Talk:Ostern

Borscht?

Has the term "Borstj Western" ever been used? I just thought it sounded funny. 81.232.72.53 12:13, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

• Probably. But I suspect "borscht" is the more common spelling. --MacRusgail 20:44, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

• I have created redirects for "borscht western", just in case someone looks it up. It would be unlikely to refer to anything else.--MacRusgail 20:28, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Karl May

Apparently some of the Karl May movies were shot in Yugoslavia. Do they include the Western-themed ones? Do they qualify as Red Westerns?

Hard to say, but they should be included as a mention. Yugoslavia was always a grey area in the Cold War, but as they are Western themed, and filmed in Eastern Europe, I think they qualify with/without overt political themes. --MacRusgail 16:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

All the 1960s Karl May westerns were shot in Yugoslavia, but they were West German/French/Italian/Yugoslav co-productions. —Naddy 14:57, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Still would be worth mentioning though.--MacRusgail (talk) 14:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Move

I think this article should be at Red Western. Comments?-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  20:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

sa ma betzi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.125.183.46 (talk) 09:52, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Disagree. --MacRusgail (talk) 14:57, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

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Should be "Osten" not "Ostern"

Osten is "the east", Westen is "the west", Ostern is the name of the holiday "easter", where you celebrate Jesus rising from the dead. In this case, it's supposed to be Osten (with the article "der", "der Osten", as the east is masculine) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.230.46.89 (talk) 12:41, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

It's a portmanteau of "osten" and "western", that's why it's Ostern, with an "r" in it.--MacRusgail (talk) 16:46, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

In Eastern Europe and in Russia the term "Eastern" is used on par with "Ostern" and "Red Western". However, there is no cosensus yet on definitions of the genre, because a usual split and dispute is going on among directors, critics and film connoisseurs. Real life (unlike wikipedia) is equally open to all opinions, hard and soft, professional and lay...

List of films

The article needs a list of films that belong to the category. Eastern is a well known term in Hollywood and is commonly used in media.

A short list includes at least these movies made in East European countries.

• Chingachgook, die große Schlange
• White Sun of the Desert
• Dauria (film)
• At Home Among Strangers
• War (2002 film)

Please continue and add more titles from the Russian page ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.200.86.169 (talk) 15:59, 14 January 2012 (UTC)