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Mikhail Gluzsky
Mikhail Andreyevich Gluzsky (russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Глу́зский; 20 November 1918 – 15 June 2001) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He starred in the 1972 film, ''Monologue'', which was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. An actor in more than 130 films between his film debut 1939 and death in 2001, he was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. Biography Mikhail Andreyevich Gluzsky was born in Kiev in 1918. He worked at a factory before World War II and made his film debut as a Mosfilm acting studio student, appearing in diverse episodic roles in Grigori Roshal's ''The Oppenheim Family'', Konstantin Yudin's '' A Girl with a Personality'', and Vsevolod Pudovkin's '' Minin and Pozharsky'' in 1939. He graduated from the studio in 1940 and joined the troupe of the Central Theater of the Red Army, fought as a soldier in World War II, and worked in Moscow after his discharge.Rollberg, Peter (2009). ''Historical Dictiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by population within city limits, seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe. It is home to many High tech, high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of Transport in Kyiv, public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During History of Kyiv, its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slavs, Slavic settlement on the great trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerasimov Institute Of Cinematography
The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, Russia. History The institute was founded in 1919 by the film director Vladimir Gardin as the Moscow Film School and is the oldest film school in the world. From 1934 to 1991 the film school was known as the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский (ранее Всесоюзный) государственный институт кинематографии). Film directors who have taught at the institute include Lev Kuleshov, Marlen Khutsiev, Aleksey Batalov, Sergei Eisenstein, Mikhail Romm and Vsevolod Pudovkin. Alumni include Sergei Bondarchuk, Elem Klimov, Sergei Parajanov, Alexander Sokurov and Andrei Tarko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberation (film Series)
''Liberation'' (russian: Освобождение, translit. Osvobozhdenie, german: Befreiung, pl, Wyzwolenie) is a film series released in 1970 and 1971, directed by Yuri Ozerov and shot in wide-format NIKFI process (70 mm). The script was written by Yuri Bondarev and Oscar Kurganov. The series was a Soviet-Polish-East German-Italian-Yugoslav co-production. The films are a dramatized account of the liberation of the Soviet Union's territory and the subsequent defeat of Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War, focusing on five major Eastern Front campaigns: the Battle of Kursk, the Lower Dnieper Offensive, Operation Bagration, the Vistula–Oder Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. Plot Film I: ''The Fire Bulge'' After the Soviets are alerted to the imminent German offensive in Kursk, they launch a preemptive artillery strike, delaying the enemy. The battalion of Lieutenant Colonel Lukin – led by officers Tzvetaev, Orlov, and Maximov – participates in the battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Was Nineteen
''I Was Nineteen'' (german: Ich war neunzehn) is a 1968 East German film produced by Konrad Wolf for the DEFA studio. The film tells the story of a young German, Gregor Hecker (Jaecki Schwarz), who fled the Nazis with his parents to Moscow and now, in early 1945, returns to Germany as a lieutenant in the Red Army. The film strives to maintain an aura of authenticity and pay homage to history by intersplicing fictional sequences with real documentary sequences and having references to popular/well-known music and literature at the time. The film depicts the personal experiences of the director Konrad Wolf and of his friend Vladimir Gall in fictionalized form and deals with themes of the meaning of "homeland". During its original run, it sold 3,317,966 tickets. Cast Plot On 16 April 1945, Gregor Hecker and his small squad follow in the wake of the 48th Army's westward advance from Brandenburg through the river Oder. This is the first time the young Soviet officer has ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Path Through Fire
''No Path Through Fire'' (russian: В огне брода нет, V ogne broda net) is a 1968 Soviet war film directed by Gleb Panfilov. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Plot The film is set during the Russian Civil War on a hospital train which is transporting the wounded from the front. A homely and awkward girl, Tanya Tyotkina, who is working as a nurse on the train, suddenly discovers the talent of an artist in herself. In this journey she finds her first timid love and transfers her clandestine feelings to paper. Cast * Inna Churikova as Tanya Tyotkina * Anatoly Solonitsyn as Commissar Yevstryukov * Mikhail Gluzsky as Fokich * Maya Bulgakova as Maria * Anatoli Marenich as Morozik * Vladimir Kashpur as Kolka * Yevgeni Lebedev as Colonel * Mikhail Kononov as Alyosha * Vadim Beroev as Vasya * Mikhail Kokshenov as Zotik * Lyubov Malinovskaya as Mother Production The film was shot at the station Bezlesnaya near Murom (Vladimir Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
''Kidnapping, Caucasian Style'' (russian: link=no, Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика) is a 1967 Soviet comedy film dealing with a humorous plot revolving around bride kidnapping, an old tradition that used to exist in certain regions of the Northern Caucasus. The film was directed by Leonid Gaidai. It is the last film featuring the trio of the "Coward" (Georgy Vitsin), the "Fool" (Yuri Nikulin), and the "Pro" (Yevgeny Morgunov), a group of bumbling antiheroes similar in some ways to the Three Stooges. The film premiered in Moscow on 1 April 1967. Background As a result of the popularity of the earlier film, ''Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures'', Yakov Kostyukovsky and Moris Slobodsky requested Mosfilm to support a new film about the character of Shurik. The screenplay for the new film was initially titled "Shurik in the mountains" and was divided into two parts. The first part, "Prisoner of the Caucasus", was abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Thin Ice (1966 Film)
''On Thin Ice'' () is a 1966 Soviet spy film directed by Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh, based on Georgiy Bryantsev's 1961 book, which provided the first authoritative public description of counterintelligence group GUKR (SMERSH). Plot Two NKVD agents fight foreign spies in the Oryol Oblast before and during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... Release ''On Thin Ice'' was released in the Soviet Union on 26 September 1966. It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1966, with 42.5 million tickets sold. References External links * * (part 1, in Russian, no subtitles) * (part 2, in Russian, no subtitles) {{1960s-USSR-film-stub Soviet historical drama films Soviet spy films Mosfilm films World War II spy films Eastern Front of Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Ore
''The Big Ore'' (russian: Больша́я руда́, Bolshaya ruda) is a 1964 drama film directed by Vasily Ordynsky and based on the novel by Georgi Vladimov. Plot Viktor Pronin ( Yevgeni Urbansky) returned from the army to the bride ( Svetlana Zhgun), and she – the other. Then Victor went to ''great'' Kursk ore, where the work is in full swing – all live in anticipation of the first car of ore. To check Pronyakin, Brigadier ( Vsevolod Sanaev) gives him beaten MAZ: mend – a long time came. The guy got in the ''hostel'' to repair the car and began to put one after the other records. Victor had got no friends, embittered against him brigade, but the first bucket of ore carry exactly it. Cast * Yevgeni Urbansky as Victor Pronyakin * Mikhail Gluzsky as experienced chauffeur * Larisa Luzhina as Vera * Stanislav Lyubshin as Antonov * Inna Makarova as Tamara, wife Pronyakin * Vsevolod Sanaev as Brigadier Matsuev * Roman Homyatov as young driver * Vladimir Troshin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alive And The Dead
''The Alive and the Dead'' (russian: Живые и мёртвые, Zhivye i myortvye) is a 1964 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Stolper based on the eponymous 1959 novel ''The Living and the Dead'' by Konstantin Simonov. Plot The film takes place in a time warp from the first days of the Great Patriotic War and until the middle of the winter of 1941–1942, before the beginning of the Soviet counterattack near Moscow. Ivan Sintsov (Kirill Lavrov) is a correspondent with an army newspaper. The war starts while he is on vacation with his wife. He tries to return to his unit which is located in Western Belarus. However, it is impossible since the unit is overrun by the advancing Wehrmacht. Near the town of Borisov, he meets another officer also trying to reach his unit. They go on a road and try to get a car going in the direction they need. As the other officer stopped the car, a German air raid starts. The direct hit blows up the officer and the car he stops. Sintsov continues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Quiet Flows The Don (1958 Film)
''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (russian: Тихий Дон, translit. Tikhiy Don) is a three-part Soviet epic film directed by Sergei Gerasimov based on the novel of the same title by Mikhail Sholokhov.Как снимался «Тихий Дон» , Arguments and Facts - Don, September 12, 2007 The first two parts of the film were released in October 1957 and the final third part in 1958. The film tells the story of Russia's involvement in the , the , the |
Mysterious Discovery
''Mysterious Discovery'' (Russian: Таинственная находка) is a 1953 Soviet family adventure film directed by Boris Buneev. Plot Three schoolchildren from a polar settlement find an old gun. Trying to figure out its origin, they learn many interesting things about the history of the region, and the national hero Guria Gagarki. Cast In alphabetical order * Aleksey Alekseev as Stepan Golovin * Igor Bezyayev as Nikanor Sarvanov * B. Dorochov as Andrei * Mikhail Gluzsky as Segey Chernyshev * Nikolay Grabbe as British lieutenant * Valentin Grachyov as Vasia Golovin * Aleksei Gribov as Nikanor Sarvanov * Georgi Gumilevsky as Prokhor Brusnichkin * Larisa Matvienko as Gagarka's wife * Andrei Petrov as Aleksei Golovin * Alexandr Pokrovsky as Stepa Brusnichkin * Aleksei Pokrovsky as episode * Nikolai Rybnikov as Sailor * Ekaterina Savinova as Ekaterina Sotnikova * A. Shmurakova as Luda * Nikolay Smorchkov as Sailor * Aleksandr Susnin as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Village Teacher
, image = , caption = , director = Mark Donskoy , producer = , writer = Mariya Smirnova , starring = , music = Lev Shvarts , cinematography = Sergey Urusevsky , editing = A. Soboleva , released = , runtime = 100 min. , country = Soviet Union , language = Russian , studio = Gorky Film Studio ''The Village Teacher'' (russian: Сельская учительница, Selskaya uchitelnitsa) is a 1947 Soviet drama film directed by Mark Donskoy. Plot The film tells the story of a teacher young Varya, who is going to teach peasant children in one village, which treats her coolly upon her arrival. Suddenly an acquaintance and former lover of Varya, a bolshevik Martynov, arrives in town marries and Varys. The revolution begins. Cast * Vera Maretskaya as Varvara Vasilievna Martynova * Pavel Olenev as Igor Petrovich, school custodian * Daniil Sagal as Sergei Martinov * Vladimir Lepeshinsky as Voronov * Vladimir Maruta as Voronov, a gold miner * Vladimir Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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