Based upon the famous novel by H.G.Wells. A poor scientist named Griffin discovers a way to make things invisible. Since he has no money to continue his research, he decides to perform his only experiment on himself. After becoming invisible, Griffin has a lot of trouble trying to conceal this from other people.

chelovek-nevedimka.mkv

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The post Aleksandr Zakharov – Chelovek-nevidimka AKA Invisible Man (1984) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

This Russian comedy is the sequel to The Twelve Chairs, which told of a madcap search by a con-man and a nobleman in post-communist Russia for a chair containing a king’s ransom in hidden diamonds. Presumably dead at the end of the first film, charming con-man Ostap Bender is alive and kicking and looking for another way to get rich. He discovers an underground Soviet millionaire, Alexander Koreiko, and begins blackmailing him in an attempt to accomplish his lifelong goal of having one million rubles. With that amount of money, he believes he could fulfill his dream of moving to Rio de Janeiro. In the pursuit of his many schemes, he uses an ill-assorted gang of fellow miscreants: Shura the simple-minded young ex-convict, Panikovsky an older con man, and the unusually unlucky driver Adam Kozlevich. He has many wild adventures in his quest. The witty and satirical novel on which this movie is based, written in 1930, was prohibited until the 1950s, when it became a cult novel in the USSR.

Zolotoy.Telyonok.AKA.The.Golden.Calf.1968.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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The post Mikhail Shvejtser – Zolotoy telyonok AKA The Golden Calf (1968) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Plot:
World War II veteran Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov has become a heavy drinker with no interest in finding employment of any kind. He joins a collective farm, claiming to be the father of Natasha, a resident there, and is forced to analyze his life when he finds himself falling in love.

New York Times Review:
THAT way-out or way-up title, “When the Trees Were Tall,” is about as lucidly earthbound as the new Russian drama ever gets. A pretty teen-ager is talking to her long-lost father. At least she thinks that’s who he is. The chap is actually an impostor, a foxy ne’er-do-well. “That’s the way I remember you,” insists the girl. “When the trees were tall.”

The import, which arrived last Saturday at the Cameo, is an odd, fumbling drama indeed, especially coming from Lev Kulidjanov, the brilliant young director of “The House I Live In” several seasons back.

In the first quarter of the new film, a string-bean actor named Yuri Nikulin shuffles around his home area in Moscow, bemoaning fate, refusing to work and rightfully earning his reputation as the neighborhood sad sack. The bachelor next pops up as the reappearing papa of Inna Gulaya, an energetic worker of a collective farm. A tender relationship develops between these two, as the girl is simultaneously courted by a spunky village lad (Lev Kuralev) in the most appealing scenes of the film.

Mr. Nikulin sheepishly confesses his impersonation to the girl, who couldn’t care less, and finally makes the motions of going to work. And this, more than anything else, seems the movie’s main concern: Will he or won’t he turn a finger? Our hero—or theirs—is the most negative, ground-down and dull protagonist the Soviet Union has sent us in a long time.

Furthermore, the simple story line slides its course crabwise, wedged in between oblique, pretentious photography—some of it fetchingly pastoral — and splintered, meaningless vignettes. The two young people are so right and convincing—especially in one idyllic barn scene—that they deserve the picture all by themselves. Also, the musical score is a good one—for them, at least.

Mr. Nikulin is an actor with sad, expressive eyes. Still, it’s hard to care about a hero who piously dodges responsibility for nearly two hours. “All people are hypocrites,” he whines at one point. Perhaps. But he’s the laziest one of this lot.

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The post Lev Kulidzhanov – Kogda derevya byli bolshimi AKA When the Trees Were Tall (1961) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation
An unconventional comedy based on M. Bulgakov’s play, “Ivan Vassilevich,” when inventor, Timofeev builds a time machine, things go awry. Tsar Ivan the Terrible comes into the year 1973, while Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to 16th century Moscow accidentally.

Maestro of Russian Comedy: Leonid Gaidai
Gaidai Leonid Iovich (January 30, 1923 – November 19, 1993), Russian film director and scriptwriter

The humor of great Gaidai is timeless. His comedies are free from edifying or obtrusiveness, he easily managed to avoid hackneyed cliches and smutty jokes. Phrases from his comedies have become winged and are widely used in Russia till date.

‘A cinema comedy should have as few words as possible, and those words must be laconic, sharp-cut and take an unerring aim’ – Gaidai said, and he was as good as his word.

Leonid Iovich Gaidai was born on January 30, 1923. From 1941 he was in the army in Mongolia. When the war began he was transferred to Kalinin front as a scout, as he had learnt German at school. After a severe wounding he got ‘unfit-for-duty’ and had to return home. In fact he never completely recovered after that wound which actually made him suffer till the end of his life; no one knew about it but for his family. He did not like to complain.

From early age Gaidai was dreaming of stage. In 1947 he graduated from a theatre studio in Irkutsk regional theatre and for several years played on the local stage. Though a shy and clumsy person having difficulties in pronouncing sounds ‘r’ and ‘l’, he was a good actor beloved by the public. In 1949 he entered the film direction faculty of VGIK (The All-Union Institute of Cinematography) where he met actress Nina Grebeshkova to become his wife and spend all life with him.

Though at the beginning of Gaidai’s creative life he was supported by well-known masters of Soviet cinema, such as Ivan Pyriev and Mikhail Romm, his way in cinema was far from simple.

‘Bootleggers’ (1961) (Yuri Nikulin, Evgeny Morgunov, Georgy Vitsin)The year 1961 saw Gaidai’s short-length film that proclaimed the birth of an outstanding comedy film director. It was a nine-minute long ‘Pyos Barbos i Neobychny Cross’ (Dog Barbos and Unusual Race), an unpretentious comedy that originated the unique phenomenon of three super popular mask-characters of the Soviet cinematography: Balbes (“Booby”, played by Nikulin), Trus (“Coward”, played by Vitsyn) and Byvaly (“Stager”, played by Morgunov). They also appeared in Gaidai’s next short-length comedy ‘Bootleggers’ (1962) filmed on the tide of Dog Barbos’ success.

Leonid GaidaiIn 1963 Gaidai creates the full-length comedy ‘Business People’ starring Yuri Nikulin, G. Vitsyn, A. Smirnov, R. Plyatt and the novelette ‘The Ransom of Red Chief’ after O. Henry’s story, which becomes a masterpiece of Soviet comedy. However it was the year 1965 that opened the so-called ‘Gaidai’s golden decade’ with the release of ‘Operation Y and Other Shurik’s Adventures’ starring Alexander Demyanenko. The comedy at once gained people’s love and popularity that somehow last till date. ‘Kidnapping Caucasian Style’ (1966) continuing the adventures of nice and amusingly touching Shurik won still greater love of the public. Spectators were happy to see the funny trio of Booby, Coward and Stager again in these two kind comedies sparkling with good humour. Lots of expressions from those comedies at once became winged.

‘The Diamond Arm’ (1968) (Yuri Nikulin and Andrey Mironov) The next comedy was ‘The Diamond Arm’ (1968), a gripping ironic detective story with unforgettable Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mironov and Anatoly Papanov.

In 1971 Gaidai creates a screen version of Ilf and Petrov’s popular novel ‘Twelve Chairs’. The film director acknowledged not once that this comedy turned one of his most favorite movies.

Leonid GaidaiAnother undoubted masterpiece by Gaidai is ‘Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation’ (1973) after Bulgakov’s play. The main roles in this fantastic comedy are played by Yuri Yakovlev and Leonid Kuravlev.

The 1980s saw Gaidai’s creative force gradually fading. However the satirical comedies ‘Borrowing Matchsticks’ and ‘Sportloto-82’ are really talented works marked by the brilliant acting of Mikhail Pugovkin, Evgeny Leonov and Vycheslav Nevinny.

In the shaky years of perestroika with its upheavals and uncertainty it was very difficult to create something worthy and Gaidai seems to have had difficulties in adapting to the changed situation. His last comedies are still funny but not as powerful as his earlier works.

In 1993 Leonid Gaidai fell ill with pneumonia and died in the hospital on November 19. His death appeared a sad outcome of his creative wearing out during the last years. Right after Gaidai’s going away reappraisal of his creations started and he was finally acknowledged an indisputable classic and a unique master of Soviet eccentric and satiric comedy.

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The post Leonid Gaidai – Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu AKA Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation (1973) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

This Russian film adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s story was for a long time the only horror film made in the Soviet Union. Khoma (Leonid Kuravlev), a young novice, travels across the countryside and stays for a night in a barn that belongs to an ugly old woman. When she attacks him at night and takes him for a broom ride, the scared novice fatally wounds her, and before she dies, she turns into a beautiful young noblewoman (Natalya Varley). The latter leaves a will, according to which Khoma should pray for her for three nights in the chapel until her body is buried. At night, the witch rises from the coffin and tries to catch Khoma. She flies around but she can’t reach him or see him because he stays inside the circle that he has drawn around himself. During the third and last night, the witch makes the last attempt to scare him out of the circle, and she calls all sorts of ugly creatures to help her… Gogol wrote several stories based on Ukrainian folklore, many of them dealing with the Devil and the supernatural. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide

+ Commentary with Eastern European cinema expert Michael Brooke

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The post Georgi Kropachyov & Konstantin Yershov – Viy AKA Viy or Spirit of Evil (1967) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya “Afonya” was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character Borshev A.N. is a locksmith who spends his free time, as well as working hours, drinking with his buddies whom he even doesn’t recognize the next day after another heavy drink. His wife leaves him, his boss places him on probation, his whole life is falling a part but he doesn’t realize it. There is only one person who can save him – nurse Katya whom he met on dances and didn’t pay much attention to… Daneliya manages to balance in the film satire and drama, quotes from the film gained a cult status in Russia and other former countries of USSR.

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