Soviet cinema has long and firmly rooted not only in our history, but also in the history of world cinema. Funny comedies, poignant dramas and thrilling action films - you don't have to go to Hollywood for all this. Today we'll tell you about the 12 best Soviet action films!
1. Cold summer of fifty-third ... (1987)
Soon after the execution of Lavrenty Beria, thousands of convicts leave the camps. At the same time, the police are starting to raid, and the conflict is only heating up ...
2. Red Devils (1923)
The old silent film can be called one of the best action adventure films about young scouts from the First Cavalry Army. Then the actors had no understudies at all, so director Ivan Perestiani chose circus performers for the main roles.
3. Tehran-43 (1980)
Together with the USSR, France and Switzerland worked on a political detective thriller. In 1943, a group of terrorists infiltrates Tehran, which must be neutralized by Soviet intelligence officers. After 30 years, interest in this story is growing again, because a newsreel of events has been found.
4. The meeting place cannot be changed (1979)
The five-part film based on the Weiner brothers' novel brought together a whole galaxy of star actors - Vladimir Vysotsky, Vladimir Konkin and others. Employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department are bravely trying to detain the Black Cat criminal group.
5. Officers (1971)
Black and white drama film tells about the period of the Civil War. Young cadet Trofimov was sent to the Central Asian garrison, where he met the young commander Varavva. Fate will bring them together more than once!
6. The Elusive Avengers (1966)
The action adventure is closely intertwined with the story of the "Red Devils", which we have already mentioned above. The film by Edmond Keosayan tells about the exploits of young war heroes.
7. Invincible (1983)
The former Red Army soldier goes to Central Asia to study local martial arts. The film is dedicated to Anatoly Kharlampiev, the founder of sambo wrestling.
8. Interception (1986)
Adventure thriller tells the story of a CIA agent who needs to eliminate a space communications antenna in the USSR. But the landing of Steve Brustner with a parachute is noticed by a border guard.
9. Pirates of the XX century (1979)
It is this film that critics call the first Soviet action movie, and moreover, it became the highest grossing in the Soviet film distribution. The crew of the cargo ship "Nizhyn" with opium on board catches Saleh, the last person who survived a fire on another ship, in the sea. But is he who he claims to be?
20 best movies about hitmen and hired killers
10. At home among strangers, stranger among friends (1974)
At the end of the civil war, the mountain of gold became the most coveted prize for which everyone is fighting. Chekists, white officers, criminals - the greed for profit united everyone.
11.Ivan Nikulin - Russian sailor (1944)
Although the film story is based on real events, it does not become less exciting because of this. Sailors Nikulin and Klevtsov return home, but a German landing is on their way.
12. Before dawn (1989)
The car in which the criminals are transported is attacked by parachute troops. Only a lieutenant of the NKVD, a former party worker and a thief in law, who have to unite, survive.