Evil American

[Austrvegr]

Russian actor Nikolay Lavrov used to play Evil Americans in Soviet films. Please classify him and say whether he looks like one.

[Aemma]

Oddly enough, I find that he has a Robert De Niro look to him. Must be the mole on the cheek.

[Hassad]

I think he does not have a very marked slavic look but in this one he looks quite Russian:


I guess the make up play a role too.

[Der Steinadler]

he looks too East European.

was he convincing to the people in the soviet union ?

[GeistFaust]

Balto-Cro-Magnon with some sort of Dinarid component.

[Odoacer]

Definitely not a typically "American" look. Could serve well as a Russian mobster in an American film, though.

[Jerry]

Come on.. Even North-Korea had real Americans to play the capitalist bastards [1], and that's the best the great Soviet Motherland can do??? Lame, the guy looks as Russian as he is

([1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J...in_North_Korea)
PS. There's also a very interesting documentary on the issue ^, and also one on defects to China.

[beaver]

At Soviet times, Latvians,Lithuanians, Estonians were frequently used in movies to show something like an Englishman Its very funny. The main thing - they should look enough different from typical Russians (or common Russian swamp). But they absolutely dont resemble "true" Englishmen at the same time.

[beaver]

I'm sorry for some off but the theme is very interesting potentially - mutual fakes. For example, Ford is very convincing in the role of a Russian captain. No problem.



but Lundgren as a Soviet/Russian boxer

[Waidewut]

At Soviet times, Latvians,Lithuanians, Estonians were frequently used in movies to show something like an Englishman Its very funny. The main thing - they should look enough different from typical Russians (or common Russian swamp). But they absolutely dont resemble "true" Englishmen at the same time.

Indeed, Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians frequently had those evil nazi roles also.