Stilyagi

2008
Not Rated
2 Std. 10 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuYoung people struggle to do things their way in the 1950s.Young people struggle to do things their way in the 1950s.Young people struggle to do things their way in the 1950s.

Regie
- Valeriy Todorovskiy
Drehbuch
- Yuriy Korotkov
- Valeriy Todorovskiy
Hauptbesetzung

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7,1/10

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Regie
- Valeriy Todorovskiy
Drehbuch
- Yuriy Korotkov
- Valeriy Todorovskiy
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 16 Gewinne & 16 Nominierungen insgesamt

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On 24 December 2008, one day before the official theatrical release, an exhibition called "Vremya stilyag" ("The Time of Hipsters") opened in Moscow as part of the film's promotion campaign. Admission was free. The exhibition was divided into two parts with a very large board made of iron. On the one side were 'artifacts' pertaining to the age of Soviet hipsters, such as anti-hipster articles and caricatures from the Soviet press, old TV set called KVN, rarity radio gramophones, a round advertising column etc. as well as costumes from the film, while the other side represented America of the early and mid-20th century, "the world of Soviet hipsters' dreams", featuring, for example, rare photos of Grace Kelly and Charlie Parker. There were over 150 exhibits in total, taken from private collections or provided by the Russian State Library. The exhibition lasted until mid-January 2009.

Zitate
Katya: You're worse than an enemy, Mels. You're a traitor.

Alternative Versionen
The theatrical version was cut by ca. 12 minutes of more "dramatic" scenes. These scenes were restored for the DVD version and include:
A scene at the beginning where a sick patient is examined by Bob, who then uses his X-ray picture to create a bootleg LP.
Bob's arrest by the NKVD (predecessors of KGB) as he tries to buy jazz albums from an American.
The visit of Polza's mother at Mels' father, where she starts a fight with Polza.
The "squeaky bed" episode.

Verbindungen
Referenced in Vecherniy Urgant: Nikolay Rastorguev/Anton Shagin (2021)

Soundtracks
Emu ne nuzhna amerikanskaya zhena
("He Doesn't Need an American Wife")
Music by Kolibri
Words by Konstantin Meladze
Arrangement by Konstantin Meladze
Performed by VIA Gra
Courtesy of VIA Entertainment

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10/10

generation gap of the Cold War

To the numerous movies about generation gaps we can now add Valeriy Todorovsky's "Stilyagi" ("Hipsters" in English). It focuses on an assortment of youths in 1950s Moscow who are really into western music and fashion, to the disfavor of Soviet authorities. I particularly liked the scene where Fred plays Mels the boogie woogie song: it's gotta be the first time that anyone's ever heard an old-style rock 'n' roll song entirely in Russian.

The movie emphasizes that the authorities considered jazz a form of western imperialism. While I was in grad school, some students from Russia co-rented a house with me and the other US students. One of them noted that this was in fact the case, but that the authorities still allowed Frank Sinatra's music. That sounds counter-intuitive to me, but who knows what the reasoning was. The point is that ever since popular culture arose, the younger generation has gotten into the new stuff while the older generation turns its nose at it. There was one scene in "Hipsters" that reminded me of the scene in "A Hard Day's Night" where the Beatles get into an argument with a man on a train and Ringo* has a snarky comment.

Anyway, really fun movie. And remember, he doesn't need an American wife!

*Today is in fact Ringo's birthday.