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I've seen a couple of WW2 like Letters from Iwo Jima, The Pianist, and of course Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers but I never seen one where it takes place in the Eastern Front from the Russians perspective so any recommendations preferably one where the Russians speak Russian and not English with fake Russian accents the same thing goes for the Germans
Enemy At The Gates?
Cross of Iron
Stalingrad. It's from the German perspective though but it's a good one.
Post edited May 16, 2012 by serpantino
Sean Connery, best non russian russian accent ever (Hunt for Red October) :)
Stalingrad is your movie.
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F1ach: Sean Connery, best non russian russian accent ever (Hunt for Red October) :)
There is not much WW2 in there. :P

Also other than others have suggested, I can only think of some our (and Polish, Russian, etc.) old movies, though they were more of a Soviet propaganda than an actual movie. You know, heroic Soviet soldiers defending Mother Russia against those evil Germans and such.
Reading this, three brilliant but unfortunately not well known movies come to mind:

Voskhozhdeniye
Idi i smotri
Ivanovo detstvo

They are a must-see for everyone interested in war-movies or cinema in general.
If you want Pacific Theatre then Tora! Tora! Tora! & The Thin Red Line are pretty good (though the latter is a bit artsy)
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F1ach: Sean Connery, best non russian russian accent ever (Hunt for Red October) :)
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klaymen: There is not much WW2 in there. :P

Also other than others have suggested, I can only think of some our (and Polish, Russian, etc.) old movies, though they were more of a Soviet propaganda than an actual movie. You know, heroic Soviet soldiers defending Mother Russia against those evil Germans and such.
Yeah I remember watching the History Channel about Stalin where their was a mini movie that showed Stalin arraving at Berlin just minutes after the Red Army conquered it and everybody cheering Stalin's arrival. classic propaganda
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serpantino: If you want Pacific Theatre then Tora! Tora! Tora! & The Thin Red Line are pretty good (though the latter is a bit artsy)
The best will forever be Letters from Iwo Jima and HBOs The Pacific imo

But the worst movie about the Pacific theater is Pearl Harbor
So far out of all the recommendations i'm likng cross of iron the most, stalingrad second

and no thanks about enemy at the gates I just read that movie was shit
Post edited May 16, 2012 by Elmofongo
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Elmofongo: The best will forever be Letters from Iwo Jima and HBOs The Pacific imo

But the worst movie about the Pacific theater is Pearl Harbor
Yeah Letters from Iwo Jima was brilliant.... The Pacific was really disappointing though. It was an ok series but NOTHING compared to Band of Brothers. The Pacific spent far too much time focused on trying to shove the physical & psychological effects of war down our throats (something which felt natural in BoB) and some of the episodes felt a lot like filler or poorly placed in the sequence.
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klaymen: There is not much WW2 in there. :P

Also other than others have suggested, I can only think of some our (and Polish, Russian, etc.) old movies, though they were more of a Soviet propaganda than an actual movie. You know, heroic Soviet soldiers defending Mother Russia against those evil Germans and such.
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Elmofongo: Yeah I remember watching the History Channel about Stalin where their was a mini movie that showed Stalin arraving at Berlin just minutes after the Red Army conquered it and everybody cheering Stalin's arrival. classic propaganda
These movies are actually something like "a scene of some battle filled with strong pro-Soviet bias".
There's a Finnish movie that's really good. Showed from a Finnish perspective.

Unfortunately I've forgotten it's name so I'm posting about it to hopefully jar someone's memory.

Edit: The Winter War. Maybe? I'm guessing. :P Darn! Where did I put it?
Post edited May 16, 2012 by Tarm
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Elmofongo: The best will forever be Letters from Iwo Jima and HBOs The Pacific imo

But the worst movie about the Pacific theater is Pearl Harbor
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serpantino: Yeah Letters from Iwo Jima was brilliant.... The Pacific was really disappointing though. It was an ok series but NOTHING compared to Band of Brothers. The Pacific spent far too much time focused on trying to shove the physical & psychological effects of war down our throats (something which felt natural in BoB) and some of the episodes felt a lot like filler or poorly placed in the sequence.
Ironic eh saving private ryan was all action and less story, band of brothers was a balance between the two, The Pacific was all story and physical and Psycological effects of war plus filler and less on the action
A must-see, russian movie from 1972.

А зори здесь тихие
Here is a link - it's with polish lector but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNE0l_JdB8w

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And of course this: Летят журавли - 1952, it was rewarded in 1985 in Cannes with Golden ...sth.

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Just keep in mind that both movies are completely different from what we see now in cinemas...You rather watch them with your girlfriend than with couple of mates with beer eating popcorn etc.
Post edited May 16, 2012 by tburger