Movies and TvShows featuring "european-adaptation-of-russian-source-material" theme.

The first movie adaptation of the Russian novel "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeniy Petrov. The basic idea from this movie, in which a barber and an antique salesman were searching for money hidden in one of of twelve chairs, was later reused for other official and unofficial adaptions of the book

Tears the World Can't See is a comedic short film based on a play. It tells the story of a visit that leads to humorous drunkenness, showcasing the conflicts and comedy of a husband-wife relationship.

"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s Kontrabasom". Princess Bibulova decides to go fishing along the river while not far away a bass player leaves his two companions to go for a swim.

Námluvy (1961) is a comedy movie based on a Russian play about arranged marriages. The story revolves around the humorous situations that arise when two families meet to arrange a marriage between their children. It is a light-hearted and entertaining film that showcases the complexities and humor of the process of arranged marriages.

It is the summer holiday and little Mísa Horák has taken a few animals from the school's so-called "Corner of Living Nature" home to care for. But when he brings home two Angora rabbits, a starling, a little monkey, a tortoise and a small crocodile, his parents order him to take them away. He is helped by Káta, who offers to place the animals in the child's room of her family's apartment. Mísa leaves for her friend where the animals will hopefully be able to stay. Káta goes shopping. In the meantime, Káta's younger sister Minka wakes up and begins to play with the animals, who gradually run off in disarray.