Posts Tagged ‘russia’

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Topol | Crane, Norma | Frey, Leonard | Picon, Molly | Mann, Paul | Harris, Rosalind | Marsh, Michele | Small, Neva | Glaser, Paul Michael | Lovelock, Ray | Edwards, Elaine | Bonstein, Candy | Ruskin, Shimen | Scooler, Zvee | Zorich, Louis
Directors: Jewison, Norman
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Film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia, coping with the day-to-day problems of ’shtetl’ life, his Jewish traditions, his family (wife and daughters), and state-sanctioned pogroms.

Royal Scandal, A (1945)

Monday, December 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Bankhead, Tallulah | Coburn, Charles | Baxter, Anne | Eythe, William | Price, Vincent | Auer, Mischa | Ruman, Sig | Sokoloff, Vladimir | Rasumny, Mikhail | Baratoff, Paul | Beday, Eugene | Brecher, Egon | Carter, Harry | Chaliapin Jr., Feodor | De Linsky, Victor
Directors: Lubitsch, Ernst
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Catherine The Great had been portrayed by Mae West, Elizabeth Bergner, Marlene Dietrich, and Pola Negri. She lived to be 67 years old. Amazing, if we are to believe her amorous ways. Lubitsch was to have directed this, but he became ill and the reins were handed to Preminger, with Ernst looking over his shoulder and making sure that Otto’s customary heavy hand was somewhat lightened. The ancient Biro/Lengyel play “Czarina,” which had been used as the basis for other movies about the Russian queen, was adapted this time by Mayer and Frank, veteran screenwriters who knew what they were doing. To Bankhead’s St. Petersburg castle comes Eythe, a young cavalry officer who has ridden for days to tell her of a coup planned by two generals. Eythe admits that he has plenty of energy left despite the travel, so Bankhead requests that he return later that night for a “private interview.” Eythe is handsome, albeit a bit sappy, but he must have some ability in the lovemaking department, because his rise to the rank of general is rapid. Eythe is soon in love with Baxter, a virginal woman who is a lady in waiting. Bankhead falls hard for Eythe, and, when she learns that he is affianced to Baxter, the young woman is sent away. Eythe is heartbroken but still owes allegiance to his queen, so he helps overcome the plot to dethrone her. Bankhead is so happy at what he’s done, she allows Eythe and Baxter to reunite while she finds new thrills in the arms of Price, the French ambassador. With all of the sleeping around Bankhead does, it’s a wonder any state business ever got done in the years when Catherine was Great. A few laughs, but Bankhead chews up the scenery and the pacing is off a beat. Lubitsch had filmed this as FORBIDDEN PARADISE in 1924.

Babylon A.D. (2008)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Diesel, Vin | Yeoh, Michelle | Thierry, Mélanie | Depardieu, Gérard | Rampling, Charlotte | Wilson, Lambert | Strong, Mark | Le Banner, Jérôme | Astoyan, Chris | Belaga, Abraham | Bruna, Radek | Hall, Justin Rodgers
Directors: Kassovitz, Mathieu
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Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

Sum of All Fears, The (2002)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Affleck, Ben | Freeman, Morgan | Cromwell, James | Jenkins, Ken | Schreiber, Liev | McGill, Bruce | Beasley, John | Bobbitt, Russell | Hall, Philip Baker | Vandecruys, Al | Cohee, Richard | Pretten, Philip | Darcy, Alison | Marner, Richard | Soroka, Ostap
Directors: Robinson, Phil Alden
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When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

Jackal, The (1997)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Japan | UK | USA
Actors: Willis, Bruce | Gere, Richard | Poitier, Sidney | Venora, Diane | May, Mathilda | J.K. Simmons | Lineback, Richard | Cunningham, John | Black, Jack | Harper, Tess | Phillips, Leslie | Spinella, Stephen | Okonedo, Sophie | Hayman, David | Bassett, Steve
Directors: Caton-Jones, Michael
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Russian mobster Terek Murad has declared open season on the Russian militia and the FBI over the shooting of his brother in a Moscow nightclub. He hires the Jackal, a nasty assassin whom nobody has even seen, to kill the Director of the FBI. With nowhere else to turn (except a woman who used to work with the Basque separatists, who is now in the USA but whose exact whereabouts in unknown to all save Mulqueen), FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (who was present at the Moscow shooting) and Major Valentina Koslova of the Russian milita (who pulled the trigger in that shooting) enlist the reluctant services of Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned IRA sniper, to track the Jackal down, for Declan is the only other person who can positively identify the Jackal.

007 From Russia with Love (1963)

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Connery, Sean | Bianchi, Daniela | Armendáriz, Pedro | Lenya, Lotte | Shaw, Robert | Lee, Bernard | Gayson, Eunice | Gotell, Walter | De Wolff, Francis | Pastell, George | Regin, Nadja | Maxwell, Lois | Gur, Aliza | Beswick, Martine | Sheybal, Vladek
Directors: Young, Terence
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James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as Lektor. Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil SPECTRE organization discovers it first. Whilst being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, whilst each SPECTRE agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald ‘Red’ Grant and ex-KGB agent Rosa Klebb who knows all the tricks in the books and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe!

Anna Karenina (1997)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Marceau, Sophie | Bean, Sean | Molina, Alfred | Kirshner, Mia | Fox, James | Shaw, Fiona | Huston, Danny | Law, Phyllida | Schofield, David | Wickham, Saskia | Hall, Jennifer | Calder-Marshall, Anna | Shelokhonov, Petr | Braddell, Valerie | Buggy, Niall
Directors: Rose, Bernard
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Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. She meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets under social pressures. Anna is hopelessly begging Mr. Karenin for a divorce, but he wants to keep the mother of their child. She has another baby born from her lover Vronsky. Conflict between her untamed desires and painful reality causes her a depression…

Crimson Tide (1995)

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Washington, Denzel | Hackman, Gene | Craven, Matt | Dzundza, George | Mortensen, Viggo | Gandolfini, James | Carroll, Rocky | Gomez, Jaime | Milhoan, Michael | Burkholder, Scott | Nucci, Danny | Brancato, Lillo | Bruskotter, Eric | Rick Schroder | Zahn, Steve
Directors: Scott, Tony
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In the near future, Russian rebels have taken over one of the ICBM bases in the USSR. Alarmed by the prospect of a rebel strike, the U.S. sends the U.S.S. Alabama, a nuclear ballistic submarine, to watch over the base and retaliate in case they launch. While on patrol, the submarine is attacked and the radio systems are knocked out. An emergency message received during the battle is only partially recovered. Captain Ramsey believes it to be the order to launch on the rebels, while XO Hunter wants to wait for a confirmation message. The conflict escalates into mutiny as Ramsey and Hunter fight for control of the Alabama’s nuclear missiles.

Sneakers (1992)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Marr, Jo | Hershberger, Gary | Redford, Robert | Poitier, Sidney | Strathairn, David | Aykroyd, Dan | River Phoenix | Elfman, Bodhi | Dowse, Denise | Hanyee | Busfield, Timothy | Jones, Eddie | Winters, Time | McDonnell, Mary | Asai, Jun
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
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A group of security analysts are offered a job by the CIA and when they are reluctant, pressure is brought to bear by the threat to disclose the identity of their leader, a 60s radical with outstanding warrants. A chip exists that will allow any computer to be cracked, and organized crime will soon control it, though sudden changes in their police records suggest that it is already operational.

Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Damon, Matt | Potente, Franka | Cox, Brian | Stiles, Julia | Urban, Karl | Mann, Gabriel | Allen, Joan | Csokas, Marton | Gallop, Tom | Bedford Lloyd, John | Sandler, Ethan | Monaghan, Michelle | Roden, Karel | Arana, Tomas | Akinshina, Oksana
Directors: Greengrass, Paul
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When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent—who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne (Damon) and Marie (Potente) have been living under assumed names—the pair collapse their lives and head out. Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.