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And Quiet Flows The Don (1930 Film)
''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (russian: Тихий Дон) is a 1930 Soviet film directed by Ivan Pravov and Olga Preobrazhenskaya. Plot The film is an adaptation of the first two books of the eponymous novel by Mikhail Sholokhov. Cast * Nikolay Podgorny as Pantelej Prokofievich Melekhov * Andrei Abrikosov as Grigori Pantelejevich Melekhov * Emma Tsesarskaya as Aksinya Astagova * Raisa Puzhnaya as Natalya Koshonova * Aleksandr Gromov as Petr Melekhov * Georgi Kovrov as Stepan Astakhov * Yelena Maksimova as Daria Melekhova * S. Churakovskaya as Aksinja * Vasili Kovrigin as Prokofij Melekhov * Ivan Bykov as Garandza * Leonid Yurenev Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright and ... as Gendarm References External links * 1930 films Soviet silent feature films Soviet d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Pravov
Ivan Konstantinovich Pravov (russian: Иван Константинович Правов; 4 November 1899 – 11 May 1971) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter. Filmography ;director * ''Women of Ryazan (Бабы рязанские)'' (1927); co-directed with Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director), Olga Preobrazhenskaya * ''A Town Full of Light (Светлый город)'' (1928); co-directed with Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director), Olga Preobrazhenskaya * ''The Last Attraction (Последний аттракцион)'' (1929); co-directed with Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director), Olga Preobrazhenskaya * ''And Quiet Flows the Don (1930 film), And Quiet Flows the Don (Тихий Дон)'' (1930); co-directed with Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director), Olga Preobrazhenskaya * ''Paths of Enemies (Вражьи тропы)'' (1935); co-directed with Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director), Olga Preobrazhenskaya * ''Stepan Razin (film), Stepan Razin (Степан Разин)'' (1939); co- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Podgorny (actor)
Nikolai Afanasyevich Podgorny (russian: Николай Афанасьевич Подгорный, 10 December 1879 — 2 August 1947) was a Moscow-born Russian, Soviet actor and later reader in drama, associated with the Moscow Art Theatre. Career A 1903 MAT School graduate, Podgorny joined the troupe the same year. Among his acclaimed works here were Baron Tuzenbakh ('' Three Sisters'' by Anton Chekhov, in which he also played Fedotik, and later Ferapont), Medvedenko (''The Seagull'' by Chekhov), Petya Trofimov (''The Cherry Orchard'', in which he succeeded Vasily Kachalov), Molchalin (''Woe from Wit'', by Alexander Griboyedov) and the pauper Tyu in ''The Drama of Life'' by Knut Hamsun ("My horrid, stylized, wonderful Tyu," Olga Knipper, his partner in this production, addressed him in a letter).Solovyova, InnaНиколай Афанасьевич Подгорный Biography at the Moscow Art Theatre site In 1913, alongside Nikolai Alexandrov and Nikolai Massalitinov he co-fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Black-and-white 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] |
Soviet 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Silent Feature Films
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a Federation, federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, fifteen national republics; in practice, both Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, its economy were highly Soviet-type economic planning, 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 Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Saint Petersburg, Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kyiv, Kiev (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR), Tas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Films
The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1930 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 21: ''Anna Christie'', Greta Garbo's first sound film is released, it grosses $1.5 million. * February 23: Silent screen legend Mabel Normand dies at the age of 37 in Monrovia, California after a lengthy battle with tuberculosis. * March 10: Release of '' Goodbye Argentina'' (''Adiós Argentina''), the first Argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack. Ada Cornaro has her first starring role and Libertad Lamarque makes her film debut. * April 6: William Fox sells his interest in Fox Film for $18 million and Harley L. Clarke becomes president. * May 27: Howard Hughes' epic film ''Hell's Angels'' premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and features Jean Harlow in her first major role as well as some impre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Yurenev
Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature *Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982), leader of the USSR from 1964 to 1982 *Leonid Buryak (b. 1953), USSR/Ukraine-born Olympic-medal-winning soccer player and coach *Leonid Bykov (1928–1979), Soviet and Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer *Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955), Soviet and Russian opera and film composer *Leonid Feodorov (1879–1935), a bishop and Exarch for the Russian Catholic Church, and survivor of the Gulag *Leonid Filatov (1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, and pamphleteer *Leonid Gaidai, (1923–1993), Soviet comedy film director *Leonid Geishtor (b. 1936), USSR (Belarus)-born Olympic champion Canadian pairs sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Bykov
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Іван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasili Kovrigin
Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince from 1425–1462 *Vasili III of Russia Tsar from 1505–1533 *Vasili IV of Russia Tsar from 1606–1610 *Basil Fool for Christ (1469–1557), also known as Saint Basil, or Vasily Blazhenny *Vasily Alekseyev (1942–2011), Soviet weightlifter *Vasily Arkhipov (1926–1998), Soviet Naval officer in the Cuban Missile Crisis *Vasily Boldyrev (1875–1933), Russian general *Vasily Chapayev (1887–1919), Russian Army commander *Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982), Soviet marschal *Vasily Degtyaryov (1880–1949), Russian weapons designer and Major General *Vasily Dzhugashvili (1921–1962), Stalin's son *Vasili Golovachov (born 1948), Russian science fiction author *Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), Soviet writer and journalist *Vasily Ignatenko (1961–1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena Maksimova
Yelena Aleksandrovna Maksimova ( rus, Еле́на Алекса́ндровна Макси́мова; November 23, 1905 – September 23, 1986) was a Soviet film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1958). Selected filmography * Women of Ryazan (1927) as Lukerya * The Last Attraction (1929) as Polly * An Hour with Chekhov (1929) as housemaid * Earth (1930) as Natalya, Vasili's fiancée * And Quiet Flows the Don (1930) as Daria Melekhova * Aerograd (1935) as Maria Kudina * The Nightingale (1936) as Tanya * Timur and His Team (1940) as a woman selling milk * First-Year Student (1948) as flower girl * The Young Guard (1948) as Valeriya Borts's mother * Bountiful Summer (1951) as Kolodchka * Admiral Ushakov (1953) as Senyavinova * The Frigid Sea (1954) as Dergachikha * Two Captains (1955) as aunt Dasha * Other People's Relatives (1955) as Varvara Stepanovna * The Grasshopper (1955) as peasant woman from Glukhov * For the Power of the Soviets (1956) as Natalia's mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Quiet Flows The Don
''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (''Quiet Flows the Don'' or ''The Silent Don'', russian: Тихий Дон, literally ''The Quiet Don'') is a novel in four volumes by Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov. The first three volumes were written from 1925 to 1932 and published in the Soviet magazine '' Oktyabr'' in 1928–1932, and the fourth volume was finished in 1940. The novel is considered one of the most significant works of world and Russian literature in the 20th century. It depicts the lives and struggles of Don Cossacks during the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and Russian Civil War. In 1965, Sholokhov was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the novel. Plot summary The novel deals with the life of the Cossacks living in the Don River valley during the early 20th century, starting around 1912, just prior to World War I. The plot revolves around the Melekhov family of Tatarsk, who are descendants of a Cossack who, to the horror of many, took a Turkish captive as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director)
Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaya (russian: Ольга Ивановна Преображенская, 24 July 1881 – 30 October 1971) was a Russian actress and film director, one of the first female film directors, and the first female film director in Russia. She is best known for directing the films ''Women of Ryazan'' (1927) and ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (1930). Biography Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaya was born on 24 July 1881, in Moscow. From 1901 to 1904, she studied in the actor school of Moscow Art Theater. From 1905, she worked in theaters in Poltava, Tbilisi, Riga, Odessa, Voronezh and Moscow. In 1913, she debuted as film actress in '' The Keys to Happiness'', directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, and she starred in several popular adaptations of Russian classics, such as ''War and Peace'' and ''On the Eve'' (both 1915). Preobrazhenskaya was one of the founders of the actor school of the VGIK, where she taught from 1918 to 1925. In 1916 Preobrazhenskaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |