Russian movies with English subtitles

[slim 1,514]

but ... i doubt that you really should watch any Russian movie.

I know, they're so hard to understand and all. Someone like me lacks the depth necessary to understand drama and plots more complex than your average action movie.

"America, ** yeah!"

[mox 298]

We just watched The Quickie. It's an American movie, directed by a Russian (can't remember his name, he's the guy that died in a cave-in), with a mix of Russian and American cast. Good movie, no subtitles required.

[Brad and Vika 129]

Our local Russian stores have a pretty good selection of subtitled movies. I never have time to watch them.... just saying.

[Liromo 0]

Here You can find movies translated and dubbed in to Russian with Russian-English Audio and Subtitles on DVD.

http://www.russiancddvd.com/movies.html

You can select English audio with Russian Subtitles or turn to Russian audio and English Subtitles.

Or Russian Audio and Subtitles.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My wife found a site where she can download (for a small fee) all kinds of Russian movies and concerts.

But she would like for me to be able to understand the things she watches, too. Are there any channels that show Russian movies with English subtitles? Any good sites that offer this?

I am going to suggest something you may think is strange but it is what Alla did and also what is recommended by many ESL teachers. Watch English language movies WITH English sub-titles. Even the "hearing impaired" subtitles will work. Alla did speak English quite well before she arrived and maybe that makes a difference, but she found in the movies they were talking too fast, or too quiet or used too much slang or there was too much background noise and she couldn't concentrate. She watched movies like that for several months but doesn't more.

Pasha, who did not speak English nearly as well when he arrived, was not allowed to watch Russian language films, he watched English with English sub-titles. Now he speaks English very well, knows ALL the slang and teaches Alla what it means, with little accent (Alla has a very heavy accent) and now he can watch Russian films or speak Russian at home. It was "English only" for a few months.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I know, they're so hard to understand and all. Someone like me lacks the depth necessary to understand drama and plots more complex than your average action movie.

"America, ** yeah!"

I like the old Russian movies, especially since we still ride on the same trolley cars and busses they show in them.

Watch the film "Heart of the Dog". I think it was done in the 30's and seemed to me to be very subversive as Soviet films go, but of course, in the end the true message of the greater glory of communism comes through! Anyway. we saw this just after returning from Ukraine last summer. In the opening scene is a street scene in Moscow..and I said to Alla "Hey, we just rode on that same trolley car 3 days ago!" She hit me.

[Martyshk 137]

Watch the film "Heart of the Dog". I think it was done in the 30's and seemed to me to be very subversive as Soviet films go, but of course, in the end the true message of the greater glory of communism comes through! Anyway. we saw this just after returning from Ukraine last summer. In the opening scene is a street scene in Moscow..and I said to Alla "Hey, we just rode on that same trolley car 3 days ago!" She hit me.

Bulgakov's "Heart of a Dog" was written in 1925 but the movie was shot in 1988.

You must be delusional if you saw communism glorified in that movie.

[mox 298]

From what I know of Bulgakov, the suggestion that any of his works (or at least his most famous works) glorify Communism is delusional.

[visaveteran 1]

From what I know of Bulgakov, the suggestion that any of his works (or at least his most famous works) glorify Communism is delusional.

For communist glorification, I prefer Michael Moore movies.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Bulgakov's "Heart of a Dog" was written in 1925 but the movie was shot in 1988.

You must be delusional if you saw communism glorified in that movie.

MMart...no way! No way that film was shot in 1988. You must be thinking of a remake or something? The one I saw was pretty harsh on communism in general until the end.

Is there a remake of it? Even the Russians could not have been that bad technically in 1988. This film makes a Laurel and Hardy film look hi-tech.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Bulgakov's "Heart of a Dog" was written in 1925 but the movie was shot in 1988.

You must be delusional if you saw communism glorified in that movie.

Obvioulsy you are a bit confused, Mart. The book was prohibited in Russia until 1987. The movie was made long before then. Not sure of the year, I can check it out, if I was interested, but I am not. Mox can point you to the wikipedia listing for it if he wants to back me up...probably not. In this case wikipedia will not be a good source since it agrees with me. In any case, I don't post links to wiki or other stuff because I really don't care if you agree with me or want to be wrong. Maybe I just made up the name of the film and the opening scene and the joke about trolley cars.

[mox 298]

Tough day at work huh?

Lifesaver?

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Two posts, both of which contained personal attacks as well as 'hijacking' the thread, have been removed.

[Martyshk 137]

MMart...no way! No way that film was shot in 1988. You must be thinking of a remake or something? The one I saw was pretty harsh on communism in general until the end.

Is there a remake of it? Even the Russians could not have been that bad technically in 1988. This film makes a Laurel and Hardy film look hi-tech.

I suggest American Gladiators for you

[cdecarolis 0]

Gonna have to chime in on this one as far as the Netflix goes... yeah, Little Vera was ok (with sarcastic inflection lol) I actually enjoyed "4" and as for the actual DVDs check out "1612" and Diamond Arm. Happy Birthday, Lola is a good, campy comedy. House of Fools was watchable, but not my favorite. And The Ark was kinda cute. Anyway, just a few thoughts and recommendations for those with Netflix.