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There are many movies which are well-remembered and looked upon fondly in the former Soviet republics; famous lines or jokes from these movies are often quoted and some have even become a part of the Russian language as sayings and idioms. Most of these classic Soviet movies were produced by Mosfilm and other state-owned film studios.

Genres

Action

Белое солнце пустыни
("Beloe solntse pustyni", "White Sun of the Desert") - one of the most loved Soviet films of all time. For more information on this type of movie, see Red Western.

Comedy

Джентельмены Удачи ("Dzhentelmeny Udachi", lit. "Gentlemen of Luck") - a schoolteacher played by Evgeni Leonov pretends to be crime boss Dotsent (who looks exactly like him) in order to gain information about a stolen artifact from Dotsent's two lackeys.
Иван Васильевич меняет профессию ("Ivan Vasilievich menyaet professiyu", "Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession") - a scientist's time travel machine ends up teleporting his landlord into 16th century Russia and bringing Ivan the Terrible into the present.
Двенадцать стульев ("Dvenadtsat" stulev, "Twelve chairs") - based on the famous novel of the same name by Ilf and Petrov.
Бриллиантовая рука
("Brilliantovaya ruka", "Diamond Arm") - starring Yuri Nikulin
, Anatoli Papanov
, and Andrei Mironov
.

Drama

Ирония судьбы или с легким паром ("Ironia sudby ili s legkim parom", "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath") - more information in the Irony of Fate
article.
Обыкновенное чудо ("Obyknovennoe chudo", "Ordinary wonder") - a fairy-tale love story about a bear who has been transformed into a man by a wizard, and must be kissed by a princess to return to his original form.
Семнадцать мгновении весны
("Semnadtsat mgnovenii vesny", "Seventeen Moments of Spring") - a multi-episode film about an undercover Soviet spy, "Stirlitz
", in Germany during World War II. An entire type of joke, usually based on a play on words, has arisen from these movies.

Cyber-punk

Кин-дза-дза
("Kin-Dza-Dza").

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