This weekend we are continue watching these great Russian Movies about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. This time the movie named “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson” and was made in 1980(Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Король Шантажа).
Today we are watching the first episode: “The Master-Blackmailer” (based on The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton).
This movie “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson” divided on three episodes: “The Master-Blackmailer“, “Deadly Fight“, “Hunt for the Tiger“. And we will watch them all!
Directed by Igor Maslennikov Written by A. Conan Doyle (novel) Igor Maslennikov Vladimir Valutsky Music by Vladimir Dashkevich Cinematography Anatoli Lapshov Yuri Veksler
Cast: Vasili Livanov as Sherlock Holmes Vitali Solomin as Dr. Watson Rina Zelyonaya as Mrs. Hudson Valentina Panina as A woman Borislav Brondukov as Inspector Lestrade Boris Ryzhukhin as Charles Augustus Milverton Boris Klyuyev as Mycroft Holmes
This weekend we are watching one more real classical movie on Russian Video from Russia. One more Soviet film what won a lot of International Festival’s awards. Autumn Marathon (Russian: Осенний марафон) what was made in 1979 by outstanding soviet movie director Georgi Daneliya, famous creator soviet sad comedies from Gergia.
“Autumn Marathon” is a winner of 1979 Venice Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival and 1980 Berlin Film Festival awards in the best director and best actor categories.
==================== Crew: Directed by Georgy DANELIA Screenplay by Alexander VOLODIN Director of Photography Sergei VRONSKY Production Designers Levan SHENGELIA, Eleanor NEMCHEK Music by Andrey PETROV
Some of our readers asked about an old soviet movie “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears“(Moskva slezan ne verit/Москва слезам не верит), 1979. So this weekend Russian Video from Russia shows this good movie.
The story is as old as Soviet Union (that’s still true for Russia and countries belong to Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). And I don’t know if it was true in Russian Empire before 1917). People from province always wanted to get in Moscow to find easier and better life and more possibilities. Life is not that easier for people who chose this way they have to prove that Moscow needs them, not just they need to live in Moscow. So three girls who came to Moscow were settled in the same room in a dormitory and became friends… Three girls – three different lives (the late 1950s to the late 1970s). I don’t think I should retell you this touching movie… Who’s main idea is “Moscow does not believe in tears – Moscow believes in love“.
Awards and recognition:
* Grand Prize at the IFF in Portugal, 1980. * Oscar for Best Foreign Film, 1980. * Saint-Michel Prize for best Actress (Vera Alentova) at the Brussels IFF, 1981.
US President Ronald Reagan watched the film several times prior to his meetings with the President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in order to gain a better understanding of the “Russian soul”.
================================ Director: Vladimir Menshov. Script: Valentin Chernykh. Camera: Igor Slabnevich. Music by: Sergei Nikitin.
Cast Vera Alentova, Alexei Batalov, Irina Muravyova, Alexander Fatyushin, Raissa Ryazanova, Boris Smorchkov, Yuri Vassiliev, Natalya Vavilova, Oleg Tabakov, Yevghenia Khanayeva, Victor Uralsky, Zoya Fyodorova, Liya Akhedjakova, Valentina Ushakova, Innokenty Smoktunovsky.
Russian Video from Russia is back to our Movies for the weekend. Today we are watching a very interesting and unusual full-length Soviet cartoon “Laughter and Grief by the White Sea” (Смех и горе у Бела моря), 1987. It’s made by stories of two Russian folklorists and writers Boris Shergin and Stepan Pisakhov. It’s a great collection of Russian Pomors‘ (Russian settlers and their descendants on the White Sea coast) fairy tails.
This movie has English subtitles – if you don’t see them please push CC-buton on the player!
You can watch this movie fullscreen version if you push “fullscreen button” on the player.
Today is Saturday and as always we watch a full-time movie on Russian Video from Russia. Today we will watch a favorite animated movie of my childhood.
Today we will watch a full-time Russian cartoon “The Mistery of the Third Planet” (or “The Secret of the Third Planet “/Тайна Третьей Планеты). This cartoon is screen version of the same name novel by the outstanding Russian science fiction writer Kir Bulychev. This cartoon was made in 1981. They tried twice to adapt this cartoon for US market but they failed both times so we are watching the Russian (Soviet) original with English subtitles.
====================== Creators.
Director Roman Kachanov. Writer Kir Bulychyov (story & screenplay). Scenario Nikolai Rozhkov, Yevgeniy Pomeshchikov. Script Editor Natalya Abramova. Art Director Natalya Orlova. Animators: Marina Voskanyants Marina Rogova Vladimir Arbekov Vladimir Zarubin Aleksandr Panov Violetta Kolesnikova Renata Mirenkova Vladimir Shevchenko Antonina Alyoshina Olga Orlova Joseph Kuroyan Yuriy Batanin Composer Alexander Zatsepin. Sound Operator Boris Filchikov. Executive Producer Ninel Lipnitskaya.
Voice Actors: Irina Gromova (Alice) Vsevolod Larionov (Seleznyov) Vasily Livanov (Gromozeka) Grigory Shpigel (Vesselchuck Oo) Rina Zelyonaya (Old Lady with a cake) Yuriy Andreyev (Prof. Verhovtsev) Vladimir Druzhnikov (Cpt. Kim) Vladimir Kenigson (Chatterbird) Yuriy Volyntsev (Cpt. Green) Yelena Krasnobayeva
Today we continue watching famous Russian screen versions of Arthur Conan Doyle stories about the greatest detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Doctor Watson. The Hound of the Baskervilles (Собака Баскервилей) movie was made by Igor Maslennikov as a movie director in 1981.
The beginning of the stories we published at two previous weekends, you can watch them before The Hound of the Baskervilles (Собака Баскервилей) or after it does not matter:
Make yourself a delicious cup of tea or coffee, We are going to watch a second part of movie!
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Directed by Igor Maslennikov Written by A. Conan Doyle (novel) Igor Maslennikov Yuri Veksler Music by Vladimir Dashkevich Cinematography Dmitri Dolinin Vladimir Ilyin
Cast:
Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson Rina Zelyonaya as Mrs. Hudson Borislav Brondukov as Inspector Lestrade Irina Kupchenko as Beryl Stapleton Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry Baskerville Alla Demidova as Laura Lyons Sergey Martinson as Mr. Frankland Oleg Yankovsky as Stapleton Aleksandr Adabashyan as Barrymore Svetlana Kryuchkova as Mrs. Barrymore Evgeny Steblov as Dr. Mortimer
At the New Year Eve we watched a kind romantic comedy of Soviet time made by director Eldar Ryazanov in 1975: The Irony Of Fate, Or Enjoy Your Bath (Ирония судьбы или С легким паром!). For next 30 years it was a tradition in Soviet Union at New Year Eve to watch this comedy. And in nowadays (2007) director Timur Bekmambetov and writers Emil Braginsky (idea) decided to make a continue of this very good movie. Were they successful or not I don’t know yet because I am going to watch this movie with Kyle for the first time just now. So we all will watch it for the first time. It must be interesting to watch the same actors in 30 years and to watch a new story about personages of The Irony Of Fate, Or Enjoy Your Bath (Ирония судьбы или С легким паром!). It’s interesting to see what difference in looking at life have film directors and writers – they are 30 years and two epochs apart! So let’s watch…
======================================= Director Timur Bekmambetov Writers: Emil Braginsky (idea)
Cast * Konstantin Khabensky as Kostya * Liza Boyarskaya as Nadyusha * Sergei Bezrukov as Irakliy * Andrey Myagkov as Zhenya Lukashin * Barbara Brylska as Nadya * Yuri Yakovlev as Ippolit
Every Year at the New Year Eve all Russia is watching TV: And there is always a channel what transmits a New Year comedy, directed by outstanding Russian movie-director Eldar Ryazanov: The Irony Of Fate, Or Enjoy Your Bath (Ирония судьбы или С легким паром!). We are watching this romantic comedy every New Year Eve – that is Russian National Tradition and we never get tired of it! Yes we can watch some another movie at New Year Eve but The Irony Of Fate, Or Enjoy Your Bath must be in New Year menu. So this New Year Eve Kyle and me are going to watch this romantic comedy together because now it has English subtitles. Join us to understand better what Russians are about ;). The movie was produced for TV in 1975… So first time I watched it when I was in primary school. Time just flies!
Have a good cup of coffee or tea. The second part will start in a little bit! 🙂
======================= Director Eldar Ryazanov Writers: Emil Braginsky and Eldar Ryazanov
Cast * Andrey Myagkov as Zhenya * Barbara Brylska as Nadya * Yuri Yakovlev as Ippolit * Aleksandr Shirvindt as Pavel, Zhenya’s friend * Georgy Burkov as Misha, Zhenya’s friend * Liya Akhedzhakova as Tanya, Nadya’s friend * Aleksandr Belyavsky as Sasha, Zhenya’s friend * Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya as Zhenya’s mother * Olga Naumenko as Galya * Gotlib Roninson as Zhenya’s neighbour at the airport * Eldar Ryazanov as Zhenya’s neighbour in the plane * Lyubov Sokolova as Nadya’s mother * Valentina Talyzina as Valya, Nadya’s friend; Nadya’s voice
PS Finally in 30 years they decided to make continue of this super-popular New Year Eve Movie… Well we’ll watch it next weekend (I never watched it before either). Watch it here: Russian Video: Irony of Fate -2
Today we continue watching a wonderful Russian movie about greatest English detective Sherlock Holmes. For our readers who missed the first part we recommend to watch it first:
Today we are watching a movie: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979), Second episode: “Bloody Inscription” (based on A Study in Scarlet).
So we are watching the second part:
A lot of watchers admire the music in Sherlock Holmes movies. The author of this music is Russian composer Vladimir Dashkevich. Composer of music for more than 70 Soviet and Russian movies, was born on the 20th January 1934. Music from the movies was 5 times nominated for Nika award and one time it won Nika.
Vladimir Dashkevich tells: The music for Sherlock Holmes movie was composed without any afford. His friend and director of the movie Igor Maslennikov constantly called him from Leningrad (where they were shooting the movie) to Moscow and reminded that was time to compose the music. When he called me the third time I did not want to upset him took the phone closer to piano and started to play the first what came to my head. That’s how the famous overture was made. When someone accused Picasso for panting one of his masterpieces for 15 minutes. He told that he painted it 15 minutes and whole life. I could tell about the music the same. I love the Conan Doyle stories from my childhood and this music was born in me long long time ago, it just waited its time to sound. People tells that the music was composed in English style. I think that is the dream about beautiful and romantic England, a dream what was born in Russia.
To download the music from the Sherlock Holmes movies you can on the site: Music from Sherlock Holmes Movies. When you click on music-link first you’ll see Yandex page (because Yandex hosts these files with mp3) click on the mp3-link and you’ll get the music.
And one more good news for all us: Next year we’ll continue to watch Russian movies about Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
Have a good weekend, Russian Video from Russia Svet and Kyle
We are glad to find out that the whole set of Russian Sherlock Holmes movies (6 DVDs) is still available. Check it:
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