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Mikhail Kononov
Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Ко́нонов) (25 April 1940 – 16 July 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999). Biography He first appeared on stage at school. In 1963, Mikhail Kononov graduated from the Shchepkin Drama School and was admitted to the Maly Theatre. However, after five years of acting in theatre, in 1968 he quit the stage forever. He married Natalya Pavlovna Kononova in 1969. The typical image of his hero, a simple-hearted, kind and unaffected fellow, started taking its shape in his debut film ''Nash Obshchiy Drug'' (''Our Common Friend'') (1961) and further on in the revolutionary tragic comedy '' Nachalnik Chukotki'' (''Chief of Chukotka'') (1966), the war drama '' V ogne broda net'' (''No Path Through Fire'') (1967), the heroic comedy '' Na voyne, kak na voyne'' (''At War as at War'') (1968), among others. As the actor stated himself, his best role was that of Foma in Andrei Tarkovsky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merited Artist Of The Russian Federation
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is awarded to actors, directors, filmmakers, writers, dancers and singers for exceptional achievements in the arts. The honorary title was originally modeled after the German honorific title for distinguished opera singers. PONS Online Dictionary Historically, the title was bestowed by princes or kings, when it was styled ''Hofkammersänger(in)''. In before 1917, several stars of stage and film were honored with the title "Imperial singer", but after the < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She With A Broom, He In A Black Hat
''She with a Broom, He in a Black Hat'' (russian: Она с метлой, он в чёрной шляпе, Ona s metloy, on v chyornoy shlyape) is a Soviet 1987 musical film, directed by Vitaly Makarov. Plot Unsuccessful writer-storyteller Afanasy Zyablik is not able to write a single fairy tale. He can only muster enough energy to write a title. A gust of wind scatters the sheets with names of fairy tales, and the page with the title "I'll Buy a Magic Lamp" appears in the hands of Baba Yaga's daughter in real life. Baba Yaga's daughter runs away from her native forest, taking with her the very same magic lamp that the son of Koshchei the Immortal wanted to possess, to the modern house where Zyablikov's apartment is. She gifts Afanasy a magic hat to help him write his tales and later falls in love with their neighbor the young doctor Alexey. Cast *Mikhail Svetin as Afanasy Zyablik, writer-storyteller *Nina Ruslanova as Vasilisa, wife of the writer-storyteller *Andrei Sokolov a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alone And Unarmed
Alone and Unarmed (russian: Один и без оружия, Odin i bez oruzhiya) is a Soviet 1984 crime drama directed by Pavel Fattahutdinov and Vladimir Khotinenko. A screen adaptation of the detective Nikolai Leonov's ''Agony''. Plot The film is set in 1927. Former commander of the Red Army Konstantin Vorontsov is appointed chief of criminal investigation in a small provincial town. Together with experienced investigation employee Ivan Melentyev, he starts to fight the leader of the thieves' world who goes by the name of Korney. Vorontsov and Melentyev prefer different methods of work; if Melentyev relies on deliberate placement of his people in the criminal environment, then Vorontsov wants to act as quickly as possible. The complexity of the struggle against Korney is that he does not commit the crimes with his own hands but instead oversees their execution. Due to a successful operation judiciary police manages to plant their agent to Korney in order to find out the place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Day Of Engineer Barkasov
Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov (russian: Безумный день инженера Баркасова, Bezumnyy den inzhenera Barkasova) is a 1983 Soviet comedy feature film, directed by Nikolai Lyrchikov, loosely based on the play ''Canvas Bag'' and the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko. The film was produced by the Gorky Film Studio and commissioned by the Television in the Soviet Union. Cast *Vasily Bochkarev as Alexey Gavrilovic Barkasov *Natalya Sayko as Zoya Barkasova * Yevgeniya Khanayeva as Alisa Yuryevna, Barkasov's mother-in-law * Valentina Telichkina as nanny * Mikhail Kononov as Ivan Tyatin * Olga Ostroumova as Sonya, secretary * Igor Dmitriev as Yuri Krutetskiy * Andrey Martynov as Slonyaev, poet * Pyotr Shcherbakov as Abramotkin * Valentina Talyzina as Kobylina * Vyacheslav Nevinny as Kobylin * Georgy Millyar Georgy Frantsevich Millyar, sometimes spelled Milliar (russian: Георгий Францевич Милляр; 7 November 1903 in Moscow – 4 June 1993 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Station For Two
''Station for Two'' (russian: Вокзал для двоих, Vokzal dlya dvoikh) is a 1983 Soviet romantic comedy directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film became the Soviet box office leader of 1983 with a total of 35.8 million ticket sales. It was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Plot summary There are three main heroes in this movie: Vera, a waitress; Platon, a pianist; and ... a train station where these two people met. The differences in the heroes' characters and professions, the plight that Platon found himself in (he is to be arrested and undergo trial) trigger a host of both amusing and sad situations which serve as a backdrop for their unfolding love. Platon is innocent of the crime he is accused of. He simply took the blame for his wife's driving over a pedestrian. But this is known only to Platon's wife and Vera in whom he confided. However, after the verdict has been passed, Platon's life is of no interest to his wife, although Vera is ready to wait for his re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasili And Vasilisa
''Vasili and Vasilisa'' (russian: Василий и Василиса, Vasiliy i Vasilisa) is a 1981 Soviet drama film directed by Irina Poplavskaya. Plot Vasily and Vasilisa happily live in the village, raising seven children. But suddenly Vasily began to drink and hit Vasilisa, and she, in turn, drove him away. Cast * Olga Ostroumova as Vasilisa Vologzhina * Mikhail Kononov as Vasili Vologzhin * Natalya Bondarchuk as Aleksandra * Maya Bulgakova as Avdotya * Andrei Rostotsky as Pyotr * Polina Kutepova as Vologzhin's daughter * Kseniya Kutepova as Vologzhin's daughter * Natalya Dikaryova as Tanya * Tatyana Dogileva Tatyana Anatoliyevna Dogileva (russian: Татья́на Анато́льевна До́гилева; born 27 February 1957) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, Meritorious Artist of Russia (1989), and People's Artist of Russia (2000) ... as Nastya * Nikolay Volkov as neighbour * Georgiy Burkov as narrator (voice) * Gennadiy Frolov as Sanya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberiade
''Siberiade'' (russian: Сибириада, translit. ''Sibiriada'') is a 1979 Soviet historical drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and produced by Mosfilm. The four-part epic spans much of the 20th century. Themes The film combines narrative elements from different traditions. Its first part tells of wondrous archetypical elements within the Russian culture, as connected to the pre-electrified epoch that is being narrated. Similarly, elements of the heroic epic are included within the part narrating the protagonist's involvement in World War II. Synopsis The story revolves around two feuding families, the Solomins and the Ustyuzhanins, who live in Yelan. The Solomins were relatively wealthy and the Ustyuzhanins poor. The film begins in 1904. Afanasy "Afonya" Ustyuzhanin is an aging man who spends all of his waking hours chopping a corduroy road "anywhere away from Yelan". His young child Nikolai "Kolya" Ustyuzhanin (b. 1897) must fend for himself by stealing fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Of An Unknown Actor
Story of an Unknown Actor (russian: Повесть о неизвестном актёре, Povest o neizvestnom aktyore) is a Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi in 1977. Plot Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev, middle-aged actor. For many years, he played in the provincial theater on lead roles. The director of the piece based on the play, written for Goryaev, takes a young actor for his role. Goryaev first falls into despair, leaves the theater, makes an appeal to his friends. After a while, he digests what happened and realizes it's time to leave the scene adequately. Cast * Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Pavel Goryaev at the kino-teatr.ru * as Olga Svetilnikova * |
Twenty Days Without War
''Twenty Days Without War'' (russian: Двадцать дней без войны, translit=''Dvadtsat' dney bez voyny'') is a 1976 Soviet film based on a story by Konstantin Simonov, directed by Aleksey German and starring Yuri Nikulin and Lyudmila Gurchenko. The film describes how the romantic views of war as pictured in the Soviet war film industry were actually far different from the harsh realities of front line warfare. Plot Major Lopatin (played by actor Yuri Nikulin) is a military journalist during World War II, who goes back to his hometown of Tashkent (Uzbekistan) in Middle Asia at the end of 1942 to spend a 20-day leave following the Battle of Stalingrad and to see the shooting of a film based on his wartime articles he has written. There he is romantically involved with a woman named Nina (played by Ludmila Gurchenko). Lopatin realizes that the romanticized views of warfare on the home front are vastly different from the realities he had encountered. Production The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Nemo (miniseries)
''Captain Nemo'' (russian: Капитан Немо, Kapitan Nemo) is a 1975 Soviet three-part television miniseries directed by Vasily Levin loosely based on the novels ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (1870), its 1874 sequel ''The Mysterious Island'', and ''The Steam House'' (1880) by Jules Verne. Plot Episode 1. "Iron Whale" The second half of the 19th century. An unknown sea monster has been destroying and damaging warships of different countries for the last two years; those of them who get to the port find giant triangular holes in the sides. Sailing under threat, the United States equips the Blue Star military frigate to find and destroy the monster. Famous for his work on the mysteries of the depths of the sea, the French professor Pierre Aronax on the day of his wedding receives an invitation to join the punitive expedition and accepts it. After a three-month unsuccessful search in the ocean, the frigate discovers a monster and attacks it, but as a result gets dam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finist, The Brave Falcon
Finist, the brave Falcon (russian: Финист - Ясный сокол, Finist – Yasnyy sokol) is a Soviet 1976 Slavic fantasy adventure film directed by Gennadi Vasilyev in his directorial debut, based on a screenplay by Lev Potyomkin and poems by Mikhail Nozhkin. Produced by Gorky Film Studio (Yalta branch). The film was loosely based on the fairy-tale The Feather of Finist the Falcon with the same name by I. Shestakov. ''Finist, the brave Falcon'' was the final project of the famous fantasy film director Alexander Rou, who wrote the script and was going to direct it, but died before the production begun. The movie was dedicated to his memory. Plot In ancient times a simple plowman lives in Russia by the name of Finist who is friends with a falcon. The falcon warns Finist about enemies who want to capture Russia. Finist successfully chases the foreign invaders away. The other side is unhappy with the emergence of a bogatyr-defender in Russia. Their chief, sorcerer Karta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |