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Russian and Soviet Spy dramas and more shows from Russia

survivor2 · 2013-04-22 07:57:49

Hi,folks As I have learned the channel FX shows the new Cold War style show The Americans dedicated to brutal KGB agents worked in the US in 80's. I've found this show a little bit boring but funny enough. Again the same mistakes about Russia we already discussed here…

22-04-2013 7:57am

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survivor2

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Hi,folks

As I have learned the channel FX shows the new Cold War style show The Americans dedicated to brutal KGB agents worked in the US in 80's.
I've found this show a little bit boring but funny enough.
Again the same mistakes about Russia we already discussed here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056902762
The Soviet officiers in wrong style uniform,speaking Russian with strong foreign accent,Russia even in episodes always snowy etc (as we know from other Hollywood movies Russians sing only one song called Kalinka and dance only with bears).It looks like somebody is missing Cold War time.

Spy series in USSR were quite popular 30-40 years ago.

The most popular "epic" series created in early 70's and called "17 Moments of Spring".

There are more shows made:

"TASS is authorised to declare" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TASS_Is_Authorized_to_Declare

"The fate of Resident" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314736/
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0

"Dead Season" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Season etc

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#2 22-04-2013 12:31pm

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Thanks! It just gets me thinking it'd be great to see the Cold War from the other side! Great post! Thanks!

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#3 22-04-2013 2:27pm

survivor2

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Your welcome

I already watched almost 7 parts of The Americans show and have some impressions "from another side".

All "Russians" have Jewish faces(nothing strange,because even in all shows "made in Russia" the situation is the same).

The dialogues between themselves quite strange and "unreal".They speak in Russian with some accent.

The director sometimes is trying to show some ideologiс "fanaticism" of main hero (Soviet woman spy). I don't think those people follow any ideological dogmas too much.

What is interesting for me:main persons among "Soviet KGB agents" in the film are women some of them are using sex as a weapon.In Soviet films that was absolutely impossible.Still all Russian movies show men in similar shows.

And more: I consider all films like this like harmful content,because they force common people think that all Russians are still "KGB staff".

Be sure that it is absolutely not true.

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