Champagne Charlie vs Silver Skates
Silver Skates has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 5.3/10 for Champagne Charlie). Silver Skates is the shorter watch at 2h 16m compared with 3h 10m. Champagne Charlie is the older of the two (1989 against 2020). Both are adventure, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Champagne Charlie
Silver Skates| Champagne Charlie | Silver Skates | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.3/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1989 | 2020 |
| Length | 3h 10m | 2h 16m |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama, Romance, TV Movie | Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Allan Eastman | Michael Lockshin |
| Main cast | Hugh Grant, Kenneth Welsh, Denis Forest, Stéphane Audran, Alexandra Stewart | Denis Lavant, Kirill Zaytsev, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Aleksey Guskov, Timofey Tribuntsev |
Synopsis
Champagne Charlie
This is the story of the Charles Heidsieck who opened the market for Champagne sales in America just prior to the American Civil War. He is a reluctant French spy and is captured and spends time in a Union prison. There are two parallel love stories (he is French) and some battles with his uncle for control of the family vineyard (because his father married his mother who the uncle also loved).
Silver Skates
1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. Ice-covered rivers and canals of the capital seethe with festive activities. On the eve of the new century those who should not be destined to meet, come together. They are people from different worlds: Matvey, the son of a lamplighter, whose only treasure is his silver-plated skates; Alice is the daughter of a high-ranking official dreaming of science. Each of them has his own difficult life-story, but…
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