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On a related note, Mosfilm has a Youtube channel with high quality version of many of their films, including most Tarkovsky. The channels is all in Russian but

On a related note, Mosfilm has a Youtube channel with high quality version of many of their films, including most Tarkovsky. The channels is all in Russian but English sub are typically available, and search works in English too. With regards to copyrights, it seems all films released after 1973 are covered by it, however the laws between ex-Soviet countries differ. Sources: http://www.kirj.ee/public/trames_pdf/2014/issue_3/Trames-2014-3-199-219.pdf http://www.kirj.ee/public/trames_pdf/2014/issue_3/Trames-201... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_Soviet_Un... I would encourage people to use legal means to watch these movies, especially in Europe where many of them have been re-published legally with English subs, often by small/indie companies.

weinzierl 6y ago
"Mosfilm" is a good search term and for more lighter and fun content is "Soyuzmultfilm", which is kind of the Russian Disney. Especially the older children series like Cheburashka are interesting and contemporary Masha and the Bear is immensely popular.
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  Some previously mentioned childrens' programming: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23387876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23387876 Masha i Medved[1] have recently been running a series in which each episode focuses on a different country. Today's happens to be the US[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5sMJtXcZTo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5sMJtXcZTo "Tell me Mr. Siberian Bear, where does power come from? The Hare says it comes from money. I say it comes from truth." Getting things past the censors: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Файл:Sharik_Figvam.jpg https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Файл:Sharik_Figvam.jpg [1] itself a reference to a folk tale, while "immensely popular" means Masha has even been a guest on the same late night talk show frequented by better US ambassadors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcHXt1va_c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcHXt1va_c [2] just in case any americans are curious about what what parts of their culture make it across the Bering strait. "American Boy" (1991), a song by a late-soviet pop group, may also be of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7hAo28NCXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7hAo28NCXc (Apina and Varum have gone on to lasting fame)
  - notdang 6y ago
    > "Tell me Mr. Siberian Bear, where does power come from? The Hare says it comes from money. I say it comes from truth." This is straight from a cult Russian movie Brother 2 (Brat 2)
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pjc50 6y ago
The other day I watched "White Sun of the Desert", and found it excellent: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066565/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066565/ - very much reminded me of the Dollars trilogy. (recommendation from Chris Hadfield, of all people; apparently this film is traditional to watch the night before Soyuz launches)
- Florin_Andrei 6y ago
  A.k.a. the "Eastern" genre (as opposed to "Western" movies).
- morazow 6y ago
  Wow. This was one of the most watched movies around our household during my childhood. The place in the movie is just near my hometown, old Merv in Turkmenistan.
  - pjc50 6y ago
    Thankyou! I spent quite a lot of the film wondering where these amazing locations were.

weinzierl 6y ago

"Mosfilm" is a good search term and for more lighter and fun content is "Soyuzmultfilm", which is kind of the Russian Disney. Especially the older children series like Cheburashka are interesting and contemporary Masha and the Bear is immensely popular.

082349872349872 6y ago
Some previously mentioned childrens' programming: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23387876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23387876 Masha i Medved[1] have recently been running a series in which each episode focuses on a different country. Today's happens to be the US[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5sMJtXcZTo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5sMJtXcZTo "Tell me Mr. Siberian Bear, where does power come from? The Hare says it comes from money. I say it comes from truth." Getting things past the censors: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Файл:Sharik_Figvam.jpg https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Файл:Sharik_Figvam.jpg [1] itself a reference to a folk tale, while "immensely popular" means Masha has even been a guest on the same late night talk show frequented by better US ambassadors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcHXt1va_c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcHXt1va_c [2] just in case any americans are curious about what what parts of their culture make it across the Bering strait. "American Boy" (1991), a song by a late-soviet pop group, may also be of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7hAo28NCXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7hAo28NCXc (Apina and Varum have gone on to lasting fame)
- notdang 6y ago
  > "Tell me Mr. Siberian Bear, where does power come from? The Hare says it comes from money. I say it comes from truth." This is straight from a cult Russian movie Brother 2 (Brat 2)
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pjc50 6y ago

The other day I watched "White Sun of the Desert", and found it excellent: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066565/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066565/ - very much reminded me of the Dollars trilogy. (recommendation from Chris Hadfield, of all people; apparently this film is traditional to watch the night before Soyuz launches)

Florin_Andrei 6y ago
A.k.a. the "Eastern" genre (as opposed to "Western" movies).
morazow 6y ago
Wow. This was one of the most watched movies around our household during my childhood. The place in the movie is just near my hometown, old Merv in Turkmenistan.
- pjc50 6y ago
  Thankyou! I spent quite a lot of the film wondering where these amazing locations were.