Soviet actors Erast Garin and Faina Ranevskaya in 1947 Cinderella movie.
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
Making of “Walking the Streets of Moscow”, a Soviet 1963 movie.
Stargazer’s Song from the Soviet movie “Red Riding Hood” (1977)
I love the beautiful melody.
Yury Yakovlev as tsar Ivan the Terrible in “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession” (1973)
Soviet hand lettered film titles
— Карандаш.
— Э пэнсил.
— Стол.
— Э тэйбл.
— Девушка.
— Чувиха.
— Да нет, по-английски! Ну? Гёрл!
— О, йес, йес, гёрл!
— Йес-йес! ОБХС!
Gentlemen of Fortune (1972) ()
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“And who doesn’t drink?! Name them! You’ve spat into my very soul! Scoundrels.”
“Arkady Varlamovich… Wouldn’t you like to have.. a drink?”
“Let it be noted… Wasn’t me who proposed this! Let’s go.”
The last line is one of the most known quotes ever in Russia! Pops up in conversations all the time.
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Операция Ы и другие приключения Шурика (1965)
Operation Y and Shurik’s Other Adventures (1965)
Alexey Rybnikov - Milky Way (from A Great Space Voyage, 1975)
Alexey Rybnikov - I Do Believe You, Of Course (from A Great Space Voyage, 1975)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
A wonderful example of Soviet absurdistic comedy. Administrator’s Verses from “An Ordinary Miracle”, dir. Mark Zakharov (1978).
А бабочка крылышками
Бяк-бяк-бяк-бяк,
А за ней воробышек
Прыг-прыг-прыг-прыг,
Он её голубушку
Шмяк-шмяк-шмяк-шмяк,
Ам ням-ням-ням,
Да и шмыг-шмыг-шмыг-шмыг.
Once More About Love (1968) dir. Georgiy Natanson