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Bruno Freindlich
Bruno Arturovich Freindlich (russian: Бруно Артурович Фрейндлих; 10 October 1909 – 9 July 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1974). His daughter Alisa Freindlich is also a notable actress. Biography A native of Saint Petersburg and of German ancestry, Bruno Freindlich began his career as an actor performing for audiences of children. For two years he worked at the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama. Since 1948, he was a leading actor of the former Alexandrine Theatre. Among his stage works were Khlestakov in ''The Government Inspector'' and Hamlet in Grigori Kozintsev's staging of Shakespeare's play. He played the roles of Peer Gynt, père Goriot, Gayev in ''The Cherry Orchard'', Baron in ''The Lower Depths''. One of the dearest roles of Freindlich, which he played for many years, was the part of writer Ivan Turgenev in the play ''Elegy''. For the role of Guglielmo Marconi in the propaganda film '' Alexander Popov'' he won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (; 25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italians, Italian inventor and electrical engineering, electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegraphy, wireless telegraph system. This led to Marconi being credited as the inventor of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".Guglielmo Marconi: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 . nobelprize.org Marconi was also an entrepreneur, businessman, and founder of Marconi Company, The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom in 1897 (which became the Marconi Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Quixote (1957 Film)
''Don Quixote'' (russian: Дон Кихот, translit. Don Kikhot) is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev. It is based on Evgeny Schwartz's stage adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes's novel of the same name. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. The film was exhibited in the mid-1960s by Australian University film clubs receiving the productions of Sovexportfilm. It was the first film version of ''Don Quixote'' to be filmed in both widescreen and color. Cast * Nikolay Cherkasov as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano * Yuri Tolubeyev as Sancho Panza * Serafima Birman as The Housekeeper * Lyudmila Kasyanova as Aldonsa * Svetlana Grigoryeva as The Niece * Vasily Maksimov as The Priest * Viktor Kolpakov as The Barber * Tamilla Agamirova as Lady Altisidora * Georgy Vitsin as Sanson Carrasco * Bruno Freindlich as The Duke * Lidiya Vertinskaya as The Duchess * Galina Volchek Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek (russian: Гали́н ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Captains (film)
, image =Two Captains (film).jpg , caption = , director = Vladimir Vengerov , producer =Joseph Polyakov , writer = , starring = , music = Oleg Karavaychuk , cinematography = Apollinari Dudko , editing = Yevgenia Makhankova , released = 1955 , runtime = 98 min. , country = Soviet Union , language = Russian , budget = Lenfilm ''Two Captains'' (russian: Два капитана, Dva kapitana) is a 1955 Soviet adventure film directed by Vladimir Vengerov, based on a novel by Veniamin Kaverin. Plot Alexander Grigoriev dreams of becoming a polar pilot and finding traces of the Arctic expedition of Captain Tatarinov, which has disappeared, and he persistently goes to his goal. Cast * Aleksandr Mikhaylov as Sanya Grigoryev * Olga Zabotkina as Katya Tatarinova * Anatoly Adoskin as Valya Zhukov * Yevgeni Lebedev as Romashov * Borya Belyayev as Sanya Grigoryev in childhood * Bruno Freindlich as Ivan Pavlovich Korablyov * Nina Drobysheva as Sasha, Sanya's sister * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelfth Night (1955 Film)
''Twelfth Night'' (russian: Двенадцатая ночь, transliteration ''Dvenadtsataya noch'') is a 1955 Soviet comedy film by Lenfilm based on Shakespeare's play ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will''. The script was written by Yan Frid. The film was released in the Soviet Union on 21 November 1955, and in the United States on 3 March 1956. Cast * Klara Luchko as Viola/Sebastian * Alla Larionova as Olivia * Vadim Medvedev as Duke Orsino * Mikhail Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Я́ншин) (20 October 1902 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet stage and film actor. Biography Yanshin was born in the city of Yukhnov, located in the present-day Kalug ... as Sir Toby Belch * Georgi Vitsin as Sir Andrew Aguecheek * Vasili Merkuryev as Malvolio * Bruno Freindlich as Feste * Sergei Filippov as Fabian * Anna Lisyanskaya as Maria * Nina Urgant as maidservant * Aleksandr Antonov as Sea Captain * Sergei Lukyanov as Antonio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyula Andrássy
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (8 March 1823 – 18 February 1890) was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and subsequently as Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (1871–1879). Andrássy was a conservative; his foreign policies looked to expanding the Empire into Southeast Europe, preferably with British and German support, and without alienating Turkey. He saw Russia as the main adversary, because of its own expansionist policies toward Slavic and Orthodox areas. He distrusted Slavic nationalist movements as a threat to his multi-ethnic empire. Biography The son of Count Károly Andrássy and Etelka Szapáry, he was born in Oláhpatak (now in Rožňava District, Slovakia), Kingdom of Hungary. The son of a liberal father who belonged to the political opposition, at a time when opposing the government was very dangerous, Andrássy at a very early age threw himself into the political struggles of the day, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes Of Shipka
''Geroite na Shipka'' ( bg, Героите на Шипка, links=no; russian: Герои Шипки, links=no, ''Geroi Shipki''; in English: ''Shipka heroes''; US title: ''Heroes of Shipka'') is a 1955 Soviet Union/Bulgarian co-production drama film. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. The production companies behind the film are Boyana Film, Bulgar Film and Lenfilm. The film won the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Ivan Pereverzev as Katorgin * Viktor Avdyushko as Osnobishin * Georgi Yumatov as Cossack Sashko Kozir * Konstantin Sorokin as Makar Lizyuta * Petko Karlukovsky as Borimechkata * Apostol Karamitev as Petka * Anatoli Alekseyev as Timofei * Yevgeny Samoylov as Gen. Skobelev * Aleksandr Smirnov as Strukov * Nikolai Massalitinov as Gorchakov * Nikolai Simonov as Otto von Bismarck * Bruno Freindlich as Gyula Andrássy * Stefan Pejchev as Panayot * Zheni Bozhinova a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinsky (film)
''Belinsky'' (russian: Белинский) is a 1953 Soviet biopic film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951 but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin. Cast * Sergei Kurilov as Vissarion Belinsky * Aleksandr Borisov as Alexander Herzen * Georgy Vitsin as Nikolai Gogol * Yuri Lyubimov as Frolov * Yuri Tolubeyev as Mikhail Shchepkin * Vladimir Chestnokov as Nikolay Nekrasov * Mikhail Nazvanov as Nicholas I * Igor Gorbachyov as student * Arkadi Trusov as sergeant * Nikolay Simonov as landlord * Olga Aroseva as actress * Nikolay Trofimov as typographic worker * Bruno Freindlich Bruno Arturovich Freindlich (russian: Бруно Артурович Фрейндлих; 10 October 1909 – 9 July 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1974). His daughter Alisa Freindlich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimsky-Korsakov (film)
''Rimsky-Korsakov'' (russian: Римский-Корсаков) is a 1953 Soviet biopic directed by Gennadi Kazansky and Grigori Roshal and starring Grigori Belov, Nikolai Cherkasov and Aleksandr Borisov. The film portrays the life of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.Mitchell p.183 The film was shot in Sovcolor. Cast * Grigori Belov as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov * Nikolai Cherkasov as Vladimir Stasov * Aleksandr Borisov as Savva Mamontov * Liliya Gritsenko as Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel * Viktor Khokhryakov as Alexander Glazunov * Anatoliy Kuznetsov as Anatoly Lyadov * Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Rimskaya-Korsakova * Aleksandr Ognivtsev as Feodor Chaliapin * Boris Kokovkin as Valentin Serov * Sergei Kurilov as Mikhail Vrubel * Lidiya Dranovskaya as Almazova * Anatoli Verbitsky as Mikhailov * Tatyana Lennikova as Lebedeva * Agasi Babayan as Daryan * Bruno Freindlich as Ramensky * Vladimir Balashov as Sergei Diaghilev * Fyodor Nikitin as The Grand Duke * Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Cui
César Antonovich Cui ( rus, Це́зарь Анто́нович Кюи́, , ˈt͡sjezərʲ ɐnˈtonəvʲɪt͡ɕ kʲʊˈi, links=no, Ru-Tsezar-Antonovich-Kyui.ogg; french: Cesarius Benjaminus Cui, links=no, italic=no; 13 March 1918) was a Russian composer and music critic, member of the Belyayev circle and The Five – a group of composers combined by the idea of creating a specifically Russian type of music. As an officer of the Imperial Russian Army he rose to the rank of Engineer-General (equivalent to full General), taught fortifications in Russian military academies and wrote a number of monographs on the subject. Biography Upbringing and career Cesarius-Benjaminus Cui was born in Wilno, Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Vilnius, Lithuania) into a Roman Catholic family of French and Polish– Lithuanian descent, the youngest of five children. The original French spelling of his surname was "Queuille". His French father, Antoine (Anton Leonardovic ... [...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] |
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (; 25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italians, Italian inventor and electrical engineering, electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegraphy, wireless telegraph system. This led to Marconi being credited as the inventor of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".Guglielmo Marconi: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 . nobelprize.org Marconi was also an entrepreneur, businessman, and founder of The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom in 1897 (which became the Marconi Company). In 1929, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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