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The Leonard Lopate Show / January 28, 2008 / Russian Film Masterpieces

Russian Film Masterpieces

Monday, January 28, 2008

Hear about Russia’s best films from the last century, from Aleksandr Sokurov to the 1925 film "Jewish Luck." "Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking" is now showing at the Walter Reade Theater by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and it runs until February 14, 2008. Alla Verlotsky co-programmed the series, and President of Russia's famous Mosfilm Studios, Karen Shakhnazarov, also directed two of the films in the series, "Jazzman" and "Courier."

Weigh in: What’s your favorite Russian film?

More information about "Envisioning Russia"


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  • [1] peter January 28, 2008 - 04:29AM

    Aleksei Balabanov's 'Brother'
  • [2] Manny from Floral Park,NY January 28, 2008 - 07:52AM

    "The Stalker" by,Andre Tarkovsky
  • [3] Liz January 28, 2008 - 11:10AM

    "The Cranes are Flying" by Mikhail Kalatozov
  • [4] PC from nyc January 28, 2008 - 12:43PM

    Andrei Rublev
  • [5] Jason Eskenazi from Queens January 28, 2008 - 12:51PM

    "Russian Ark"!!!

    "Come and See" by Klimov

    Films by Alexi German
  • [6] Miss or Ms January 28, 2008 - 12:58PM

    I would like to know the name of a Russian film I watched on TV years ago.

    Basic plot: an exuberant actress is imprisioned for blowing up an outhouse (as a prank with one of her dates, she later becomes involved with one of the officials and has his child. The big shot official commits suicide at the the end of the film.

    anyone know of this film?
  • [7] CJ from Weston, CT January 28, 2008 - 02:46PM

    "Bed and Sofa" (Tretya meschanskaya)
  • [8] irina from New York January 28, 2008 - 02:49PM

    "Ostrov" (Island),directed by Pavel Lungin, is one of the best movies I've seen. And I love "Courier"! I've seen when I was about 20... but I think you have to know how it was to live in USSR to understand.


  • [9] Jeffrey Lubbers from Washington, DC February 03, 2008 - 12:45AM

    MUST SEE

    I Am Cuba—Kalatazov (but don’t miss The Cranes Are Flying or The Letter Never Sent)

    Trial in the Road (AKA Checkpoint) and Twenty Days Without War—Aleksei German

    Come and See—Elen Klimov

    Burnt By the Sun—Nikita Mikhailkov

    Prisoners of the Mountains—Sergei Bodrov

    My Name is Ivan—Tarkovsky

    Commissar—Alexandr Askoldov

    The Guard—Alexander Rogozhkin

    MORE COMMERCIAL FARE

    Let’s Part While You Are Kind—Vladimir Motyl

    The Stroll--Aleksei Uchitel

    The Irony of Fate—(The favorite Russian New Year’s Eve movie)


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