15 most awarded Soviet and Russian films

In September otshumel Venice Film Festival and on this occasion we Website have decided to recall what films in the history of the USSR and Russia collected the most prestigious awards.

We look forward to new victories, but for now let's review the masterpieces.

"War and Peace", "Oscar" 1968



Our first "Oscar" won the feature film "War and Peace" by Sergei Bondarchuk (of course, as the best foreign picture). This outstanding work, which employs many fine actors. Four-part epic did six years in the crowd were occupied by thousands of people. The film stars, for example, entire military units, dressed in uniforms of the Napoleonic era.

More
«Golden Globes" 1969 Best Foreign Language Film. Moscow Film Festival - the big prize The award of the National Board of Review USA for the best film in a foreign language li >

"Dersu Uzala", "Oscar" 1975

"Dersu Uzala" - a joint Soviet-Japanese project. Directed by Akira Kurosawa filmed it in Russian with Russian actors and Russian classics - books by Vladimir Arsenyev. It has a stunningly beautiful taiga, the sage with a pure heart Dersu Uzala and deeper meaning.

More
The Moscow Film Festival, the Golden Prize and FIPRESCI Prize The award of the Union of Spanish Film Critics for Best Foreign Film The award of French critics for the best actor's game (Maxim Munzuk)



"Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", "Oscar" 1981

The film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" by Vladimir Menshov would never would have passed Oscar committee. It was a box office and told the story of a strong personality - it's all so fond of at the Oscars. "Moscow" - a hit about a genuine heroine dobivshuyusya success, despite all the difficulties, and about the love that sweeps social barriers.

"Burnt by the Sun", the "Oscar", 1995

"Burnt by the Sun" by Nikita Mikhalkov - the last feature film to date from Russia, won the Oscar. Everything in this movie film perfectly: the cottage outside Moscow, and the young Oleg Menshikov, and vomiting soul tragic story, which combines human passions and brutal forces of history, the fate of the grinding.

More
Cannes Grand Prix Cannes Ecumenical Jury Prize

"The Cranes Are Flying", "Palme d'Or" at Cannes, 1958

"The Cranes Are Flying" Mikhail Kalatozov - the only Russian winner of the top prize in Cannes - "Palme d'Or". The film about the Great Patriotic War, but there is no heroic feats under fire. The director showed how terrible war through the story of an ordinary woman. By the way, two days on the set had Claude Lelouch, while 19-year-old operator, who came to Moscow to shoot documentaries. Then he said that "The Cranes Are Flying" turned his life and fall in love with art cinema.

Even:

Cannes Special mention

"Great Break", the Grand Prix at Cannes, 1946

As for the Soviet and Russian cinema, the Cannes jury was more generous with the second most important award - the Grand Prix. It awarded its first Soviet film "Great Break" Friedrich Ermler. He talks about the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the largest and most difficult battles in the history of war, which lasted more than six months.

"Solaris", the Grand Prix at Cannes 1972

On account of Andrei Tarkovsky's two Grand Prix and many other prizes at Cannes. The first Grand Prix brought him "Solaris" based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem. However, Tarkovsky removed from the plot almost all fantastic, but added new philosophical meanings. The "Solaris" he explored the theme of guilt and love. Lem swore and said that Tarkovsky shot "Crime and Punishment" and not "Solaris».

More
Cannes International Film Critics Association Award (FIPRESCI) The prize at XXVIII International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary

"Sibiriada", the Grand Prix at Cannes, 1979

The "Siberiade" Andrei Konchalovsky weight advantages: it's great actors, fascinating story of several generations of two families - the kulaks and the poor, great music and the beauty of the frame. He had a good chance of "Palme d'Or", if not a strong competition in the face of "Apocalypse Now," Coppola, who cut off the main prize.

"Sacrifice", the Grand Prix at Cannes 1986

And this film Oscar jury would run like hell. The plot of an old actor, who donated his little world and his family for the sake of war, Andrei Tarkovsky gave endless topic for debate. What is it: a parable about faith or unbelief, of betrayal and devotion?

More
Cannes prize for artistic contribution Cannes prize of the International Association of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) The British Academy (BAFTA), Best Foreign Language Film

"Repentance", the Grand Prix at Cannes, 1987

Movies of Tengiz Abuladze tells of the tyrant, which we learn will learn the features of the most terrible dictators of the world. Surreal details such as knights in armor on the streets of the modern city, do not overshadow the main thing - we must not forget the terrible pages of history, otherwise they will be repeated again.

More
Cannes International Film Critics Association Award (FIPRESCI) Cannes Ecumenical Jury Prize Nick Best Film

"Rise," "Golden Bear" at the Berlinale, 1977

The film tells the story of two guerrillas who were captured by the Nazis. To remove the complicated history of the story "Sotnikov" director Larisa Shepitko had to endure a real battle. "The very prose writer and war veteran Vasil Bykov - sharp, barbed, searing truth - was, to put it mildly, not in honor. (...) And before Shepitko appealed to the State cinema with his proposal, this idea has already been stopped once unconditionally. But here on the threshold of State cinema and appeared Larisa Shepitko with burning eyes, eyes that can not withstand even a few seconds, "- says art critic Valery Fomin in the article," I broke in the blood. "

More
The Berlin Film Festival, the FIPRESCI prize

"Ivan's Childhood", "Golden Lion" at the Venice Film Festival, 1962

Childhood 12-year-old Ivana ended on the day when he watched the Nazis shot his mother and sister. The boy's father died at the front. Orphaned, Ivan goes to the military unit and becomes elusive intelligence, courage is fueled by the dream of revenge. Andrei Tarkovsky took a poignant and beautiful movie about a boy who lost his childhood.

More
International Film Festival in San Francisco, the prize "Golden Gate» International Film Festival in San Francisco, Best Director (Andrei Tarkovsky)

"Urga - Territory of Love", "Golden Lion" at the Venice Film Festival, 1991

Nikita Mihaylkov took almost anecdotal story - Mongolian steppe going to a city to buy condoms, because by law he had no right to have more than three children. He made it a work of art, full of kindness, humanity and compassion, preaching tolerance and understanding among peoples.

More
Venice Film Festival, the prize of the International Catholic organization in the field of cinema (OCIC) The European Film Academy, Best Film Kinotavr, the main prize in the rating < /

"The Return", "Golden Lion" at the Venice Film Festival, 2003

Victory "return" at the Venice Festival of Film Critics named sensational. Indeed, unknown aspiring filmmaker created a furor - it complicated picture of the tragedy of the relationship between fathers and children took the top prize in Venice and was the best debut and collected another bunch of smaller prizes.

More
Venice award CinemAvvenire for best debut film Venice Prize Sergio drawee The European Film Academy, the European discovery of the year (Andrei Zvyagintsev) "Nika" for Best Picture

"Leviathan," "Golden Globe", 2015



Neither Russia picture the past few years did not cause so much controversy as the "Leviathan." As if someone did not take this serious social drama, it should be noted that it was highly praised by critics. "Leviathan," was nominated for "Oscar", and shortly before he won the "Golden Globe" as best foreign film.

More
Cannes Film Festival, Best Screenplay Nick, Best Actress (Helen Liadov)

List of the world's most vysokootsenennyh Soviet and Russian film works, of course, does not end there. There was, for example, the cartoon "The Old Man and the Sea" Petrova, won the "Oscar" in 2000, "Faust" Sokurov, won the "Golden Lion" in 2011, and many others. Here we have tried to collect those who received the biggest prize or several prizes. Write in the comments, if someone forgot.

Source of information about the film: kinopoisk

See also:
10 legendary directors of the Soviet cinema

10 Soviet surreal cartoon masterpieces

via www.adme.ru/tvorchestvo-kino/10-lyubimyh-multikov-kotorye-sejchas-smotryatsya-po-drugomu-999160/