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Pavel Korchagin (film)
''Pavel Korchagin'' (russian: Павел Корчагин) is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov, based on the novel ''How the Steel Was Tempered''. Plot The film tells about the Red Army soldier Pavel Korchagin and his comrades fighting for a just cause. I.B.Tauris, 2003, , 14 p. Cast * as Pavel Korchagin * Tamara Stradina as Tonya Tumanova * Elza Lezhdey as Rita Ustynovich * Vladimir Marenkov as Ivan Zharky * Pavel Usovnichenko as Zhukhrai *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Alov
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Alov (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович А́лов) (September 26, 1923 – June 12, 1983) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1983 (together with Vladimir Naumov). His 1981 film ''Teheran 43'' won the Golden Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. After military service in the Great Patriotic War, Alov studied with Igor Savchenko at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, VGIK, graduating in 1951. He worked as an assistant to Savchenko on the war epic ''The Third Blow'' (1948). After his teacher’s untimely death, he and fellow student Vladimir Naumov were entrusted with the completion of Savchenko’s last picture, the biopic ''Taras Shevchenko (film), Taras Shevchenko'' (1949). Following the success of that debut, Alov and Naumov began to make films at the Dovzhenko Film Studios, Kiev film studio as a team under the label “Alov an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elza Lezhdey
Elza Ivanovna Lezhdey (russian: Эльза Ивановна Леждей; 19 February 1933 — 12 June 2001) is a Soviet and Russian actress. She was best recognized for her role as Zinaida Kibrit in ''Investigation Held by ZnaToKi''. Appearing in more than fifty films from 1954 to 1992, she was awarded Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR in 1974. She died on June 12, 2001, at the age of 68. Filmography * ''The Frigid Sea'' (1954) as Varvara * ''The First Echelon'' (1955) as Tamara * '' Pavel Korchagin'' (1956) as Rita Ustinovich * '' The Wind'' (1959) as Mari * '' Ballad of a Soldier'' (1959) as Vasya's wife * '' The Hockey Players'' (1965) as Maya * ''Straight Line'' (1967) as Emma * ''Investigation Held by ZnaToKi ''Investigation Led by ZnaToKi'', or ''Investigation Led by Experts'' (russian: Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи, translit. ''Sledstvie vedut ZnaToKi'') was a popular 1971-1989 Soviet detective TV-series with two Russian series (2 ...'' (1971-1989) as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Russian-language Films
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Russian Civil War Films
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Films Directed By Vladimir Naumov
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Aleksandr Alov
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Russian Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Films
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – Elvis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Morgunov
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Morgunov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Моргуно́в; April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Merited Artist of Russian SFSR (1978). Early life He started out as a worker in a Moscow factory, but - "a little naive and obsessed with becoming an actor" - he wrote a letter to Joseph Stalin about his dream. Morgunov reportedly received a reply from Stalin that said that a place was allocated for him in the acting class at the State Institute of Cinematography. Morgunov launched his film career while still a student. Career Yevgeny Morgunov was one of Russia's leading comic actors.''Soviet-Era Comic Screen Legend Dies.'' Valeria Korchagina. The Moscow Times. No. 1738. June 29, 1999. "Plump and bald," Morgunov often "represented a traditional character of Soviet satire - Byvaly, or Experienced, a slightly dull, strong-built drunk whose attempts to commit petty crimes alw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Telegina
Valentina Petrovna Telegina (russian: Валенти́на Петро́вна Теле́гина; 1915 — 1979) was a Soviet and Russian actress. Biography Telegina was born on February 23, 1915, in Novocherkassk, capital of Don Cossacks (now the Rostov Oblast). In 1937, she graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Performing Arts, workshop of Sergei Gerasimov. Since 1937 the actress of Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre, in 1940-1941 of the Baltic Fleet Theatre. In the cinema since 1934. She had her first big role as Motya Kotenkova in Sergei Gerasimov's film '' Komsomolsk''. After the war she moved to Moscow, working at the Gorky Film Studio from 1946. She aimed to embody the character of the Russian woman in all its diversity. Valentina Petrovna Telegina died on October 4, 1979. She was buried in Moscow at the Mitinskoe Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' Komsomolsk'' (1938) as Motya Kotenkova * '' The New Teacher'' (1939) as Stepanida Ivanovna Lautina * ''Member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How The Steel Was Tempered
''How the Steel Was Tempered'' (russian: Как закалялась сталь, ''Kak zakalyalas' stal) or ''The Making of a Hero'', is a socialist realist novel written by Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936). With 36.4 million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling books of all time and the best-selling book in the Russian language. Summary The story follows the life of Pavel Korchagin, including his fighting in and aftermath of the Russian Civil War. Korchagin fought for the Bolsheviks during the war and was injured. The novel examines how Korchagin heals from his wounds and thus becomes as strong as steel. The novel begins when Korchagin is 12, living in the town of Shepetovka in Ukraine. He gets kicked out of school for putting tobacco in some bread dough and must go to work as a dishwasher. As a dishwasher he is beaten by a coworker, but his brother Artyom defends him. The novel jumps forward to age 16 when he is working in a power plant. He meets a Bolshevik named Zhuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
