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Aleksandr Pashutin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pashutin (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пашу́тин; born January 28, 1943, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). Selected filmography * 1975: ''Bonus'' as Oleg Kachnov * 1976: ''How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor'' as painter * 1977: '' White Bim Black Ear'' as dog show judge * 1977: '' The Second Attempt of Viktor Krokhin'' as Sergey Andreevich * 1977: ''Destiny'' as crazy man (uncredited) * 1980: '' Air Crew'' as a passenger with a dislocated jaw * 1980: ''Investigation Held by ZnaToKi'' as Gorobets * 1980: '' The Evening Labyrinth'' as waiter * 1980: '' White Snow of Russia'' as Semyonov * 1982: '' Incident at Map Grid 36-80'' as Captain Gremyachkin * 1982: ''The Train Has Stopped'' as train passenger * 1983: ''Quarantine'' as colleague of the grandmother * 1983: '' From the Life of a Chief of the Criminal Police'' as driver Utkin * 1983: '' Start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TASS Is Authorized To Declare
''TASS Is Authorized to Declare...'' (russian: ТАСС уполномочен заявить..., translit. ''TASS upolnomochen zayavit...'') is a 1984 Soviet spy miniseries directed by Vladimir Fokin. The series is set in Cold War era and portrays the struggle of Soviet and American intelligence agencies. It is based on a novel by the same name by Yulian Semyonov (the author of cult spy series ''Seventeen Moments of Spring''). "17 Moments" star Vyacheslav Tikhonov played KGB General Konstantinov, the protagonist of the "TASS..." series.Taisiya Belousova Козлы отпущения/ref> Original film music score was composed by Eduard Artemyev as a blend of progressive rock and electronic music. Plot ''Trianon'' ( Boris Klyuyev), a willing mole agent for the Americans, is providing his CIA handlers in Moscow with information on Soviet supplies to the fictional African state of Nagonia which he obtains through his high-positioned expert job. The KGB counterintelligenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Waters (2000 Film)
Still Waters (russian: Тихие омуты, Tikhie omuti) is 2000 Russian romantic comedy-drama directed by Eldar Ryazanov. Plot Anton M. Kashtanov (Alexander Abdulov) is a talented surgeon and head of a large clinic. He decides to escape his domineering and bad-tempered wife Pauline in the village of Still Waters. Here he reconnects with his childhood friend, the head of the local nature reserve. This pastoral idyll is unsettled by one matter: at the time of Kashtanov's departure two million dollars have disappeared from his foundation. Two strong women launch independent investigations: a police detective and a TV reporter... Cast * Alexander Abdulov - academician Anton M. Kashtanov * Oksana Korostishevskaya - journalist Eugenie Tobolskaya (Jackie) * Lyubov Polishchuk - Pauline, Kashtanov's wife * Jan Tsapnik - Vlad, the operator * Olga Volkova (actress), Olga Volkova - Varvara Petrovna Muromova, police detective * Andrey Makarevich - forester * Andrey Smolyakov - Ivan Pavlovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Hags
''Old Hags'' (russian: Старые клячи, translit. ''Starye klyachi'', ''Old nags'', "Old useless horses") is a 2000 Russian comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. Plot Four middle-aged women with different fates live in Moscow. One of them, Anna - PhD, has to work at a car wash and is constantly subjected to insults from the owner. Another woman, Lisa - a former trade-union worker, now works at a market. The owner of the vegetable shop constantly penalizes her for allegedly stealing money. Third, Masha - a former railway worker, sells pies in an underpass. Finally, Lyuba – an intelligent woman – has to sell newspapers. All of these women are very different, but they share one thing - they are most loyal friends, always ready to help each other. Soon Lyuba gets in a terrible situation. She decides to sell her luxurious apartment (her parental inheritance) with a view of the Kremlin for 100 thousand dollars, and buy inexpensive housing somewhere in the outskirts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello, Fools!
''Hello, Fools!'' (russian: Привет, дуралеи!, Privet, duralei!) is a 1996 Russian film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film is a fantastical melodrama and comedy. Plot Jura Kablukov is a cheerful, kind, but very unlucky man. He works as a cleaner of historical monuments in Moscow, together with his friend, Fedor, a folk craftsman, who is spoiled with women's attention. Kablukov is divorced and his ex-wife, Svetlana, a millionaire manager of a fashion agency, wants to evict him from their apartment. Some time ago Kablukov had a strange dream: he, Jura Kablukov, is the French jeweler Auguste Derulen, who lives with his wife, beautiful Polina in Moscow during the October Revolution. On the eve of a search (equivalent to a brazen robbery) committed by "revolutionary" soldiers and sailors, Auguste and Polina hide gold and jewelry into a statue adorning the walls of their apartment. Soon an even more strange event comes to pass. Jura meets with Ksenia, a sweet and kind but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prediction (film)
''Prediction'' (russian: Предсказание, Predskazaniye) is a 1993 Russian film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and is based on his eponymous novella. The film is a fantastical melodrama and thriller. Plot Famous writer Oleg Goryunov returns to troublous Moscow from a creative writing trip. The confrontation between president Boris Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet is in full swing, tanks, armored personnel carriers and armed soldiers are on the streets. At the train station a gypsy woman accosts Goryunov and offers to tell his fortunes. He takes it with humor, but suddenly he hears the unexpected ... he shall have some unusual meeting, and the worst thing is that in exactly 24 hours Goryunov shall die. The writer, shook up by such grim predictions, comes home and finds in his apartment ... himself, another Oleg Goryunov, only very young. Shocked, "old Goryunov" tries to find out from "young Goryunov" why they had to meet, but it still remains a mystery ... Realizing that he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encore, Once More Encore!
''Encore, Once More Encore!'' (russian: Анкор, ещё анкор!, Ankor, escho ankor!) is a 1992 post-war eccentric tragi-comedy set at the end of the Forties and the beginning of the Fifties. Release in the US took place October 10, 1992. The film has won 5 awards, including The Best Film Nika Award, 1993. Plot In a distant garrison town, life proceeds at a measured pace. The officers drink and debauch, while the soldiers serve. Meanwhile, the accidentally unleashed human emotions are suffocated by the atmosphere of cruelty and hypocrisy. Lt. Poletaev ( Yevgeny Mironov) is an irrepressible character. Even the grim nature of service in the Red Army following World War II isn't enough to dampen his spirits. Instead, he keeps things lively by accompanying the base's chorus on his accordion, and by attempting to get women to join the chorus. He succeeds in both his aims. Not only that, but he also has romantic chemistry with one of the female singers (Irina Rozanova). Unfortuna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promised Heaven
''Promised Heaven'' (russian: Небеса обетованные, translit=Nebesa obetovannye, italic=yes) is a 1991 Soviet film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film is a fantastical social tragicomedy. Plot The movie is set in against the dusk of the Soviet Union and associated changes in economical and social life. Near one of Moscow's train stations, on a landfill site, a group of vagrancy (people), vagrants lives. Due to a variety of reasons, once prosperous people have lost their jobs, homes, loved ones and began living at a landfill. Among them are: Anthemia, a talented artist; her brother Fedor Yelistratov, who was repressed in the days of Stalinism; Solomon, a former engineer, who lost his job because his family emigrated to Israel; and former cook and housemaid Katya, who was beaten and kicked out of her house by her drunkard son. The head of those unfortunate people is "President" - a former Communist Party of the Soviet Union, party worker Dmitry Loginov, who like his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inner Circle (1991 Film)
''The Inner Circle'' is a 1991 drama film by Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky, telling the story of Joseph Stalin's private projectionist and KGB officer Ivan Sanchin (real name Alex Ganchin) between 1939 and 1953, the year Stalin died. Sanchin is played by Tom Hulce, and the film co-stars Lolita Davidovitch and Bob Hoskins. The film is based on a true story and is an American, Italian and Russian production. It is in English and has a running time of 137 minutes. ''The Inner Circle'' was nominated for awards at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival and the 1993 Nika Awards. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Plot Shortly after his marriage to Anastasia, Ivan Sanchin, who works as a projectionist at the headquarters of the state security service (called, anachronistically, KGB in the film), is summoned urgently to the Kremlin. Having proved his skill, he is appointed private projectionist to Stalin and his inner circle, including the head of state security B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock'n'roll For Princesses
''Rock'n'roll for Princesses'' (russian: Рок-н-ролл для принцесс, Rok-n-roll dlya printsess) is a 1991 Soviet children's fantasy film directed by Radomir Vasilevsky, based on the book ''Tournament in the Kingdom of Fiofegas'' by Radiy Pogodin. Plot King of one fairy kingdom Philogerts (Viktor Pavlov) is concerned that his only son Prince Philotheus (Andrei Ankudinov) does not want to grow up. Then the king decides to get him married. To do this, he arranges a contest of princesses, the winner of which will become the wife of Philotheus. The court magician of the kingdom of Izmora (Gražina Baikštytė) helps to arrange the competition. Cast *Gražina Baikštytė as Wizard of Izmora *Viktor Pavlov as King of the Philogenians *Andrey Ankudinov as Prince Philotheus *Svetlana Nemolyaeva as Queen (vocals by Larisa Dolina) *Lyudmila Arinina as teacher *Pavel Vinnik as teacher *Yevgeny Gerchakov as educator *Vladimir Nosik as Lom, educator * Svetlana Svirko as Princes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Le Daim
Olivier le Daim (born Olivier de Neckere; c. 1428 – May 21, 1484) was a French favourite courtier and close advisor of Louis XI of France. Life He was born of humble parentage at Tielt in Flanders. His original surname was "de Neckere", that in Flemish means "evil spirit", giving him the nickname of ''"Olivier le Mauvais''" ("Olivier the Wicked"). Seeking his fortune at Paris, he became court barber and valet to Louis XI, and so ingratiated himself with the king that in 1474 he was ennobled under the title Le Daim and in 1477 made comte de Meulan. In the latter year he was sent to Burgundy to influence Mary of Burgundy, the young heiress of Charles the Bold, but he was ridiculed and compelled to leave Ghent. He thereupon seized and held Tournai for the French. Le Daim had considerable talent for intrigue, and, according to his enemies, could always be depended upon to execute the baser designs of the king. He amassed a large fortune, largely by oppression and violence, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Quentin Durward, Marksman Of The Royal Guard
''The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard'' (russian: Приключения Квентина Дорварда, стрелка королевской гвардии) is a 1988 Soviet adventure film directed by Sergey Tarasov. Plot The film takes place in France in the 15th century. The film tells about the Scot, who is accepted into the guard. He must fulfill a difficult mission, which in fact is even more difficult than it seems. Cast * Olga Kabo * Aleksandr Koznov * Aleksandr Lazarev * Aleksandr Yakovlev * Aleksandr Pashutin * Yury Kuznetsov * Leonid Kulagin * Boris Khmelnitskiy * Pauls Butkevics * Boris Khimichev Boris Petrovich Khimichev (russian: Борис Петрович Химичев; 12 January 1933 – 14 September 2014) was a Ukrainian-born Russian actor who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1993. Khimichev worked at the Mayakovsky Theatre ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adventures of Quentin Durward, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
