*Please note the segment viewed from the train of the burnt Russian village. This is accurate and experienced by my Russian Great-grandparents and very young Grandfather.
My Grandfather, 6’1”, wouldn’t speak of the past. However, he shared his earliest memory of running down the street holding his mother’s hand with their farm and their village in flames with my 4’11” Irish Grandmother.
He came to U.S with his father and brother. Being tall for his age, he lied to be able to work in the mines with his Father and brother. In this way, they raised passage for his mother and two sisters to the U.S.
When the family was reunited, his mother spoke to him in Russian. He would not respond. His mother cried saying he had forgotten her. He then said, “I am not Russian. I am an American.”
Love the original and have watched it many times over the years. Every time I watch it, it seems to stay in my head for a few days after.
Doctor Zhivago (5/10) Movie CLIP - The Train Jumper (1965) HD
Movieclips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzs0681gdf0
I took Russian as my foreign language in high school we had a Yugoslavian classmate we could not study this awful language at her house if her grandparents were at home they hated the Russians with a passion
*