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Agony (1982 Film)
''Agony'' (russian: Агония, Agoniya; U.S. theatrical/DVD title ''Rasputin'') is a 1981 Soviet biographical film by Elem Klimov, made c.1973-75 and released in Western and Central Europe in 1982 (United States and Soviet Union 1985), after protracted resistance from Soviet authorities. The film is notable for its rich, sometimes baroque style, its sumptuous recreation of episodes from the final year of Imperial Russia and the psychological portraits of Grigori Rasputin and the Imperial family. Plot The storyline follows the final months of 1916 up to the murder of Rasputin; some events have been telescoped into this time though they actually happened earlier, during the war. Rasputin's effect on people around him is shown as almost hypnotic, and the film avoids taking a moral stance towards him—breaking not only with Soviet history but also with how he was regarded by people near the court at the time, some of whom regarded him as a debilitating figure who disgraced the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elem Klimov
Elem Germanovich Klimov (russian: link=no, Элем Германович Климов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko. Klimov is best known for his final film, 1985's ''Come and See'' (''Иди и смотри''), which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Byelorussia during the Great Patriotic War and is often considered one of the greatest films ever made. His work also notably includes black comedies, children's movies, and period dramas. Personal life Elem Klimov was born in Stalingrad into a Russian family, to German Stepanovich Klimov, an investigator who worked at the Central Control Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and Kaleria Georgievna Klimova. His parents were staunch communists and his first name was an acronym derived from the names of Engels, Lenin and Marx. Nevertheless, his brother German K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Freindlich
Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (russian: Алиса Бруновна Фрейндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading actress of the Bolshoi Drama Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Biography Alisa Freindlich was born into the family of Bruno Freindlich, a prominent actor and People's Artist of the USSR. She is of German and Russian ancestry. Her father and paternal relatives were ethnic Germans living in Russia for more than a century. In her childhood years, Alisa Freindlich attended the drama and music classes of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers. During World War II she survived the 900-day-long Nazi siege of Leningrad and continued her school studies after the war. In the 1950s she studied acting at the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema, graduating in 1957 as actress. From 1957 to 1961 Alisa Freindlich was a member of the troupe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Biographical Drama Films
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City. Founded in 1977, it was originally known as Kino International until it was acquired by and merged into Lorber HT Digital in 2009. It specializes in art house films, such as documentary films, classic films from earlier periods in the history of cinema, and world cinema. In addition to theatrical distribution, Kino Lorber releases films in the home entertainment market and has its own streaming services for its digital library. History 1977–2008; Founding as Kino International Kino Lorber was founded as Kino International in 1977 by Bill Pence. It was then purchased by Donald Krim who at the time worked for United Artists as the head of the nontheatrical department. It began by importing and releasing international films that may have not otherwise reached the market in the United States. One of the first films imported under Krim was ''Ballad of Orin''. In 1977, the company acquired rights to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasnost
''Glasnost'' (; russian: link=no, гласность, ) has several general and specific meanings – a policy of maximum openness in the activities of state institutions and freedom of information, the inadmissibility of hushing up problems, and so on. It has been used in Russian to mean "openness and transparency" since at least the end of the 18th century. In the Russian Empire of the late-19th century, the term was particularly associated with reforms of the judicial system. Among these were reforms permitting attendance of the press and the public at trials whose verdicts were now to be read aloud. Vladimir Lenin repeatedly emphasized the importance of glasnost as the most important feature of democracy. In the mid-1980s, it was popularised by Mikhail Gorbachev as a political slogan for increased government transparency (behavior), transparency in the Soviet Union. Historical usage Human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva argues that the word ''glasnost'' has been in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959. From its inception to 1959 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1999. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films, translated as the International Federation of Film Producers Associations) paused the accreditation of the festival until further notice. The festival's top prize is the statue of Saint George slaying the dragon, as represented on the Coat of Arms of Moscow. Nikita Mikhalkov has been the festival's president since 2000. Over the years the Stanislavsky Award—"I Believe. Konstantin Stanislavsky" for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afanasi Trishkin
Afanasi Petrovich Trishkin (russian: link=no, Афанасий Петрович Тришкин; born June 4, 1934, village Pesochnoye, Kaluga Oblast, RSFSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He is an Honored Artist of Russia (2003). Biography Afanasi Trishkin was born on June 4, 1934, in Pesochnya (now Kirov, Kaluga Oblast, Russia). In 1959 he graduated from Bryansk State Technical University. In 1964 he began his artistic career at Krasnoyarsk Dramatic Theater. In 1973 he was invited to a minor role in the film ''Engineer Pronchatov'' by Igor Vasiliev. Later, Vasiliev invited Trishkin to the play ''Cinzano'', based on the text of Lyudmila Petrushevskaya.Lyudmila Petrushevskaya. Volume Nine. – Exmo, 2003 – p. 51. – 332 p. The performance began to be rehearsed at Sovremennik Theater, using a certain period of administrative and creative, semi-legal confusion, including: Oleg Dal, Valentin Nikulin, Afanasi Trishkin. However, soon the rehearsals were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmila Polyakova
Lyudmila Petrovna Polyakova (russian: Людми́ла Петро́вна Поляко́ва; born January 28, 1939, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actress; she is a People's Artist of Russia (1999). Biography She graduated in 1964 from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (course of Viktor Korshunov). In the movie it is removed since 1967. Since 1990, she has been an actress of Maly Theatre (Moscow). Awards * Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order For Merit to the Fatherland (2010) * Order of Friendship (2006) * People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ... (1999) * Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1994) * State Prize of the Russian Federation (2003) Selected filmography * ''Beginning of the Unknown Century'' (1967) as Preg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Leonidovich Romanov
Boris Leonidovich Romanov (russian: Борис Леонидович Романов; born March 29, 1942, Lyubim, Yaroslavl Oblast) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People's Artist of Russia (2005). Biography Boris Romanov born March 29, 1942 in Lyubim (Yaroslavl Oblast). In 1959-1961 he studied at drama school at Saratov Drama Theater, there at the age of 17, he went to the professional scene. Then he entered the studio Moscow Art Theatre (Sofya Pilyavskaya and Alexander Karev course) and he graduated in 1966. In 1966–1982 years - an actor the Moscow Stanislavsky Drama Theater, in 1982–1985 years - in Taganka Theatre. Since 1990 - Hermitage Moscow theater. Selected filmography * 1964 – ''I, Beryoza'' as a German officer * 1969 – '' Bonivur's Heart'' as episode * 1970 – ''Sport, Sport, Sport'' as merchant Kalashnikov * 1973 – '' The Silence of Dr. Evans'' as Buami * 1974 – ''Agony'' as Balashov * 1979 – ''The Wild Hunt King Stach'' as coro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Svetin , posthumously designated for Svetin.
Svetin's room 1.JPG,
Mikhail Semyonovich Svetin (russian: Михаил Семёнович Светин; born Michail Solomonovitch Goltsman; 11 December 1929 – 30 August 2015) was a Soviet, Russian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films. Svetin's room 2.JPG, Makeup room at the Comedy Theatre The Harold Pinter Theatre, known as the Comedy Theatre until 2011, Biography Born in Kyiv, he was the first child in the family. His father, Solomon Mykhailovych Holtsman, worked as a laborer at the Kyiv Film Factory, and his mother, Hanna Petrivna, was a housewife. He graduated from the Kyiv Music College.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Pankov
Pavel Vadimovich Pankov ( rus, Павел Вадимович Панков, , ˈpavʲɪl pɐnˈkof; born August 14, 1995) is a Russian volleyball player. He is a Master of Sports of international class in Russia. Personal life Pankov's father, Vadim Pankov, is a volleyball coach. His mother, Marina Pankova, is a former volleyball player and an Olympic Champion in 1988. Pankov has an older sister, Ekaterina, who is playing for the Russian women's national team. On 10 June 2017, Pankov married Zarechye-Odintsovo volleyball player Alina Yaroshik. Sporting achievements * CEV Cup ** 2014/2015 – with Dynamo Moscow ** 2020/2021 – with Dynamo Moscow * National championships ** 2011/2012 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2014/2015 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2014/2015 Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2015/2016 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2017/2018 Russian Championship, with Zenit Saint Petersburg ** 2017/2018 Russian Cup, with Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Bronevoy
Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy (russian: Леони́д Серге́евич Бронево́й; December 17, 1928 – December 9, 2017) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasional appearances in films. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1987 and won the Nika Award in March 2008. Early life Bronevoy was born in Kyiv on December 17, 1928, into the Jewish family of Solomon Iosifovich Bronevoy (who changed his family name from Faktorovich) and Bella Lvovna Bronevaya. In his childhood, he learned to play violin under the instruction of Kyiv Conservatory professor David Solomonovich Berthier. His father, Solomon Bronevoy, came from the family of a confectioner from Odessa and had participated in the Russian Civil War. From 1920 to 1923, he worked at the State Political Directorate and completed his legal education in Kyiv, where he met Bella Bronevaya, a student in the economics department. Solomon Bronevoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
