10 films about Russia taken by foreigners

The Last Station

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

The film is based on the eponymous biographical novel by Jay Parini, and tells the story of the last chapter of the life of Leo Tolstoy. The great writer refuses a title of nobility, of religion and of the property, to devote themselves to serving the people. This decision was at odds with the views of his wife, because of which erupted between conflict.

Vanya on 42nd Street

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

Cast a small theater in New York, put the play Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya". The troupe is in distress. She has no props, no scenery. But this does not prevent artists feel their characters and recreate the atmosphere of the Russian countryside, relying only on acting skills.

red

• Drama, Romance, Biography.
• United States, 1981.
• Duration: 195 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

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

K-19

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

In the center of the plot - the crew of a submarine in distress because of the broken nuclear power plant. The film tells about the valor and heroism of the Soviet seamen who risked their own lives for the sake of his comrades.

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Enemy at the Gates

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

In the midst of the Battle of Stalingrad the German command orders his best sniper to kill the legendary Vasily Zaitsev. Despite the historical inaccuracies and cranberries, the film was spectacular, and watch the confrontation Ed Harris and Jude Law - a pleasure.

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Doctor Zhivago

• Drama, Romance.
• USA, Italy, UK, 1965.
• Duration: 197 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

Western interpretation of the eponymous novel by Boris Pasternak. This is a story about a doctor and poet Yuri Zhivago, which has become a witness, and the First World War and the October Revolution. Despite the fact that the Russian critics have taken a picture of cool, in the West it created a furor. "Doctor Zhivago" was the second Coll grossing film in the history of the MGM after "Gone With the Wind."

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Ninotchka

• Romance, comedy.
• United States, 1939.
• Duration: 110 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

Three Soviet emissaries come to Paris to sell the confiscated jewelry belonging to Princess Swane. Soviet trio unable to resist the romance and beauty of Paris, so does everything to stay in the city of love as long as possible. As messengers of no news, the party sends to Paris convinced revolutionary Yakushova Nina to return to Soviet citizens back home.

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Nicholas and Alexandra

• Biography, war drama.
• United Kingdom, United States, 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 the Tsarevich Alexei, of Petersburg life of the Romanov family and the terrible events of ragged race.

Love and death

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

Satirical comedy by Woody Allen will bring you to tears. But it will be tears of joy or sorrow, is up to you. Director parodies Russian classical literature, ignores historical facts and forces characters to indulge in lengthy monologues.

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Russians are coming! Russians are coming!

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

Comedy about the crew of a Soviet submarine of the Cold War, were in a very difficult situation. The ship ran aground near the fictional island in the United States. The sailors decided that the only way out is to go ashore and quietly towed submarine. Of course, the appearance of Russian in America could not go unnoticed. The film satirizes panic that prevailed during the Cold War, and shows how policy bang their heads of ordinary people.

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