Top 10 Soviet movies and cartoons that found audiences beyond the Iron Curtain Elem Klimov/Mosfilm, 1985 “Don’t teach me how to live, help me financially instead,” Lyudmila, the go-getter character in ‘Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears’ famously said with a winning smile. In case you missed it, we’ve come up with a list of Soviet movies and animated classics that have won the hearts and minds of international audiences.
1.‘Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!’ (1975)
This movie should come with a warning label: Addictive! ‘Irony of Fate’ has been a cinematic staple for several generations of comedy lovers in Russia and overseas. Nothing says New Year as Eldar Ryazanov’s movie, the patriarch of the romcom genre in Soviet cinema.