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Lyubov Sergeyevna Sokolova
Lyubov Sergeevna Sokolova (russian: Любо́вь Серге́евна Соколо́ва; July 31, 1921June 6, 2001) was a Soviet and Russian cinema actress, named a People's Artist of the USSR. She played more than 300 film roles. Biography Lyubov Sokolova studied cinematography with Boris Bibikov and Olga Pyzhova, graduating in 1946. From 1951 to 1956, she was an actress with the Drama Theatre Group of the Soviet Forces in Germany (Potsdam). She was a studio actress from 1946 to 1951 and in 1956. Sokolova had her movie debut in 1948, as the simple village woman Varvara in ''The Story of a Real Man''. Some of the films she acted in included '' Quiet Flows the Don'', '' Splendid Days'', ''The story of Asya Klyachina'', ''Far from Moscow'', ''Shine, Shine, My Star'', ''Crime and Punishment'', ''Walking the Streets of Moscow'', ''Thirty Three'', ''The Irony of Fate'', ''Moscow, My Love'', ''White Bim Black Ear'', '' Live Till Monday'', ''Belorussian Station'', '' Do Not Shoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivanovo
Ivanovo ( rus, Иваново, p=ɪˈvanəvə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Russia. It is the administrative center and largest city of Ivanovo Oblast, located northeast of Moscow and approximately from Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Russia, Vladimir and Kostroma. Ivanovo has a population of 361,644 as of the 2021 Census, making it the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, 50th largest city in Russia. Until 1932, it was previously known as ''Ivanovo-Voznesensk''. The youngest city of the Golden Ring of Russia. The city lies on the Uvod River, in the centre of the eponymous oblast. Ivanovo gained city status in 1871, and emerged as a major centre for textile production and receiving a name of the "Russian Manchester". The city is served by Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport. Geography The Uvod River, a tributary of the Klyazma River, Klyazma, flows from north to south, dividing the city into two halves. There are also two rivers in Ivanovo: the Talka River, Talka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splendid Days
''Splendid Days'' (russian: Серёжа, Seryozha) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Georgiy Daneliya and Igor Talankin. Plot Mother of five-year-old Seryozha has married for a second time and now Dmitri Korneyevich Korostelyov is officially his father. The boy calls Dmitri by his last name - Korostelyov, since Seryozha's stepfather also became the boy's best friend who helps solve small, but very important problems. Seryozha feels that the adult man perceives him as an independent person, can communicate with him as with a peer, respects his thoughts and acts. Korostelyov makes the boy's greatest dream come true - he buys him a bicycle. When the family begins expecting a new addition to the family - Korostelyov with Seryozha consults and discusses plans for the future. Newly born little brother Lyonya diverts all of mother's attention and worries towards himself, and Seryozha begins to feel lonely and abandoned. In addition, his parents who are moving to another city where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentlemen Of Fortune
''Gentlemen of Fortune'' (russian: Джентльмены удачи, Dzhentlmeny udachi) is a 1971 Soviet crime comedy film, filmed at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksandr Sery. The stars of the film include famous Soviet actors such as Yevgeny Leonov, Georgy Vitsin, Savely Kramarov and Radner Muratov. The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1972, drawing 65.02 million box office admissions. Plot During the autumn of 1970, in one of the Central Asian Soviet Republics three criminals steal Alexander the Great's golden helmet from the excavation site of an archaeological expedition. These criminals are quickly identified by police: they are Aleksandr Belyi (Yevgeny Leonov), aka Docent (literally '' associate professor''), a ruthless big-shot criminal, and his two henchmen Fyodor Yermakov aka Crosseyes ( Savely Kramarov) and Gavrila Sheremetyev aka Sad Sack ( Georgy Vitsin). In Moscow, the head of the expedition, Professor Maltsev, encounters a man who looks exactly like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Not Shoot At White Swans
''Do not Shoot at White Swans'' (russian: Не стреляйте в белых лебедей, Ne strelyayte v belykh lebedey) is a 1980 Soviet drama film in two parts by the director Rodion Nakhapetov, based on the novel of the same name by Boris Vasilyev. Plot Egor Polushkin (Stanislav Lyubshin) lives in a village. The villagers, including his wife, nickname him as the "Harbinger of Woes" - for all for what he undertakes, any work or business ends in disaster. Egor is quite different from the villagers, he is practical and sensible. Polushkin is endowed with the talent of a true artist, with his own outlook on life. After a long search, Polushkin finally finds his calling - he gets a job as a gamekeeper. White swans become Yegor's only friends, of which he takes care of with utmost tenderness. But one day his luck ends: to the forest come poachers who without hesitation kill the tame swans. Cast * Stanislav Lyubshin * Nina Ruslanova * Vladimir Zamansky * Viktor Anisimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belorussian Station
'' Belorussian Station'' (russian: Белорусский вокзал, translit=Belorusski vokzal) is a 1971 Soviet drama film directed by Andrei Smirnov. Plot 25 years after the end of Great Patriotic War four comrades-in-arms attend the funeral of their friend. He was the only one of them who stayed in the military and rose to the rank of colonel. The rest of them turned to civil professions: locksmith, journalist, accountant and director of the plant. Being gathered together due to tragic circumstances, during one day they suddenly fall into a variety of situations – both comic and tragic ones. But in each case friends are united by friendship, generosity and willingness to act according to justice, no matter what ... That difficult day friends complete with a visit to their friend, the former front-line nurse. She sings a lyrical song of the war years, and they cry from the flood of memories as they think back 25 years ago, May 1945, when all of them were alive, young a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Till Monday
''We'll Live Till Monday'' (russian: Доживём до понедельника, translit. Dozhivyom do ponedelnika) is a 1968 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Golden Prize. The film is about the life of an ordinary Moscow school with all its joys, problems and difficult choices in their lives of students and teachers. Plot History teacher Ilya Melnikov is familiar with both doubts and feelings of dissatisfaction. Though he is not always right, he fights, loves, and overcomes difficulties and doubts. Cast * Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Ilya Semyonovich Melnikov — History Teacher * Irina Pechernikova as Natalya Sergeevna Gorelova — English Language Teacher, former Melnikov's student * Nina Menshikova as Svetlana Mikhailovna — Russian Language and Literature Teacher * Mikhail Zimin as Nikolai Borisovich — School Principal * Nadir Malishevsky as TV Show Host * Dalvin S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bim Black Ear
''White Bim Black Ear'' (russian: Белый Бим Чёрное ухо, translit. ''Belyy Bim, Chyornoe ukho'') is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It is based upon the book of the same name, written by Gavriil Troyepolsky and is about a white Gordon Setter with a black ear who becomes homeless because of his master's illness. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. Plot Ivan Ivanovich, an older man who is fond of reading and nature, buys a puppy despite the dog's improper coloration and black ear, which are considered faults in terms of its breed standard. The man names his dog Bim (diminutive form: Bimka), and often takes him in the country to enable the dog to track birds, as is his nature. Ivan Ivanovich begins to develop heart problems, and when the disease becomes worse, is taken to a hospital. His dog cannot bear waiting for the only person that ever cared for him, and sets out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow, My Love
''Moscow, My Love'' (russian: Москва, любовь моя, Moskva, lyubov moya, ja, モスクワわが愛) is a 1974 Soviet-Japanese romantic drama directed by Aleksandr Mitta and Kenji Yoshida. The film tells the story of Yuriko, a girl from Hiroshima who comes to Moscow to study ballet. The film's title is a reference to the Alain Resnais film '' Hiroshima My Love''. Plot Yuriko Ono is a young promising dancer in Japan. Yuriko's opportunity to become a professional dancer comes when she is invited to Moscow to study ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre. Yuriko finds happiness when she falls in love with a Muscovite sculptor Volodya and wins the competition of the Bolshoi Theatre graduates. But her happiness is short; a diagnosis of blood cancer abruptly impedes her path of dedication to art and seems to plunge her life into a storm ... The unfortunate girl was born in the capital city of Hiroshima - which suffered one of the two atomic bombs from the US Army in 1945. After days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irony Of Fate
''The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!'' (russian: Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, literally: The Irony of Fate, or With A Light Steam; trans. ''Ironiya sudby, ili S lyogkim parom!''), usually shortened to ''The Irony of Fate'', is a 1976 Soviet romantic comedy television film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and starring Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yury Yakovlev and Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya. The screenplay was written by Emil Braginsky and Ryazanov, loosely based on the director's 1971 play, ''Once on New Year's Eve'' (russian: Однажды в новогоднюю ночь). Filmed at the Mosfilm Studios, ''The Irony of Fate'' doubles as a screwball comedy and a love story tinged with sadness. It was one of the most successful Soviet television productions and remains a highly popular New Year's Eve classic in Russia and the post-Soviet states, with millions tuning in to rewatch it every New Year's Eve. Plot The key subplot is the drab uniform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirty Three (film)
''Thirty Three'' (russian: Тридцать три, Tridtsat tri) is a 1965 Soviet comedy film directed by Georgiy Daneliya. Plot Travkin, a kind and unassuming food chemist from a small Russian town, spends his time developing new carbonated soft drinks, and also sings in an amateur choir. But when a dentist discovers that Travkin has 33 teeth, he suddenly becomes a national celebrity. He is brought to Moscow as a medical phenomenon and studied by famous scientists; it is proclaimed that Travkin's 33rd tooth is unique, and may connect him to extraterrestrials from Mars. Travkin struggles with his celebrity status, is briefly confined to a psychiatric institution due to slander of a jealous man, and has to fend off gold digging women, sycophant men, and journalists. The only respite he finds is in his roommate at a hotel, who is a friendly, earnest industrial diver on a holiday. Finally, Travkin is selected for a space mission, to be sent to Mars via teleportation. After a heroic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking The Streets Of Moscow
''Walking the Streets of Moscow'' (''I walk across Moscow'', russian: link=no, italics=yes, Я шагаю по Москве) is a 1964 Soviet film directed by Georgiy Daneliya and produced by Mosfilm studios. It stars Nikita Mihalkov, Aleksei Loktev, Yevgeny Steblov and Galina Polskikh. The film also features four People's Artists of the USSR: Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Basov, Lev Durov, and Inna Churikova. The famous movie theme, performed by Mikhalkov, was written by the composer Andrey Petrov. The film, regarded as one of the most characteristic of the Khrushchev Thaw, premiered at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and won a prize for the work of cameraman Vadim Yusov, best known for his subsequent collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky. Plot summary The film opens at a Moscow airport in summer 1963. A young man, Volodya ( Aleksei Loktev), calls out to a young woman he sees singing to herself and dancing. :– Arriving or departing? :– Waiting for arrivals. :– Who is it? :– My hus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime And Punishment (1970 Film)
''Crime and Punishment'' (russian: Преступление и наказание) is a 1969 Soviet drama film in two parts directed by Lev Kulidzhanov, based on the eponymous 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Plot Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-law student, kills an old pawnbroker and her sister, perhaps for money, perhaps to prove a theory about being above the law. He comes to police attention through normal procedures (he was the victim's client), but his outbursts make him the prime suspect of the clever Porfiry. Meanwhile, life swirls around Raskolnikov: his mother and sister come to the city followed by two older men seeking his sister's hand; he meets a drunken clerk who is then killed in a traffic accident, and he falls in love with the man's daughter, Sonia, a young prostitute. She urges him to confess, promising to follow him to Siberia. Cast * Georgy Taratorkin as Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov * Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Porfiry Petrovitch * Tatyana Bedova Tatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
