List Of Russian Films Of 2008 ...
A list of films produced in Russia in 2008 (see 2008 in film). 2008 See also * 2008 in Russia References External links Russian films of 2008at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Russian Films Of 2008 2008 Russia Films 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Film
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 photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, 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 imag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Black Hunters
''Black Hunters'' (russian: Мы из бу́дущего, We're from the future) is a 2008 Russian language action drama film directed by Andrey Malyukov. The film features Danila Kozlovsky, Andrey Terentev, Vladimir Yaglych, Dmitriy Volkostrelov and Ekaterina Klimova in the lead roles. The movie is about time travel. Plot It shows four 21st century treasure seekers who travel in time to the Second World War in Russia. (the former Soviet Union in 1942.) They dig near St. Petersburg in search of hidden medals and artifacts of soldiers who fought during the war. The chief of the group is Borman (Danila Kozlovsky), who is a former student of the Faculty of History Sergei Filatov. His assistant is a Rastafarian nicknamed Spirit (Andrei Terentyev). Two other members are Chuhat (Dmitry Volkostrelov) and Skull (Vladimir Yaglych). Skull is a neo-Nazi and has a stylized tattoo of the swastika on his shoulder. Cast *Danila Kozlovsky Danila Valeryevich Kozlovsky (russian: link=no, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Heirs (film)
''The Heirs'' (russian: Наследники) is a 2008 Russian drama film directed by Konstantin Odegov. Plot The plot focuses on an ordinary family living in one village in the taiga. Father works as a driller and mother as a nurse. It would seem that everything is fine with them, but suddenly father begins to drink and draws his wife into it, leaving his son without supervision. Cast * Aleksandr Bashirov * Yuliya Galkina * Aleksandr Golubkov * Denis Karasyov * Leonid Kuravlyov * Yekaterina Rednikova * Vladimir Tolokonnikov * Pavel Yurchenko * Amadu Mamadakov Amadu is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *John Amadu Bangura (1920–1970), the acting Governor-General of Sierra Leone from 18 April to 22 April 1968 * Alfred Amadu Conteh, African American sculptor, pai ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heirs, The 2008 films 2000s Russian-language films Russian drama films 2008 drama films ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chulpan Khamatova
Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova PAR (russian: Чулпан Наилевна Хаматова; tt-Cyrl, Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова; born 1 October 1975) is a Russian film, theater and TV actress Biography Early life and theater career Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova was born on 1 October 1975 in Kazan, Tatar ASSR, in what was then the Soviet Union. Her parents Marina Galimullovna Khamatova and Nail Khamatov are both engineers. Her name, ''Chulpan'', means "morning star" (i.e. Venus) in Tatar (she is of Volga Tatar origin). Her younger brother is also an actor. As a child, she was engaged in figure skating and from the eighth grade studied at the mathematical school of the Kazan Federal University. She was accepted at the Kazan State Finance and Economics Institute but ended up changing her mind and entered the Kazan Theater School. Teachers Juno Kareva and Vadim Keshner, assessing the prospects of the beginning actress, advised and helped Khamatova continue her st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vladimir Mashkov
Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov ( Russian: Владимир Львович Машков; born 27 November 1963) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director of cinema, known to Western audiences for his work in the 2001 film '' Behind Enemy Lines'' and 2011 film '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''. Mashkov has also worked as a film director, producer and writer for the 2004 Russian film '' Papa''. Politically, Mashkov is noted for his public support for Vladimir Putin and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Biography Early life and education Mashkov was born on 27 November 1963, in Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). His mother, Natalia (1927–1986), was a puppet theatre director, and his father, Lev Mashkov (1925–1987), was an actor. He made his debut on stage as a child, took part in the productions of a school theater group, performed with his parents in the Novokuznetsk Puppet Theater. In the late 1970s, Mashkov entered the biological faculty of Novosibirsk Stat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Ghost (2008 Film)
''The Ghost'' (russian: Домовой, Domovoi) is a 2008 Russian thriller film directed by Karen Oganesyan. Plot Crime fiction author Anton Prachenko is experiencing a creative crisis. New books are not written, old ones are badly sold. In addition there are problems with his small son and beloved woman which does not help with creating masterpieces. The legendary hired killer nicknamed as "Ghost" mercilessly shoots up a car with two people inside before his very eyes and helps Prachenko get out of his crisis in an unusual way. The killer becomes his ideological mastermind, brutally and visually revealing to him the harsh truth of life. Now they are inextricably linked with each other. Carried away by the suddenly discovered prospects, the desire to go deeper into the skin of the hired killer, Anton loses all vigilance and the mysterious and cruel "Ghost" substitutes him. It turns out that the "mark" Anton was amusing himself with was the contract of "Ghost". And at the last s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agniya Kuznetsova
Agniya Evgenevna Kuznetsova (russian: Агния Евгеньевна Кузнецова; born 15 July 1985) is a Russian theater and film actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 2005. Biography Agniya Kuznetsova was born in Novosibirsk, Russian SSR, Soviet Union. Her father was an artist and her mother, Maya Byadova, was a teacher of arts and crafts of the Art Institute of Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University. She graduated from high school in Novosibirsk and attended drama school. In 2006 she graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute (course Yuri Shlykov). Personal life She dated her classmate at the theater institute, actor Leonid Bichevin Leonid Aleksandrovich Bichevin (Russian: Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Биче́вин; born 24 December 1984) is a Russian film and theater actor. Early life Leonid Bichevin was born in Klimovsk, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Sovi .... In 2015 she married Maxim Petrov. Selected filmography ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valeriya Gai Germanika
Valeriya Gai Alexandrovna Germanika (russian: Валерия Гай Александровна Германика, born Valeriya Igorevna Dudinskaya (russian: Вале́рия И́горевна Дуди́нская); born 1 March 1984, Moscow) is a Russian film director dedicated to the topics of coming-of-age. She was awarded several awards for the feature film '' Everybody Dies But Me''. Name Valeriya Gai Germanika was born and registered Valeriya, named after Lucius Cornelius Sulla's wife Valeria, and later legally changed her given name, patronymic (to alienate from the biological father) and family name (in a Roman style) upon her adolescence. Biography and career Born to a Bohemian Moscow family (father Igor Dudinsky) and trained at the Internews Cinema and Television School, Valeriya started directing at age nineteen. Her second film ''The Girls'' and subsequent ''The Birthday of the Infanta'' (both documentary) appeared at the Kinotavr film festival. In the begin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuri Mamin
Yuri Mamin (russian: Юрий Борисович Мамин) is a USSR, Soviet and Russian film director, stage director, screenwriter, composer, author and television host, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. His "Window to Paris" (1993) remains one of the most popular movies in Russia. His Buddhist-themed film "Don't Think About White Monkeys" (2008) is popular among the Russian noncomformist youth, including punks and rockers.http://www.kinoafisha.spb.ru/reviews/7636620/ Mikhail Bortnikov's review of the film "Don't Think About White Monkeys" Yuri Mamin is the only person in Russia to have won the Chaplin's Golden Cane award. The award was presented by Charlie Chaplin's widow, Oona O'Neill, Oona Chaplin, at the festival marking 100 years since the birth of the great comedian. The festival was held in the Swiss city of Vevey, where Chaplin was buried. Mamin's works are known for a strong emphasis on social justice and criticism of hypocritical social norms. Because ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Don't Think About White Monkeys
''Don‘t Think About White Monkeys'' ("Не думай про белых обезьян") is a Russian social satirical tragicomedy film, directed by Yuri Mamin. The creators of the film define its genre as a tragic farce. The screenplay was written by Yuri Mamin and Vladimir Vardunas. The form of the film is unusual: all dialogues are in verse accompanied by a strict musical rhythm. Plot A hero of our time, the young bartender Vova Smorodin ( Mikhail Tarabukin), receives the task of opening a small, but prestigious restaurant called "Paradise Corner" from his boss Gavrilych, the father of Vova's fiancée, Larisa. Perceiving this task as the first step in his financial career, Vova Smorodin develops the magic-touch of enterprise. If he needs to drain and repair the selected basement, he may recall an entire fire brigade from a fire emergency, or a company of soldiers from a mission. After taking over an empty attic for his office, Vova discovers there three Bohemian artists w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexei Uchitel
Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel (russian: Алексей Ефимович Учитель; born 31 August 1951) is a Russian film director. In 2002, he received the title People's Artist of Russia. Life and career Uchitel was born on 31 August 1951 in Leningrad to the family of documentary filmmaker Yefim Uchitel. In 1975, he graduated from VGIK, worked at the Leningrad studio of documentary films. In 1990, he founded his film studio "Rock". Uchitel's directorial debut was the film ''Gisele's Mania''. In 2000, he received the Nika Award, the Kinotavr Grand Prix and the Crystal Globe nomination for ''His Wife's Diary''. The film was about the last love affair of Ivan Bunin. His 2003 film '' The Stroll'' was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2005 film ''Dreaming of Space'' won the Golden George at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2006, he was a member of the jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2010 film ''The Edge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |