The Red and the White (1967), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Siberiade (1979), Blizzard of Souls (2019), Tovarich (1937), Tempest (1928), Admiral (2008), The Twelve Chairs (1970) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Russian Revolution movies.
Storyline: In this minimalist anti-war film, a faction of Hungarian soldiers on the side of the Russian Red army, led by a determined commander (Jozsef Madaras), fight against the pro-Czar white army in a remote Russian field near a dense wood along the Volga River. As the tide of battle ebbs and flows, a small group of compassionate nurses, including Olga (Krystyna Mikolajevska), do not differentiate between the sides, transporting all wounded soldiers to the nearby wood and treating their injuries.
Plot Keywords: commander, soldier, nurse, hungarian, russian, bleak, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the Russian Revolution, Dr. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar (Julie Christie), who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, however, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin). But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites.
Plot Keywords: doctor, brother, niece, wife, politician, mistress, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil. The oil is found but the destruction of the old cemetry and everything the people of the village cared for followed to get the 'black treasure' of Siberia.—Konstantin Dlutskii <ked@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
Plot Keywords: peasant, military officer, revolutionary, lover, son, father, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A brave 16-year-old dreams of becoming a hero while fighting for Latvia during World War I.
Plot Keywords: army recruit, young man, eastern european man, teenager, soldier, local, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ousted from their homeland by the Bolshevik revolution, a noble Russian couple find themselves impoverished and living in Paris. They take positions as butler and housemaid in a wealthy household and, owing to their impeccable breeding and manners, excel in their new jobs. But once they are recognized for the noble couple they are, they must face new -- and formidable -- responsibilities.—Dan Navarro <daneldorado@yahoo.com>
Plot Keywords: duchess, prince, banker, wife, daughter, government official, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls in love with a princess, who spurns him. When he is caught in her room, he is stripped of his rank and thrown into prison. Then comes the Red Terror, and the tables are turned.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
Plot Keywords: military officer, princess, aristocrat, bolshevik, soldier, prisoner, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. Anna, the wife of his best friend, becomes the love of his life. The revolution in his heart mirrors the revolution in his own country. His destiny is to fight the Bolsheviks and bring back the Czarist rule.—Anatoli Maksimov
Plot Keywords: soldier, russian, wife, naval officer, striking, gritty, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately to Moscow to find the hidden fortune.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords: clerk, priest, hustler, mother-in-law, aristocrat, servant, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
Plot Keywords: russian, musician, employee, retail manager, friend, police officer, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor's work parallel Coco's radical ideas. She wants to democratize women's fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable. Paris 1920, Coco is newly wealthy and successful but grief-stricken after Boy's death in a car crash. Igor, following the Russian Revolution is now a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris. Coco is introduced to Igor by Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballets Russes. The attraction between them is instant and electric. Coco invites Igor along with his wife - now sick with consumption - together with his four children and a menagerie of birds to stay at her new villa, Bel Respiro, in Garches.—Chris Greenhalgh
Plot Keywords: composer, fashion designer, russian, wife, emotional, paris, russian revolution ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: February, 1917. Returning to the German front after a sybaritic leave in Moscow, Russian officer Nikita Krasnoff and his brigade are met by the first troop revolts. In the growing anarchy of the Revolution, Nikita finds himself isolated, and must make his risky way to Turkey in the unexpected company of his adoring (but virtuous) former servant Tanyusha. In Istanbul, Nikita and Tanyusha reach an understanding... but their happiness is threatened by the reappearance of Nikita's former mistress Vera, offering a false semblance of the old life.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: russian, nobleman, servant, wealthy man, former lover, wife, engaging ...
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