The history of Russian Cinema

The world became familiar with the Caucasus thanks to the work of scientists, writers, artists. In the 20th century the cinema joined to the process of knowledge of this region. By the end of the century formed the so-called "Caucasian cinema." The North Caucasus has already been firmly established in film. Mountain landscapes have appeared in hundreds of movies of different genres: from documentary films to experimental shorts. In 1967 the complex of the North Caucasus was established.

The most famous movies were made here.
“The fires on the towers”
“Life has become a legend”

“Fatima”
“Chermen”

“The Captive of the Caucasus”
“Rasul Gamzatov. Rosary of The Years”

The
The disaster film “The 34 express train” was shot not far from Zheleznovodsk and Mineralnye Vody.

“12 chairs”. The grotto of Lermontov, the park Tsvetnik

The films “A Girl in a Hurry for a Date” and “Good Morning” were shot in Kislovodsk.

“The Dead Groom”
“The Headless Horseman”

A Soviet director, Leonid Gaidai, enjoyed and loved by millions of Russian
people, approached the theme of the Caucasus and explored the meaning of Russianness
in his movie of 1966, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style.

The scene of Nina’s kidnapping
was shot in Caucasus.

Dzhabrail, Nina’s uncle, knowing that Nina will not agree to marry a man she
does not love and has known only for several days, hires the three comic people who
pretend to be Caucasians to kidnap Nina: Balbes (Nikulin), Byvalyi (Morgunov), and
Trus (Vitsyn). They fail to kidnap the girl, and Dzhabrail has nothing to do than to ask Shurik to
help the three criminals.

North-Caucasian movie is international and original. The Ossetians, the Ingush, the Chechens, the Armenians were filming here their movies.
These films are still loved by the audience.