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Aleksandr Bashirov
Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (russian: Александр Николаевич Баширов; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986. Biography Alexander Bashirov was born on 24 September 1955 in the village of Sogom. He was born in a mixed family of ethnic Russian father, Nikolai Zakharovich Kolygin and Siberian Tatar mother, Mariya Katyrovna Bashirova. In 1972 he arrived in Leningrad, filed papers into the first vocational school and began to acquire the specialty tiler, tilers, then worked at the cement plant in Vyborg. After military service he entered the VGIK (course Igor Talankin, then shop Anatoly Vasilyev), from which he graduated in 1989. He married a US citizen and in 1990-1991 he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York, periodically coming to the USSR to participate in the filming. He participated in Sergey Kuryokhin's Pop Mechanics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanty-Mansiysky District
Khanty-Mansiysky District (russian: Ха́нты-Манси́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #43-oz and municipalLaw #63-oz district (raion), one of the nine in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the center of the autonomous okrug. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Khanty-Mansiysk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 19,362. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khanty-Mansiysky District is one of the nine in the autonomous okrug. The town of Khanty-Mansiysk serves as its administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ..., despite being incorporated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Edge (2010 Film)
''The Edge'' (russian: Край, translit. Kray) is a 2010 Russian historical drama film directed by Alexei Uchitel. The film was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was also selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it didn't make the final shortlist. Plot At the end of World War II, thousands of former Soviet POWs, repatriated from Germany, were sent to Siberia by Stalin, to be ‘re-educated.’ The Edge is set in one such labour camp, on the edge of a dense forest. Despite being a war hero, Ignat, a disgraced Red Army locomotive driver, is sent to the camp as punishment for destroying the fastest locomotive in the Soviet Union during a reckless race. Upon arrival at the camp, Ignat quickly establishes a reputation for devotion to the labor camp's own steam railway engine. The railway line goes no further west than the camp because a bridge was washed out just before the start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Iron Heel Of Oligarchy
''The Iron Heel of Oligarchy'' ( ''Zheleznaya pyata oligarkhii'') is a 1999 Russian drama film directed by and starring Aleksandr Bashirov. It tells the story of a man who tries to organise a revolution against the oligarchs in Russia. The film is loosely based on episodes from Jack London's 1907 novel ''The Iron Heel''. It received a Tiger Award at the 1999 International Film Festival Rotterdam. Cast * Aleksandr Bashirov Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (russian: Александр Николаевич Баширов; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986. ... as Nikolai Petrovich * Evgeniy Fyodorov as Brother-in-arms * Konstantin Fyodorov as Brother-in-arms * Sergei Kagadeyev as Koordinator * Aleksandr Voronov as Brother-in-arms References 1999 drama films 1999 films Films about revolutions Films based on American novels Films based on works by Jack London Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down House (film)
''Down House'' (russian: Даун Хаус, Daun khaus) is a 2001 Russian comedy-gross-out film by Roman Kachanov, a modern interpretation of the 1869 novel ''The Idiot'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The film received the Special Jury Prize at Kinotavr. Premise The plot is set in modern Moscow, probably in the second half of the 1990s, with "New Russians", Hummer H1 jeeps, bribery, violence, truckfuls of tinned stew as a dowry, and so on. The film is quite far from the novel's subject, but still keeps to the main storyline. It features Fyodor Bondarchuk as Myshkin, and a soundtrack by DJ Groove, one of the most popular Russian DJs (who appears in the film as a taxi driver). In Russian, ''Даун'' (Down) primarily refers to a person with Down syndrome, or, colloquially, to anyone retarded or just stupid, so it is similar to Idiot; while ''Хаус'' (House) refers to House music, which is used extensively in the film. The name is also a reference to the tendency of Russian subcul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisters (2001 Film)
''Sisters'' (russian: Сёстры, translit. ''Syostry'') is a 2001 Russian crime film directed by Sergei Bodrov, Jr. It is notable as being his first and only film as director due to his death while filming his second film the year after. It was awarded Grand Prix for the Best Debut at the 2001 Kinotavr film festival. Plot Sveta (''Oksana Akinshina'') and Dina (''Katya Gorina'') are two half-sisters. Dina is spoiled and lives with her mother Natalia (''Tatiana Kolganova'') and father Alik (''Roman Ageyev''), who is a mid-ranking gangster, while Sveta lives with her grandma (''Tatyana Tkach'') in a more humble existence and wishes to be a sniper in the Russian Army. Upon Alik's release from prison after doing some time for a robbery, some of his old associates demand him to pay them back some money he allegedly owes. When he refuses, they attempt to kidnap the two girls to try to intimidate him to give them the money. However they manage to escape, and go on the run from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poisons Or The World History Of Poisoning
''Poisons or the World History of Poisoning'' (russian: Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений, Yady, ili vsemirnaya istoriya otravleniy) is a 2001 Russian fantastical absurdist comedy directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. Plot Young family of Volkov's, Oleg and Katya, move to an apartment they bought and get acquainted with their neighbor, locksmith Arnold Sharapov. Right during a friendly dinner Katya cheats on her husband. Frustrated Oleg decides to drown his sorrows in alcohol, but at the bar accidentally meets Ivan Petrovich Prokhorov, pensioner, whose wife in his time was also unfaithful. In a conversation with the nice old man, Oleg learns that Prokhorov punished his wife by slipping poison into her yogurt. And now Ivan strongly persuades Oleg to also kill his unfaithful wife, using a small collection of poisons which Prokhorov constantly carries with him. After some hesitation Oleg decides to do the terrible thing, but random interference from his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mechanical Suite
''Mechanical Suite'' (russian: Механическая сюита, Mekhanicheskaya syuita) is a 2001 Russian comedy-drama film directed by Dmitry Meskhiev. The film is based on the story ''Brothers'' by Janusz Głowacki. Plot Kolya (Sergei Golovkin), an employee from the patent department of a plant, goes to Lykovo near St. Petersburg for the weekend and dies of a heart attack. The administration of the plant decides to transport the body to the homeland of the deceased for burial. For this purpose two people are sent on a business trip: Markerants (Sergei Garmash), who at any time can develop an ulcer, and business-minded Mityagin (Mikhail Porechenkov). On the way, Mityagin offers Markerants to drink a toast in the dining car for Kolya, for destiny, for their country. All ends with Markerants giving all the money collected by the plant for Kolya's burial to some woman named Lyuyba (Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya). Having lost their travel money, they go on an adventure and drive with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear's Kiss
Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov ( rus, Серге́й Влади́мирович Бодро́в, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈdrof; born June 28, 1948) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2003 he was the President of the Jury at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. Life and career Bodrov was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). In the post-Soviet period he emigrated to the United States. His son, actor Sergei Bodrov, Jr. was killed in an avalanche in the mountains of the North Caucasus on September 20, 2002, while shooting a film titled ''The Messenger''. Bodrov's paternal grandmother was an ethnic Buryat, which influenced his decision to make the movie ''Mongol''. Bodrov currently has an apartment in Los Angeles and a ranch in Arizona. He is married to American film consultant Carolyn Cavallaro. Awards *''Prisoner of the Mountains'' **Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Director. **Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Man's Bluff
''Dead Man's Bluff'' or ''Zhmurki'' (russian: Жмурки) is a 2005 Russian black comedy/crime film. Director Aleksei Balabanov, who directed ''Brother'' and ''Brother 2'', uses cameo performances, by Russia's most prominent actors. The film depicts the anarchistic reality of the free-market streets of Russia in the beginning of 1990s, where the only real liberty was the freedom to kill. Plot The film opens with a professor lecturing a group of university students on the primitive accumulation of capital. The professor says: "Start-up capital is how everything begins - it makes it possible to start a business and multiply the initial investment many times over. The key question is how to get start-up capital..." By way of example, she begins to tell a story that supposedly took place a decade earlier during the socio-economic tumult in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The movie flashes to Nizhniy Novgorod in the mid-1990s, to an interrogation scene that takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 9th Company
''The 9th Company'' (russian: 9 рота, 9 rota) is a 2005 Russian war film directed by Fedor Bondarchuk and set during the Soviet–Afghan War. The film is loosely based on a real-life battle that took place at Elevation 3234 in early 1988, during Operation Magistral, the last large-scale Soviet military operation in Afghanistan. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot At a farewell ceremony in Krasnoyarsk, a band of young Soviet Army recruits is preparing to leave for military duty. Lyutyi (Artur Smolyaninov) one of the conscripts forms a group along with Chugun (Ivan Kokorin), Gioconda (Konstantin Kryukov), Ryaba ( Mikhail Evlanov), Stas (Artyom Mikhalkov), Seryi (Ivan Nikolaev), and Vorobey ( Aleksey Chadov). They have different interests and personalities that initially make it difficult for them to form bonds with each other. On arrival at their bootcamp in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan, they meet another recruit, Pinochet (Soslan Fidarov), a Chec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piter FM
Piter FM is a 2006 Russian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Oksana Bychkova and starring Ekaterina Fedulova, Evgeniy Tsyganov and Alexey Barabash. The plot revolves around the serendipitous and unexpected romance between a young man and woman living in St. Petersburg. Plot Masha is a young woman working for a popular St. Petersburg radio station as a DJ. Maksim is a young man with a degree in architecture who has moved to St. Petersburg from Nizhny Novgorod and who works part-time as a street sweeper. Although Masha and Maksim have never met, they share a common trait: both have a tendency to be clumsy in daily life, always dropping and spilling things. Each is also at a crossroads in their lives. Masha is getting ready to marry her old schoolmate, Kostya, while Maksim has just won an international architecture competition and is preparing to move to Germany for a new job. Masha accidentally bumps into somebody in a crowd and drops her cell phone while Maksim happens to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
