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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966 · 126 min

A gentle, good-natured farce where Cold War panic dissolves into small-town warmth and unlikely camaraderie.

Tagline
IT'S A PLOT! ...to make the world die laughing!!
Overview
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • identity
  • family
  • love
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, war
Directed by
Norman Jewison
Written by
William Rose
Starring
Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Paul Ford, Theodore Bikel, Jonathan Winters, Tessie O'Shea
Music
Johnny Mandel
Cinematography
Joseph F. Biroc
Runtime
126 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Russian, English

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