Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
I caught a nasty cold... so recovering on the sofa and watching... "Stirlitz". I managed to find some English subtitles for it.

I hadn't heard of this series until I joined this forum, but i have understood from the posts here that it is a Russian classic, so I decided to watch it.

I guess they filmed in black and white so they could use old news material for some of the scenes. Other Russian films from that time and earlier are colour. I much prefer colour.
Johanna,
Sorry you are not feeling well! When I was watching this one I had LOTS of questions. If you have any or want to read mine and the answers, take a look at pages 16 and 17 of the BIG movie thread.

Also about the whole B&W thing, there was a thread about that before too, but it is in Russian. HOWEVER it has still photos as the movie was colorized! You should take a look at it! http://masterrussian.net/mforum/view...p?f=23&t=17253