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Andrei Alekseyevich Popov
Andrei Alekseyevich Popov (russian: Андрей Алексеевич Попов; 12 April 1918 – 14 June 1983) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1965). Biography His father, Aleksey Popov, was the director of the Red Army Theatre. Young Popov made his film debut in 1930, as a schoolboy in Russian silent film ''Large Nuisance''; that film was eventually lost or destroyed during the turbulent history of the Soviet Union. Between 1935 and 1939 Popov studied acting at the Drama Studio of the Red Army Theatre in Moscow. Until 1974 he was a permanent member of the troupe at the Central Theatre of the Soviet Army (formerly known as the Red Army Theatre). During World War II, Andrei Popov entertained soldiers at the front-lines. After his father's retirement in 1963, Andrei Popov succeeded him as the artistic director of the Soviet Army Theatre. In 1974, Popov was invited to join the Moscow Art Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gentle Creature (1960 Film)
''A Gentle Creature'' (russian: Кроткая, Krotkaya) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Borisov (actor), Aleksandr Borisov. A screen adaptation of the A Gentle Creature, story of the same name by Dostoevsky. Plot From lack of money, a girl without a dowry marries a usurer. But later he learns about her husband's past: about the circumstances under which he left the regiment. The meek one tries to rebel against life with her despised husband. Cast * Iya Savvina as Gentle Woman * Andrei Alekseyevich Popov, Andrei Popov as Pawnbroker * Vera Kuznetsova as Lukerya * Panteleymon Krymov as Officer Yefimovich (as Pantelejmon Krymov) * Zinaida Dorogova as episode * Aleksandr Gustavson as Officer * Nikolai Kryukov (actor), Nikolai Kryukov as Lieutenant * Georgiy Kurovskiy as Officer References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gentle Creature 1960 films 1960s Russian-language films Soviet drama films 1960 drama films Films based on works by Fyodor Dostoyevsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mussorgsky (film)
''Mussorgsky'' (russian: Мусоргский, Musorgskiy) is a 1950 Soviet biopic film directed by Grigori Roshal, about the emergence of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film tells about the activities of the association of composers "The Five (composers), The Five", who were drawing inspiration from Russian folk art. Like many representatives of the Russian intelligentsia, members of this musical community were imbued with the plight of the peasants and sought to write works that would draw people's attention to this poorest layer of society. The young composer Modest Mussorgsky decides to devote his life to music and to make it the property of the people. Only his mother supports his “ignoble” undertakings. The young man leaves military service and ponders writing a work about the peasants, together with members of The Five. The Imperial Musical Society is not pleased with the activities of composers; it exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petruchio
Petruchio (an anglicisation of the Italian name Petruccio; ) is the male protagonist in Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (c. 1590–1594). Petruchio is a fortune seeker who enters into a marriage with a strong-willed young woman named Kate and then proceeds to "tame" her temperamental spirit. The role has attracted notable performers. Plot In the play, Petruchio comes to the town of Padua in the hopes of marrying a wealthy woman. Hortensio suggests that he marry Kate Minola, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the city, particularly because Hortensio can not court her sister Bianca until Kate is married. Petruchio takes an interest in Kate, owing to the dowry he could potentially receive, and agrees. During his first encounter with Kate, he matches her fierce temper and manages to convince her father that she passionately loves him but only pretends to hate him in public. The two are married, with Petruchio arriving at the wedding late and forcing Kate to le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taming Of The Shrew (1962 Film)
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a 1962 Australian television play, adapted by Alan Burke from the play by William Shakespeare. It stars Ron Haddrick and Brigid Lenihan. The play was done live but it included some filmed sequences shot in Centennial Park. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Cast *Ron Haddrick as Petruchio *Brigid Lenihan as Katherina *Noel Brophy as a suitor *Jon Ewing as a page *Judi Farr as the sister *Richard Meikle *Don Pascoe *Alec Pucci *Charles Tasman *Malcolm Billings *Moya O'Sullivan *Donald Philips Production Alan Burke called the play "brilliantly theatrical. It plays like an express train and takes everyone with it." Burke said in adapting the play for television "I did a lot of work on the play - and fond that sub plots and prologue take up almost two thirds of the running time. We have trimmmed it back to about one third of the total length and the play now goes like a dream with the principals were strong and clear." Geoffrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentle (film)
''A Gentle Creature'' (russian: Кроткая, Krotkaya) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Borisov. A screen adaptation of the story of the same name by Dostoevsky. Plot From lack of money, a girl without a dowry marries a usurer. But later he learns about her husband's past: about the circumstances under which he left the regiment. The meek one tries to rebel against life with her despised husband. Cast * Iya Savvina as Gentle Woman * Andrei Popov as Pawnbroker * Vera Kuznetsova as Lukerya * Panteleymon Krymov as Officer Yefimovich (as Pantelejmon Krymov) * Zinaida Dorogova as episode * Aleksandr Gustavson as Officer * Nikolai Kryukov as Lieutenant * Georgiy Kurovskiy Georgy (; russian: Георгий, Georgiy; bg, Георги, Georgi) is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. It corresponds to the English name George. The name Georgi is the most used masculine name in Bulgaria an ... as Officer References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gutta-percha Boy
Gutta-percha Boy (russian: Гуттаперчевый мальчик, Guttaperchevyy malchik) is a 1957 Soviet drama film adaptation of the novel by Russian writer Dmitry Grigorovich. Plot The film is set in the end of the 19th century. Petya, is an eight-year orphan who has been given into training to the German acrobat Karl Becker, who with curses and beatings introduces his new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploits the child in his performances. The only consolation which brightens the harsh life of the ''gutta-percha boy'', as Petya is referred to on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who pities the orphan and secretly teaches him the real art of the circus... During one of the performances, Petya while performing a difficult trick on Becker's demand, falls from a high altitude. Cast * Alexey Gribov as Clown Edwards * Mikhail Nazvanov as Karl Bogdanovich Bekker * Aleksandr Popov as Petya Subbotin (as Sasha Popov) * Inna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iago
Iago () is a fictional character in Shakespeare's ''Othello'' (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist, and Othello's standard-bearer. He is the husband of Emilia, who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona. Iago hates Othello and devises a plan to destroy him by making him believe that Desdemona is having an affair with his lieutenant, Michael Cassio. The role is thought to have been first played by Robert Armin, who typically played intelligent clown roles like Touchstone in ''As You Like It'' and Feste in ''Twelfth Night''. The character's source is traced to Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio's tale "Un Capitano Moro" in ''Gli Hecatommithi'' (1565). There, the character is simply "the ensign". Origin While no English translation of Cinthio was available in Shakespeare's lifetime, it is possible Shakespeare knew the Italian original, Gabriel Chappuy's 1584 French translation, or an English translation in manuscript. Cinthio's tale may have been ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othello (1955 Film)
''Othello'' (russian: Отелло) is a 1955 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich, based on the play '' Othello'' by William Shakespeare. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, where Yutkevich received the Best Director Award. Cast * Sergei Bondarchuk (in makeup) as Othello * Andrei Popov as Iago * Irina Skobtseva as Desdemona * Vladimir Soshalsky as Cassio * Yevgeny Vesnik Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik (russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Ве́сник; 15 January 1923 in Petrograd – 10 April 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor. The son of Yakov Vesnik, the first director of the Kryvorizhstal p ... as Roderigo * Antonina Maksimova as Emilia * Yevgeny Teterin as Brabantio * Mikhail Troyanovsky as Duke of Venice * Aleksei Kelberer as Montano * Nikolai Briling as Lodovico * Leila Ashrafova as Bianca References Further reading * . External links * 1955 films 1955 drama films Soviet drama films 1950s Russian-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road (1955 Film)
''The Road'' (russian: Дорога, Doroga) is a 1955 Soviet action film directed by Aleksandr Stolper and starring Andrei Popov and Nikolai Gritsenko.Rollberg p.669 Cast * Andrei Popov as Sergei Ignatyevich Baitalin * Vitaly Doronin as Fyodor Ivanovich * Nikolai Gritsenko as Ivan Alekseyevich * Tamara Loginova as Yekaterina Andreyevna Fyodorova * Lev Sverdlin as Beimbetov * Viktor Avdyushko as Vasya * Yevgeny Matveyev as Grigory Ivanovich Polipchuk * Yevgeny Leonov as Pasha Yeskov * Nikolai Sergeyev as Pavel Petrovich Falkovsky * Vladimir Kenigson Vladimir Vladimirovich Kenigson (russian: Владимир Владимирович Кенигсон; November 7, 1907 – November 17, 1986) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1982). Biography and caree ... as Reginald Snyders References Bibliography * Rollberg, Peter. ''Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. External links * 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Safety Match
''The Safety Match'', or ''The Swedish Match'' (russian: Шведская спичка, Shvedskaya spichka) is a 1954 Soviet comedy film directed by Konstantin Yudin, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's 1884 story of the same name.State Central Museum of Cinema. National adaptations of Anton Chekhov's writings at ProfiCinema, 30 January 2015 (in Russian) Plot The inhabitants of the county discovered the body of the dead retired cornet Mark Klyauzov. At the scene of the crime was a charred Swedish match, which led investigators to think about a chain of terrible events. But it's not as simple as it seems.Cast * |
Hostile Whirlwinds
''Hostile Whirlwinds'' (russian: Вихри враждебные, Vikhri vrazhdebnye) is a 1953 Soviet historical film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov based on a screenplay by Nikolai Pogodin. Plot summary Film portrays the first years of Soviet government, biography of Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1918–1921. In 1956 the film was re-released without scenes with Joseph Stalin. This film explores a complex time between a relationship of two severely stern Soviet lovers who explore a complicated relationship. Some themes that occur during this film are resilience, the need for violence in difficult circumstances, and how physical relationships affect actual issues. This movie is symbolically sensual and takes great interpretation to understand the true meaning of this relationship. This substory occurs in the midst of several tragic events. It is rumoured that this story had a direct connection to the actual events of Joseph Stalin's third cousin's wife's best friend and how Stalin may ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Stasov
Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov (also Stassov; rus, Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ста́сов; 14 January Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_calendar#Adoption_in_Eastern_Europe.html" ;"title="/nowiki> O.S._2_January.html" ;"title="Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe">O.S. 2 January">Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe">O.S. 2 January/small> 1824 – 23 October .S. 10 October/small> 1906), was a Russian critic of music and art. Born into a wealthy, noble family Stasov became a prominent figure in mid-19th-century Russian culture. He discovered a large number of its greatest talents, inspired many of their works and fought their battles in numerous articles and letters to the press. As such, he carried on a lifelong debate with Russian novelist and playwright Ivan Turgenev, who considered Stasov "our great all-Russian critic." He wanted Russian art to liberate itself from what he saw as Europe's hold. By copying the west, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
