I wanna watch movies about the USSR, WW2, Cold War etc minus all the anti-communist bs Hollywood plasters their films with, any recommendations comrades? Maybe even some old Soviet productions?

    • CHGordon@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      3 years ago

      I’ve been meaning to watch something about the Chinese civil war/Sino-japanese war, it’s something never really touched by western entertainment to my knowledge, thanks!

      • Eat_Yo_Vegetables69@lemmygrad.ml
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        3 years ago

        Ah The Eight Hundred and the Hundred Regiment Offensive might be a good one for the second Sino-Japanese war.

        Couldn’t find a direct link but The Crossing also spans WW2 to the civil war.

        I quite liked the TV series <亮剑> as it spans from the united front in WW2 to the civil war, unfortunately I couldn’t find any English subtitled links to share :(

        Somebody clipped and subtitled a battle scene from another TV series called <三八线>

        • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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          2 years ago

          Thank you so much for these recommendations. I have been working my way through The War of Loong / 龙之战, The Eight Hundred / 八佰, and Hundred Regiment Offensive / 百团大战.

          And I think this is a link for The Crossing / 太平轮: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGn_P2L5jOI

          I’ll watch The Crossing / 太平轮 over the next few days.

          I tried to learn Mandarin a few years ago but most of the movies / series I found were rubbish, which took the joy out of it. If only I knew about these sources back then! Now I can find some enjoyable movies in Chinese, I might try picking up the language again. Thanks again.

          EDIT: The most complex sentence I was able to make (and it may not make sense) was 我是慢慢的学生的中文。