"Best Film for the Russian Civil War?" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	19 Nov 2016 10:25 p.m. PST
Which movies do you recommend?
Cyrus the Great	19 Nov 2016 10:50 p.m. PST
Either version of Dr. Zhivago is a good place to start.
willthepiper	19 Nov 2016 11:40 p.m. PST
I won't say 'best' RCW film, but there was a 2008 Russian film 'Admiral', about White leader Admiral Kolchak: YouTube link
Pertti	20 Nov 2016 2:04 a.m. PST
Best novel by far: 'And Quiet Flows the Don', Mikhail Sholokhov. At least a couple of TV adaptations exist, among others a 1958 one by Gerasimov and an… interesting version by Bondarchuk, with Rupert Everett and F.Murray Abraham, filmed at the beginning of the Nineties but only released in 2006. A shorter, 3-hour version was released on DVD. link
14Bore	20 Nov 2016 4:21 a.m. PST
Dr Zhivago probably, there is a movie on the Potemkin I have seen and am sure its a Soviet production. Its Battleship Potemkin 1925 from Sergei Eisenstein I have seen it on TCM
Yesthatphil	20 Nov 2016 4:27 a.m. PST
I'm still a fan of Dr Zhivago … Phil
Weasel	20 Nov 2016 7:09 a.m. PST
I enjoyed "Reds" but it has very little military stuff, since it's more of a character drama.
saltflats1929	20 Nov 2016 8:33 a.m. PST
The red and the white m.imdb.com/title/tt0061537
marcus arilius	20 Nov 2016 11:43 a.m. PST
imdb.com/title/tt0029087 knight without armor
jeffreyw3	20 Nov 2016 12:49 p.m. PST
Quiet Flows the Don.
rmaker	20 Nov 2016 2:25 p.m. PST
Battleship Potemkin is worth watching, but it's not an RCW movie. The mutiny happened in 1905.
willthepiper	20 Nov 2016 5:28 p.m. PST
One of my favourite movies is White Sun of the Desert. It's set during the Russian Civil War but isn't about it – the same way as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly is set during the American Civil War. YouTube link
davbenbak	21 Nov 2016 7:03 a.m. PST
A second for "The Red and the White". It can be a bit confusing as characters enter and exit the movie but I think it mirrors the chaos of the conflict.
vtsaogames	21 Nov 2016 10:59 a.m. PST
Is "The Red and the White" the one where a small group advances against the enemy?

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