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1. "A fighting, flying Yank and a brave Russian girl... united by danger and love in the war's most daring ESCAPE!" is the tagline that briefly describes plot of a 1943 movie starring George Montgomery. What movie is it?
2. This is a movie about the dangers of online love. Two French actors, Vincent Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz, play Russian crooks. The tagline for this movie is "Somebody's in for a big surprise." What movie is it?
3. "He's Russian. That explains a lot" says the tagline for this movie. Richard Harris plays an entrepreneur, who comes to Russia in 1885 to sell an experimental steam-driven timber harvester. What movie is it?
4. "A love caught in the fire of revolution" says the tagline for this movie. This epic about a love triangle during World War One and Revolution was directed by David Lean. What movie is it?
5. "An American nuclear sub, a sky full of Russian paratroopers, and a race for the secret of Ice Station Zebra!" is the tagline for this movie. Rock Hudson's character, Cmdr. James Ferraday, Captain of USS Tigerfish has to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra. What movie is it?
6. "From Alexander Pushkin's timeless masterpiece of love and obsession" says the tagline for this movie. It is a tragic story of thwarted love that is based on probably the most famous poem of the most famous Russian poet. What movie is it?
7. "Doing business in Moscow can be murder." At least that's what this film's tagline is saying. Moscow detective investigates a triple homicide that is just the tip of a complex conspiracy involving the highest ranks of the Moscow city government. Directed by Michael Apted. What movie is it?
8. One of the taglines for this movie is "A hero never chooses his destiny. His destiny chooses him." Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, it features Bob Hoskins playing Nikita Khrushchev. "Vodka is a luxury we have. Caviar is a luxury we have. Time is not" says Khrushchev in this movie. What movie is it?
9. In this movie, a group of rednecks conspire to bring a mail order bride to their Midwest town and they trick a girl from Ukraine into coming. The tagline for this movie is "The next time these boys import a Russian bride, maybe they'll know what to expect", so it is not clear where the girl is really from, but we will assume she is a Russian from Ukrain. What movie is it?
10. "He took a chance because he had nothing to lose, she took a chance because she had everything to gain" says the tagline for this movie. "You have to think like a hero merely to behave like a decent human being" is one of the quotes from the main character, an expatriate British publisher. What movie is it?
11. "No one can be trusted. Nothing is as it seems. One wrong move could cost everything." A former British secret agent now runs a private investigation company in Russia. All the traditional ingredients are here: search for stolen Plutonium, Russian Mafia, and a girl named Tatiana. What movie is it?
12. "It's a plot to make the world die laughing!" says the tagline for this movie. Based on the novel by Nathaniel Benchley, this is the story where people of a small town are convinced that they are being invaded by Russians. What movie is it?
13. "Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom and each other." The tagline sums up the plot of this 1985 movie. Directed my Taylor Hackford, which movie is it?
14. Imagine a strangely assorted group of people, the Russian Arctic, the revolution, and World War I. Directed by Guy Maddin, this movie has the tagline "A tragedy of the Great War." What movie is it?
15. "What do you do when your father is no ordinary Joe?" asks the tagline for this movie. Apparently you form an organization and bring Australia to the brink of civil war. Directed by Peter Duncan, what movie is this?
16. This film is based on Roger Bax's novel, "Come the Dawn". The main hero, played by Clark Gable, marries a Russian ballet dancer and has to find a way to get her back from her oppresive country. What movie is it?
17. "You don't want to know what he does. You just want to know when he's caught." This movie is based on the true story of a Russian serial killer, Andrei Chikatilo, who, over many years, murdered over 50 people. What movie is it?
18. A Russian musician defects in Bloomingdale's in New York and finds getting used to American life more difficult than he thought. Maria Conchita Alonso is a co-star in this 1984 comedy. What movie is it?
19. "Fate has found its hero" says the tagline for this movie. Made in the wake of the "Kursk" tragedy, this 2002 movie is a story of USSR's first nuclear ballistic submarine, which suffered a malfunction in its nuclear reactor on its first voyage in the North Atlantic in 1961. What movie is it?
20. "America likes to watch." With this idea in mind, a pair of murderers (a Polish and a Russian) commit videotaped crimes to become stars. Directed by John Herzfeld and starring Robert De Niro, what movie is it?
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