Beware, you may experience nostalgia. Ten modern movies and TV series about our not-so-distant past and important figures of the era are in the studio!
“Thaw” (2013)
Valery Todorovsky (“Hipsters”) gave us one of the best Russian TV series of the 21st century. Studio “Mosfilm”, 1961, a young and talented cameraman Viktor Khrustalev and director Yegor Myachin fall in love with the same actor – the main character of the movie “The Girl and the Brigadier General”. At the end of each series – poems and songs from the 60s!
“Legend No. 17” (2012)
A large-scale biographical drama about the legendary Valery Kharlamov performed by Danila Kozlovsky.
fart (2015)
1961, Kostya Germanov (Aleksey Veselkin) lost a lot of cards and owed a large amount of money to the bandits. His comeback date is getting closer every day and his three friends – Andrey (Alexander Petrov), Boris (Philip Gorenstein) and Sanyok (Maxim Yemelyanov) decide to help him. Four friends are forced to become speculators and speculators to get a friend out of trouble.
“The Optimists” (2017)
Historical drama about Soviet diplomats of the 1960s. Dedicated to their cause and homeland, they are full of hope and faith in the future and, of course, in their personal happiness. In the lead roles are Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Severia Janushauskaite, Egor Koreshkov and others.
“Question” (2017)
The plot is based on the dramatic life and fate of Hero of the Soviet Union Richard Sorge, an intelligence officer with an espionage genius trying to influence the course of World War II. Alexander Domogarov as Soviet intelligence legend.
“Dovlatov” (2018)
A few days from the life of writer Sergei Dovlatov in Leningrad in the early 70s, on the eve of the emigration of his friend, future Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky. Alexei German Jr.’s melodrama was awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
“Magomaev” (2020)
In the late 1960s, the peak of the Brezhnev era, Muslim Magomayev (played by Milos Bikovich) met the opera singer Tamara Sinyavskaya. Between the king of the Soviet stage and the rising star of the Bolshoi Theatre, a spark instantly passes, which later turns into great love. But he is married and he is not free.
“Streltsov” (2020)
Alexander Petrov and Stasya Miloslavskaya in a sports drama about the rising star of Soviet football and the idol of millions, Eduard Streltsov. Two days before the team leaves for the World Cup, ill-wishers spoil the fate of the athlete, but he is ready to do the impossible to return to football and prove to everyone that he is a champion.
“Chikatilo” (2020 – 2021)
Crime detective thriller series starring Sarik Andreasyan as Dmitry Nagiyev as a Soviet maniac.
“Vertinsky” (2021)
A musical biographical drama about the most famous Russian chancellor of the 20th century, Alexander Vertinsky.
Source: People Talk
