting.
- DirectorMikhail YuzovskyStarsRoman MonastyrskyTatyana PelttserLeonid KharitonovThe story of fairy tale characters creating drama around nothing to the music "turu tutu tu turu tu turu tutu".8 to 8.5 - AKA Along Unknown Paths. Great fairytale film, features a hut with chicken legs, great film.
- DirectorVladimir ChebotaryovGennadiy KazanskiyStarsVladimir KorenevAnastasiya VertinskayaMikhail KozakovPeople living in a seaside town are frightened by reports about an unknown creature in the ocean. Nobody knows what it is, but it's really the son of Doctor Salvator. The doctor performed surgery on his son and now young Ichtiandr can live underwater. This gives him certain advantages, but creates a lot of problems.7 to 7.5 really interesting stuff going on here, fish out of water.
- DirectorNadezhda KosheverovaStarsOleg DalMarina NeyolovaVladimir EtushA young puppeteer tells a story about a soldier who falls in love with a rude princess.8 - AKA An old old tale - Fairytale type, very good, featuring a soldier and a princess.
- DirectorAugustinas GriciusVaidas LekaviciusStarsJurgita Ragutskaite DrabatieneAugustinas GriciusZigmas JablonskisWhen the insatiable discoverer Gustav catches the travel bug, he decides to set out on a trip around the world to search for his uncle who had disappeared while flying his plane. Little does he know what adventures await him, and what incredible characters he is destined to meet. Have you ever wondered what Baron Munchausen is up to these days? Where Captain Nemo is knocking about and how Robinson Crusoe is doing? This educational story about adventures, beauty and wonder is your chance to meet these and other well-loved characters and to travel with them, to visit the mysterious forest where Tiny Ben has his secret radio station, to dive to the depths of the sea, where mermaids provide entertainment in the restaurant of the Titanic, and to travel on planes, windmills, boats and trains through northern seas and America's Wild West; across the world, and even to space!7 to 7.5 - More recent as its from 2014 but really good, we meet characters like Captain Nemo and Robinson Crusoe.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsMikhail PugovkinGeorgiy MillyarAnatoliy KubatskiyA Czar who attempts to trick a creature that demands tribute from him into taking a fisherman's baby instead of his newborn heir. Complications arise when the daughter of the creature, Barbara, requests a human suitor to find true love.8.5 to 9 - AKA Barbara the fair with the silken hair. Fairytale film involves a underwater King, Georgiy Millyar is fantastic, magical stuff.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsElizabeth TaylorJane FondaCicely TysonTwo peasant kids, Mytyl and Tyltyl, guided by Fairy Berylune, embark on a quest seeking the Blue Bird of Happiness with companions: Dog, Cat, Light, Fire, Bread, and other entities joining their journey.7 - This apparently is an American/Russian production but it seemed to be starring English and American actors such as Elizabeth Taylor.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsEvgeniy MorgunovGeorgiy VitsinYuriy NikulinThree criminals contrive the entire moonshine facility inside a wilderness hut. Their law-abiding dog is going to stop that outrage.7.5 to 8 - This is a 20 minute short, no dialogue, in the style of 3 stooges or Laurel and Hardy. These 3 actors often appeared together in movies and shorts, usually playing 3 idiot type characters.
- DirectorMartin FricStarsJirí SovákRudolf HrusínskýVáclav LohniskýCuba Drobbyan (Jiri Sovak) is a poor cavalier who has a good wife (Bela Jurdova) and eleven children. When it comes to the twelfth, Cuba decides to go into the world and get a good godfather for him. Meanwhile, the old man meets Bohas Zahorsky, but he does not want to be a godfather, because he is not equally equitable to all people, he rejects the devil (Otakar Brousek), eventually meets the Deathwalker (Vaclav Lohnisky) whom he chooses because he belongs to all people just equitable. The Deathwoman makes a treaty with Cuba and gives him a special gift: When Cuba sees him with a sick person at his head, the person dies if he stands at his feet, the healer heals. Cuba tries it a few times, and the Death Gift works. Cuba will gradually become a respected and popular folk healer. The rich and fat brewery brewer Pandrhola (Rudolf Hrusinsky), who has always refused to help and make fun of Kuba and all the local poor miners, is the counterpart of the poor cavalier. Even one day it will get sick. He calls Cuba, but he first refuses because Deathwoman stands in the bed's heads. In the end, however, Cuba is allowed to cope with Pandhra and treats it despite the fact that it breaks the deal with the Death Eater - let the bed with Pandrhola turn around so that the Deathwoman, standing at the head, stands at his feet. But Pandrhola lets Smrtak be trapped in a brewery barrel, making it impossible for anything alive to die. This will cause great confusion and upheaval on the ground. Eventually, Death Knight comes out of the barrel, Pandrhol sets off with his deadly scythe, and Kuba definitively removes his gift.8.5 to 9 - I really like this, magical story, fairytale type, one of the best.
- StarsMikhail BoyarskiyVenyamin SmekhovIgor StaryginD'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.7 - AKA D'artagnan and the three musketeers - Another one split in 2 parts, i always like every version of the three musketeers.
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsGeorgiy VitsinYuriy NikulinEvgeniy MorgunovThree friends and a dog jog in Russian woodlands.7 to 7.5 - AKA something like Dog and the metal cross. This stars the same 3 actors from Bootleggers and is another of those silent 3 stooges type shorts.
- DirectorNadezhda KosheverovaStarsVladimir EtushSvetlana NemolyaevaVera NovikovaThe princess agrees to the fate of a beggar for the sake of her lover.6.5 - AKA The Donkeys Hide - I have only seen it once without any English subtitles so difficult to rate properly, but it seemed to start off liekable then lost it ways, so in the end i am only going to say it appears to be nothing special.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsAleksandr KhvylyaLyudmila MyznikovaYuri TavrovSurreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.7.5 to 8 - Evenings on a farm near dikanka. Fairytale type and very likeable.
- DirectorMike SnyderDmitri SurenskyStarsPamela AdlonRandall BrooksJeannie EliasRobbers! Witches! Mischievous Elves! Ruled by the all powerful Father Frost, the Forest of Enchantment is the most bizarre and remarkable place in the world! Natalie and Ivan's newlywed hopes of living happily ever after are shattered when they stumble into this mysterious and strange forest. The evil witch, Baba Yaga, can't stand love and sets out to curse their marriage. With incredible magical forces against them, the young couple must summon the great power of Father Frost to come to their aid before their love is lost forever.7.5 to 8 - Fairytale type, good story, i liked it, its basically Cinderella meets Baba Yaga.
- DirectorGennadiy VasilevStarsVyacheslav VoskresenskySvetlana OrlovaMikhail KononovThe film was loosely based on the fairy-tale with the same name by I. Shestakov and was dedicated to the memory of fairy-tale film director Aleksander Rou.8 - AKA - Finist the brave falcon - so watched this again to compile this list and wow was pleasantly surprised how good this was, some magical stuff going on here.
- DirectorAleksandr SeryyStarsEvgeniy LeonovGeorgiy VitsinSaveliy KramarovIt so happens that peaceful kindergarten teacher is incredibly similar to the terrible villain who stole the helmet of Alexander the Great. And villain's accomplices are unexpectedly similar to children - they also need love and care.7.5 - I will be watching again, i know i liked this comedy, i believe it involves some random man pretending to be a bad guy who he looks like.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsPetra CernockáJan HrusínskýJan KrausSaxana, a witch-in-training, accidentally stumbles upon a spell that transports her to the human world. She meets Peter who introduces her to the human world, leading to a series of adventures as she experiences life outside magical realm.7.5 to 8 - Very enjoyable comedy about a trainee good witch who ends up in the real world with some school kids.
- DirectorHynek BocanStarsVladimír DlouhýOndrej VetchýJana DítetováPetr's greedy stepmother steals everything from her stepson. Meanwhile, Petr meets two daughters of a local duke. He falls in love with one of them, but she is very proud and Petr means nothing to her. The second daughter Adelka is kind and humble and falls in love with Petr. Petr meets a devil and together they decide to punish the evil ones.7 - AKA Give the Devil his due - Features the Devil and Hell, some interesting stuff here, good but not great.
- DirectorViktor MakarovAleksandr RouStarsGeorgiy MillyarAleksei SmirnovRaisa RyazanovaThe mother is looking for the kidnapped children whom Baba Yaga has turned into fallow deer. The last work of director Aleksandr Rou.7.5 - AKA Golden Horns - Fairytale type and yes its another good one.
- StarsNatalya GusevaAleksei FomkinIlya NaumovA schoolboy finds a time machine and he helps Alisa, a scientist of the future, to save a mind-reading device from space pirates. Chased by the pirates and followed by Alisa he saves the device and takes it back to his own time.7.5 to 8 - This runs for over 5 hours and is generally in 5 different 1 hour parts. I found it very likeable indeed, never boring.
- DirectorNadezhda KosheverovaStarsOleg DalElena ProklovaMikhail GluzskiyKind and naive Ivanushka sets off on the road to disenchant his beloved. Musical fairy tale.7.5 - AKA How Ivanushka the fool went after the miracle. Another enjoyable fairytale film, featuring a princess.
- DirectorMarie PolednákováStarsJúlius SatinskýJana SulcováVáclav PostráneckýThree middle-aged men go for a vacation with their children and learn to cope with their needs without their wives. Quickly, they plan to exhaust the kids to have some time off, but nothing really works out as planned.7.5 to 8 - So apparently this was voted the best Czech comedy film ever made!. Well its certainly decent, but i have seen much funnier films.
- DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsAndrey MyagkovBarbara BrylskaYuriy YakovlevAn incredible story about a man who misplaced the cities and found his love during the one special night - New Year's celebration.7 - I remember liking this, but need to see again
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy YakovlevLeonid KuravlyovAleksandr DemyanenkoAn ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine.7.5 to 8 - AKA Ivan Vasilievich changes his profession. I gather this is a very famous one, and its very good, it involves time travel and its a comedy, plenty to like here.