10 foreign actresses who starred in Russian cinema

Russian cinema was born in 1900. Since then, thousands of films have been made, many of which not only won the love of the audience, but also received a number of prestigious awards, including the Oscar.

We have our own brilliant directors and talented actresses. And in some films you can see foreign world-famous stars that our viewers love.

10 Jane Fonda, Blue Bird | 1976

This is a joint picture of the American and Soviet film studios. At the end of the 70s in our country they tried to establish relations with other countries, to get rid of aggressive confrontation. American director George Cukor and his team arrived in the USSR to shoot this fairy tale.

Among the actresses was Jane Fonda, who played the Night. By that time, she was quite famous, she had already earned her first Oscar for her role in the film Klute.

9. Jeanne Moreau, Anna Karamazoff | 1991

The director and scriptwriter of the film was Rustam Khamdamov. It was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, but the film was never released. The reason is the conflict between the producer and the director. The main role in it was played by the French actress Jeanne Moreau. She starred in 142 films.

After reading the script, she realized that she wanted to play in this film. The director began filming it back in 1988, but was left without money due to inflation. Needed an investor. They became a friend of Moro, Zilberman. It was he who insisted that the film be cut and changed, adapting it for the French.

He wanted the credits to appear explaining that the heroine was in a concentration camp. And, most importantly, he demanded to remove the black-and-white insert from the middle of the film, frames from the destroyed painting “Unexpected Joys”. Moreau did not like this insert either.

The producer refused to give away the finished material, but it was not possible to redeem it, because. the required amount was not found. Only a pirated copy of the painting has survived. Jeanne Moreau was dissatisfied with this work. She blamed the director, saying that he redid all the scenes and perverted her work.

8. Annie Girardot, «Journalist» | 1967

Black and white film by Sergei Gerasimov consists of 2 parts. The first tells about journalist Yuri, who travels to a small town to find out if the complaints of Anikina, who wrote to them in the editorial office, are justified.

In the second, he goes to Europe. He meets celebrities there. Indeed episodic roles in the film were played by Annie Girardot and Mireille Mathieu.

The picture turned out to be phenomenal, although the audience admits that you need to grow up to such a movie. In 1968, the Soviet Screen magazine conducted a survey. And, according to its results, the audience named the best picture “Journalist”.

7. Beata Tyszkiewicz, The Nest of Nobles | 1969

In this film by Andrei Konchalovsky, based on the novel by I.S. Turgenev, one of the main roles was played by Beata Tyshkevich. This is a famous Polish actress who first appeared in films at the age of 16.

In the early 70s, she often went to shoot in other countries, including the USSR. Here she became popular after she appeared in the film “The Noble Nest”.

6. Komaki Kurihara, “Moscow, my love” | 1974

The Soviet-Japanese film tells about a girl from Hiroshima who comes to Moscow to become a ballerina. She falls in love with a Moscow sculptor and wins a competition. However, the girl has a serious diagnosis – leukemia.

The role of Yuriko went to Japanese actress Komaki Kurihara. This picture was a huge success not only in the USSR, but also in Japan. Later, she worked more than once with Soviet directors, starring in the film Melodies of the White Night and participating in the production of The Cherry Orchard.

5. Mischa Barton, You and Me | 2011

This is a Russian-American film directed by Roland Joffe, in which the Tatu group also starred. The main character is an American who moved to Moscow. She is rich, spoiled, but suffers from loneliness, because. she has no friends, and her father constantly disappears at work.

On the Internet, she meets Lana Starkova from a small provincial town and begins to communicate with her. The role of Lana was played by Mischa Barton, who many remember as Marissa from the TV series The Lonely Hearts. She has played many interesting roles.

4. Antonia Santilli, “The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia” | 1973

Soviet-Italian film, our famous director Eldar Ryazanov and his co-author Franco Prosperi worked on it. This is one of the best Soviet comedies, in which Andrey Mironov played the main role.

In the first year after its release, 50 million people watched it. The film stars Italian actress Antonia Santinelli. Prior to that, she most often took part in erotic paintings.

But in 1973, a cult film was released with her participation – “Boss”, directed by Fernando Di Leo. In the film by Eldar Ryazanov, she played her last role, Olga’s granddaughter. After that, she got married and devoted herself to her family.

For the sake of “The Italians”, she refused to shoot in the American film “Serpico”, in which the main role was played by Al Pacino himself.

3. Sharon Stone, Love and the City 3 | 2014

The third part of the film trilogy was decided to be filmed after the successful release of the second. In it, the main characters became parents. Wives leave for a spa resort, and husbands, exhausted by the “charms” of fatherhood, relieve stress over a bottle of whiskey and dream that their children will grow up faster.

And their wish suddenly comes true. In the morning, dads will have to deal with the problems of grown-up offspring. Sharon Stone is also featured in the film. But she was a “guest star”.

In show business, in order to attract viewers, a famous person who gets an episodic role can be called into the picture.

2. Milla Jovovich, “Victory” | 2011

Milla Jovovich is an American actress. But she was born in Kyiv, and grew up in Moscow. Her mother is also Russian, actress Galina Loginova. She agreed to play one of the main roles in the film “Freaks”.

Interestingly, in the picture you can also see Galina Loginova, who also portrays her mother in the movie. Milla herself voiced Nadia and even sang the song “Wedding”. She insisted on it, because. fluent in Russian.

1. Julia Ormond, The Barber of Siberia | 1998

In the famous film by Nikita Mikhalkov, where one of the main roles, Jane, was played by Julia Ormond. This is a British actress who starred in Hollywood films. The picture won many domestic awards.