Russian Civil War battle scene (from the Admiral Kolchak film)

[OSHIROmodels]

That looks a cracking film 

cheers

James

[1ngram]

If anyone ever gets a hold of a copy of Strangers/Friends with subtitles could they please explain the plot to me.  I understand the main thrust, gold taken, wrongly accused, escape, join bandits, recapture gold, hugs and kisses all round but there are huge bits of the film - ie the bits with dialogue - that completely escape me.  Who is the character with the broken teeth?  How does the gold end up in a briefcase with a never before seen (I don't think) character armed with a Lewis gun on a bluff above the river just where our intrepid hero and his sidekick/hostage/captive appear on their raft?  What is it that the bandit chief (the Michael Caine lookalike) is saying to all those people as he eats his boiled eggs and drinks his wine?

The costumes in this film are a godsend to anyone trying to paint RCW bandits - the bandit horde contain a wonderful array of uniform and civilian garb - there is even a sailor still in his uniform in the band.  The red cavalry unit too is an excellent source of uniform and colour information.

[Adam]

I was surfing on youtube and found some more videos.



Found this. Scenes from a film called Gentleman Officers including a few battle scenes.



Video made using scene from a historical series (The Fall of the Empire) showing Russians going over the top in the Great War.



Germans bombard Russian fortress in the Great War. From the same series.



German Zeppelins and planes attack Russian positions.



Red cavalry capture a pilot in a rather unique fashion. From the Elusive Revengers.



Russian civil war video made using bits and bobs from old Soviet cartoons.

[koz10]

In the Admiral Kolchak film, do we get to see the cute lead actress without her clothes on? Not that I'm a pervert or anything bad like that, of course.

That could make up for a half-hour of bad dialogue in and of itself.

No such luck. I had hoped for some skin shots as most films nowadays have the requisite naked chick scenes. Damn Russia for being so cold - everyone had their clothes on all the time. The closest you get to undressing is seeing Kolchak in his long underwear. Not my cup of tea at all.

[Fjodin]

German Biplane vs Russian Infantry. Its on 1:38 minutes

[former user]

nice clips, thx for sharing

if I was in an ukrainian village entrenched with machineguns I'd start running too when attacked by cossacks with lances and sabres - since as a german I'd be expected to do so in a russian movie...
oh damn, austro-hungarians! now i have an identity crisis...

oh yes, and the swashbuckling hero in the red shirt was of course spiffing . I almost expected him to start singing...

well there is a nice train crash, the ladies look cute and the germans can't even wear their pickelhaube the right way - but they are germans after all, right? 

oh, yes, no chance for nude scenes in the Kolchak movie, I think they are not even kissing...
But I heard they are re-editing for international release, so there might be a reshooting without textiles 

oh Yes, dame Helen is right
watch that Comissar movie and forget of all that propagandistic crap, inspiring uniforms or not...
here is part 1/10


miss this masterpiece at Your own peril

[Belgian]

Wow, that biplane dropping giant darts 

Cruel but effective and especially not good for the russian soldiers moral 

(ps. from which movie or serie is the darts biplane attack scene?)

greets, the belgian