Thread: Russian Movies/Music

Originally Posted by youngun

This has probably been done to death but here we go. As I’m attempting to learn Russian I would like the immerse myself in the culture as much as possible but that’s not easy to do when you live in outback Australia . So to try and make up for this I have decided to get into a few different movies and some good music. As far as movies go, I love a good war flick (must be some really good ones of the Russians during WWII) and am partial to the odd horror but really any movie with a good story line is up my alley. And as for music I enjoy rock music (Aria sounds pretty awesome, will be better when I can understand it) but listen to almost anything. So what recommendations do you have?
Cheers

Wow, you live in outback Australia! Cool! My dad lives near Brisbane, but I am in Sweden at the moment. I am very fascinated by the Australian outback although I haven't actually been to Australia yet.

Well, we have several threads about Russian movies here, and there is plenty to choose from including what you are looking for (war movies). Most of them are b/w though, this is the drawback with Russian war movies - other than than that they are excellent.

Some good Russian war films are:

А зори здесь тихие (1972) The Dawns are quiet today
Брестская крепость (2010) Brest Fortress
17 мгновений весны (1973) 17 Moments of Spring
Иваново детство (1962) Ivan's Childhood
Летят журавли (1957) The Cranes are Flying
Кукушка (2006) Kukushka (means "cuckoo")

You can buy these films and have them shipped to you in Australia, in that case make sure to buy a version with subtitles! Alternatively you can download them from somewhere like rutracker.org and get the subtitles from subs.com.ru