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Man In A Shell
Man in a Shell (russian: Человек в футляре) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Isidor Annensky. This film is based on the short story " The Man in the Case" written by Anton Chekhov in 1898. Plot The film tells about the teacher of the Greek language Belikov, who works in a rural gymnasium. He is afraid of everything, prefers to store things in a shell and himself as if he lives in him, which strains the gymnasium and the people who live in the village. Suddenly the village visits Varvara, in which Belikov falls in love. Starring * Nikolay Khmelyov as Belikov * Mikhail Zharov as Mikhail Kovalenko * Olga Androvskaya as Varvara Kovalenko * Vladimir Gardin as School Principal * as Superintendent * Osip Abdulov as Tarantulov * Aleksandr Larikov as Nevyrazimov * Konstantin Adashevsky as Clergyman * Aleksey Bondi as French Teacher * Aleksey Gribov as Servant Afanasiy * Nikandr Baronov as Doctor * Faina Ranevskaya as Superintendent's Wife * Sabina Lukovskay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isidor Annensky
Isidor Markovich Annensky (russian: Исидор Маркович Анненский; 13 March 1906 - 2 May 1977) was a Soviet screenwriter and film director. Annensky was named Merited Artist of the RSFSR in 1971. Life and career Annensky studied at a music school in Odessa and graduated from the Odessa Theater School in 1922. He then worked as a stage actor and director in Odessa, Arkhangelsk, Baku, and Moscow, before enrolling in the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, where he stayed until 1934, and in the VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ..., graduating in 1936. Annensky debuted at Belarusfilm with the medium-length Anton Chekhov adaptation '' The Bear'' (1938), which brought attention to him as a director. One of his biggest box-office successes was the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya (russian: Фаина Георгиевна Раневская, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984), is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms. She acted in plays by Anton Chekhov, Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Krylov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, and others. Unfortunately, our judgement of her theater performances must come mostly from photos as only her three final performances of ''Make Way for Tomorrow'' by Vina Delmar, ''Truth is Good, but Happiness is Better'' by Aleksandr Ostrovsky, ''The Curious Savage'' by John Patrick were filmed. Faina Ranevskaya is more known to a wide audience as a cinema actress by her performance in such films as ''Pyshka'' ('' Boule de Suif''), ''The Man in a Shell'', ''Mechta'' (''Dream''), ''Vesna'' ('' Springtime''), ''Cinderella'', ''Elephant and String'' and many more. Biography She was born as Faina Feldman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Works By Anton Chekhov
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] |
