Named the favorite films of Putin and Obama – Russian newspaper

“The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath”, “Carnival Night”, “Frost”, “Come look at me” – these films loves the whole country and invariably meets with the already become home to the heroes of every New Year. And what films are ready to revise again and again, world leaders?

Even in 2014, during a big press conference, the entire country learned that the favorite film Russian President Vladimir Putin – “Chapaev”. Vasilyev brothers made this film in 1934, according to the scenario of Anna Furmanov, which was based on diaries of her husband Dmitry Furmanov – author of the novel of the same name.

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Favorite movies Barack Obama – “Casablanca” by Michael Curtis (1942) and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Milos Forman (1975 year). Also, a special place in his kinokartoteke take “Lawrence of Arabia” and David Lean’s “The Godfather” by Francis Ford Coppola. The latter, incidentally, took second place in the list of the best films in the history of American cinema.

The musical drama Heiner Karov “The Legend of Paula and Paula” (1973) won the heart of German Chancellor Angela Merkel when she was only 19 years old. The film is about a couple in love – a promising candidate ministries and receptionist bottles, mother of two children. Difficult subject of the picture angered political nomenclature of the time, the film was banned, and the filmmakers were forced to emigrate from Germany. But that first impressed Angela Merkel has kept until now.

The Chairman of the DPRK Xi Jiping proved an avid fan of Hollywood and the big fan of American films about the Second World War. Among the favorite he emphasizes Steven Spielberg’s film “Saving Private Ryan” (1998).

But Queen Elizabeth II of England prefers series “Game of Thrones” and “Downton Abbey.” The latter, by the way, she looks with special attention, noticing any historical inaccuracies and mistakes, like a plastic bottle in a frame or a melody, sounding the film, but written several years after the events shown. The Queen turned this kinomankoy not deny myself the pleasure to visit on the set of these two popular TV series.