In a new way: remakes of old Russian films

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Russian cinema was literally covered with a wave of remakes. On August 21, a new reading of "Prisoner of the Caucasus" was released. Anastasia Zadorozhnaya, Dmitry Sharakois, Gennady Khazanov, Julius Gusman, Mikhail Efremov and many others played in the new production of the cult tape by Leonid Gaidai. The plot - except that the events take place today - is no different from the original.

On August 28, a rework of the no less legendary "Cheerful Children" will appear in the film distribution, in the film by Leonid Utesov and Lyubov Orlova were replaced by Ivan Dorn and Katerina Shpitsa. Of course, the scene is also modern. According to the plot, an aspiring musician Kostya is looking for a group literally on the streets of Moscow in order to perform at a promising competition.

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These remakes are not the first Russian tapes re-shot in a new way. We remembered what other paintings were altered.

Nastya

The picture tells about a modest saleswoman from a stationery store Nastya Plotnikova, who dreams of happiness.

The film was shot by Georgy Danelia in 1993 and is a remake of Incidents That No One Noticed, filmed in 1967. The picture tells about a modest saleswoman from a stationery store Nastya Plotnikova, who dreams of happiness. One night, Nastya helped her grandmother, who then promised to fulfill the girl's two cherished desires. Nastya wished to become more beautiful, but it turned out that inner beauty is much more important. The main roles were played by Polina Kutepova, Irina Markova, Valery Nikolaev, Evgeny Leonov and Alexander Abdulov.

Sky. Airplane. Young woman

Melodrama by Vera Storozheva, filmed in 2002, where Renata Litvinova played the main role. They saw each other in a cafe, since then everything around has changed: flowers, walks, kisses in the rain … He will steal time between business trips, she - between flights. Soon, young people will realize that they cannot live without each other. This picture is a remake of the 1968 film "Once Again About Love". Interestingly, Mikhail Efremov played the same role that his father, Oleg Efremov, played in 1968.

Queen of the Gas Station 2

A comedy film by the Ukrainian director Alexander Kiriyenko. The film tells the story of Lyudmila Good evening, who failed her college exams and decided to return home. By chance, the girl finds herself on the track and without money. Lyudmila has no choice but to get a job at an ordinary gas station, which she will eventually take into circulation. So an ordinary provincial girl became the "Queen of the gas station". The film is a remake of the famous Soviet film "The Queen of the Gas Station". The main roles were played by Olga Sidorova, Klara Novikova and Ville Haapasalo.

Carnival Night 2, or Fifty Years Later

Here is the same festive commotion, in the same House of Culture. Instead of Ogurtsov, the Palace of Culture is headed by a certain Kabachkov.

This musical was filmed specifically for the 50th anniversary of the beloved Soviet "Carnival Night". Here is the same festive commotion, in the same House of Culture. Instead of Ogurtsov, the Palace of Culture is headed by a certain Kabachkov. Young Alena Krylatova and a young man Denis Kolechkin work here. Alena with all her might resists the "arts" of the bureaucrat and opportunist Kabachkov, and Denis helps her … This time Alena Babenko and Sergei Bezrukov played the main roles. Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko was also not without - she played herself.

The Irony of Fate. Continuation

As the name implies, this is a sequel to Eldar Ryazanov's New Year comedy "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" Timur Bekmambetov worked on the creation of the sequel and at the same time a remake. All the same tradition - "Every New Year, my friends and I go to the bathhouse."Only since that New Year, when Yevgeny Lukashin met Nadya, it took a whole 30 years … Once his son Kostya decided to join Yevgeny in the bathhouse. Eugene's friends suggest that Kostya create a New Year's miracle for his father: go to St. Petersburg at a familiar address: 3rd Stroiteley Street, 25, apartment 12. Only friends did not take into account that the beautiful Nadya, the daughter of that very Nadezhda, lives at the same address. In general, the situation turns out to be a completely different side …

The Man from Boulevard Capucino

This picture is a continuation of the cult Russian film "The Man from the Boulevard des Capucines" directed by Alla Surikova, who this time acted as a director. The main characters are descendants of the characters of the first part, and not only in the film, but also in the cast. Masha Mironova plays the role of the granddaughter of Mr. Fest (Andrei Mironov), Liza Boyarskaya is a descendant of Black Jack (Mikhail Boyarsky).

Raffle

The film is based on the tape of the same name by Vladimir Menshov. We are talking about the students of an ordinary Moscow school, about their relationship with each other. The film culminates in the arrival of a new student at the school and two pranks on the young trainee in English. How will the pranks of violent schoolchildren end? Andrey Kudinenko was the director of the new "Raffle", and the main roles were performed by Evgeny Dmitriev, Ivan Alekseev, Maria Gorban and Klavdiya Korshunova.

Love affair at work. Nowadays

They would never have learned anything about each other, if not for the corporate party and the accompanying office romance.

Remake of the 1977 film "Office Romance" directed by Sarik Andreasyan. The main character - Lyudmila Kalugina, aka Mymra - runs a large rating agency, giving her life to work. The main character, Anatoly Novoseltsev, works as a financial analyst, brings up two daughters in his spare time and rides a motorcycle. They would never have learned anything about each other, if not for the corporate party and the accompanying office romance. Kalugina was played by Svetlana Khodchenkova, and Novoseltseva by Vladimir Zelensky.

Gentlemen of Fortune

The eponymous remake of the 1971 film by Alexander Baranov and Timur Bekmambetov. This is a completely new story that takes place in Egypt. Several prisoners are escaping from custody here to seize a valuable artifact. How unlucky it was for Lesha Treshkin, who turns out to be the double of the most dangerous thief and murderer Smiley (the one who stole the artifact). The main roles in the film were played by Sergei Bezrukov, Gosha Kutsenko, Anton Bogdanov and Marina Petrenko.

Viy

Filmed based on the famous story of the same name by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol and is a remake of all previous films (1967 and 2006). The filming involved five countries, $ 26 million and 8 years. The film is set at the beginning of the 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Greene makes a scientific journey from Europe to the East. He had to stray enough before he stumbled upon a Cossack village. The village turned out to be very strange: the locals are afraid of the mythological creation of Viy. Now Green considers it his duty to understand everything, solve the crime and save the locals from horror … The main roles were played by Jason Fleming, Andrey Smolyakov, Alexey Chadov, Agniya Ditkovskite, Igor Zhizhikin and Valery Zolotukhin.