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No Subtitles?

posted 10 years ago by svenrufus
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In the version I'm watching, recorded off UK TV a few months ago, there are no subtitles in the scenes where Russian is being spoken. I'm not sure if that is deliberate - I could sort of make out the kind of conversation that might be taking place in the context of the film, so thought maybe it was deliberate, and the detail is not needed, but there have been times I've been left wondering what just happened.

For instance the scene where he climbs in through the window of the Russian girls dance class, says some stuff, takes out a piece of paper and looks disappointed at the response has left me scratching my head and wondering if in fact subtitles have just not been included in error with this screening for whatever reason.

I have followed the film, but should it have been different? Have others seen versions with subtitles?

[–] Doom 10 years ago

Yes, it should have subtitles.

So strange this keeps happening with this movie with regards to subtitles.

When this was first released on video, the subtitles for the video release were DIFFERENT than what was shown in the theater - not sure why, but they were.

I'm almost 100% sure the USA DVD release restores them as originally presented.

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Wait a minute... who am I here?

[–] TVholic 9 years ago

Strangely enough, even the US DVD doesn't have a forced subtitles track for Russian dialog only. I finally made do by converting the DVD to an MKV file and editing the subtitles myself, removing all English dialog. But there are still a few Russian lines that were never included in the full subtitles.

[–] lynnrnsd 8 years ago

I saw it on Movieplex, just yesterday, and the scene with the little girls had subtitles. He asks who their teacher is, and they tell him, and he says they're old friends, and can she give him the note? She says no, and he says who he is, and that he danced with Ivanovna. She calls him a liar and says she knows everyone that danced with Ivanovna. He asks if she's ever heard of him, and she says no. So he realizes that the Soviets have erased him from dance history. Then she grabs the stick and tells him to get out and calls him a pervert.
Hope that helps!