Soviet films of Gorbachev's perestroika (1985-91)
Good Soviet films of this period, which I have seen.
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- DirectorPyotr TodorovskiyStarsElena YakovlevaTomas LaustiolaLarisa MalevannayaA hospital nurse becomes an "international girl", a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency."Интердевочка" (Intergirl)
- DirectorKaren ShakhnazarovStarsFyodor DunayevskyAnastasiya NemolyaevaOleg BasilashviliThe story of a teenager boy in times of the comunism fall in the Soviet Union."Курьер" (Courrier)
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsErland JosephsonSusan FleetwoodAllan EdwallAt the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return."Жертвоприношение" (The Sacrifice / Offret)
The last film made by Tarkovsky, and it is one of my favourites. Filmed in Sweden and in the Swedish language. The main character makes a sacrifice to God in order to avert a world war. - DirectorKaren ShakhnazarovStarsEvgeniy EvstigneevArkadi NasyrovAleksandr Pankratov-ChyornyyA former star dancer gives tap dancing lessons to an untalented young man."Зимний вечер в Гаграх" (Winter Evening in Gagra)
Once upon a time - back in the fifties - Beglov was a star of tap dancing. And now even memories of those days are unpleasant to him. As if it had not happened to him.... But a young man is coming to Moscow determined to learn tap dancing. Without complexes or a hint of ability, but with a great desire to dance, he turns to Beglov.
https://youtu.be/yFvjf4Qy87Y (subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese) - DirectorKaren ShakhnazarovStarsLeonid FilatovOleg BasilashviliVladimir MenshovGoing on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent."Город Зеро" (Zerograd)
http://youtu.be/uB80gnsWNfw (English subtitles) - DirectorElem KlimovStarsAleksey KravchenkoOlga MironovaLiubomiras LauceviciusAfter finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II."Иди и смотри" (Come and See)
- DirectorVasili PichulStarsNatalya NegodaAndrey SokolovYuriy NazarovA teenage girl, who has just finished school feels trapped and aimless in her ordinary Russian family, supported by an alcoholic father, in a dull industrial town."Маленькая Вера" (Little Vera)
https://youtu.be/E8MCiceJJdY (no subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROcT_slJzdo (English subtitles) - DirectorAleksandr ProshkinStarsValeriy PriyomykhovAnatoliy PapanovViktor StepanovFormer political inmates Sergei and Nikolai live as exiles in a remote Siberian village. After the general Soviet gulag amnesty of 1953 8 pardoned common criminals terrorize the inhabitants."Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего" (The Cold Summer of 1953)
http://youtu.be/dAYOT6MvVuU (English subtitles) - DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsLeonid FilatovTatyana DogilevaIrina KupchenkoA former musician must make a hard choice between freedom with mistress and comfortable life with wife.
"Забытая мелодия для флейты" (Forgotten Tune for the Flute)
One of my most loved films by Eldar Ryazanov. Made in the genre of tragicomedy, which characterised the perestroika period of the late USSR.
http://youtu.be/zCIb0R_8Ww4 (1 part, English subtitles)
http://youtu.be/lvyRzWWS07w (2 part, English subtitles) - DirectorVladimir BortkoStarsEvgeniy EvstigneevVladimir TolokonnikovBoris PlotnikovIn the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name."Собачье сердце" (Heart of a Dog)
Based on Bulgakov's story. Satire on bolshevism. Yevstegneyev as Prof. Preobrazhenski is brilliant. - DirectorMikhail TumanishviliStarsOksana ArbuzovaVladimir IlinAnastasiya VoznesenskayaHer life motto is: "I like everything that you don't like." She protests everything. But under her "metal" shell - a lonely and suffering soul. Saving his daughter, the guardian of the law takes justice into his own hands."Авария - дочь мента" (Crash – Cop's Daughter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5xA3aT0Adc (no subtitles)
Trailer in Russian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWLFg8-WjCA
A scene at school (Нравится - не нравится, но это курс партии): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__EPy5RtTrc - DirectorNikolay DostalStarsAndrey ZhigalovSergey BatalovIrina RozanovaIn a dreary Russian village, over-enthusiastic and underappreciated Kolya spontaneously announces that he has plans to leave for the far-east today, garnering far more attention and support than he anticipated."Облако-рай" (Cloud-Paradise)
- DirectorSergey SolovyovStarsNatan EidelmanAnatoly SlivnikovGerman ShorrASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot."Асса" (Assa)
- DirectorMark ZakharovStarsAleksandr AbdulovOleg YankovskiyEvgeniy LeonovDragon, a bloody dictator, is challenged by Lancelot, who comes to save the girl, and to liberate the people."Убить дракона" (To Kill a Dragon)
- DirectorVladimir MenshovStarsAleksandr MikhaylovNina DoroshinaLyudmila GurchenkoInjured on the job Vasily Kuzyakin gets a ticket to the resort. There he meets femme fatale Raisa Zakharovna, and once under the charm, moves to live with her. Unfortunately, a new life is not all that sweet as dreamed hapless Vasily."Любовь и голуби" (Love and Doves)
- DirectorSvetlana IlyinskayaStarsDmitrijus DenisiukasTatyana DogilevaEvgeniy Evstigneev"Яма" (The Pit).
Based on the novel by Alexander Kuprin.
https://youtu.be/_0UKX0RW1VU (no subtitles) - DirectorVladimir KhotinenkoStarsSergey KoltakovIvan BortnikBoris GalkinTwo casual acquaintances, Sergey Pshenichnyy and Andrey Nemchinov, are transferred almost 40 years ago by the will of mysterious circumstances. This day - May 8, 1949 - begins to repeat itself for them with inexorable constancy."Зеркало для героя" (Mirror for a Hero)
https://youtu.be/K2kvotmAVGU (no subtitles) - DirectorTengiz AbuladzeStarsAvtandil MakharadzeZeinab BotsvadzeIa NinidzeVarlam, the despotic mayor of a small town, dies. After his funeral, his body is repeatedly unearthed and buried again. Through flashbacks and dreamlike scenes, we witness his rise, power and ambiguities."Покаяние" (1987) (Repentance / Monanieba).
This is a very symbolic Georgian film about tyrany. In order to understand it well, you will need to know basic facts about the regime of Stalin and Beria. After seeing the film, read the viewers' comments. The comment posted by a viewer from Tbilisi (Irakli28) is especially helpful. - DirectorVyacheslav KrishtofovichStarsInna ChurikovaYelena BogdanovaSvetlana RyabovaA tragicomedy about four women of three generations living in a small Moscow flat: a sick grandmother who needs attention; a mother who cannot manage her personal life; and two daughters, each of whom have their own challenges."Ребро Адама" (Adam's Rib)
Inna Churikova, as always, gives a top performance!
https://youtu.be/nNVwosCwjlY (no subtitles) - DirectorAlla SurikovaStarsAndrey MironovAlexandra YakovlevaMikhail BoyarskiyMr Jonny First arrives to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph."Человек с бульвара Капуцинов" (A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines)
- DirectorGeorgiy DaneliyaStarsStanislav LyubshinEvgeniy LeonovYuriy YakovlevTwo Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms."Кин-дза-дза!" (Kin-dza-dza!)
- DirectorVladimir BortkoStarsEvgeniy EvstigneevVladimir TolokonnikovBoris PlotnikovIn the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name."Собачье сердце" (Heart of a Dog)