Russian Movies Weekend #24

Today we’re going into adventure. Actually, two of them. In the first movie (co-production of USSR and Italy) you will see how Italians were trying to find treasure in a Soviet Russia. And in the second animation movie you will look at the Russian vision of J.R. Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”.

A Crazy, Crazy, Crazy Race in Russia / Neveroyatnye Priklyucheniya Italyantsev v Rossii / Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России (1974)

Genres/Tags: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
iMDB Rating: 7.7 out of 10 (based on 4987 ratings)
Director: Eldar Ryazanov, Francesco Prosperi (as Franco Prosperi),
Starring: Andrey Mironov, Ninetto Davoli, Antonia Santilli
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles

Description

The mad adventures of the mad Italians, searching for the mad treasures in the mad Russia.

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or watch directly on YouTube.

Adventures of Mowgli / Maugli / Маугли (1973)

Genres/Tags: Animation, Adventure, Family
iMDB Rating: 7.7 out of 10 (based on 1552 ratings)
Director: Roman Davydov
Starring: Lyusena Ovchinnikova, Aleksandr Nazarov, Anatoliy Papanov
Video format: TubiTV
Languages: English Audio

Description

An adaptation of a classic tale about a boy raised in jungles by animals.

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