This week I present you two favorite flicks of my husband.
ASSA / АССА (1987)
Genres/Tags: Crime, Drama, History
iMDB Rating: 7.8 out of 10 (based on 2170 ratings)
Director: Sergey Solovev
Starring: Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles
Description
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster’s (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
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The Bremen Town Musicians / Bremenskiye muzykanty / Бременские музыканты (1969)
On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians / Po sledam bremenskikh muzykantov / По следам бременских музыкантов (1973)
Genres/Tags: Animation, Short, Family
iMDB Rating: 8.0/7.9 out of 10 (based on 2223/1329 ratings)
Creators: Inessa Kovalevskaya, Vasiliy Livanov, Oleg Anofriev, Muslim Magomayev
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles
Description
A loosely based story on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Town Musicians of Bremen about a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster and their master Troubadour.