A Gentleman in Moscow | Official Trailer | SHOWTIME

[@AdamM-ud7hr]

“That’s Fooking Obi-Wan Kenobi”- Lenin

[@TheMimiSard]

...And Hera is an actress?

[@ktwei]

GENERAL KENOBI!!

[@Sherlok09]

​@@ktweiHello there

[@phatmantv]

This looks actually better than Obi Wan.😂

[@CinemaRockPizza]

You know… once a year we have a hot summer with green parks in Russia. Why winter again?

[@brainflash1]

You do know this story takes place over decades, right?

[@Maria_Bar]

​@@brainflash1 and you do know that in 30 years there must be 30 Summers, Springs and Autumns?

[@brainflash1]

@@Maria_Bar And I'm sure they could fit all of those into seven episodes. And NOTHING significant could possibly happen in Winter time.

[@brainflash1]

@@Maria_Bar And please tell me about all the major plot points that you know happened in the summer? Because you obviously read the book.

[@igorroshkovsky8948]

@@brainflash1 What about Battle for Moscow when germans and French Legion Charlamaine was beaten ?

[@astroantares]

The film is from people who have seen Moscow only in pictures and do not know what a "gentleman" is

[@apocalypticdaze2139]

Nor do they know of a Russian dialect by choosing an actor who only knows 2

[@praguhbis]

Gentleman smacks is classist and inhumane. Basically you approve of slave owners.

[@Renwoxing13]

● Your using the wrong definition of gentleman, in your assessment. - [ I thought the trailer made that clear, but apparently not ! ] - ■ "GENTLEMEN" Rather than an attitude or personality type in this movie, and context historically is rather : ★ A Class In our Caste System. Rich, doesn't need to work, etcetera. = GENTLEMEN!¡!

[@apocalypticdaze2139]

@@Renwoxing13 the root word of gentle-man is from gentile.. A term, somewhat like that of goy, is a descriptor for any man not of Jewish origin or caste. So, the term gentleman was infact a marker for those entities or manipulators within this construct who determined themselves separate to the other men of the world, those gentile-men.

[@t3hpenguinofd00m]

What are you talking about? The main character is literally an aristocrat. That's the exact definition of a "gentleman".

[@alesdraco9196]

The Americans decided to send a spy to the Soviet Union. So they chose one person. His legend was developed brilliantly. He thoroughly learned the Russian language up to correct accent. And here he is, dressed in a hat with earflaps and a padded jacket, thrown into the forest, not far from the village. He comes out of the forest comes up to the hut and says: - Grandma, give me some water to drink. Grandma answers him: - And you, my dear, wouldn’t happen to be a spy? - Where did you get the idea? - There have never been any blacks in our area.

[@squamish4244]

Yeah yeah yeah. Tokenism. And obligatory comment about how horrifying it is and ruins everything. Work on your material.

[@JewlenskyBot-d6c]

​@@squamish4244Russia never bought and sold Africans, only Americans did. 😂

[@squamish4244]

@@JewlenskyBot-d6cRussia bought some black Africans from the Ottoman Empire. The aristocracy used them as servants, as they were curiosities.

[@JewlenskyBot-d6c]

@@squamish4244 some? 😂 That's why Russia is full of diversity like slave-Americans? 😂

[@anastasiasheremetieva]

​@@squamish4244данные люди были свободны в России. И стали очень богатыми

[@dandreer3150]

The trailer could've been wonderful if it weren't for one "little" distortion of history: Africans in Russia! Except for famous individuals like Abram Petrovich Gannibal (great-grandfather of Alexander Pushkin), there have never been large communities of Africans in Russia/Soviet Union as there are in the US and other Western countries. How do I know this? Well, my mother is from the former Soviet Union and one of the stories she told me of her life there was when she was a child, a football (soccer) team from some African country came to participate in a match in the USSR and passed through her town. Their arrival became an instant spectacle because neither my mother nor anyone in her town had ever seen a black person! I even showed her this trailer and the first question she immediately asked was "Why are there blacks?". If this historical distortion keeps up in American cinema, Russian films and TV series taking place in the US will be much more accurate

[@Svezhaja_struja]

Only one little distortion of history???? 😂😂😂😂 This piece of crap... hm, creativity is inaccurate to the core!

[@astroantares]

The entire trailer consists of historical mistakes. Russians who watch it see Lincoln on a dinosaur with a bazooka and the white house in which Ronald Reagan is fighting for power with Capone

[@dandreer3150]

@@astroantares Yes, I also noticed other mistakes besides the presence of black people, but this one was the most striking.

[@retro2103]

This is because most British movie productions have decided to follow the rules of stage acting where skin tone is just glossed over. If they were to follow historical accuracy to the letter than the only roles for black people in typical historical dramas would be as servants and slaves, so in order for them to have a shot at a variety of roles, casting has become 'colorblind'. Whether it will always be like this or if it's an overcorrection that will eventually settle down as perhaps more stories that are centred around black characters become more common place, remains to be seen.

[@MichaelBeeny]

To be politically correct these day, blacks have to be represented in every movie and TV program. Does not matter if their inclusion is relevant or not.

[@ЕленаВ-д8ю]

Клюква)) ну у иностранцев всегда своя вымышленная Россия. Поэтому они нас никогда не раскусят)

[@arseniinickulin7809]

Будто отечественном творчестве не свой манямир с тоннами исторических ошибок и пропагандистским уклоном. Но да произведение само по себе странное и даже для альтхистори как-то не очень убедительное.

[@tonysoprano7897]

кому ты нужен, тебя кусать

[@31pas0]

Скрепные гомоэротические фантазии глубинного народа как всегда на месте. Укусят тебя иностранцы, укусят, не переживай

[@krab2863]

@@tonysoprano7897 Да вроде как весь мир успокоится не может

[@criolla10]

Not all foreigners, in South America we study World history,Geography. We have had many studying in Russia. Many we visited Russia, we took the train to travel inside Russia. Clean, no crime. The book is good, the series are Hollyweird version.

[@Rus_Di]

Нас ждёт отборная клюква господа.

[@aleksivanova1287]

... и все равно до Великой не дотянет)

[@sailorv8067]

​@@aleksivanova1287 Великая хоть официально клюква, всё же не Красный воробей)

[@IronRabbit6711]

Ну да, они(англосаксы) как джокер, а мы(русские) как бэтмен, зачем они пытаются нас уничтожить? Что они будут без нас делать? Снова станут прикалываться над неграми, скучно же. Могут же про нас кучу всего отснять, как хорошего, так и плохого.

[@dmitryti9701]

Минусы будут?))

[@Svezhaja_struja]

Это даже не клюква, а какая-то перебродившая смородина.

[@chubbymcphattz]

Silly me, I thought Black Russians were cocktails.

[@Mr.Sandevistan]

And I thought Russians spoke Russian with a Russian accent instead of English with a British accent. Silly me

[@tron2007]

It turns out that all the blacks from all over Russia were brought to work in this one hotel.

[@comraderoyalguard4699]

@@tron2007 pretty silly.

[@Trissana281]

actually, Russians had the first black general, died in 1781, his name was Adam Petrovich Gannibal/Haniball, he was brought to Russia as a slave, previously owned by Turks/Ottomans, for tzar Peter the Great who gave him freedom and made him his godson. He was later on not only general, but also engineer and ancestor to russian great author Pushkin

[@HomeschoolPromQueen]

Russia is pretty awesome

[@jrm2383]

The historical accuracy is amazing! The black man with dreads is spot on!

[@MrAnton013]

Many black people left USA and went to Russia (USSR). Paul Robeson, a black singer said when was in Russia "Here I am not a Negro but a human being for the first time in my life ... I walk in full human dignity." USSR was maybe the least racist country in the world at the time.

[@ChuckHolland-i4b]

And the Indian barber. Talk about cultural appropriation. Look, make a movie about a period and put the wrong caste of characters, the spell is broken. None of the actors even look Slavic.

[@elenasmart1734]

And once again the Americans proved that they cannot make a film about Russia and the Soviet Union. , as always, their Soviet Union is terrible and America is so wonderful, where everyone just dreams of going, in their opinion. Everything in this film is not believable, everything is American style. Only Ewan McGregor tried to convey the Russian nobleman well

[@jrm2383]

@@elenasmart1734 Russia was a horrible place during this period, and if you don’t know that, you need to read up on it a little bit

[@rectotexto4586]

@@MrAnton013 en 1915 ?!

[@WhiteDragon_88]

У нас не было ревущих 20-ых годов, как на западе. В России надо было поднимать страну. Люди читали, работали. Если это 1920 год, то это еще Ленин. Сталин пришёл позже. Так что это обычная фантастика с Оби-Ван Кеноби. А не исторический роман.

[@дмитрийчеканов-б1х]

Сталин конечно был соратником Ленина и важной фигурой, уже на тот момент его можно было считать отцом-основателем РСФСР и следовательно Российской Федерации, именно Сталин был против существования отдельных республик, он был за их включение в состав РСФСР. Но какой там у них Сталин, я даже не хочу смотреть..... Если и у нас показать реального Сталина просто неспособны.

[@vadikgg4537]

Как сказать...20е -угар НЭПа. Как писал современник: А когда ночью светит месяц, Когда светит... черт знает как! Я иду, головою свесясь, Переулком в знакомый кабак. Шум и гам в этом логове жутком, Но всю ночь напролет, до зари, Я читаю стихи проституткам И с бандюгами жарю спирт.

[@passerbyworld]

Это даже не фантастика. А просто бред малообразованных людей

[@passerbyworld]

Это не фантастика. Это просто чушь

[@toddr.doherty1334]

​@@дмитрийчеканов-б1хI might be misunderstanding you, but, this doesn't seem to jive with Stalin's "National Question".

[@innapaint2922]

God, what cranberries, eternal winter, foam snow, black woman hotel administrator.

[@holm911]

... so what ... people loves vodka __________________

[@sarahtobore2832]

And somehow the English accent goes unnoticed? Nice

[@endless_art]

То есть переход от октябрьской революции в 1917 до Сталина в 1930 за три(!) года, да еще и без главенства пролетариата, вопросов не вызывает?

[@Sherlok09]

​@@endless_artя прям засмеялся, когда плакат со Сталиным увидел

[@criolla10]

A farce from a good book.

[@felegyhazifilmklub]

This is purely fiction. This kind of styling is SO different from the 20's in Soviet-Union.

[@patryot5668]

for sure explains the ridiculous DEI casting..but we must qualify for awards mustnt we? ..They should be ashamed they keep doing this idiocy just to appeal to blue haired weirdos

[@comraderoyalguard4699]

A horrific famine is going on and : "Oooh, banana sundae for everyone!"

[@Obsidian-Nebula]

It's not a historical film, nor was it meant to be

[@AndRei-yc3ti]

@@Obsidian-Nebula yes but even then you don't put blacks in 1920's russia lmao

[@Pleasant_exe]

​@@comraderoyalguard4699If you watched the show the hotel is more of a fake example of Russia, where foreign or rich people go, they were always stocked and they don't have any idea of the famine because the hotel always has food etc Literally later on in the show you see how it really is outside the hotel.

[@CevernuiPushnoiZvereK]

Да....Судя по данному трейлеру фильма, это просто "шедевр" американского "киноискусства". Ребята прекращайте курить и употреблять тяжёлые наркотики. А хотя, продолжайте...После выхода фильма King’s man: начало - про танцующего Распутина и всего остального, что вы могли себе вообразить про Россию, я ничему не удивлён. Как же всё таки, низко пало образование в США.

[@SHKIESAMA]

Why western people keep making shit about Russia? During the Cold War USSR made a lot of movies about US, but all of them were respectful and focused on best in the people. Do you remember any western movie that is respectful to Russians?

[@ALALSK19]

👏👏👏

[@31pas0]

Uhh.. where was the shit exactly?

[@saintheather3165]

До окончания Великой Отечественной в САСШ такие фильмы снимали, потом повестка резко поменялась.

[@ilyaandreevichg]

@@31pas0 Commies, endless winter, darkness, etc...

[@31pas0]

@@ilyaandreevichg Uuuuh, endless winter and darkness are kinda a thing, considering, for example, how many sun hours Moscow gets in December - a couple years back, it was 0.5. Like 30 minutes of sun in a month. So yeah, nailed that. And commies... Can't comment on that nowadays, because you know. But anyway, it's just a setting; don't get so defensive.

[@misterspray7323]

I had no idea that they'd brought this to the screen. It's a great book. I had brunch in the main dining room with a very good friend of mine 20 years ago with my newly adopted, 7-month-old son in a basket on the floor next to our table.

[@Jack-db6se]

Мало клюквы в трейлере. Где пьяные медведи в ушанках? Почему красноармейцы в буденовках не черные?? Надеюсь, в самом фильме все это будет...

[@БК4835]

Где Мишка с балалайкой я вас спрашиваю?

[@bobo-cc1xw]

True Russian comment.

[@alexxx4434]

Действительно, не хватает как-то этнического разнообразия и голубых.

[@JohnAmend-All]

Квота на голубых выбрана сценаристами.

[@marinebymistake]

What really is missing from this movie is a depiction of russians invading other countries and occupating them. Cry more, ivan, clearly you don't have much more important problems

[@unik428]

Black person in Civil War time Russia...right.. And the main character surname was Rostov? FFS! Leave Leo Tolstoy alone! You wouldn't believe it, but there are more surnames in Russia than mentioned in War and Peace, and Anna Karenina.

[@russkiishpion8892]

I mean with his name, this is from the book. The rest, not so much.

[@ABCDEF-br6it]

It’s based on the novel

[@caitlintiulenev9156]

Google “Pushkin.” Their famous poet is half black. Your American ignorance is showing.

[@StanT-y8g]

@C.ODoherty entitled? Who decided that? Get lost...

[@karugs9032]

​@C.ODoherty 🤡

[@MrNotipus]

Has the Assange story been moved to an alternate universe?

[@starofdabloc]

No i think Alexei Navalny in Russia fits just fine 😏

[@Vlad-sv8tz]

@@starofdabloc Assange was the first case, so why do you blame Russians that they just copy the American practice?

[@ampm5899]

@@starofdabloc Navalnyi was not a gentleman. Although, there are no gentlemen in the UK either nowadays. Brits dont behave… they are not gentle, you know. Never been, actually. 😂

[@starofdabloc]

@@ampm5899 and Putin is? Lmao ok bot 😂 everything you said about the British is correct, and?

[@starofdabloc]

@@Vlad-sv8tz Assange is still alive lol

[@modesteux]

The American vision of Russia has never ceased to amaze for centuries! It's clear why people don't understand why Russians do certain things, because you have your own kind of Russia! LOL

[@andpinto1]

Doesn't that happen with all countries? What about the Russian vision of America, isn't it just as ridiculous?

[@tp6439]

Every person who’s never visited a country or lived through its past has a distorted version of how it is/was. History is written by the victors. Cinema is made for entertainment.

[@ablorenz]

What's a black man with dreads doing in Moscow during the 1920s? You could've went on and put a few Bangladeshis there as well.

[@kityacat5419]

There were SOME black people in Russian Empire. We never were involved in slave trade, so we had pretty descent relationships with African countries. Don't know about dreads tho

[@tamzy4825]

When seen the black guy, was hopeing my dentist popped up sadly not guess no Asians was allowed there only the main man

[@sidharthcs2110]

Alexander Pushkins had black ancestry. There was a black man in Peter the Great's staff. Not sure about the dreadlocks though..

[@ablorenz]

@@sidharthcs2110 That's an exceptional case. Not sure if there was more than a 1,000 combined blacks in Moscow back then.

[@sweetbabyjesus6516]

You'd find that the Bangladeshis would have to be played by blacks, too.

[@elnomio]

At least now I understand the source westerners knowledge of Russia and USSR specifically.

[@astroantares]

The entire trailer consists of historical mistakes. Russians who watch it see Lincoln on a dinosaur with a bazooka and the white house in which Ronald Reagan fights with Capone with lightsabers.

[@rosetiler]

as a native russian I totally agree, but it might actually be entertaining if the show doesn't take itself too seriously :)

[@КириллИгоревич-щ8ь]

Весьма неплохое сравнение😂

[@chigeryelam4061]

Welcome to Wokeland 2024.

[@roman-kopylov]

Nice line )

[@saranlove6662]

​@@rosetiler😂😂😂 помилуй боже. Это ж русские ...они всегда ко всему относятся серьёзно... Серьёзно, настолько, что все чаще тошнит😂 .

[@brainflash1]

A black beekeeper in 1920s Moscow.

[@abrakadabqa]

His name is Pushkin

[@brainflash1]

I know damn well who he is.

[@Kliw-]

You watch vtubers. Your comment holds no weight virgin

[@Kliw-]

You watch vtubers.

[@NedBaker-v2e]

Look it up. There were many black people living in Moscow at that time

[@Andrexrus]

Not enough cranberries and inclusivity. Stalin must be black, everyone must constantly drink vodka with bears on unicycles. With the main character, as in the series The Witcher, there should be a man with a balalaika and a hat with earflaps.

[@sweet_lip]

klukva

[@herbal_herbs]

Stalin must be not only black, but also gay. All American values must be presented carefully

[@Svezhaja_struja]

But Stalin can't be black and gay cos he is a cannibal monster for the West!

[@jasonhaven7170]

@@herbal_herbs wah wah

[@jasonhaven7170]

Wah wah cry harder

[@ttp4059]

Wow a fantasy scifi film.. I wonder why they have bothered making historically accurate costumes hence the film is clearly placed in some weird parallel universe.

[@daeryram]

There is zero SciFi, just doped fantasy.

[@stormhawk3319]

Diversity in 1920’s Russia 😂 So historically accurate

[@Kuticul]

this is a tv show not a documentary, seems like stupid russians in the comments don't understand that, also pretty weird how defensive they get as if it's a tv show about their grandfather, what is wrong with them

[@melo4780]

Клюква в шоколаде...😉 😂

[@СергейЛебедев-с9щ3э]

как раз шоколада как в "Великая" не наблюдается

[@КсенияАбакумова-с6э]

а шоколад выглядит так - 💩💩💩

[@ira_Li]

Точно, откуда в России столько шоколада))

[@nohoneynofunny]

Невероятная правда в каждом кадре, никакой антикоммунистической пропаганды и, что очень порадовало, это наличие черных актеров в кадре. Для меня, как постоянного слушателя Варламова, Каца и Шульман, был снят этот фильм. Спасибо. Надеюсь вы снимите еще что-то о кровавом сталинском режиме, и поддержите либеральную оппозицию в России!

[@igorroshkovsky8948]

Вы забыли Шендеровича и Гозмана.

[@nohoneynofunny]

А разве они не снимаются в фильме? @@igorroshkovsky8948

[@herbal_herbs]

Поддерживаю! Дорогу свободе в этом чудовищном диктаторском режиме, в котором мы мучаемся и страдаем каждый день. Голливуд, Америка, Навальная и Нулланд осветят нам путь к настоящей свободе!

[@igorroshkovsky8948]

@@herbal_herbsВику уволили! Суки!!! Душат демократию

[@nohoneynofunny]

@@herbal_herbs После ваших слов я заплакал, как научить наш народ жить!! Голливудский Мир - Мир Правды Истины и Демократии!!

[@konsti_bel]

Клюкву заказывали?

[@elenastopstalking]

Yeah! BoRAT forever! 😄

[@Zhaba_Zhaba]

Yeah... of course, it always snows in Russia and there is nothing but the Kremlin in Moscow. Мда... конечно же в России всегда идет снег и в Москве нет ничего кроме Кремля.

[@brainflash1]

Yeah, its totally not like the entire premise of the movie is a man stuck in a specific location for the rest of his life.

[@McSymm_Mcsymm]

@@brainflash1, is that about Equador embassy and Assange?

[@throwfascistsintopits3062]

@@brainflash1 He kinda deserves it lol

[@jasonfargo324]

Great show! A rare gem. Thank you for this show....whoever wrote and filmed it. 🙂

[@grahamknox-p5g]

Just finished the wonderful book..so beautifully crafted on so many levels...

[@astroantares]

Unfortunately, they can't help but turn every book into shit.

[@teffety5466]

​@@astroantaresа эту смогли

[@michaelconnor5378]

@@astroantaresit’s like Dr. Chicago where his world is turned upside down by the Revolution and he is dealing with it as best he can

[@shelbyscot]

I had no idea half of Russia's population is of African descent. I am grateful for this educational factual show.

[@StanT-y8g]

In later episodes he will hold his gun sideways and walk around in BLM tshirt

[@mrastickman]

Literally a single black actor, obviously this is white genocide.

[@suereed3474]

This was my favorite book of all time. Every page was an absolute pleasure. What a herculean task to try to make a movie based on it. Good luck!

[@UmerNalla]

Have to agree - just did not want it to end...Have read everything else written by Amor Towles - sadly does not come close...

[@johnconway9882]

Is the character at 1:40 added or altered in order to meet certain checklist requirements for films of the 21ist century?

[@suereed3474]

@@johnconway9882 I didn't see the film. I can't imagine it being as good as the book, as each paragraph is filled with such description and subtleties it is hard to catch on film, especially since theater goers want action, action and they have shorter attention spans than readers.

[@jaideepsingh2405]

Made it to my top three of all time as well. Really hoping the series does justice to the literary masterpiece

[@UmerNalla]

@@jaideepsingh2405 have you found any other books remotely similar in tone and style to read?

[@circagenx]

I absolutely enjoyed working on this production in special effects department SFX. Surreal pleasure meeting Ewan and the rest of the guys.

[@janemcarthur5380]

I have been waiting for this!

[@beastybacon199]

Hello it’s me Ewan mcgregory

[@Dar-El_Akai]

Mmmm, cultural appropriation and rewriting historical background, and you enjoyed. Why i'm not surprised.

[@Dar-El_Akai]

Mmmm, cultural appropriation and rewriting historical background, and you enjoyed. Why i'm not surprised.

[@beckiehancock4060]

I worked on this too ! 😆

[@Facstel]

-Зей кэн тэйк эвэй ё хаус. -сэй май нэйм -иноагент

[@MrCaisek]

-Ю гад дэм райт - сказал признанный иногентом в СССР, РСФСР и Российской Федерации человек :-)

[@planetearth9472]

Красная площадь вообще не та. 1:36 что они смотрели?))

[@Bluey306]

i love the book. what seemed like just a slice-of-life story of a quirky ex-aristocrat navigating indefinite house (or hotel) arrest that you don’t realize a chekhov’s gun is there until it’s shot its bullet. and boy does it hit its mark each time. (the book utilizes witty footnotes to break the fourth wall and so the author does technically tell you when he’s setting something up, but so much happens before the pay off that when it does happen you’re either extremely pleasantly surprised by it if you’ve forgotten it or extremely triumphant that you remembered it.)

[@alexandrrogers8957]

Is this story about Assange?

[@wolw11]

of course not, how can democratic countries keep a fighter for truth locked up????this is possible only in totalitarian Moscow)))))

[@francevi4234]

Of course about Assange, but Assange in cancel culture

[@nyetliu]

No, it's based on a book having literally nothing to do with Assange.

[@alexandrrogers8957]

@@nyetliu lol, u stpd one)

[@francevi4234]

Это история про Ассанжа, перенесенная в Москву, чтобы тем кто не понял, было страшно.

[@innapaint2922]

Перенесенная в альтернативную реальность бреда сценаристов скорее

[@dumperttt]

да нет, все проще, сюжет сперли из классического фильма - "касабланка". (я испытываю легкое чувство испанского стыда, признаваясь, что этот прости господи бестселлер я все же читал)

[@ymmv99]

The color blind casting is ridiculous for a movie set in Soviet Russia between the 1920-195ies. "A Gentleman in Moscow" is historical fiction, not a fantasy novel set in a radically different alternate historical timeline where black men with dredlocks are common. These anachronisms completely kill the sense of verisimilitude.

[@NedBaker-v2e]

Look it up. There were many black people living in Moscow at that time

[@ymmv99]

​@@NedBaker-v2eYou mean at most a few dozen black people in a city with a population of millions. Even in modern Moscow you hardly find any black people, you're far, far more likely to see Asian looking people from the former Soviet republics. The black people in the former USSR would almost always be students. BTW The character the black guy is playing is an ethnic Russian in the book.

[@rogovnin]

I'd say ANTI-HISTSORICAL fiction

[@rogovnin]

​​@@NedBaker-v2elook it up. What was the actual percentage? 0,00000000001%?

[@lexisimonsen3964]

This is a boring take. I’ve read the book over 10 times (it’s my favorite) and from the trailer I’d say the cast holds the integrity of the book.

[@Gamer4Ever727]

I remember this getting filmed near my workplace last year all the fake snow in spring was trippy 😂

[@atreus2975]

Шедеврально! Главное не останавливайтесь 🤣🤣🤣

[@cineguz]

I believe the decision to cast a black actor in a movie set early 20th-century Russia era raises questions about representation and historical accuracy. Casting a black actor in a role within that specific historical context could potentially distort the reality of the period and undermine the experiences of those who lived through it. Any casting decision should prioritize authenticity. From Portugal with love.

[@mistresslara7285]

It's just Woke nonsense. You were more likely to find a pot of gold than encounter a black person in Moscow during this time.

[@Channelbermeja010]

If you’re not from the U.S., you have to understand that the psyche of many of the people living in major cities has deteriorated to the point of insanity, legitimate destruction of the functioning of society itself.

[@TracyInsomiac]

I'm into it! We've whitewashed everything so much that we've forgotten that darker skinned people were actually in Europe. The slaves in the Northern African country of Egypt were more likely to look Ethiopian than like Charlton Heston. Trade routes and ships and wars were all conducive of great amounts of travel. Black people were in the Netherlands in the 17th century... Rembrandt painted at least 4 portraits that I have seen. The presence of a Black man in early 20th century Russia was very very possible.

[@johnconway9882]

@@TracyInsomiac Rationalizing.

[@Stella-cf4cl]

I was born in Moscow. Black people have existed in Russia, Portugal, and other places all throughout history. Both because of slavery and also because like any other race, they can travel. There wasn't like a fence around Africa prior to the 21st century or something. Anyway, I really doubt you sincerely care this much about representation or else you would have done research on Afro-Russians yourself. Regardless one of the most famous figures in Russian history, Alexander Pushkin, is the descendant of a black man who himself was a famous figure and part of Russian nobility. Also, you really watched this trailer and thought they were going for authenticity? This is clearly meant to be a comedy. Again, really doubt people like you care about representation at all.

[@fedoriletcki4523]

То есть в 1922 году, когда Ленин все еще живой, а Сталин пока даже не претендует на власть, в отеле массового вешают его портреты? Просто прекрасно.

[@ТаняЧижова-я3д]

Кого это там волнует? 🤣🤣🤣

[@fedoriletcki4523]

@Manan-gq3fp тогда почему солдаты ходят в форме ркка образца двадцатых годов? Да и при Сталине его бы просто расстреляли, а не стали бы запариваться с домашним арестом в дорогом отеле

[@Svezhaja_struja]

Что за глюки соевого накокаиненного писаки?

[@anakinskywalker8859]

WE'RE HAVING THE HIGH GROUND WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@elenastopstalking]

Wow, this is a movie about Julian Assange!

[@willshogren1987]

In what sense?

[@lizng5509]

@@willshogren1987 They both get house arrest.

[@yurypalkin5848]

Позову свой медведь, мы будем пить водка и смотреть Джентльмен в Москве. А потом я сыграю на балалайка, да, я такой

[@tron2007]

Oh, those Russians!

[@ivan5083]

Ah yes, English speaking black Russians... how can one forget about those? Thanks for reminding us California.

[@Moodboard39]

Not speaking Russian kind kills the movie

[@jasonhaven7170]

Cry harder, yt boy.

[@DanielMcVicarOfficial]

The book is one of my favorite reads of all time. It was a joy to live in the author's prose, and it should be a joy to see the series!

[@АнтонАлександрович-п1с]

Ребята, что вы курили, когда это снимали?😂

[@Sherlok09]

Кокаинум 😂

[@АнтонАлександрович-п1с]

@@Sherlok09 Вот хулигани! 🤣

[@black-armylacamora2963]

Химия + СОЛЬ

[@artemz5016]

Вы что там курите?

[@Andra1150]

Да ладно, не всё так плохо :D Ну да, есть чёрный чувак, но в целом выглядит интересно. Может, выйдет фигатория, но я посмотрю - книга, по крайней мере, хорошая

[@freezasama7430]

Кроме черного чувака мне даже понравилось. Если они догадались придумать ему какую-нибудь предысторию из которой будет понятно, что он там забыл, то может выйти даже крутое кино

[@mariaru]

Пусть про Ассанжа кино снимают. Это им ближе. Хотя они и это переврут.

[@JohnAmend-All]

Я понял. Это сука продолжение фильма где Распутин танцует с ножами, только еще правдоподобнее.

[@СергейЛебедев-с9щ3э]

клюквенные листья

[@AmandaC007]

Excellent series. Acting was sublime. Story heart wrenching. I’m 53 and I cried at the End. I repeat casting was fantastic. ❤

[@sudstahgaming]

Ewan Mcgregor is such an underrated actor because he simply keeps acting well simple, hes such a naturally talented guy he doesn't need to change his persona or personality he just naturally fits into every role being himself more or less which is extraordinary.

[@WSGoals]

0:29 is the Bolton Town Hall (UK)

[@james40658]

Love seeing my workplace on camera

[@PlaystationProduction]

Everything shot in north west, hotel is shot in space studios in Manchester

[@МихаилБелик-ъ1т]

Like Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy?

[@starofdabloc]

You must have him confused for Alexei Navalny only except Assange is still alive though 🧐

[@starofdabloc]

No like Alexei Navalny in Russian prison 😂

[@spongeaang98]

Assange CHOSE to live where he was, this gentleman was forced to do it. Not the same thing.

[@lizng5509]

@@starofdabloc you should check what Navalny did before he became famous.

[@nyetliu]

No.

[@spongeaang98]

I absolutely LOVED this book! I had no clue it was going to be a series, so I'll definitely be tuned in for this.

[@vadimm4308]

Сплошные штампы. Это как снять фильм про США , и показать что там живут одни ковбои , которые скачут на лошадях, пьют с утра виски и чуть что сразу стреляют . А ещё в каждом городе плохой шериф 😂

[@wizarywizary9713]

То есть любой вестерн? )

[@yellowflash587]

I am just waiting to see a black eskimo in a historical film, since there were everywhere.

[@mariaru]

Oh so this is about Assange, but in Soviet Russia. You just changed a country and a time period. Free Assange!

[@starofdabloc]

No more like Alexei Navalny before they offed him 😅

[@squamish4244]

This guy is way more likeable and less rapey than Assange. He doesn't smear his shit on the walls either.

[@Vlad-sv8tz]

@@starofdablocAssange was the first case, so why do you blame Russians that they just copy the American practice?

[@starofdabloc]

@@Vlad-sv8tz because one is dead and one is not LMAO one gave away secrets and one just wanted to run for presidency

[@Svezhaja_struja]

Yeah, just a little, very insignificant change😂

[@lwu3447]

Amazing drama, amazing music. Everything exquisitely done!

[@zachary37]

Omg I loved the book, had no idea they were making a series!! And with Ewan McGregor!

[@saloneeverma9920]

This is an amazing book and seeing it being turned into a movie is delightful indeed. I would insist people to take it as a historical fictional representation rather than correcting the plot. Congrats to Amor Towles.

[@BasharBashar]

This doesn’t look like the Rostov I imagined when I read the book

[@christieknapp5453]

I pictured Sasha Baron Cohen

[@Nitzerr]

I pictured Gustave from Grand Budapest Hotel haha

[@KUNI-MANOVICH]

Никогда такого не было и вот опять

[@jerrykroth]

This is a DEI production. There are more black people in this production than in the whole of Russia in 1917

[@ktwei]

Everyone gangster until Obi-Wan pulls out his lightsaber.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Funny that the exterior ground level shots were filmed in Bolton

[@WestCoastGeoLover]

Loving this! Ewan is perfectly cast as Rostov. I have watched episodes 1&2 twice and looking forward to April 14, Eposode 3😊

[@MegaJasjit]

Disappointed. Where's bears? And why not everyone with big muscular? And why not drunk and not drinking vodka? And what happened with hedgehog in fog?

[@babilabub]

I can hear Emmy knocking for Ewan. He deserves it !

[@ljuboizsiska5448]

I don't understand how black actors are not uncomfortable knowing that they got a job only thanks to the quota imposed by wokism and Hollywood and not by their own work and the quality of their performance. I'm not saying that the blacks played their roles badly, but damn, this exceeded every measure. It's time...I don't know what the hell it's time for, but it's time for reasonable decisions, decency, and truth. It's time for the gentlemen to rule the world again... When all this woke madness passes and when reason reigns again in this world, how will we laugh at such films and series, how will we laugh at enrollment quotas, employment quotas, and all other pathologies that put ideology before personal merit and truth.

[@ЕкатеринаСуркова-к2ь]

под тенью развесистой клюквы

[@LaLa-ht3rp]

Что ЭТО за дичь и как в ЭТОМ согласился сниматься Макгрегор😂 ? Напоминает сцену из Ход королевы, где у них 13 летний официант всем водку разливал в Москве

[@CaptainActually1]

Finally! Something worth watching on Paramount+ that isn't Star Trek! And just in time for me to resume my subscription!

[@johndeere3486]

Billionaire class anxiety at its finest “The poors are coming for our lifestyles!!!” Cried the multi national corporate “citizens”

[@femalebusinessacademy]

Was there a black lady with blonde hair at the hotel? I mean, seriously?… I’m sorry to disappoint some fans, but the film would be laughed at. I myself am a rather tolerant person, but this is over the top. There are some people in the comments section claiming Russia was one of the most tolerance-promoting countries and stuff - officially yes, but the reality was quite not the same. On top, all these friendships and collaborations with African & Asian countries began much later (50s and so on).

[@дмитрийчеканов-б1х]

Толерантность это не про Советский Союз, в СССР была дружба народов, это разные вещи, одно дело терпеть человека, а другое дружить с ним. Но важно отметить, расовой дискриминации не было и в Российской империи, там было сословное неравенство, феодал-инородец был выше по статусу чем русский крестьянин.

[@dumperttt]

i read the book. it is just monumental bs as it is. even netflix can't make it worse :)

[@rocknrollmilitant]

Why is it that every movie and TV series set during the Russian Revolution is centered on the monarchy or the aristocracy?

[@Timbhu]

Congratulations, you've defined what a revolution is

[@rocknrollmilitant]

@@Timbhu I'm just saying that I'd like at least one movie or series centered on the peasants since they were the real victims.

[@Edelgeist]

The rich pity their own and don't care about workers/peasants, class consciousness in action.

[@Moodboard39]

@@rocknrollmilitantcuz they don’t give a shit about poor people.

[@Rockstar-bq5fm]

If I was the creators of this show. I would get out ahead by describing the show as incredibly “anachronistic” lol

[@danielwilliams8810]

Dan Williams.Absolutely brilliant,book and series

[@briankennedynjoroge3124]

Hope the film is half as good as the book

[@carolbatistamed]

I absolutely loved this book!! Great know there is a movie now! Can’t wait!

[@Anton_Kalgin]

Wow. What an acid trip. Seems like a steaming pile of bullshit in the making.

[@allwrighty100]

I read the book when it was first published some years ago and found it extremely enjoyable. I spent the entire 1990s living in Moscow and have been to the Metropol many times as we had business there as well as to socialise and dine so I felt some sort of connection. Much as I enjoyed the novel I don't think I'll be in a hurry to watch this dramatisation for the reasons listed in this comment section.

[@PieceMeals]

The writer isn't a Russian either so not sure why people are expecting something historically accurate or full of actual Russians.

[@CommanderVimes-l5x]

Well... banal respect is inherent not only in Russians

[@dumperttt]

something accurate you say? anything less bizzare would be appreciated. anything. 🤣

[@amk5147]

It looks like the refinement and romance from this incredible book has been diminished to Hollywood standards. A Gentleman in Moscow is one of my all-time favorite books and it pains me to see this trailer.

[@PardonJulianAssangeNow]

Obi Wan joined the soviet side of the force!? - Oh wait, in Soviet Russia, the force joins you!

[@annerne2299]

I have been looking forward to this , thank God someone had the courage to make a movie

[@andrei8683]

oh black soviets, so real.

[@theanimaltalent]

We adored working on this production with the animals. What a privilege!

[@ElizabethDawson-h2e]

Very proud of our two Borzois, Stubbylee Mood Indigo and sister Stubbylee Chiara Mia, on their professional debut. Fabulous cast and crew and special thanks to Paula Stewart of The Animal Talent Agency for her support.

[@thedabara2477]

That is an accomplishment to be proud of. I love Borzoi. The young ones are like gangly teenagers.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

And as if, being USA's borned and bred, take away their tsaritsa attitude😂. Still larger their life and prone to complain, those russian hounds.

[@sayamsingh5496]

I wish it were releasing in India!!! My favourite literary character…can’t wait to see the Count on screen🎉🎉

[@erickminor]

As a Black American, the first thing that caught my attention in the trailer was the Black characters. Why does Hollywood do that?

[@unknow3000]

Apparently DEI will get triggered if there's no black pretty colors except ⬜ men, shogun series was also complained about not Including black samurai which in book it doesn't have any, they looking to complain anything that's affected them because other shows are perfect & theirs isnt.

[@KSbl28]

The show is incredible! Although there are a few instances that may seem unrealistic, such as bees gathering honey in winter, an over-representation of African-descendants, or Stalin's appearance in 1922. However, the actors' performances are simply astounding, and we can overlook these minor details due to their exceptional acting skills.

[@phildavies7666]

Stalin came to power in 1922 so that fits. Also love the show and the characters quiet development. I can't say I'm a fan of the African representation either as its an unnecessary distraction that adds no meaning or value to the series.

[@nocturnaavis9228]

Как всегда, красиво извратить историю. Впрочем, для большинства аудитории на кого рассчитан фильм плевать, информация изложенная в исторических книгах слишком сложно усваивается в маленьком мозге

[@LM-hk5iq]

I’m sorry, but as a Russian, both the book and the trailer to the movie are on another level of cringe 😂

[@Svezhaja_struja]

Don't be sorry. It's cringy as hell.

[@andgo1400]

Surely not as cringey as russian war in Ukraine.

[@LM-hk5iq]

@@andgo1400 and here goes another mighty political warrior in the comments. My my, you surely made a great difference 👌🏻

[@biancatellington85]

I’m not Russian, but I loved the book. The trailer is cringy.

[@gdullage]

To be honest online want my country to protect me if Russia wanted to put military bases on by countries border. Oh wait that happened it’s called the Cuban middle crises. So clearly not as cringe as your knowledge of history or current affairs.

[@sweetbabyjesus6516]

This trailer looked fabulous, Ewan has a handlebar moustache for the ages, I was transported, I was enraptured, until... the diversity factor killed the atmosphere stone dead. Racial consciousness is rising. I wonder which tribe produced this?

[@greekfreak1436]

“A quiet time” would be much more fitting music for this trailer

[@JewlenskyBot-d6c]

What's that black doing in Moscow 1920s? 😂 Remember, Russia never bought and sold Africans. Only Americans did