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Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director)
Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaya (russian: Ольга Ивановна Преображенская, 24 July 1881 – 30 October 1971) was a Russian actress and film director, one of the first female film directors, and the first female film director in Russia. She is best known for directing the films ''Women of Ryazan'' (1927) and ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (1930). Biography Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaya was born on 24 July 1881, in Moscow. From 1901 to 1904, she studied in the actor school of Moscow Art Theater. From 1905, she worked in theaters in Poltava, Tbilisi, Riga, Odessa, Voronezh and Moscow. In 1913, she debuted as film actress in '' The Keys to Happiness'', directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, and she starred in several popular adaptations of Russian classics, such as ''War and Peace'' and ''On the Eve'' (both 1915). Preobrazhenskaya was one of the founders of the actor school of the VGIK, where she taught from 1918 to 1925. In 1916 Preobrazhenskaya ... [...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] |
Mosfilm
Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output includes most of the more widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging from works by Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein, to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production ''Dersu Uzala'' () and the epic ''War and Peace'' (). History The Moscow film production company with studio facilities was established in November 1920 by the motion picture mogul Aleksandr Khanzhonkov ("first film factory") and I. Ermolev ("third film factory") as a unit of Goskino, the USSR's film monopoly. The first movie filmed by Mosfilm was ''On the Wings Skyward'' (directed by Boris Mikhin). In 1927, the construction of a new film studio complex began on Potylikha Street (renamed to Mosfilmovskaya Street in 1939) in Sparrow Hills of Moscow. This film st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Peasant
Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as "Doctor" or "Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of ''mistress''. Its counterparts are Mrs., used for a married women who has taken her husband's name, and Ms., which can be used for married or unmarried women. The plural ''Misses'' may be used, such as in ''The Misses Doe''. The traditional French "Mademoiselle" (abbreviation "Mlle") may also be used as the plural in English language conversation or correspondence. In Australian, British, and Irish schools the term 'miss' is often used by pupils in addressing any female teacher. Use alone as a form of address ''Miss'' is an honorific for addressing a woman who is not married, and is known by her maiden name. It is a shortened form of ''mistress'', and departed from ''misses/missus'' which became used to signify mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Attraction
''The Last Attraction'' (russian: Последний аттракцион) is a 1929 Soviet film directed by Ivan Pravov and Olga Preobrazhenskaya. Plot The film tells of the entry into the Red Army of young tight-rope walkers, and their fight against the soldiers of the Denikin army. Starring * Ivan Bykov as Kurapov * Yelena Maksimova as Polly * Raisa Puzhnaya as Masha * Naum Rogozhin as Klim Visloguby * A. Sashin as Serge * Leonid Yurenev Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright and ... as Vanichka References External links * 1929 films 1920s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films {{1920s-USSR-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paths Of Enemies
A path is a route for physical travel – see Trail. Path or PATH may also refer to: Physical paths of different types * Bicycle path * Bridle path, used by people on horseback * Course (navigation), the intended path of a vehicle * Desire path, created by human or animal foot traffic * Footpath, intended for use only by pedestrians * Shared-use path, intended for multiple modes such as walking, bicycling, in-line skating or others * Sidewalk, a paved path along the side of a road * Hoggin, a buff-coloured gravel & clay pathway often seen in gardens of Stately Homes, Parks etc. * Trail, an unpaved lane or road Mathematics, physics, and computing * Path (computing), in file systems, the human-readable address of a resource ** PATH (variable), in computing, a way to specify a list of directories containing executable programs * Path (graph theory), a sequence of edges of a graph that form a trail ** st-connectivity problem, sometimes known as the "path problem" * Path (topol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepan Razin (film)
Stepan Razin (russian: Степан Разин) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Ivan Pravov and Olga Preobrazhenskaya. Plot Don Cossack Stepan Razin vowed to take revenge on the boyars for his tortured friends. Having headed the risen peasants, he becomes the leader of the whole army. From all over the Russian land flock to him humiliated and offended. Cast * Andrei Abrikosov as Stepan Bazin * Vladimir Gardin as Kivrin * Elena Kondratyeva as Alyona, Razina * Pyotr Leontyev as Tsar Alexis of Russia * Ivan Pelttser as Grandfather Taras * Nina Zorskaya as Persian Princess * Mikhail Zharov as Lazunka * Sergey Martinson Sergey Alexandrovich Martinson (russian: Серге́й Александрович Мартинсон; – 2 September 1984) was a Russian eccentric comic actor, the master of pantomime, buffoonery and grotesque. He became People's Artist of the ... as Fyodor References External links * 1939 films 1930s Russian-language films Soviet black- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Nest Of Gentlefolk (film)
''Home of the Gentry'' (russian: Дворянское гнездо ''Dvoryánskoye gnezdó'' ), also translated as ''A Nest of the Gentlefolk'', ''A Nest of the Gentry'' and ''Liza'' , is a novel by Ivan Turgenev published in the January 1859 issue of ''Sovremennik''. It was enthusiastically received by the Russian society and remained his least controversial and most widely read novel until the end of the 19th century. Plot summary The novel's protagonist is Fyodor Ivanych Lavretsky, a nobleman who shares many traits with Turgenev. The child of a distant, Anglophile father and a serf mother who dies when he is very young, Lavretsky is brought up at his family's country estate home by a severe maiden aunt, often thought to be based on Turgenev's own mother, who was known for her cruelty. Lavretsky pursues an education in Moscow, and while he is studying there, he spies a beautiful young woman at the opera. Her name is Varvara Pavlovna, and he falls in love with her and asks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mask Of Death
A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment and often they have been employed for rituals and rights. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes, as well as in the performing arts and for entertainment. They are usually worn on the face, although they may also be positioned for effect elsewhere on the wearer's body. More generally in art history, especially sculpture, "mask" is the term for a face without a body that is not modelled in the round (which would make it a "head"), but for example appears in low relief. Etymology The word "mask" appeared in English in the 1530s, from Middle French ''masque'' "covering to hide or guard the face", derived in turn from Italian ''maschera'', from Medieval Latin ''masca'' "mask, specter, nightmare". This word is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Arabic ''maskharah'' مَسْخَرَۃٌ "buffoon", from the verb ''sakhira'' "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garnet Bracelet (1915 Film)
''The Garnet Bracelet'' (russian: Гранатовый браслет, translit=Granatovyi braslet) is a short novel by Alexander Kuprin, first published in Zemlya (Land) almanac, Vol. 6, 1911.''Vyacheslavov, P.'' Notes and commentaries. The Works of A.I.Kuprin in 9 volumes. Pravda Publishers. The Ogonyok Library. Moscow, 1964. Vol.5, pp. 411-412 Maxim Gorky, who among others praised the novel, saw it as "the sign of a new literature coming." History Kuprin started writing what he first saw as a short story in Odessa in the autumn of 1910. "One of these days I'm going to send Blum nberga little piece, called The Garnet Bracelet," he informed friend V.S.Klestov in a letter dated September 29. But the story, getting larger and larger, took three months to be completed. The plot had a real basis, judging by Kuprin's October 15 letter to Fyodor Batyushkov. "What I do today is polish The Garnet Bracelet. This is - remember it? - the sad story of a minor telegraph clerk named P.P. Zhelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peterburg Slums
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plebeian (film)
In ancient Rome, the plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners". Both classes were hereditary. Etymology The precise origins of the group and the term are unclear, but may be related to the Greek, ''plēthos'', meaning masses. In Latin, the word is a singular collective noun, and its genitive is . Plebeians were not a monolithic social class. Those who resided in the city and were part of the four urban tribes are sometimes called the , while those who lived in the country and were part of the 31 smaller rural tribes are sometimes differentiated by using the label . (List of Roman tribes) In ancient Rome In the annalistic tradition of Livy and Dionysius, the distinction between patricians and plebeians was as old as Rome itself, instituted by Romulus' appointment of the first hundred senators, whose descendants became the patriciate. Modern hypotheses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privalov's Millions (film)
Privalov's Millions (russian: Приваловские миллионы, Privalovskiye milliony) is a 1972 two-part drama film based on the novel by Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak. Plot In his native city in the Urals back Sergey Privalov - heir to a colossal state. He is full of ideas rebuilding this life: dreams to modernize plants to build schools and hospitals. But there are other hunters heritage, and because Privalov millions ignite serious passions. Cast * Leonid Kulagin as Sergey Privalov * Lyudmila Chursina as Zosya Lyakhovskaya (Privalova) * Vladislav Strzhelchik as Alexander Polovodov * Lyudmila Khityaeva as Antonida Polovodova * Andrei Fajt as Ignatii L'vovich Lyakhovsky * Lyubov Sokolova as Maria Bakhareva * Aleksandr Demyanenko as Viktor Bakharev * Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Ivan Yakovlevich * Igor Yasulovich as Maxim Loskutov * Yuri Puzyryov as Nicolas Veryovkin * Stanislav Chekan as Kuzma Ferapontovich Kanunnikov * Lyudmila Shagalova as Khionia Alekseyevna Zapla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
