10 most expensive films of all time,

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Thought you'd be more a Battleship Potemkin man, Raptor. Or Alexander Nevsky. Not that I've seen either...they just stand out as classic Soviet era filmography to me.

Want to see those too. Well, I've seen some of Alexander Nevsky, but I should really see the whole thing.

There was also a very long Soviet movie about WWII, but I forgot it's name.

[Oberon]

Battle for Moscow runs up an impressive five, nearly six hours, but I believe, like many Russian films, it is split into several different parts.



I have no idea the Nazis used T-72s...but there you go...could be worse, they could be using M-47 Pattons painted grey...

It's up on youtube...but only with Spanish subtitles...

Looks a pretty good film the more I watch of it.

[Raptor1]

The movie I was talking about is called Освобождениe.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by CCIP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_Expensive_Films

According to this, if you adjust for inflation, the most expensive would actually be the Soviet production of War and Peace at about $700mil in today's money.

Known for being one of the longest feature films around (8 hours), and with some outstanding battle scene filming (the Borodino scene featured 120,000 extras, mostly Soviet soldiers dressed in Napoleonic-era uniforms).

That movie is aweome!

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Want to see those too. Well, I've seen some of Alexander Nevsky, but I should really see the whole thing.

There was also a very long Soviet movie about WWII, but I forgot it's name.

I just watched "Admiral" yesterday and I started watching "They Fought For the Motherland" with the same director as WaP, S Bondarchuck, and yes he's in the movie too.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Thought you'd be more a Battleship Potemkin man, Raptor. Or Alexander Nevsky. Not that I've seen either...they just stand out as classic Soviet era filmography to me.

I rented Potemkin even though I don't usually enjoy silents that much (granted, I haven't seen that many - probably because the first one I tried to watch, I couldn't get through). But Battleship Potemkin comes up so much in any discussion of influential early films - especially in what I've read about later directors or films that I admire - that I figured I had to see it at least once just to know what all the fuss was about.

Was amazed to find myself bawling my eyes out by the end of the famous scene on the stairs. Incredibly moving and yes, now I know what all the fuss is about. That and Metropolis have really shown me what's possible with a silent film in the hands of a gifted filmmaker.

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Battle for Moscow runs up an impressive five, nearly six hours, but I believe, like many Russian films, it is split into several different parts.



I have no idea the Nazis used T-72s...but there you go...could be worse, they could be using M-47 Pattons painted grey...

It's up on youtube...but only with Spanish subtitles...

Looks a pretty good film the more I watch of it.

Damn wish i could read Spanish, wonder if there is an English version out there. Some of my favorite movies are based on the Russians in ww2, 'Stalingrad' and 'Enemy at the gates' are favorites and now I need to see this 'Scared war'

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Damn wish i could read Spanish, wonder if there is an English version out there. Some of my favorite movies are based on the Russians in ww2, 'Stalingrad' and 'Enemy at the gates' are favorites and now I need to see this 'Scared war'

Sacred War is the name of the (famous) song. The movie is called Битва за Москву (Battle for Moscow).

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Sacred War is the name of the (famous) song. The movie is called Битва за Москву (Battle for Moscow).

ahh thanks

[Oberon]

What I quite like about it, and it might be down to the fact that I think it was a joint Russian-GDR production, is that the Germans speak German with dubbed Russian. Would be nice to get a version with subtitles for both and no dubbing. That would be very nice.



For those who understand Russian and



For those who understand Spanish.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by CCIP

According to this, if you adjust for inflation, the most expensive would actually be the Soviet production of War and Peace at about $700mil in today's money.

And that is what no one wants you to know. So every new film can be "The most expensive film ever" or "The most successful film ever".

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by CCIP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_Expensive_Films

According to this, if you adjust for inflation, the most expensive would actually be the Soviet production of War and Peace at about $700mil in today's money.

Known for being one of the longest feature films around (8 hours), and with some outstanding battle scene filming (the Borodino scene featured 120,000 extras, mostly Soviet soldiers dressed in Napoleonic-era uniforms).

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