One serious movie and one funny half-movie/half-animation? What can be better for another Russian Movies Weekend, eh?
Heart of a Dog / Sobachye serdtse / Собачье сердце (1988)
Genres/Tags: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
iMDB Rating: 8.7 out of 10 (based on 6271 ratings)
Director: Vladimir Bortko
Starring: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles
Description
In the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel of the same name.
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Treasure Island / Ostrov sokrovishch / Остров сокровищ (1988)
Genres/Tags: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Musicle
iMDB Rating: 8.4 out of 10 (based on 2251 ratings)
Creators: David Cherkasskiy, Valeriy Bessarab, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Viktor Andrienko
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles
Description
Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer’s treasure, in this animated adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale.
