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Balzaminov's Marriage
''Balzaminov's Marriage'' (russian: Женитьба Бальзаминова, Zhenitba Balzaminova) is a 1964 Soviet comedy film directed by Konstantin Voynov and loosely based on three plays by Alexander Ostrovsky: "Celebratory Daydream is Only Before Dinner", "Two Dogs Fight, the Third Keep Away" and "Whatever You Look for, You'll Find". Cast * Georgy Vitsin as Misha Balzaminov * Lyudmila Shagalova as Pavla Balzamonova, his Mother * Lidiya Smirnova as Akulina Krasvina, Matchmaker * Ekaterina Savinova as Matryona * Zhanna Prokhorenko as Kapochka Nichkina * Lyudmila Gurchenko as Ustinka, Kapochka friend * Tamara Nosova as Kapochka's mother * Nikolai Kryuchkov as Neuyedenov, Kapochka's uncle * Rolan Bykov as Lukyan Chebakov * Inna Makarova as Anfisa Pezhonova, older sister * Nadezhda Rumyantseva as Raisa Pezhonova, younger sister * Tatyana Konyukhova as Khimka * Nonna Mordyukova as Domna Belotelova * Grigory Shpigel Grigory Oyzerovich Spiegel (russian: Григо́рий О́й ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Voynov
The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' (Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. A number of notable persons in the Byzantine Empire, and (via mediation by the Christian Eastern Orthodox Church) in Russian history and earlier East Slavic history are often referred to by this name. "Konstantin" means "firm, constant". There is a number of variations of the name throughout European cultures: * Константин (Konstantin) in Russian (diminutive Костя/Kostya), Bulgarian (diminutives Косьо/Kosyo, Коце/Kotse) and Serbian * Костянтин (Kostiantyn) in Ukrainian (diminutive Костя/Kostya) * Канстанцін (Kanstantsin) in Belarusian * Konstantinas in Lithuanian * Konstantīns in Latvian * Konstanty in Polish (diminutive Kostek) * Constantin in Romanian (diminutive Costel), French * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inna Makarova
Inna Vladimirovna Makarova (russian: И́нна Влади́мировна Мака́рова; 28 July 1926 – 25 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She grew up in Novosibirsk. In 1948 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow and began to work as an actress at the National Film Actors' Theatre. In 1949, she was awarded the Stalin Prize for her role as Lyubov Shevtsova in Sergei Gerasimov's '' The Young Guard''. In 1985, she was awarded the designation of People's Artist of the USSR. Inna Makarova was married to Sergei Bondarchuk and is the mother of Natalya Bondarchuk. Makarova died in Moscow on 25 March 2020 at the age of 93. Selected filmography * ''It Happened in the Donbass'' (1945) * '' The Young Guard'' (1948) * ''The Return of Vasili Bortnikov'' (1953) * '' The Rumyantsev Case'' (1956) * ''The Height'' (1957) * ''My Beloved'' (1958) * '' The Girls'' (1961) * ''Balzaminov's Marriage'' (1964) * ''The Big Ore'' (1964) * ''Crime and Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Comedy Films
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In Vladimir Oblast
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Works By Alexander Ostrovsky
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosfilm Films
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 Ostern, Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production ''Dersu Uzala (1975 film), Dersu Uzala'' () and the epic ''War and Peace (film series), 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 Mosfilmovskay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Films
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, ''Mary Poppins,'' '' My Fair Lady,'' and ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'' Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – 50-year-old actor Alan Ladd is found dead in bed at his home in Palm Springs, California. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film, '' The Carpetbaggers'', is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success. * March 6 – Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, '' Kissin' Cousins'', is released to theaters. * March 15 - Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton. * July 6 – '' A Hard Day's Night'', the first Beatles film, premieres. * August 27 – The film ''Mary Poppins'' is released. Not o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigory Shpigel
Grigory Oyzerovich Spiegel (russian: Григо́рий О́йзерович Шпи́гель; 24 July 1914 — 28 April 1981) was a Soviet and Russian actor and voice actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974). Biography He worked as a pleater at a dye factory in Leningrad. He studied at the directing department of the Central School of amateur theater in Moscow. In 1940 he graduated from an acting school at the Mosfilm. He worked as a National Film Actors' Theatre. He took part in voicing cartoon characters, known for his voice being unusually high pitched and sonorous for a man. Death Died April 28, 1981. He was buried in Moscow at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery. Selected filmography * ''The Oppenheim Family'' (Семья Оппенгейм, 1939) as ''high-school student'' (uncredited) * ''Taxi to Heaven'' (Воздушный извозчик, 1943) as ''Anany Svetlovidov'' * ''Ballad of Siberia'' (Сказание о земле Сибирской, 1947) as ''Gregory Galaida'' * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonna Mordyukova
Noyabrina Viktorovna Mordyukova (Russian: Но́нна (Ноябри́на) Ви́кторовна Мордюко́ва; 25 November 1925 – 6 July 2008) was a Soviet and Russian actress and People's Artist of the USSR (1974). She was the star of films like director Denis Yevstigneyev's ''Mama'' and Nikita Mikhalkov's 1980s hit ''Family Relations''. The editorial board of the British ''Who's Who'' encyclopedia included Nona Mordyukova among the top 20 actresses of the 20th century. Biography Nonna (Noyabrina) Viktorovna was born into a large family in the Cossack village of Konstantinovka, Donetsk Region, Ukrainian SSR. Nonna spent her childhood in a settlement where her mother worked as chairwoman of kolkhoz (collective farm). In 1946, Mordyukova entered the Actors’ Faculty of VGIK and studied there under Boris Bibikov and Olga Pyzhova. After graduating she played on stage of Theatre Studio of Film Actor and was often featured by film directors. In 1948, Mordyukova was mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Konyukhova
Tatyana Georgyevna Konyukhova (russian: Татья́на Гео́ргиевна Ко́нюхова; born November 12, 1931, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is a Soviet actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991). Member of the CPSU since 1967. Biography Tatyana Konyukhova was born in November 12, 1931 in Tashkent (Uzbek SSR). Her father hails from Ladyzhenki at Poltava and her mother was from Zolochiv in Kharkiv. Her grandfather was an agronomist at the estate Tereshchenko - this is a very large sugar producer. In 1946, her father was sent to work in Latvia, and the family moved to Riga. School In 1949 he came to Moscow and entered VGIK (workshop Boris Bibikov and Olga Pyzhova). As a second-year student, she made her debut in cinema in the film by Alexander Rou ''May Night, or the Drowned Maiden''. In 1955, she graduated from University and worked briefly in Maly Theatre. In the years 1956-1992 she was an actress of film actor Theatre-studio. Since 1964, Konyukhova has been a memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Nadezhda Vasilyevna Rumyantseva (russian: Надежда Васильевна Румянцева, 9 September 1930, Potapovo, Smolensk Oblast — 8 April 2008, Moscow) was a popular Soviet and Russian actress. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1991). Biography Early years Nadezhda Rumyantseva was born in the Potapovo village (now Gagarinsky District) into a simple Russian family. Her father Vasily Ivanovich Rumyantsev was a war veteran. He worked as a train conductor and later — as a forest guard. Her mother Olga Vsevolodovna Rumyantseva was a housewife. After graduating from school Nadezhda entered theatrical courses at the Moscow Central Children's Theater. Very soon she became one of the leading actresses at this theater, although the courses were dismissed in just a year under a government initiative. With the help of her teacher Olga Pyzhova she enrolled to the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts and later — to VGIK which she finished in 1955. In-between she acted in plays a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
