The events of the series Dmitry Orlov "The General's Daughter - Tatiana" unfold during the era of "half-life", in the 80s in Moscow. In the story, an intelligent and beautiful Moscow State University student Tatiana Lebedeva meets a talented nuclear physicist Alexander Kazansky, with whom she falls in love. The guy responds to the girl in kind, and it seems that nothing will ever hurt to be always together, but the whole world rebels against this relationship – from relatives to the entire state
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The events of the series Dmitry Orlov "The General's Daughter - Tatiana" unfold during the era of "half-life", in the 80s in Moscow. In the story, an intelligent and beautiful Moscow State University student Tatiana Lebedeva meets a talented nuclear physicist Alexander Kazansky, with whom she falls in love. The guy responds to the girl in kind, and it seems that nothing will ever hurt to be always together, but the whole world rebels against this relationship – from relatives to the entire state system. Tatiana is the daughter of a high-ranking KGB general, and Alexander is a dissident from an unknown provincial family.
Tyazhely Pesok / Heavy Sand follows an Ukrainian Jewish family over 30 years against the backdrop of dramatic events in the Soviet Union in the first more
Tyazhely Pesok / Heavy Sand follows an Ukrainian Jewish family over 30 years against the backdrop of dramatic events in the Soviet Union in the first half of the 20th century: WWI, the Bolshevik revolution, the pogroms in Ukraine, the Stalinist repression, WWII and Nazi occupation, the ghetto and annihilation.
It is ultimately a story about human nature, about the triumph of love against all odds (e.g. despite the seemingly incompatible backgrounds of the two lovers, Rakhil and Jakov) and of its resilience over time and circumstance. It is about family bonds, about human altruism, dignity and courage. Also about cruelty and the holocaust, a tribute to the Jews that suffered and to the non-Jews who were willing to risk their own lives to help them.
The acting is generally outstanding, as is the filming and the music. Attention to historical detail is exquisite (clothes, decors, culture…).
The script departs substantially from Rybakov's novel, on which the film is based, bringing in some different characters and scenes. I guess this was partly unavoidable, because of the novel's narrative approach, compared to the need for dialogues in the film, which had to be made up.
The series is, in my opinion, not without flaws. It combines some truly moving scenes with others that left me wondering what the point was, and thinking that 16 episodes were not needed after all. Although the characters' complexity rings true, some of the scenes seem implausible. Plus the 2 main characters hardly age throughout the film, everybody speaks Russian everywhere… While the film captures much of the spirit of the book, it is weaker in many respects, including in its portrayal of Jewish suffering. Needless to say, I preferred the book, but this is almost always so. Provided you are not looking for 100% accurate history, nor 100% Rybakov's novel you may, like me, be left with a very positive overall impression.
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Katya is a twelve-part film about the cloudless youth into which the war broke out. Katya (Ekaterina Spitz) grew up an ordinary girl who loved to race more
Katya is a twelve-part film about the cloudless youth into which the war broke out. Katya (Ekaterina Spitz) grew up an ordinary girl who loved to race football. She had a family, brothers, a first love named Pasha. But the disaster of 1941 mixed all the cards.
The native nest disintegrated, the girl went to work in the hospital as a nurse, where she had to experience all the hardships of wartime. And after the war, I wanted to find all my dear people again and finally become happy.
In the main roles: Dmitri Nagiyev, Boris Shcherbakov, Alena Babenko, Yelena Yakovlev. close
The plot of the film “On the Sunny Side of the Street” is based on the novel of the same name. This is a story about the time of the siege of Leningrad more
The plot of the film “On the Sunny Side of the Street” is based on the novel of the same name. This is a story about the time of the siege of Leningrad and the fate of its young resident Katya. While in the occupied territory, she died of starvation. But after the heroine is evacuated to Tashkent, she manifests a capacity for scams, which she begins to engage in local markets.
Soon she has a daughter Vera, who does not even know about her mother’s business. Will she follow in her footsteps? close
The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution.
The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution. close
If a young woman seriously wants to change her life, neither life, nor husband, nor child stops her. One famous example of this is Anna Karenina. Another more
If a young woman seriously wants to change her life, neither life, nor husband, nor child stops her. One famous example of this is Anna Karenina. Another is Pauline, the main character of the movie "Another Life". The revaluation of values, the understanding of the futility of existence in a small village, even with relatives, force Polina to make a difficult decision and go to Moscow to start all over again.
Starring: Alice Grebenshchikov Sergei Astakhov. close