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Aleksandra Khokhlova
Aleksandra Sergeyevna Khokhlova (born Alexandra Sergeyevna Botkina, russian: Александра Сергеевна Хохлова, 4 October 1897 – 22 August 1985) was a Soviet actress, theatre director, writer, and educator. Biography 200 px, left, "Little Foxy" by Filipp Malyavin, 1902 The daughter of Sergei Botkin (1859–1910), a physician, and Alexandra Pavlovna Botkina (née Tretyakova, 1867–1959), Alexandra Sergeyevna Botkina was born in Berlin, in what was then the German Empire. She had a sister, Anastasia, and was the granddaughter of Pavel Tretyakov, a philanthropist and patron of the arts. In 1914, she married actor Konstantin Khokhlov. They had one child together, a son named Sergei. She appeared as a supporting actress in the 1916 film ''Uragan'' (Hurricane) directed by Boris Sushkevich and in the 1918 film ''Iola'' directed by Władysław Starewicz. In 1919, she passed the entrance exam for the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merited Artist Of The Russian Federation
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is awarded to actors, directors, filmmakers, writers, dancers and singers for exceptional achievements in the arts. The honorary title was originally modeled after the German honorific title for distinguished opera singers. PONS Online Dictionary Historically, the title was bestowed by princes or kings, when it was styled ''Hofkammersänger(in)''. In before 1917, several stars of stage and film were honored with the title "Imperial singer", but after the < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Actresses
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 that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From The Russian Empire
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Deaths
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. * January 7 – A cyclone destroys Darwin, Australia. * January 8 – Lady Flora Shaw, future wife of Governor General Lord Lugard, officially proposes the name "Nigeria" in a newspaper contest, to be given to the British Niger Coast Protectorate. * January 22 – In this date's issue of the journal ''Engineering'', the word ''computer'' is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. * January 23 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only capital case in United States history, where spectral evidence helps secure a conviction. * January 31 – The Czechoslovak Trade Union Association is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We From The Urals
''We from the Urals'' (russian: Мы с Урала) is a 1943 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov and Aleksandra Khokhlova. Plot Two teenagers working after school in a large military factory in the Urals rush to the front lines of war, where a nurse has left the sister of one of them. Their everyday life, love and youth make up the plot of the film. Cast * Aleksey Konsovsky as Kuzya Zavarin * Aleksandr Mikhailov as Vanya Tomakurov * Yanina Zhejmo as Vera Zavarina * Georgy Millyar as grandfather Tomakurov * Gleb Florinsky as Major Ignatyev * Maria Vinogradova as Sonya * Mariya Barabanova as Kapa Khorkova * Pyotr Galadzhev as factory painter * Nikolai Grabbe as Pavka Drozdov * Sergey Komarov as Yuri Pavlovich * Sergey Martinson as Head of the dancing group * Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Maria Vasilyevna * Sergey Filippov as Andrei Stepanovich * Ivan Ryzhov Ivan Petrovich Ryzhov (russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Рыжо́в; 25 January 1913, Zelyonaya Sloboda, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberians (film)
Siberians (russian: Сибиряки) is a 1940 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov. Plot On one New Year the old hunter tells two middle-school students the story of how Stalin presented his tobacco pipe to one hunter for help with his escape from exile. According to legend, the hunter died during the Civil War, and the pipe remained with his friend. The guys are interested in this story and they decide to find this pipe. Starring * Aleksandra Kharitonova as Valia * Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Serezha * Aleksandr Pupko as Petja * Mariya Vinogradova as Galka * Daniil Sagal as Aleksei - hunter and Valia's uncle * T. Alcheva as Anna Fedorovna * Georgiy Millyar as Grandfather Jakov * Aleksandra Khokhlova as Pelagueia * Andrey Fayt as Dr. Vasili Vasilievich * Andrei Gorchilin as Kolkhoz' chief * Sergey Komarov as Terentij * Dmitriy Orlov as Doshindon * Mikheil Gelovani Mikheil Gelovani ( ka, მიხეილ გელოვანი, Russified as Михаи́л Г ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Consoler
''The Great Consoler'' (russian: Великий утешитель, translit. Velikiy uteshitel) is a 1933 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov and starring Konstantin Khokhlov. The film is based on the facts from the biography of the American writer O. Henry and on his two novels. Plot Saleswoman Dulcie dreams of a better, beautiful world. Her dreams are based on the stories of writer Bill Porter, who became victim of a judicial verdict and began his literary career in prison. No special misdemeanors are attributed to him and he even enjoys the right of free movement. The administration appreciates the writer because while serving his sentence he writes beautiful stories with happy endings. Soon, however the successful writer has to face the obvious injustices going on in the prison. In particular, the writer's friend, Jim Valentine is severely beaten for politically motivated reasons. However, once Valentine is offered freedom in exchange for help in opening a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your Acquaintance
''Your Acquaintance'' (russian: Ваша знакомая, Vasha znakomaya) is a 1927 Soviet short silent drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov and starring Aleksandra Khokhlova, Pyotr Galadzhev and Yuri Vasilchikov. Only a fragment of the film still survives. The film's art direction was by Vasili Rakhals and Alexander Rodchenko. Plot The film is set in Moscow, during the years of the NEP. Journalist Khokhlova falls in love with Petrovsky, a responsible officer at an industrial plant. This infatuation has a negative impact on her work and the girl is fired. Meanwhile Petrovsky's wife returns. This situation reveals the true nature of the lover who is an egoist and a vulgarian. The girl is near suicide however the tragic denouement is prevented by Vasilchikov who has been in love with the journalist for a long time, a modest editor of the department "Working inventions." Cast * Aleksandra Khokhlova as Khokhlova - journalist * Pyotr Galadzhev as Secretary * Yuri Vasilch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Law
''By the Law'' (russian: По закону, Po Zakonu, link=no) is an 83-minute silent drama film released on 3 December 1926. The film was directed by Lev Kuleshov and produced by the Soviet production company Goskino. The narrative is based on the Jack London short story "The Unexpected" (1905) and "Just Meat" (1906). The plot concerns a group of gold prospectors in the Yukon region of Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush. Plot A group of five gold miners originally from Western Europe find a large deposit in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. The group is composed of Michael (Irish), Hans Nelson (Swede and leader of the expedition) and his wife Edith (English), Dutchy (Dutch) and Harky. Michael, the one who handles all the manual work and found gold for the group, gets frustrated as the other members still treat him as a subaltern. One day, Michael enters the cabin with a rifle for hunting or protection and, in a moment of madness, shoots dead two of his comrades, Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Death Ray (1925 Film)
''The Death Ray'' (russian: Луч смерти, Luch smerti) is a 1925 Soviet science fiction film directed by Lev Kuleshov. The first and last reels of the film have been lost. This film ran at 2 hours, 5 minutes, making this one of the earliest full length science fiction films. Despite the fact that many sources claim the inspiration for the film to be the novel ''The Garin Death Ray'' by Aleksei Tolstoy, this is not the case. It is impossible, since the book was published two years after the film, in 1927. Furthermore, the film has many similarities with a book by Valentin Kataev, called ''Lord of Iron'', published in 1924. Moreover, the theme of death rays was very popular at the time because of the 1923 claim of British inventor Harry Grindell Matthews to have created a "death ray". Plot The film takes place in an unspecified Western capitalist country where a fascist government is attempting to suppress a socialist uprising. The revolutionary leader Thomas Lamm is impris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
