I remember being in college and seeing a film series being put on, a retrospective on Soviet made SciFi movies. It was titled "From the Tsars to the Stars!" I only saw one of the films on offer, Planeta Bur or "Planet of Storms." Honestly it deserves the MST3K treatment, but I am still very affectionate towards the film.
In it, a Soviet space mission performs it's first manned landing on Venus, and they find it to be populated by lizard men and dinosaurs.
I'd also mention that the Soviets made a series of movies sometimes referred to as "Osterns" or Westerns made and set in the East. perhaps most famous of these is The White Sun of the Desert, and adventure comedy set in Central Asia during the Russian Civil War. I thought it was fun, and apparently Cosmonauts watched it before launches for good luck. Free on Youtube.
There's another that I actually learned about from The Deprogram podcast called The Irony of Fate. A romantic comedy from the 80's(?), apparently it's a popular watch on the holidays, and I'm waiting for then to watch it.
Honestly, there's lists of Soviet movies online, specifically IMDB, and due to the lack of IP laws, you can find a lot just searching on youtube. In fact, here's Mosfilm's Youtube Channel knock yourself out!
I remember being in college and seeing a film series being put on, a retrospective on Soviet made SciFi movies. It was titled "From the Tsars to the Stars!" I only saw one of the films on offer, Planeta Bur or "Planet of Storms." Honestly it deserves the MST3K treatment, but I am still very affectionate towards the film.
In it, a Soviet space mission performs it's first manned landing on Venus, and they find it to be populated by lizard men and dinosaurs.
I'd also mention that the Soviets made a series of movies sometimes referred to as "Osterns" or Westerns made and set in the East. perhaps most famous of these is The White Sun of the Desert, and adventure comedy set in Central Asia during the Russian Civil War. I thought it was fun, and apparently Cosmonauts watched it before launches for good luck. Free on Youtube.
There's another that I actually learned about from The Deprogram podcast called The Irony of Fate. A romantic comedy from the 80's(?), apparently it's a popular watch on the holidays, and I'm waiting for then to watch it.
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Honestly, there's lists of Soviet movies online, specifically IMDB, and due to the lack of IP laws, you can find a lot just searching on youtube. In fact, here's Mosfilm's Youtube Channel knock yourself out!