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Stories Set in Moscow — top stories

Woland's ball, Napoleon's fires, Kremlin storms and metro tunnels — Moscow contains Russia's whole dramatic range. These ten span 1812 to 2033; also explore Soviet Moscow (1922–1991).

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10 famous stories set in Moscow

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Browse 101 books, 179 movies, 3 TV shows and 18 games set in Moscow.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Bad Hat Harry Productions-The Donners' Company-Simon Kinberg Productions-20th Century Fox-Marvel Entertainment-TSG Entertainment
movie

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

Setting: New York USA; Moscow, Russia; Paris, FranceTime Period: Sci-Fi: 1973; Sci-Fi: Future
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Paramount-Bad Robot-TC Productions-Skydance
movie

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop…

Setting: Moscow, Russia; Mumbai, India; Dubai, UAETime Period: 2011
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder
book

A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young tax attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the Kremlin's corruption.Bill Browder's journey…

Setting: Russia; Moscow, RussiaTime Period: 2000s
The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

Universal Pictures-The Kennedy/Marshall Company-Hypnotic-Motion Picture THETA Produktionsgesellschaft-Ludlum Entertainment
movie

When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne…

Setting: Goa, India; Berlin, Germany; Naples, Italy; Moscow, RussiaTime Period: 2000s
The Cranes Are Flying

The Cranes Are Flying

Mosfilm
movie

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river they watch cranes fly overhead and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off…

Setting: Moscow, RussiaTime Period: World War II
Anna

Anna

EuropaCorp-TF1 Films Production-Summit Entertainment-Work in Progress-Fetish Film-Skyprod-Ondamax Films
movie

Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

Setting: Paris, France; Moscow, RussiaTime Period: 1990s
Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera

VUFKU (All-Ukrainian Photo-Cinema Administration)
movie

A cameraman wanders around Moscow Kharkiv Kyiv and Odesa with a camera slung over his shoulder documenting urban life with dazzling invention. Man with a Movie Camera is one of the major manifestos of the world cinema…

Setting: Moscow, Russia; Kharkiv; Kyiv; Odesa, UkraineTime Period: 1920s
The Courier

The Courier

SunnyMarch-42-FilmNation Entertainment-Lionsgate-Roadside Attractions
movie

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Setting: London, UK; Moscow, Russia; CubaTime Period: 1962
A Good Day to Die Hard

A Good Day to Die Hard

Mid Atlantic Films-Ingenious Media-Dune Entertainment-Big Screen Productions-Temple Hill Entertainment-TSG Entertainment-Giant Pictures-Origo Film Group-20th Century Fox
movie

Iconoclastic take-no-prisoners cop John McClane finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to…

Setting: Moscow, RussiaTime Period: Contemporary
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

Mosfilm
movie

A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.

Setting: Moscow, RussiaTime Period: 1973; 16th Century

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