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Pavel Chukhray
Pavel Grigoryevich Chukhray (russian: Па́вел Григо́рьевич Чухра́й; Bykovo, Moscow Oblast, October 14, 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He is the son of the prominent Russian film director Grigory Chukhray. He is best known for his film '' The Thief'' (1997), which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1.html" ;"title="/sup>1">/sup>1/sup> and won the Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Directing. He is a People's Artist of Russia. He has been nominated and won numerous international prizes in Russia, Europe and the United States, including the Venice Film Festival. Steven Spielberg invited Pavel Chukhray to participate in his project: “Broken Silence” (2002), an international documentary mini-series about the holocaust. The series consists of five foreign-language films featuring testimonies from Argentina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Russia and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bykovo, Ramensky District, Moscow Oblast
Bykovo (russian: Быко́во) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Ramensky District of Moscow Oblast, located southeast of Moscow. Population: History It was founded in 1861–1862 upon construction of the Moscow-Ryazan railroad, replacing the former village to the south. Work settlement status was granted to it in 1962. Economy The Bykovo Airport and an aircraft repair facility are located here. Notable people Bykovo is a home (and a place of birth) for Pavel Chukhrai, Vladimir Sorokin, and Nikolay Rastorguyev Nikolay Vyacheslavovich Rastorguyev (russian: Николай Вячеславович Расторгуев; born February 21, 1957, Lytkarino, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) is the lead singer of the Russian group Lyube. In 1978, Nikolay was the .... References {{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Moscow Oblast ... [...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] |
1946 Births
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurochannel
Eurochannel is a world television channel focused on European culture and lifestyle through movies, series and other programs dedicated to European culture. Eurochannel broadcasts in original audio with subtitles in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Eurochannel is available in Hispanic America, France, Brazil, United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Angola, Mozambique, Portugal and North Macedonia, reaching more than 25 million people in 24 countries through 11 million households. In United States, Eurochannel is available on Google Play on all Android devices. History Eurochannel was originally created by Televisão Abril (TVA) in Brazil in 1994, then released by DirecTV in that country. In November 2000, the channel was acquired by Multithematiques Inc, the short-lived American subsidiary of the French company of the same name, from Abril, for the sum of $8 million. Its CEO Michel Thoulouze had high hopes following the buying, in an attempt to "reawaken taste" for European cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Silence (2001 Film)
''Broken Silence'' ( es, Silencio roto, links=no) is a 2001 Spanish drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz which stars Lucía Jiménez and Juan Diego Botto. The plot depicts life in a small town after the Spanish Civil War in the years 1944-1948. Cast Plot Starting in Navarre in 1944, The plot begins with Lucía, a young woman, returning to her village after nine years. The year is 1944, and Francisco Franco has already won the war. Lucía explains that she has to come back - supposedly to earn money - because her mother has five other children. We get to know Teresa, Sebas, Manuel, and Hilario, who has just returned from jail. We can also see the soldiers' office, which has the phrase “Todo por la patria” (All for the Fatherland) painted above the door. After arriving, Lucía lives with Teresa and starts working at her bar. From the first frame, you can see the oppression that the soldiers exert on the town. In one scene, the sergeant orders Sebas to drink a whole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Driver For Vera
''A Driver for Vera'' (russian: Водитель для Веры, ''Voditel dlya Very'') is a 2004 Ukrainian-Russian co-produced psychological drama film from 2004, set in 1962 Sevastopol, Ukraine, directed and written by Russian Pavel Chukhrai. The film won numerous Russian awards including Best Film at the Sochi Film Festival. The film's two-country origin resulted in the film being rejected as Ukraine's entry for the Academy Awards Best Foreign Film category for 2005, due to a rule which states, " e submitting country must certify that creative talent of that country exercised artistic control of the film."indieWire November 3, 2004: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
