Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
I definitely recommend both of these to learners because the DVD versions available through Amazon have excellent-quality subtitling in both English and Russian, so you can watch it first with the English subs to familiarize yourself with the characters and plot, then again with Russian subs for read-along practice with the dialogue. (Finding Russian movies with Russian subtitles is, alas, not always easy, so any DVD that has this feature is worth seeking out!)

P.P.S. If you want a WWII movie, ("The Cranes are Flying") is definitely one of the all-time classics. Unfortunately, I don't have that one on DVD yet so I can't recommend a specific version to look for.
Agree with both your comments - I have used the same approach. The problem is that very few Russian films are available with good quality subtitles. The film Летят Журавли is excellent. I have always hated ww2 films, but the Russian ones often take the perspective of the regular person, the women or the children and for that reason they are more interesting, I think. I managed to watch three (Russian) war films beginning to end, quite voluntarily - a record for me.

Quote Originally Posted by younggun
The return looks pretty awesome. Have you watched the Brest Fortress?
I tried to watch Brest Fortress by the way, but quickly got bored. I'll have another go again some time...!