case for book and movie titles?

[upthera44.livejournal.com]

If you want to say that you've read a book or watched a movie, do you decline the title? For instance, is it: Сейчас я читаю "Бедных людей" Достоевского or Сейчас я читаю "Бедные люди" Достоевского? For movies, Вчера я посмотрел "Маленькую Веру" or Вчера я посмотрел "Маленькая Вера"?

Comments

[marta-mb.livejournal.com]

they say both should be declined: Ja chitaju 'Voinu i mir'.
but alternatively you could say: Ja chitaju knigu 'Voina i Mir' without declining I think.

[oryx_and_crake]

+1

[freedomcry.livejournal.com]

You do decline them.

However, you don't if there's a classifier noun before the title. So it's «Сейчас я читаю "Бедных людей"» but, «Сейчас я читаю книгу "Бедные люди"», and «Вчера я посмотрел "Маленькую Веру"» but, «Вчера я посмотрел фильм "Маленькая Вера"».

[thespinningone.livejournal.com]

вы читаете "Бедных людей" - или читаете роман "Бедные люди". i'd put it this way..))

[asklepij.livejournal.com]

Decline.

[khathi.livejournal.com]

Sure you have to decline it -- if you haven't, there wouldn't be any cases around. ^_^ But be careful: if the title is shielded by any substantivator noun, like "I've seen movie "Кавказская пленница", then that noun should be put into accusative, not the title: "Я читал книгу "Властелин колец".