Russian Movies and TV Series:

The film "Pilot" will be presented at MAKS-2021, 09.07.2021.

On July 23, at the MAKS-2021 air show, a presentation of a new film by Renat Davletyarov "Pilot" will take place, dedicated to the feat of Soviet pilots during the Great Patriotic War. The presentation of the film will take place in the pavilion of the aviation developer - the Sukhoi company.

The protagonist of the film is pilot Nikolai Komlev, who miraculously survived the crash of an aircraft shot down in the enemy's rear. Nikolai will have to break through from the enemy's rear to his own, overcoming severe frost and hunger, defending himself from a pack of wolves and a special Wehrmacht detachment, thrown in search of a Soviet pilot.

The film is based on the exploits of nine Soviet pilots who went through similar tests. The most widely known story is the story of Alexei Petrovich Maresyev, who returned to the aviation, despite the amputation of his legs due to a serious injury. When creating the film, the authors paid tribute to all nine heroes, their names and stories can be found in the final credits of the film.

“The feat of Maresyev is superbly described in the story of Polevoy. For many Russian people, including me, this is one of the most important books that has formed a basic understanding of what is resilience, overcoming, the desire to live, love for the Motherland. I really want such stories not to be forgotten, multiplied, filmed. This film is a dedication to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, who overcame countless trials and won, ”said Ekaterina Baranova, Rostec Communications Director. - The main roles in the film were played by Pyotr Fedorov and Anna Peskova. The film will be released on November 4 and will be of interest to both a wide audience and people who are in love with aviation".

The film presentation is attended by the leading actors - Pyotr Fedorov and Anna Peskova, the film producers - Dmitry Pristanskov and Vlad Ryashin. Another famous guest of the presentation is test pilot Vladimir Barsuk, who piloted the original Il-2 attack aircraft during the war, restored at SibNIA, which was used in flight scenes. The director of the institute and the attack aircraft have been the constant guests of MAKS in recent years, the IL-2 is demonstrated both in the flight program of the air show and as part of the static exposition.

The film was created by the film companies "Interfest", StarMedia, "DAProduction" with the support of the Cinema Foundation, the Russian Military-Historical Society, a strategic partner - the State Corporation Rostec, official partners - the holding "Ruselectronics", Bank PSB.

https://aviation21.ru/film-lyotchik-budet-predstavlen-na-maks-2021/

German Bild: Russia will wipe the nose of the United States in the space film race, 03/10/2021.

Already on October 5, a film crew from Russia will travel to the ISS to create the first feature film, tentatively titled Challenge, Bild reports. Thus, she will "rub his nose" with Hollywood actor Tom Cruise, who intended to do it in the spring. It seems that the pain of the Russians due to the fact that they were not the first to be on the moon has not subsided, the German publication believes.

The first satellite in space, the first dog, the first man, and now the first feature film - it looks like the Russians will once again " wipe the nose " of the Americans, writes Bild. Already on October 5, a film crew from Russia will go on a Soyuz rocket to the international orbital station and thus overtake American actor Tom Cruise, who in the spring announced his plans to make a movie in an airless space. “ It seems that the pain because they were not the first to be on the moon did not subside, ” the German newspaper said.

Actress Yulia Peresild, director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov will take part in the new space race. The plot of the film, tentatively titled The Challenge, is as follows: on board the space station, a crew member falls ill and loses consciousness. He will not be able to survive the return to Earth. To save him, a female doctor is sent into orbit. She will have to undergo heart surgery in zero gravity. 35 minutes of timing will be filmed in space, explains the German edition.

The " propaganda machine " of the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, " works like clockwork ." Federal channels showed how Peresild and Shipenko are preparing for the flight. Like other astronauts, they had to go through tough training. They will stay on the ISS for 12 days, and then return to Earth, that is, even before the German astronaut Matthias Maurer arrives at the station. He himself really wanted to meet in space with Tom Cruise. But it seems that nothing will come of it, since no specific dates in Hollywood have yet been announced and many are sure that filming will not begin before 2022.

https://russian.rt.com/inotv/2021-10-03/Bild-Rossiya-utryot-nos-SSHA

PapaDragon wrote:
They do realize that script is more important than filming location?

Soviet film industry was good. But Russian movies are a whole nother level. I mean, really terrible.

Secret playlist, space traditions and a kilogram of personal belongings: what is known about the flight of Peresild and Shipenko into space, by Victoria Belikova and Daria Dudko for Russian RT News. 04/10/2021.

On Tuesday, October 5, the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft will launch from Baikonur, with director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild on board. During the flight, filming will take place for the film Challenge, the first Russian game project, part of which will take place on the ISS. During a press conference on October 4, the artists told what became the most difficult for them in preparing for the flight, what space traditions they observe and what they will take with them on board.

On Tuesday, October 5, a part of the film crew of the film "Challenge" will leave the Baikonur cosmodrome for the ISS. The main crew includes the director and scriptwriter of the project Klim Shipenko, the leading role Yulia Peresild and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov. The backup crew included cameraman Alexei Dudin, actress Alyona Mordovina and cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev.

The flight start, scheduled for 11:55 Moscow time, will be broadcast on television and on the network, and filming will begin after the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft separates from the launch vehicle.

During a press conference held on the eve of the flight, Klim Shipenko said that the filmmakers underwent a training course for four months, including both theoretical and practical lessons. According to the director, this process was different from the training of professional astronauts.

"It is quite a feasible task - not to become an astronaut at the level of Anton (Shkaplerov. - RT ) ... namely, to prepare as a participant in a space flight", - explained Shipenko.

As Yulia Peresild noted, first of all it was difficult for her to “accept the system”, to reorganize to work in a fundamentally new format. According to the actress, in a creative environment, everything rests on emotions and relationships, indulgences in discipline are allowed. In astronautics, the situation is different: "Everything is in minutes, discipline." The actors also did not develop a warm relationship with the astronauts right away.

In addition, Julia admitted that it was difficult for her to master the theoretical part - the design and layout of the spacecraft. Without this knowledge, flight would have been impossible. But the practical training made an indelible impression on her.

“For me, one of the emotional, wonderful shocks was our weightless flights. Unfortunately, it was only once, but 20 slides at once, with refueling. It was wonderful ... Man flies! Let it be 23 seconds, but you're flying! " - Peresild remembered.

An important part of the training was the communication between filmmakers and astronauts. As the director specified, they were given a lot of valuable advice and recommendations, which will soon be tested in practice. So, now the members of the film crew know how to sleep, drink, use the toilet in space, what to do if they feel dizzy, and so on.

One of the roles in the film will be performed by Shkaplerov, who will try himself as an actor for the first time. Other astronauts will also appear in the frame. According to Shipenko, the script of the picture changed taking into account the characters of the newly-minted artists.

“We change their characters a little, of course, and they don't always say the things that we wrote ... We wrote the script to make it easier for them,” the director explained.

Despite the unusual composition, the crew of the spacecraft follows the traditions of space flights established at Baikonur. Thus, the training program included watching the film "White Sun of the Desert", which since the 1980s has been considered an integral part of preparation for space travel.

All team members have prepared a list of five to seven songs that will sound before the flight. Although Shkaplerov chose to leave the final composition of the playlist a surprise, it is known that the composition from the cartoon "Antoshka" will play first.

Paying tribute to other traditions of prelaunch preparation, the crew visited the Baikonur museum complex and Sergey Korolev's house. Peresild admitted that, although four months were not enough for her to fully immerse herself in the past of Russian cosmonautics, visiting iconic places, communicating with pilots and specialists still allowed her to touch the history of flights.

The press conference also raised the topic of the responsibility of the film crew, which is implementing a project in space for the first time. Noting the importance of the Challenge for the popularization of astronautics and its study, Klim Shipenko stressed that he was not afraid of the task assigned to him: “I feel, as much as I can prepare in the given conditions, ready”.

It also became known that the crew members will take with them on board. Pointing to the one-kilogram limit, the astronauts said they prefer memorabilia and photographs. So, from Peresild, children's drawings and an indicator of weightlessness will fly into space - a symbol of her charitable foundation "Galchonok", and from Shipenko - a commemorative T-shirt in which he begins filming all his films.

For the first time in history

The plans of Russian filmmakers to shoot a feature film in space became known in September 2020. The production involves the studio Yellow, Black and White, the Roscosmos corporation and Channel One. Producers include Bakur Bakuradze (Salyut-7) and Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin.

The heroine of the upcoming tape is a doctor. According to the plot, she will have to prepare for a flight into space in a month and go to the ISS to provide assistance to the wounded astronaut.

To find an actress for the main role, an open competition was organized in which everyone could take part, regardless of their type of activity. The results of the competition were summed up in May 2021. According to Klim Shipenko, the performers of the remaining roles will be approved after the completion of the space block of filming. It is possible that Alena Mordovina will appear on the screen.

The Challenge will be the first Russian feature film, part of which will be filmed at the International Space Station. Foreign filmmakers are also preparing for filming in space. The Hollywood project will be directed by Doug Lyman (Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity) and starred by Tom Cruise. Elon Musk's SpaceX company participates in the production.

https://russian.rt.com/nopolitics/article/913955-film-vyzov-kosmos

As for this particular Roskosmos publicity stunt they better have a damn good script ready otherwise they will make laughing stock of themselves again (which is opposite of intended goal here)

They could make it a parody of a western movie with transgendered leads and big fat americans and stiff upper lip brits all going super hard core stereotype...

This Russian movie is being filmed just before a tom cruise movie also set in space... you can bet your ass the tc movie will have black and transgender people and of course lots of women in important positions of power, and the Russians in the film will be alcoholics trying to destroy the world with some secret plan involving nuclear weapons.

Parodies only work if they are NOT made by the people who created the original... the British who make james bond movies couldn't make johhny english movies... or austin powers movies.

Of course it does not always work that third Ghostbusters movie made with an all woman cast was supposed to be a parody... I have no intention of watching it so I don't know whether it was any good or not...

1) Parody only works if it's made by the same people who also made the work they are parodying (Naked Gun made by Russia wouldn't work at all)

2) Rogozin is too fat to fit in Soyuz

3) I am again noticing a certain disconnect between your stated location and constant derision of alternative lifestyles which are universally accepted in the West (lifestyles which also have nothing to do with this particular publicity stunt)

What an awesome post from you there PD... you start by saying Russia can't make parodies, you manage to slip your boyfriend Rogozin in there and then you end with a plea for me to shut up and just drink the Kool Aide and get with the programme

Sour and bitter on all counts there mate.

There are good script writers everywhere, but in the US and the west these days all the power is in the producers and producers are woke and have a woke agenda to push... good script writers can either adapt and conform, or they wont get their films made... and most script writers tell a story... a story that is generally ruined by woke producers... so those stories are not going to get told for a while.

Our only hope could be other film producing countries step up and fill the gap... you say for Russia it is impossible... I say let them try.

Bollywood is already bigger than Hollywood... but focused on a very different audience... it seems Hollywood is shifting its audience to a minority of the western world and the virtue signalling try hards that try to be with it and cool by supporting them no matter what... you know... people with Penises and people with Vaginas and also people without either.

PapaDragon wrote:

miketheterrible wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:
They do realize that script is more important than filming location?

Soviet film industry was good.  But Russian movies are a whole nother level.  I mean, really terrible.

Soviet film industry can be considered good only if you are really into depressing arthouse nonsense

Maybe if the only Soviet films you are aware of are limited to Solaris and Battleship Potemkin

It was actually only the depressing arthouse stuff that was ever brought over to the West from the USSR, and the propaganda intention here was clear. They never brought over the animations and cartoons either, which were some of the best and that tells you something as well.

In fact the Soviet movie scene was hugely varied - comedies, dramas, war movies, horror.
And on average better quality and more authentic than the copying Hollywood trend of Russian cinema today that started in the mid-2000s.

Funny because American bullshit films that look like they have potential and then end the way a child would write them make me feel like killing US movie makers.

Obviously I don't act on it.

And on average better quality and more authentic than the copying Hollywood trend of Russian cinema today that started in the mid-2000s.

Most of the masses are not interested in intelligent movies... they don't want to have to think about it afterwards and talk to their friends about it...

To be honest western entertainment has been gradually going more woke all the time... old staples like Dr Who have always had anti gun messages, so social control suggestions about how things should be... yet in computer games the first few desperate minutes of the game is normally scrambling to acquire a decent weapon like the crowbar or knife or whatever in Half Life...

This Russian movie sounds like it revolves around a medical emergency in space where a surgeon has to be sent up to deal with a problem the patient can't be returned home for it to be performed.

The woke west will love that because the doctor is a woman which is exactly how they would write it, but actually it is perfectly normal for a doctor in Russia to be a woman, so it is just normal that the person they send would be a woman.

It has potential to be interesting....

Russian animation short Boxballet nominated for Oscars 2022

https://tass.com/society/1399897

What will replace Netflix: new Russian TV series online, by Anna Nekhaeva for RIANOVOSTI. 07.04.2022.

A series about a reality TV star who returns to his native village, a historical drama about Chernobyl, the Russian Indiana Jones and the theater - after Netflix left Russia, domestic online platforms have prepared several interesting premieres. About what to expect on the "small screens" - in the material of RIA Novosti.

Reality TV star in the countryside

The social dramedy "Unreality" is about a former reality TV star who, after a successful decade on TV, is forced to return to a provincial town.

The main character Rita (Olga Dibtseva) has spent the last ten years in full view of everyone, in front of television cameras and millions of viewers. Now, in her hometown, many do not like her.

Rita needs to "rebuild her life", but she has a reputation for being an evil schemer. Her acquaintances do not believe her, she cannot get a job, no one wants to communicate with her. In addition, the haters do not allow you to live in peace - they do small dirty tricks, write insults on the car.

But the reality show turns out to be an excellent school - Rita, hardened by life "behind the glass", continues to walk around the city as if nothing had happened. Equanimity and impenetrability will help the heroine restore her reputation.

The main roles were played by Olga Dibtseva, Inga Oboldina, Nikolai Fomenko. The director of the ten-episode story was Anna Parmas, and the artistic director of the project was Boris Khlebnikov.

Black comedy

Comedy series "Hello, you have to go!" talk about the otherworldly hero.

In the center of the plot is the messenger of death Pavel, who finds himself on earth and comes to people with a warning about his impending death. And completely different - businessmen, elderly ladies, officials, housewives, migrants. Thanks to the main character, they get a chance to correct the mistakes of life before their last breath.

With each new mission, the messenger becomes more and more sympathetic to the "clients" and appreciates his work less and less. He doesn't know what love is, but he falls in love. He begins to understand what humor is, laughs more often and each time delays the moment the wards leave.

For Pavel, the world of people is a curiosity, he looks funny in it, asks naive questions and gives the impression of an absurd eccentric. However, not all revelations are simple and pleasant for him.

The director of the project is Leonid Margolin. The main roles were played by Mikhail Tarabukin and Elizaveta Moryak.

historical drama

Another version of what happened in Chernobyl is the series of the same name from Alexei Meradov.

The action takes place in April-December 1986. The local department of the KGB of the USSR learns that foreign intelligence agencies are interested in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

To understand where CIA officer Albert Lenz (Dmitry Ulyanov) is located and what exactly he does in Pripyat, Lieutenant Colonel of military counterintelligence Andrei Nikolaev (Igor Petrenko) is sent to the city. He must find out what the foreign services plan is.

The series, which consists of 12 episodes, also starred Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Maria Andreeva, Alexander Ilyin Jr., Elena Yakovleva.

Double standards

Psychological drama about people living a double life - "Offline" from Kirill Pletnev.

The main characters are attractive and successful. Each family has a prestigious job, an impeccable reputation. But almost no one knows why they have achieved everything. In fact, the success came because of the trade in illegal substances on the Web.

The characters played by Nikita Efremov, Polina Maksimova, Denis Shvedov and Rinal Mukhametov understand what threatens them with exposure, so they are ready to do anything to prevent this from happening. Only one person knows the secret, and he plans to make the secret public.

The ten-episode dramatic thriller promises to be one of the most frank and unpredictable in April.

Russian "Indiana Jones"



The second season of Epidemic will tell how people live in a post-apocalyptic world.

In the first part of the drama, the characters fled from Moscow, where an unknown virus appeared. The characters set off on a dangerous journey to the Far North.

In the sequel, viewers will find out if the survivors can find peace and how they will exist in a changed world.

One of the main characters of the project, Maryana Spivak, who plays the role of Sergei's ex-wife (Kirill Kyaro), admitted that the actors joked that the first season was a psychological drama, and now it's Indiana Jones.

The second season was filmed for almost half a year in the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Pushkinskiye Gory and Karelia. The film also involves Alexander Robak, Natalya Zemtsova, Eldar Kalimulin and Yura Borisov.

The second season of Epidemic will be released on Premier in April.

Not only serials

On the "small screens" in April it will be possible to watch not only serial projects, but also theatrical performances in the "Golden Mask Online" program.

The film crew will travel to Yekaterinburg to broadcast the ballet The Little Humpbacked Horse from the Ural Opera Ballet Theater on April 3. This performance was nominated for the Golden Mask award in eight categories at once.

In the production, choreographers Vyacheslav Samodurov and Anton Pimonov boldly intertwine classical and new choreography. The familiar history is diluted with elements of modern urban culture, which is why the real Urals acquire a fabulous flair.

The authors imagine that the Little Humpbacked Horse was born not 200 years ago, but today. Rappers Naum Blik and T-Bass are responsible for the drive in the production based on the story of Pyotr Ershov. Painted nesting dolls dance on the stage, experiments with break dance and hip-hop in the choreography.

In addition, on April 13 there will be a broadcast of the play "Time-out" by the Novosibirsk theater "Red Torch", which will be played on the stage of the Pushkin Theater in the capital. The audience will see it at the same time as the jury of the festival and the Moscow audience.

Director Pyotr Shereshevsky turned the everyday tragic story of the main character into a kind of film that everyone may seem familiar with.

The theater stage will turn into a labyrinth-supermarket. Close-ups of the actors are displayed online on the screen, which will help to read the mood and the smallest emotions of the characters.

Interesting driver

In the new season of "Passengers. Last Love on Earth" viewers will learn about the world of "soul carriers". Starring Sergei Gilev and Anya Chipovskaya.

Taxi driver Kirill (Gilev) must learn sensitivity and empathy, because he helps souls stuck in this world to get to the "transition point", suggesting that he keeps them on the ground. Mary (Chipovskaya) will help him. In parallel, Cyril will be tested by other people's problems and his own feelings.

The series consists of eight short stories: it is simultaneously a drama, fantasy, thriller, comedy. The characters will deal with relations with relatives, former lovers, put up with their conscience.

https://ria.ru/20220407/kino-1780715817.html

TL;DR

There is DAU project with a bunch of movies set around a Soviet institute.

They seem to not be available everywhere but you can find them on the internet
(at least some of them) and the subtitles too.

In a less serious fashion












Total class B but yet somehow funny:






Drama