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Nikolai Lebedev (actor)
Nikolai Sergeyevich Lebedev (russian: Николай Сергеевич Лебедев, link=no; 15 December 1921 – 21 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian actor, People's Artist of Russia in 2018. A former soldier of the Red Army, he also fought in the Second World War, where he was captured by the Wehrmacht, during the Battle of Uman. Early life and career Nikolai Sergeyevich Lebedev was born in Moscow on 15 December 1921.Николай Лебедев на сайте театра им. Моссовета During the , he was drafted to the |
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] |
Yuri Zavadsky
Yuri Aleksandrovich Zavadsky (russian: Юрий Александрович Завадский; 12 July 1894, Moscow — 5 April 1977, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian theater director, actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1948) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). Zavadsky studied under Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and made his acting debut at Vakhtangov's theatre, playing Anthony in Maurice Maeterlinck's play ''The Miracle of St. Anthony'' in (1915). He worked in various Russian theaters before moving to the Mossovet Theatre in Moscow as a director in 1940. The most famous actors of his company were Rostislav Plyatt (1908–89), Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984), Lyubov Orlova (1902–75), and his wife Vera Maretskaya Vera Petrovna Maretskaya ( Russian: Вера Петровна Марецкая) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1976). Early years Vera Petrovna Maretskaya was bo ... (1906-1978) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Lear
''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane and a proscribed crux of political machinations. The first known performance of any version of Shakespeare's play was on Saint Stephen's Day in 1606. The three extant publications from which modern editors derive their texts are the 1608 quarto (Q1) and the 1619 quarto (Q2, unofficial and based on Q1) and the 1623 First Folio. The quarto versions differ significantly from the folio version. The play was often revised after the English Restoration for audiences who disliked its dark and depressing tone, but since the 19th century Shakespeare's original play has been regarded as one of his supreme achievements. Both the title role and the supporting roles have been coveted by accomplished actors, and the play has been widely adapted. In his ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagrant Bus
''Vagrant Bus'' (russian: Бродячий автобус, Brodyachiy avtobus) is a 1990 Soviet drama film, filmed at the studio Lenfilm by the director Iosif Kheifits. Story The film tells about the artists one theater. This is a wandering troupe, which travels to his old nearly broken bus from one settlement to another, to show the audience some of his performances. Each of the artists on his love of theater, but the film also raises the problem and the material plane, for example the problem of choosing between creativity and money. Cast * Lev Borisov as Nicholay Tyulpanov * Mikhail Zhigalov as Vasily * Afanasi Trishkin as Ivan Ivanovich Daganovsky (voice Igor Dmitriev) * Sergey Parshin as drunken farmer * Liya Akhedzhakova as administrator Zina * Elena Kozlitina as Olya, mother Kostik * Oleg Vavilov as Sergey Pavlovich * Irina Rakshina as property master Larochka * Valentin Bukin as bus driver Maksimych * Galina Saburova as Verevkina * Galina Chiginskaya as Olga, wife of Nicho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwight D
Dwight may refer to: People * Dwight (given name) * Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), 34th president of the United States and former military officer *New England Dwight family of American educators, military and political leaders, and authors * Ed Dwight (born 1933), American test pilot, participated in astronaut training program * Mabel Dwight (1875–1955), American artist * Elton John (born Reginald Dwight in 1947), English singer, songwriter and musician Places Canada * Dwight, Ontario, village in the township of Lake of Bays, Ontario United States * Dwight (neighborhood), part of an historic district in New Haven, Connecticut * Dwight, Illinois, village in Livingston and Grundy counties * Dwight, Kansas, city in Morris County * Dwight, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Dwight, Nebraska, village in Butler County * Dwight, North Dakota, city in Richland County * Dwight Township, Livingston County, Illinois * Dwight Township, Michigan Institutions * Dwight Correctional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Crew
''Air Crew'' (russian: Экипаж, Ekipazh, crew, link=no) is a 1980 disaster film directed by Alexander Mitta. Inspired by the ''Airport'' movie series, it was the first disaster film shot in the Soviet Union. Plot The first part of the film concentrates on the personal lives of the air crew, including their problems and relationships. For family reasons, one of the pilots has had to give up a promising career for a much less ambitious one. Despite this, his wife senses that he is not happy, which makes her a conflicted and angry spouse. Although both of them love their son, it is not enough to prevent them from divorcing. Subsequently, the pilot resumes his career piloting the large passenger planes he had been hankering after. One of his pilot colleagues does not believe in family at all – his flat is full of impressive self-constructed light effects and son et lumière equipment that he uses to impress the parade of women he has one-night stands with. The action-filled s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captivating Star Of Happiness
''The Captivating Star of Happiness'' (russian: Звезда пленительного счастья, Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya, The Star of Fascinating Happiness) is a 1975 Soviet Union, Soviet historical drama. The title is an allusion to a line from a poem by Alexander Pushkin. It is a costume drama dedicated "to the women of Russia". Plot The story is set in the aftermath of the Decembrist revolt against Nicholas I of Russia, Tsar Nicholas I in 1825. The revolt is repressed, and the military officers involved confess one by one. They are sentenced to exile in Siberia and their wives face the decision as to whether or not to follow them. Cast *Irina Kupchenko as Princess Ekaterina Ivanovna Trubetskaya *Aleksey Batalov as Prince Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Sergei Trubetskoy *Natalya Bondarchuk as Princess Mariya Volkonskaya *Oleg Strizhenov as Prince Sergey Volkonsky *Eva Shikulskaya as Polina Göbl-Annenkova, in marriage Praskovya Yegorovna *Igor Kostolevsky as Ivan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth And Sky Adventures
''Earth and Sky Adventures'' (russian: Земные и небесные приключения, Zemnye i nebesnye priklucheniya) is a 1974 Soviet children's film directed by Igor Vetrov. Plot Komsomol organizer of 9 "B" class Galya offers classmates to go to the village during the summer holidays where an abandoned aerodrome is located. Almost all the children support Galya. They dream of building a glider with their own hands and flying on it. Stas ridicules this idea and many agree with him,. he and his friends go to the village to relax. Stas meets Tanya, a girl from a neighboring village. He really likes her, but Tanya dreams of the sky. She wants Galya and her friends to take her to into their company. Galya's father, pilot Nikolai Stepanovich, accidentally learns about the interest of the boys. He understands that children endanger their lives, they need the help of adults. He appeals to the general designer of the aircraft factory to help the children organize a glider grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal Call
''Eternal Call'' (russian: Вечный зов, Vechnyy zov) was a Soviet 1973–1983 epic TV series directed by Vladimir Krasnopolsky and Valery Uskov by the eponymous novel of Anatoli Ivanov shot by Mosfilm. Plot The series traces the fates of a Siberian family of Savelyevs since 1906 into 1960s, including three wars, Russian Revolution, establishment of the Soviet power, epoch of Stalinism, etc. Cast ;Savelievs * Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Silanty Savelyev, head of the family * Vladimir Borisov as Semyon * Tamara Degtyaryova as Agatha * Vladimir Zemlyanikin as Grigory * Nikolai Ivanov as Ivan * Nikolai Lebedev as Mitrofan * Ada Rogovtseva as Anna (nee Kaftanova) * Aleksei Serebryakov as Dima * Vadim Spiridonov as Fyodor * Valeri Khlevinsky as Anton ;Others * Tamara Syomina as Anfisa * Oleg Basilashvili as Arnold Mikhailovich Lakhnovsky, officer of the tsarist secret police, later an officer of the Abwehr * Pyotr Velyaminov as Polycarp Kruzhilin * Zinaida Vorkul as Markovna ... [...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] |
Silence (1963 Film)
Silence (russian: Тишина, Tishina) is a Soviet two-part feature film directed by Vladimir Basov and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Yuri Bondarev. The film won the main prize of the All-Union Film Festival. Plot In 1945, with other servicemen, demobilized after the end of World War II, 22-year-old Captain Sergey Vohmintsev, commander of an artillery battery, returns from Germany. The young soldier looks with hope to the future of peaceful life, for he began dating a girl geologist Nina. However, Sergei's joy is overshadowed by a meeting with another ex-battalion commander, Arkady Uvarov, who left his battery to perish and shifted the blame to a junior commander who was court-martialled and killed in a penal battalion. Vokhmintsev, the only survivor of the tragedy, publicly denounces Uvarov. The conflict that arose in the restaurant ends with a fine for petty hooliganism. At the meeting of the new 1946, where Sergei comes along with Nina, Uvarov again appears. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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