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Nikolay Smorchkov
Nikolay Gavrilovich Smorchkov (russian: Николай Гаврилович Сморчков; 9 August 1930 – 7 March 2021) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. Biography Nikolay Smorchkov was born on 9 August 1930 in the village of Ivankovo, Gavrilovo-Posadsky District, in a large peasant family named Gavril Ivanovich and Pelageya Matveyevna. In 1933, fleeing Collectivization, the family moved to the village of Orgtrud, which was not far from Vladimir (now the district of the city). Being still in the 7th grade, the future actor caught a movie and decided to become a film actor. After graduation Smorchkov came to Moscow and entered the VGIK (course of Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova), where he had to deal specially with removing his pronounced accent. While still in his second year in 1951, he played his first role in Gerasimov's film ''The Village Doctor''. He graduated from VGIK in 1953 with a red diploma. After graduating from the institute, the actor was enrolled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavrilovo-Posadsky District
Gavrilovo-Posadsky District (russian: Гаври́лово-Поса́дский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.Law #145-OZ It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Gavrilov Posad. Population: 20,430 ( 2002 Census); The population of Gavrilov Posad accounts for 42.9% of the district's total population. Administrative and municipal status The town of Gavrilov Posad serves as the administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ... of the district. Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ ''On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast'' in December 2010, it was administratively incorporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cranes Are Flying
''The Cranes Are Flying'' (russian: Летят журавли, translit. ''Letyat zhuravli'') is a 1957 Soviet film about the Second World War. It depicts the cruelty of war and the damage done to the Soviet psyche as a result of war, which was known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. The film was directed at Mosfilm by the Georgian-born Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov in 1957 and starred Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova. Adapted by Viktor Rozov from his play, the film won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, the only Soviet film to win that award. (In 1946, The Turning Point was one of eleven films awarded the Grand Prix, the predecessor of the Palme d'Or.) Plot In Moscow, on June 22, 1941, Veronika and her boyfriend Boris watch cranes fly over the city as the sun rises and then sneak back into their families' apartments. Hours later, Boris’s cousin Mark wakes him with news that the Germans have invaded. Veronika soon learns that Bori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Days Of The Turbins (1976 Film)
''The Days of the Turbins'' (russian: Дни Турбиных, Dni Turbinykh) is a 1976 Soviet three-part television drama film directed by Vladimir Basov, based on the eponymous play by Mikhail Bulgakov (the author's adaptation of his novel The White Guard for stage). Plot The film tells about the intelligentsia and the revolution in Russia, about the life of the family of Turbin officers during the Russian Civil War. Kiev. Winter of 1918-1919. The power in the city passes from the Hetman to the Directorate of Ukraine, then from Petliura to the Bolsheviks. Turbins and their acquaintances have to make their choice. Colonel Alexei Turbin and his brother Nicholas remain loyal to the White Movement and bravely defend it, without worrying about their lives. Elena's (née Turbin) husband, Vladimir Talberg flees shamefully from the city with the retreating German troops. In this troubled time, the family and close friends gather and celebrate the New Year. A strange and slightly ridic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarosław Dąbrowski (film)
''Jarosław Dąbrowski'' is a Polish historical film about Jarosław Dąbrowski. It was released in 1976. Cast * Zygmunt Malanowicz − Jarosław Dąbrowski * Małgorzata Potocka − Pelagia Dąbrowska, żona Jarosława * Aleksandr Kalagin − Tuchołko * Wiktor Awdiuszko − Władisław Ozierow * Władimir Iwaszow − Andrij Potebnia * Stanisław Niwiński − Bronisław Szwarce * Stefan Szmidt − Walery Wróblewski * Józef Nowak Józef Nowak (8 April 1925 – 16 January 1984) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1951 and 1980. Selected filmography * ''Warsaw Premiere'' (1951) * ''Drugi brzeg'' (1962) * ''Westerplatte'' ... − Bronisław Wołowski References External links * 1976 films Polish biographical films Polish historical films 1970s Polish-language films Films set in the 1860s Films set in the 1870s Films about the Paris Commune Soviet multilingual films Soviet biographical films Soviet hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthly Love
''Earthy Love'' (russian: Любовь земная, Lyubov zemnaya) is a 1974 Russian romantic drama film directed by Yevgeny Matveyev and starring Matveyev, Olga Ostroumova, and Yury Yakovlev. The film was a screen adaptation of Pyotr Proskurin's novel ''Earthy Love'', and was viewed by 50.9 million spectators in 1975. Yevgeny Matveyev was honored with the State Prize of the RSFSR for ''Earthy Love'' and ''Destiny Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often ...''. Plot A story about love, the late chairman of the collective farm Zakhar Derugin (Yevgeny Matveev) marries the young woman Maria Polivanova (Olga Ostroumova) at the height of the harvest. There is a parallel developing romance between Catherine and her sister Derugin secretary of the District Party Committee Bryu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incorrigible Liar
''Incorrigible Liar'' (russian: Неисправимый лгун, Neispravimiy lgun) is a 1973 Soviet comedy film directed by Villen Azarov. Plot Alexei Ivanovich Tyutyurin ( Georgy Vitsin) is a very kind and gentle person who has been working as a hairdresser for twenty years. When there is an opportunity to be promoted to the salon's manager, he faces a problem - in the collective he has a reputation for being constantly late and being an incorrigible liar. According to his boss, Vasily Vasilievich Mymrikov (Nikolai Prokopovich), Tyutyurin has two drawbacks: "First, he lies, and secondly, he does not know how to lie," which is why he refuses to sign his recommendation letter. But in fact Alexei does not deceive anyone - he actually does get into unusual situations on the way to work: he helps a boy to pick up his ball off the roadway, after which he is doused in water by an auto-dispenser, and Tyutyurin has to return home to change clothes; then returns a lost gold cigarette cas ... [...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] |
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] |
The Red Tent (film)
''The Red Tent'' (russian: Красная палатка, translit. ''Krasnaya palatka''; it, La tenda rossa; es, La tienda roja) is a joint Soviet/Italian 1969 film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. The film is based on the story of the 1928 mission to rescue Umberto Nobile and the other survivors of the crash of the airship ''Italia''. It features Sean Connery as Roald Amundsen and Peter Finch as Nobile. The script was adapted by Yuri Nagibin and Mikhail Kalatozov from Nagibin's novel of the same title. Nagibin couldn't complete the script due to a series of conflicts with the producer, who insisted on expanding the role of Claudia Cardinale, and it was completed by de Concini and Bolt. Plot The film begins in Rome many years after the expedition. Nobile has endured years of scorn for his actions during the disaster and its aftermath. He imagines his apartment turned into a court of inquiry against him, where witnesses and judges are his former crewmen – including Capta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Agent's Blunder
''The Secret Agent's Blunder'' (russian: Ошибка резидента, Oshibka rezidenta), also translated as ''Resident's Mistake'', is a 1968 (or 1966?) Soviet spy film directed by . It is the first of four films based around the same character, the spy Mikhail Tulyev, played by Georgy Zhzhyonov. The sequel, ''Secret Agent's Destiny'' (or ''Resident's Way'') was released in 1970, with '' Resident Return'' (''Resident Is Back'') in 1982 and ' in 1986. Plot Part one. Under Old Cover (По старой легенде) Mikhail Tulyev, the son of a former spy and White Russian count, is sent by West German intelligence to collect Soviet nuclear secrets. He travels in Russia under the name Mikhail Zarokov, taken from a POW he had met in the Great Patriotic War, with the cover of looking for his supposedly lost sister. Tuylev stays with Dembovich (Oleg Zhakov), a bitter former German agent and works as a taxi driver, striking up a romantic relationship with the company's dispatche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War And Peace (film Series)
''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, trans. Voyna i mir) is a 1966–67 Soviet war drama film co-written and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel ''War and Peace''. The film, released in four installments throughout 1966 and 1967, starred Bondarchuk in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, alongside Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Ludmila Savelyeva, who depicted Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova. The film was produced by the Mosfilm studios between 1961 and 1967, with considerable support from the Soviet authorities and the Red Army which provided hundreds of horses and over ten thousand soldiers as extras. At a cost of 8.29 million Rbls – equal to US$9.21 million at 1967 rates, or $60–70 million in 2019, accounting for rouble inflation – it was the most expensive film made in the Soviet Union. Upon its release, it became a success with audiences, selling approximately 135 million tickets in the USSR. ''War and Peace'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan's Childhood
''Ivan's Childhood'' (russian: Ива́ново де́тство, ''Ivanovo detstvo''), sometimes released as ''My Name Is Ivan'' in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Co-written by Mikhail Papava, Andrei Konchalovsky and an uncredited Tarkovsky, it is based on Vladimir Bogomolov's 1957 short story "Ivan". The film features child actor Nikolai Burlyayev along with Valentin Zubkov, Evgeny Zharikov, Stepan Krylov, Nikolai Grinko, and Tarkovsky's wife Irma Raush. ''Ivan's Childhood'' tells the story of orphaned boy Ivan, whose parents were killed by the invading German forces, and his experiences during World War II. ''Ivan's Childhood'' was one of several Soviet films of its period, such as '' The Cranes Are Flying'' and '' Ballad of a Soldier'', that looked at the human cost of war and did not glorify the war experience as did films produced before the Khrushchev Thaw. In a 1962 interview, Tarkovsky stated that in making the film he wanted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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