Birds of Paradise
2008, Russian. Directed by Roman Balayan.
The events of the film take place in the Soviet Union in the early 1980s. It is forbidden to listen to foreign radio stations, it is not safe to voice one’s opinions in front of strangers. Words of truth are spoken only in private kitchens behind the curtained windows. The KGB tap phones, survey the ‘unreliable’ and consistently step by step destroy all forms of decent. The protagonists challenge the inhumane state machine, putting on stake their very lives and proving that nothing and nobody can stop a person who is on his way to achieve a true freedom.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 1 April 2008
- Original title
- Райские птицы
- Country
- Ukraine
- Written by
- Rustam Ibragimbekov
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Birds of Paradise runs 94 minutes (1h 34m).
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Birds of Paradise isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 2008. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Birds of Paradise?
Birds of Paradise (2008) was directed by Roman Balayan and stars Andrey Kuzichev, Oksana Akinshina, Oleg Yankovsky.