Film Question - US and Russia in Each Other's Films

[Daria Kirjanov]

Hello,
 
I have also been developing a course along these lines. One of my favorite films is "The Russians Are Coming"  Probably the funniest parts is the mispronunciation of "Gloucester" as "GLAU-kester"  and  "eGERmency  eGERmency, Everybody out !" As newly arrived immigrants, this became my family's favorite film and we must have watched it at least 5 times.  After over 35 years, we never forgot the mispronunciations of these two words.  Living near Gloucester, MA, we were especially drawn to it. Alan Arkin is, of course, brilliant.
 
For the Russian films, I would definitely include  a film from the 1920's " Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks"
 
Best, Daria Kirjanov-Mueller
 
Dept. of Modern Languages
University of New Haven
 

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I would add:

Anna Karenina, with Greta Garbo and Frederick March
Wonder Man with Danny Kaye -- one scene in which Kaye portrays a neurotic Russian singer who tries to suppress sneezes while singing Oche Chernye
To Russia with Love -- esp Lotte Lenya playing the part of a KGB colonel.
Inspector General with Danny Kaye,  sort of generic East European, but with Kaye doing a Russian song and dance at the end.
Firefox with Clint Eastwood.  The metro toilet scene shows toilet paper in the john. Filmed in the Helsinki Metro.
Reds with Warren Beatty
Knock on Wood with Danny Kaye.  Spies: Brodnik, Papinik, and Shashlik.
Silk Stockings. Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire, a musical based on Ninotchka.
War and Peace.  Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer and Henry Fonda.  You have to get over some of the cast pronouncing Nataasha.

George Kalbouss
The Ohio State University


On Jul 31, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Benjamin Rifkin wrote:

> Dear Colleagues:
> 
> I'm putting together a series of US and Russian films that depict both cultures.  I have a couple of Russian films to start with - Brat 2, American Daughter, Barber of Siberia - but I'd appreciate suggestions of more Russian films that depict Americans and American films that depict Russian characters and Russian culture.  All I'm coming up with are these:
> 
> Rocky 4
> Russia House
> Sneakers
> Moscow on the Hudson
> Red Dawn
> The Russians Are Coming
> Dr Strangelove
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions you may offer.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ben Rifkin
> 
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