Few cultural inventions carry as much weight as the game of Russian ... of Russian Roulette.” Its cultural reach extended into art and entertainment as well. In the 1978 film The Deer Hunter ...

After the horrors during the war and edge-grabbing games of Russian Roulette that these men are forced to play, Michael returns home and realizes that his deer hunting outings aren't the same as ...

such as in the portrayal of the Viet Cong and American prisoners of war in the Russian roulette scene of "The Deer Hunter" (1978), with Christopher Walken, Robert De Niro, and Meryl Streep ...