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How I Became Russian

Original title: Kak ya stal russkim
  • 2019
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
486
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Chang Dong, Vitaliy Khaev, and Elizaveta Kononova in How I Became Russian (2019)
RussianComedy

Getting your fiancee's father to like you is not an easy task. The Chinese guy Pen also faces this problem when he goes to Moscow for his love, Ira, without even knowing what a nightmare awa... Read allGetting your fiancee's father to like you is not an easy task. The Chinese guy Pen also faces this problem when he goes to Moscow for his love, Ira, without even knowing what a nightmare awaits him.Getting your fiancee's father to like you is not an easy task. The Chinese guy Pen also faces this problem when he goes to Moscow for his love, Ira, without even knowing what a nightmare awaits him.

  • Directors
    • Xia Hao
    • Akaki Sakhelashvili
  • Writers
    • Ivan Baranov
    • Aleksandr Markin
    • Aleksandr Noskov
  • Stars
    • Chang Dong
    • Vitaliy Khaev
    • Elizaveta Kononova
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    486
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Xia Hao
      • Akaki Sakhelashvili
    • Writers
      • Ivan Baranov
      • Aleksandr Markin
      • Aleksandr Noskov
    • Stars
      • Chang Dong
      • Vitaliy Khaev
      • Elizaveta Kononova
    • 3User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Chang Dong
    • Peng Peng - Ira's boyfriend
    Vitaliy Khaev
    Vitaliy Khaev
    • Anatoliy Platonov
    Elizaveta Kononova
    • Ira Platanova
    Sergey Chirkov
    • Roman Andreevich Bystrov
    Hrant Tokhatyan
    Hrant Tokhatyan
    • Ruben
    • (as Grant Tokhatyan)
    Natalya Surkova
    Natalya Surkova
    • Petrovna - female cook
    Vadim Smirnov
    • Ignat - Platonov's bodyguard
    Dmitry Smirnov
    • Kolya - Platonov's bodyguard
    • (as Dmitriy Smirnov)
    Sergey Sosnovskiy
    Sergey Sosnovskiy
    • Fyodor
    Sergey Belyaev
    Sergey Belyaev
    • Semyonych
    Andrey Morozov
    • Man at gas station
    Igor Gasparyan
    Igor Gasparyan
    • Taxi driver
    Natalya Baronina
    • Border guard ledy
    • (as Natalya Boronina)
    Nodar Dzhanelidze
    Nodar Dzhanelidze
    • Tractor driver
    • (as Nodar Dzhanilidze)
    Aleksandr Semyonov
    • Choreographer
    Zhiying Yang
    • Peng's mother
    • (as Yang Zhiying, Chzhan Ligan)
    Yuwen Li
    • Peng's father
    • (as Li Yuwen, Su Lin)
    Andrey Klimov
    • Directors
      • Xia Hao
      • Akaki Sakhelashvili
    • Writers
      • Ivan Baranov
      • Aleksandr Markin
      • Aleksandr Noskov
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews3

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    4CanadianBear

    Disappointed

    I rarely write reviews, but this movie was a big disappointment. The trailer made it look promising, but the movie is very dull. There's next to no plot and the funny parts are few and far between. The sound is horrible. It's so noticable that most (if not all) of the dialogue was recorded after the fact. There were so many moments when we couldn't figure out what they were saying at all, we being myself and my Russian wife. Too bad... The premise wasn't bad.
    7bondbrook

    Ok Funny

    The film was good entertainment, has some very good parts. I would watch it again.
    10ladypusj

    lovely movie

    Lovely movie, good entertainment to learn about russian life not like any in wikipedia or google described

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      Remake of Kak ya stal russkim (2015)
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      Written and performed by Ilya Lagutenko

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    • Release date
      • January 17, 2019 (Russia)
    • Countries of origin
      • Russia
      • China
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • Chinese
    • Also known as
      • Как я стал русским
    • Production companies
      • Nebo
      • U Lan Media
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,668,824
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)

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