Aside from Battleship Potemkin and Doctor Zhivago, are there any other great films about the Russian Revolution/Civil War?
sharePerhaps not a great film, (but the book was) Nicholas and Alexandra is about the last imperial family and the revloution.
shareOktober (Eisensteins 1927 propaganda)
Rasputtin (More of a biopic. Not that super and not always about the revolution, but Rickman is great!)
I'd sure like to find more myself, but so far the BEST on the subject is TIKHIY DON (aka QUIET FLOWS THE DON) which has incarnations from 1935, 1957, and 2004.. Of the three, I think the 1957 version is the best - but it's the only one I've seen from front to back. It mostly revolves around a Ukrainian village with cossack farmers who get entangled in both sides of the revolution and subsequent civil war. It is quite long though, broken into 4 parts, but has some excellent battle scenes, particularly a World War 1 cavalry charge against the Austrians. Part 4 is a bit depressing and anticlimactic in my opinion... but the film is beautiful and truly epic, totally kicks the **#%(@) out of REDS and ZHIVAGO.
shareBattleship Potemkin is not actually about the Russian Revolution of October 1917, as it's set in 1905.
I think we're the green thingy.
The Fall Of The Romanovs is worth a look but I would watch it with the commentary on because it's better than the film itself.
shareYes but the film says more about the period in which it was made than about the period in which it's about!
shareThe Romanov episodes of 'Fall of Eagles' that deal with the build-up to and early stages of the Russian revolution are good and show four main points of view, that of the Tsar, that of Kerensky's government and other liberals, that of the non-Leninist Democratic Socialists, and of the Leninists. It also features the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns around that time (and slightly before) as well, but after the first episodes it becomes mostly about the state of things in Russia.
"Nothings gonna change my world!"
Rasputin and the Empress is a very good movie.
shareOne should never educate oneself through movies, especially when it comes to historical events. The vast majority of political movies are very biased, if not outright propaganda nonsense. Warren Beatty is a semi-educated ignorant, a Hollywood playboy and wannabe political educator. Laughable.
To learn actual FACTS about communism and Marxism, go to this link. You will not regret it, it is the best explanation of western naivety ever posted on the net.
http://morepoliticalrants.blogspot.com/2013/08/marxism-basic-guide-for -gullible_24.html
On the IMDb boards now, Feddy? This is most unlike you.
shareI have studied Russian History off and on for over 40 years and I highly recommend A People's Tragedy by the British historian, Orlando Figes. I just finished it on flights home from Bangalore, and I feel like I've been through a full semester of collegiate study.
"Admit to poisoning the monkeys, and we'll give you a cigarette."
I highly recommend A People's Tragedy by the British historian, Orlando Figes.
To learn actual FACTS about communism and Marxism, go to this link. You will not regret it, it is the best explanation of western naivety ever posted on the net.
http://morepoliticalrants.blogspot.com/2013/08/marxism-basic-guide-for -gullible_24.html