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Andrei Fajt
Andrei Andreyevich Fajt (russian: Андрей Андреевич Файт; 29 August 1903 – 17 January 1976) was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1976. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and died in Moscow. Selected filmography * ''The Battleship Potemkin'' (1925) * ''The Bay of Death'' (1926) * ''The Happy Canary'' (1929) * ''The Great Consoler'' (1933) * '' Outskirts'' (1933) * '' Dzhulbars'' (1933) * ''The Thirteen'' (1937) * ''Wish upon a Pike'' (1938) * '' Minin and Pozharsky'' (1939) * ''Siberians'' (1940) * '' Salavat Yulayev'' (1941) * '' The Young Guard (1948) * ''Encounter at the Elbe'' (1949) * ''The Battle of Stalingrad'' (1949) * ''The Composer Glinka'' (1952) * ''Admiral Ushakov'' (1953) * ''The Star'' (1953) * ''A Lesson in History'' (1957) * ''The Idiot'' (1958) * ''On Distant Shores'' (1958) * ''The Secret of the Fortress'' (1959) * ''Peace to Him Who Enters'' (1961) * ''Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors'' (1964) * ''Aladdin's Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gorky (, ; 1932–1990), is the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District. The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, up to roughly 1.7 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, the second-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. It is an important economic, transportation, scientific, educational and cultural center in Russia and the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and is the main center of river tourism in Russia. In the historic part of the city there are many universities, theaters, museums and churches. The city w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of Stalingrad (film)
''The Battle of Stalingrad'' (russian: Сталинградская битва) is a 1949 two-part Soviet war film about the Battle of Stalingrad, directed by Vladimir Petrov. The script was written by Nikolai Virta. Plot Film I In the Kremlin, Stalin analyzes the Wehrmacht's movements and concludes that the Germans aim to capture Stalingrad. Hitler, who believes the city is the key to final victory, orders his generals take it at all costs. As the enemy approaches Stalingrad, the Red Army and the local population rally to defend it in bitter house-to-house combat, stalling the German advance. In Moscow, Stalin plans the counter-offensive. Film II The Wehrmacht launches a last, massive assault, intended to overwhelm the defenders of Stalingrad. As the Red Army is pushed back to the Volga, Stalin orders the commencement of Operation Uranus. The German 6th Army is encircled, and efforts to relieve the Stalingrad pocket fail. General Friedrich Paulus, ordered by Hitler to hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Diamond Arm
''The Diamond Arm'' (russian: Бриллиантовая рука ''Brilliantovaya ruka'') is a Soviet crime comedy film made by Mosfilm and first released in 1969. The film was directed by director Leonid Gaidai and starred several famous Soviet actors, including Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mironov, Anatoli Papanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Svetlana Svetlichnaya. ''The Diamond Arm'' has become a Russian cult film and is considered by many Russian contemporaries to be one of the finest comedies of all time. It was also one of the all-time leaders at the Soviet box office with over 76,700,000 theatre admissions in the Soviet era. The plot of the film was based on a real-life news item about Swiss smugglers who tried to transport jewels in an orthopedic cast. Plot The boss of a black market ring (known only as "The Chief") wants to smuggle a batch of jewelry from a foreign state into the Soviet Union by hiding it inside the orthopedic cast of a courier. The Chief sends a minor henchman nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire, Water, And Brass Pipes
''Fire, Water, and Trumpets'' (russian: Огонь, вода и… медные трубы, ''Ogon', voda i... mednye truby'') is a 1968 Soviet Union, Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou. Its story and characters are derived from Slavic folklore. Plot There exists a Russian idiom, "to go through fire, water and trumpets" (пройти огонь, воду и медные трубы) meaning approximately "to go to hell and back"; in other words, to persevere in the face of extreme adversity. The young collier Vasya goes into the forest to collect firewood. In a clearing he spies the lovely Alyonushka grazing her goat Byelochka. As soon as he has fallen in love with the girl, werewolves appear and kidnap her to deliver to the wicked Koshchei. To rescue his beloved, Vasya must go through a literal version of the titular proverb: first he must pass through the kingdoms of fire and water, then contend with the more challenging "trumpets", that is, to resist the temptation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strong With Spirit
''Strong with Spirit'' (russian: Сильные духом, Silnye dukhom) is a 1967 Soviet spy film directed by Viktor Georgiyev based on a screenplay by Anatoli Grebnev and Aleksandr Lukin. It tells the story of the Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov. The picture was the 26th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union. Plot The film is about the Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov. Cast * Gunārs Cilinskis as Nikolai Kuznetsov / Paul Zibert (dubbed by Aleksandr Belyavsky) * Ivan Pereverzev as Dmitry Medvedev * Yevgeni Vesnik as Voronchuk, agent * Lyusyena Ovchinnikova as Galya * Yuri Solomin as Mayor Gettel * Vija Artmane as Lidia Lisovskaya * Victoria Fyodorova as Valentina Dovger * Aleksandr Galevsky as Prikhodko * Yuri Bogolyubov as Belotinsky * Yuri Volkov as Ortel * Daniil Netrebin as mayor * Paul Butkevich as Kaminsky * Andrei Fajt as count Gran * Pyotr Sobolevsky as hauptmann * Anatoli Romashin Anatoli Vladimirovich Romashin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladdin's Magic Lamp
''Aladdin's Magic Lamp'' (russian: Волшебная лампа Аладдина, Volshebnaya lampa Aladdina) is a 1967 Soviet fantasy film directed by Boris Rytsarev based on the tale Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights. Plot A magician asks the stars who can get him the magic lamp. They tell him that it should be Aladdin, the son of Ali al Maruf. The magician then seeks Aladdin throughout Baghdad. When he finds himself on the market, suddenly the sultan arrives with his beautiful daughter Budur and it is announced that the head will be cut off from the one who dares to look at them. The people kneel and lower their eyes as the sultans' magnificently decorated entourage passes through the ranks. On a whim, the princess wants Aladdin to look at her, though he would lose his life with it. They command him and he obeys. The guards want to arrest him then, but the magician steps in and helps Aladdin to escape, since he still needs his services. Later, the Dark Wizard conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Crooked Mirrors
''Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors'' (russian: Королевство кривых зеркал, translit. ''Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal'') is a 1963 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on the novel, '' Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors'', by Vitali Gubarev. At the end of 2007, Russia TV filmed a musical remake with the same name, featuring stars Nikolay Baskov, Alla Pugacheva, and the Tolmachevy Sisters. The original film contains introduction music and a fairytale style of the early 1960s. It is also notable for its use of actual twins in the leading roles. The film was also the inspiration for a restaurant in Moscow which only hired twins as waiting staff. Plot summary Similar in subject to and perhaps inspired by the novel Through The Looking Glass, the film centers around an encounter between a girl named Olya and a mysterious counterpart, Yalo, while staring into a mirror. The characters are exact opposites: Yalo is the absolute opposite of Olya in every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace To Him Who Enters
''Peace to Him Who Enters'' (russian: Мир входящему, Mir vkhodyashchemu) is a 1961 Soviet drama film written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov. Set in World War II, it tells the story of three Soviet soldiers who try to rescue a trapped pregnant German woman by taking her on a dangerous drive to a hospital. Plot Lieutenant Ivlev from the Red Army who has just graduated from school, arrives for duty in Berlin a few days before the surrender of Germany in World War II. In the city destroyed by conflict, the soldiers find a pregnant woman, a German. The commanders of their division decide to help her get to the hospital. Lieutenant Ivlev is charged to accompany the pregnant German woman to the rear, giving him a chauffeur and a shell-shocked soldier, who also need to be sent to the hospital. Thus, senior officers want to save the new lieutenant from possible destruction in Berlin at the end of the war. As a result of the long and arduous journey, the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The Fortress
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Distant Shores
''On distant shores'' ( az, Uzaq sahillərdə) is a 1958 Soviet-era Azerbaijani war film. Co-written by Imran Gasimov, Hasan Seyidbeyli, directed by Tofig Taghizade, the film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzade, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name ''On distant shores'' referring to the Adriatic Sea. Plot Mehdi Huseynzade a.k.a. Mihajlo is the most wanted guerrilla in Yugoslavia and Trieste. Disguised as a Wehrmacht officer, Mehdi plots and successfully performs a terror act in a restaurant full of German officers. However, he is wounded by a spy (Carranti) infiltrated in the guerrilla forces. While recovering Mehdi is out of operations for a while. He occasionally paints and daydreams of returning to his native Baku after the war. While the Germans increase the award for Mihajlo, he carries out another daring operation on getting food supply from a wealthy Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idiot (1958 Film)
''The Idiot'' (russian: Идиот), is a 1959 Soviet film directed by Ivan Pyryev. It is based on Part 1 of the eponymous 1869 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Yuriy Yakovlev declined to play the title character in a sequel which was never made. Cast * Yuri Yakovlev as Prince Lev (Leo) Myshkin *Yuliya Borisova as Nastasia Philippovna Barashkova *Nikita Podgorny as Ganya Ivolgin * Vera Pashennaya as General's wife * Sergey Martinson as Lebedev * Leonid Parkhomenko as Parfen Rogozhin * Ivan Lyubeznov as General Ivolgin * Raisa Maksimova as Aglaya Yepanchina * Vladimir Muravyov as Ferdishchenko * Grigory Shpigel Grigory Oyzerovich Spiegel (russian: Григо́рий О́йзерович Шпи́гель; 24 July 1914 — 28 April 1981) was a Soviet and Russian actor and voice actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974). Biography He worked as a pleater at ... as Ptitsyn References External links * * 1958 films Soviet drama films 1950s Russian-language films Films b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lesson In History
''A Lesson in History'' (russian: link=no, Урок истории, bg, Урокът на историята) is a 1957 joint Soviet–Bulgarian historical drama film directed by Lev Arnshtam and Hristo Piskov about Georgi Dimitrov and the Leipzig Trial. Plot The year is 1933. Georgi Dimitrov (Stefan Savov) comes to Berlin to establish links with the local Bulgarian communists. The Nazi leaders are doing their best to break the resistance of the Communists. Hermann Göring (Yuri Averin) conceives a provocation: during the arson of the Reichstag, his associate must be caught with a ticket of a member of the Communist Party. The Reichstag is set on fire, the provocateur Marinus van der Lubbe (Georgi Kaloyanchev) and the deputy of the Reichstag Ernst Torgler are arrested. Mass repressions against Communists are commencing. Dimitrov also falls in the hands of the Nazi court. However, in the courtroom, workers, including Heinrich Lange (Gennadi Yudin), prove the falsehood of the acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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