Lists of Bests: MestnyiGeroi's "20 Classic Russian Film Comedies" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/57643 Ask your average non-Russian fan of world cinema about Russian movies, and you are likely to hear names such as Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Dovzhenko, and Vertov from the early Soviet years, and Tarkovsky, Sokurov, Paradzhanov, Klimov and Shepitko from the later years. These are all great filmmakers, all known for their serious, often dark and austere films. But if you ask Russians themselves about the best Russian movies ever made, other names less known in the West will come up just as frequently—names like Gaidai, Ryazanov, and Daneliya. These are the directors of comedies, and it can rightly be claimed that Russia has an illustrious history of cinema comedy. Some rather goofy and broad, some wry and subtle, here, roughly in order of popularity, is a selected list of the comedies that, to my mind, have become the most beloved entries in the annals of Russian cinema comedy. (Any suggestions – about order or choices-- are welcome.) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:12:17 GMT en-us 0 50 20 0 0 The Diamond Arm (Brilliantovaya ruka) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Netherlands ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3551245 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3551245"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11aRCN5Lu3L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonid Gaidai</div> The Irony of Fate, or, Enjoy Your Bath! (Ironiya sudby, ili, S lyogkim parom!)(Ryazanov, 1975) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2848048 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Mimino [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Netherlands ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3575787 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3575787"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/110If3g3nwL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georgi Daneliya</div> Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (Operatsiya Y i drugiye priklyucheniya Shurika) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Netherlands ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3551243 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3551243"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11FFKxw20OL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonid Gaidai</div> Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu) (Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Netherlands ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3838145 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3838145"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K8-yeoCrL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonid Gaidai</div> Kidnapping Caucassian Style http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/537199 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/537199"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000714AZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonid Gaidai</div> Gentlemen of Fortune http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/513059 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/513059"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000714AY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandr Seryj</div> Autumn Marathon (Osenniy marafon) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Netherlands ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3575711 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3575711"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11IWP0eiDPL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georgi Daneliya</div> The Carnival Night / Karnavalnaya Noch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1616788 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1616788"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002K1SBI.01-A13FD75XCLIICR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eldar Ryazanov</div> Bootleggers/ Samogonshiki - Russian Soundtrack Only http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2663776 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2663776"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00078GLBM.01-A13FD75XCLIICR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. Gaidai</div> The Jolly Fellows (Vesyolye rebyata)(G. Aleksandrov, 1934) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3597853 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Walking the Streets of Moscow (Ya shagayu po Moskve)(G. Daneliya, 1963) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3606248 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Peculiarities of the National Hunt / Osobennosti natsional'noy okhoty - Russian Soundtrack Only http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/981520 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/981520"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FCGPDY.01-A13FD75XCLIICR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandr Rogozhkin</div> Business romance / Sluzhebny Roman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/470427 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/470427"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002KM5RE.01-A13FD75XCLIICR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eldar Ryazanov</div> Beware of the Car! / Beregis' Avtomobilya http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1616789 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1616789"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002K022Y.01-A13FD75XCLIICR._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eldar Ryazanov</div> The Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (Neveroyatnye priklyucheniya italyantsev v Rossii)(F. Prosperi/E. Ryazanov, 1974) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3614750 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Twelve Chairs (12 stulyev)(L. Gaidai, 1971) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3613465 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Volga-Volga (G. Aleksandrov, 1938) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3425293 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Dont grief! [NTSC] [Russian Language Only] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2683209 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2683209"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000MF8L1S.01-A18KNITIZXDJ4N._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georgij Daneliya</div> Peculiarities of the National Fishing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/695910 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/695910"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006LPEL.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aleksandr Rogozhkin</div>