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Anxious Sunday
''Anxious Sunday'' (russian: Тревожное воскресенье, Trevozhnoye voskreseniye) is a 1983 disaster film directed by Rudolf Fruntov. Plot A Liberian tanker called "Ghent" is moored in the port of a Black Sea city. A repair team is sent to the ship, consisting of three experienced locksmiths and a young trainee, to repair a minor malfunction. During the repair, a fire breaks out aboard the ship that leaves the workers and mechanics trapped in the ship's hold. The locksmiths and the mechanic are experienced men and surround the intern with care and support. When he faints, they gently hold him in their arms. However, the spill of oil threatens to ignite and cause catastrophe for the entire port. To help the local firefighters, a convoy of fire trucks from Belodolsk is dispatched, but the road to it is blocked by a heavy panel truck that has turned over due to a dangerous maneuver performed by the driver. The Soviet firefighters who arrive have the difficult task of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klara Luchko
Klara Stepanivna Luchko ( uk, Клара Степанівна Лучко; russian: Кла́ра Степа́новна Лучко́; 1 July 1925 – 26 March 2005) was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian actress known for her roles in the Soviet cinema. She received the title of People's Artist of the USSR, the highest honour that could be bestowed to a cinema artist, in 1978. She was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class (2000). document.kremlin.ru Selected filmography * '' Michurin'' (russian: Мичурин, 1948) as ''guest'' * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Emmanuil Gedeonovich Vitorgan (russian: Эммануи́л Гедео́нович Виторга́н; born 27 December 1939) is a Soviet, Russian film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1990). People's Artist of Russia (1998). He acted in over a hundred films. Personal life *First wife — actress Tamara Rumyantseva (born in 1936), the marriage broke up in 1970. **Daughter Ksenia Rumyantseva. ***Grandchildren — Alexander and Nikita. Great-grandchildren - Mark and Alisa. * Second wife — actress Alla Balter (1939-2000). **Son Maxim (1972) — film and theater actor, married to Ksenia Sobchak. ***Grandchildren — Polina, Daniil and Platon. * Third wife — Irina Mlodik (born in 1962). **Daughter Ethel (2018). **Daughter Klara (2019). Selected filmography * 1960 — '' A Man with the Future'' as miner * 1971 — ''King Lear'' as servant / Edgar (voice) * 1980 — '' Star Inspector'' as Douglas Kober * 1982 — ''Charodei'' as Viktor Kovrov * 1983 — '' Anx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Belyavsky (actor)
Alexander Borisovich Belyavsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Беля́вский, 6 May 1932 – 8 September 2012) was a Soviet/Russian actor who appeared in more than one hundred films. Belyavsky was also the first presenter of the popular TV Show ''The 13 Chairs Tavern''. In 1988 he was designated a Meritorious Artist of Russia; in 2003, he was named a People's Artist of Russia. Biography Alexander Belyavsky was born in Moscow, to Boris Moiseyevich Belyavsky and his wife Lyubov Alexandrovna. He was the family's eldest child, with two younger siblings. After finishing school in 1949 he enrolled into the Geological research faculty of the Moscow's Gold and Non-ferrous metals Institute where he studied up until 1955, making frequent trips to the Central Asian Soviet republics for professional practice. After the graduation Belyavsky spent several years in Irkutsk, working for the East-Siberian Geological department. He made his debut as an actor at the Irkuts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosfilm
Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output includes most of the more widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging from works by Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein, to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production ''Dersu Uzala'' () and the epic ''War and Peace'' (). History The Moscow film production company with studio facilities was established in November 1920 by the motion picture mogul Aleksandr Khanzhonkov ("first film factory") and I. Ermolev ("third film factory") as a unit of Goskino, the USSR's film monopoly. The first movie filmed by Mosfilm was ''On the Wings Skyward'' (directed by Boris Mikhin). In 1927, the construction of a new film studio complex began on Potylikha Street (renamed to Mosfilmovskaya Street in 1939) in Sparrow Hills of Moscow. This film st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disaster Film
A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Such disasters may include natural disasters, accidents, military/terrorist attacks or global catastrophes such as a pandemic. A subgenre of action films, these films usually feature some degree of build-up, the disaster itself, and sometimes the aftermath, usually from the point of view of specific individual characters or their families or portraying the survival tactics of different people. These films often feature large casts of actors and multiple plot lines, focusing on the characters' attempts to avert, escape or cope with the disaster and its aftermath. The genre came to particular prominence during the 1970s with the release of high-profile films such as ''Airport'' (1970), followed in quick succession by '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972), ''Earthquake'' (1974) and ''The Towering Inferno'' (1974). The casts are generally made up of familia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vsevolod Safonov
Vsevolod Dmitrievich Safonov (russian: Все́волод Дми́триевич Сафо́нов; 9 April 1926 – 6 July 1992) was a Soviet actor of theatre and cinema. He was awarded the title People's Artist of the USSR Prize (1974). Biography Vsevolod Dmitrievich Safonov was born on 9 April 1926 in Moscow. Vsevolod's father died in his early childhood and was brought up by his mother. The family lived in а two-room apartment on the outskirts of the capital, on Surikov Street in Sokol. As a child, Vsevolod dreamed of becoming a pilot. When the Great Patriotic War began, Vsevolod was fifteen years old. He wanted to go to the front and enrolled in an aviation technical school, which he graduated at the end of the war, in 1945, but in a technical field and not in the flight specialty. Тo the great disappointment of Vsevolod Safonov, the medical commission did not allow him military service for health reasons.' Friends of Safonov with whom he attended an amateur theater club re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Zozulin
Viktor Viktorovich Zozulin (; 10 October 1944 – 16 August 2022) was a Russian film and theatre actor. Biography Zozulin attended the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, which he had finished with honours. He then earned some invitations to at least seven theaters. Zozulin had played as Calaf in the play ''Princess Turandot'', which was considered one of his first known roles. He worked in Vakhtangov Theatre for more than 55 years. He had played numerous roles during his film and theatre career. Zozulin was a recipient of the Honored Artist of the RSFSR. He was also honored with the title of the People's Artist of Russia. He was famous for playing radio technician Kostya, the friend of one of the main characters of ''Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures''. Zozulin died of illness in August 2022, at the age of 77. References External links * * * Rotten Tomatoes profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romualdas Ramanauskas
Romualdas Ramanauskas (born 4 February 1950, Vilnius) is a Lithuanian film and theater actor. Biography In 1972 he graduated from the Lithuanian Conservatoire. He worked for 20 years as an actor at the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. In 1992 he moved to the Youth Theatre of Lithuania, in 2001, returned to LNDT (up to 2003). Since 1970, he appeared in films, playing mostly roles of antagonists. His biggest role was of Richard Lozberg in the television series ''Long Road in the Dunes'' (1980-1981). Selected filmography * 1970: The Damned Submission * 1972: Herkus Mantas * 1976: The Favorite * 1981: Long Road in the Dunes * 1982: Rich man, poor man * 1983: Anxious Sunday * 1984: European History * 1984: The Invisible Man * 1985: We charge * 1985: Karmelyuk * 1985: Option Zombie * 1986: Astrologer * 1987: The Invisible Man * 1989: Abduction of the Wizard * 1992: Doublet * 1992: In the mist * 1996: Judenkreis, or eternal wheel * 2007: War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Kosykh
Viktor Ivanovich Kosykh (russian: Виктор Иванович Косых; January 27, 1950 – December 22, 2011) was a Soviet and Russian theater and cinema actor. He is probably best known for the role of Danko Schusya in the famous film ''The Elusive Avengers'' and in its sequels, '' The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' and ''The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers''. He is buried at the Khovanskoye Cemetery. Partial filmography * '' Welcome, or No Trespassing'' (russian: Добро пожаловать, или Посторонним вход воспрещён, 1964) as Kostya Inochkin * '' Father of a Soldier'' (Отец солдата, 1964) as Vasya * '' They're Calling, Open the Door'' (Звонят, откройте дверь, 1966) as Genka Dresvyannikov * ''The Elusive Avengers'' (Неуловимые мстители, 1967) as Danka Shchus * '' The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' (Новые приключения Не ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Drama Films
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Russian Disaster Films
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1980s Disaster Films
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