A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts
TV & Film:Film Reviews
Ayna Niyazova, artist and illustrator, joins Ally Pitts to discuss this Oscar-winning epic period drama that depicts the series of calamities that led to the downfall of the Romanov dynasty.
SPOILERS from about 25 minutes in until the end.
Nicholas & Alexandra stars Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier, John McEnery, Michael Bryant, and Tom Baker.
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The show's intro music is Cold by Sasha Ilyukevich and the Highly Skilled Migrants.
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Assa (Sergei Solovyov; 1987)
Brother (Alexei Balabanov; 1997)
Aelita, Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov; 1924)
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Aleksei German Sr; 1985)
The Sun (Alexander Sokurov; 2005)
The Barber of Siberia (Nikita Mikhalkov; 1998)
Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1966)
Window to Paris (Yuri Mamin; 1993)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Igor Maslennikov; 1981)
Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg; 2007)
Through the Thorns to the Stars AKA To the Stars by Hard Ways (Richard Viktorov; 1980)
The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci; 2017)
Loveless (Andrei Zvyagintsev; 2017)
Stalingrad (Fyodor Bondarchuk; 2013)
Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd; 2016)
Tsar (Pavel Lungin; 2009)
The Irony of Fate (Eldar Ryazanov; 1975) Special Festive Episode!!!
Moscow does not Believe in Tears (Vladimir Menshov; 1980)
[Pilot Episode] Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1979)
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