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Pokrov Gates (1983)
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Pokrov Gates (1983)
Original name: Покровские ворота
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiancé. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.
Style: tragicomedy, humorous, entertaining
Plot: artist, wedding, husband wife relationship, farce, poet, ex husband ex wife relationship, musician, doctor, university, surrealism, flashback, chess, elderly, european, love, art, biker, boy, time warp, embezzler, soviet
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: russia, ussr, moscow russia
Keyword: russian, flat

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, light, feel good and realistic films with plots about soviet, love and romance, love, wedding, family relations, husband wife relationship and male female relationship mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Pokrov Gates: Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967), Formula of Love (1984), The Big Wedding (2013), Ten (1991), Saint Valentine's Day (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the local "gang", he ends up literally stealing for the ...
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Place: soviet union, ussr, caucasus, russia
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Formula of Love (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
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100%
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