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Stanislav Chekan
Stanislav Yulianovich Chekan (russian: Станисла́в Юлиа́нович Чека́н; 2 June 1922, Rostov-on-Don — 11 August 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, known primarily for his blue-collar manly appearance, and character actor roles of a stereotypical "big guy." Biography Stanislav Chekan was born in Rostov-on-Don on 2 June 1922. When he was 15 years old, his father was arrested as an enemy of the people. Stanislav was sent to a labor colony, where he first began to participate in amateur activities. Then he was sent to a vocational school, but on the way he turned to Rostov, where he entered another school, a theater school. From 1938 to 1941 he studied at the studio of Yuri Zavadsky in the Theater School of Rostov-on-Don. Member of the Great Patriotic War, fought near Novorossiysk, after a serious injury — the actor of the front-line theater. In 1945 Stanislav Chekan became an actor of the Odessa Theater of the Soviet Army, then, in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River (Russia), Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of the North Caucasus. The southwestern suburbs of the city lie above the Don river delta. Rostov-on-Don has a population of over one million people, and is an important cultural centre of Southern Russia. History Early history From ancient times, the area around the mouth of the Don River has held cultural and commercial importance. Ancient indigenous inhabitants included the Scythians, Scythian and Sarmatians, Sarmatian tribes. It was the site of Tanais, colonies in antiquity, an ancient Greek colony, Gazaria (Genoese colonies), Fort Tana under the Genoa, Genoese, and Azov#Fortress of Azov, Fort Azak in the time of the Ottoman Empire. In 1749, a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Footlights
''Behind the Footlights'' (russian: На подмостках сцены) is a 1956 Soviet comedy drama film directed by Konstantin Yudin. Plot The film tells about an elderly actor and his beautiful and gifted daughter, who dreams of becoming an actress and playing in the theater. Cast * Vasili Merkuryev as Lev Gurych Sinichkin (as V. Merkuryev) * Liliya Yudina as Liza - Sinichkin daughter (as L. Yudina) * Tatyana Karpova as Surmilova, actress (as T. Karpova) * Nikolai Afanasyev as Prince Vetrinsky (as N. Afanasyev) * Mikhail Yanshin as Borzikov, dramatist (as M. Yanshin) * Yuri Lyubimov as Prince Zefirov (as Yu. Lyubimov) * Sergei Blinnikov as Pustoslavtsev, theatre keeper (as S. Blinnikov) * Stanislav Chekan as Stepan, coachman (as S. Chekan) * Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky as Prompter (as A. Samin-Nikolsky) * Yelena Savitskaya * Irina Fyodorova * Grigori Abrikosov * Pyotr Repnin * Yury Yakovlev Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Я́к ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crown Of The Russian Empire, Or Once Again The Elusive Avengers
''The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers'' (russian: Корона Российской Империи, или Снова Неуловимые; translit. ''Korona Rossiyskoy Imperii, ili Snova Neulovimye'') is a 1971 Soviet action movie, a second sequel of '' The Elusive Avengers'', directed by Edmond Keosayan and made on Mosfilm. Synopsis The Elusive Avengers, a posse of young Red Partisans, including Valerka, a former schoolboy, Yashka, a devil-may-care gypsy, and two orphan siblings, Danka and his sister Ksanka, became Cheka agents after successfully stealing the map in ''The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers''. They wish to abandon their service and study in a university, but the young Soviet Republic needs them again. A group of White émigrés, influenced by a scheming French politician, Monsieur Duc, want to crown a new Tsar in Paris. Two obvious frauds compete for the Russian throne in exile, but they want to be crowned with the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Militsiya
''Militsiya'' ( rus, милиция, , mʲɪˈlʲitsɨjə) was the name of the police forces in the Soviet Union (until 1991) and in several Eastern Bloc countries (1945–1992), as well as in the non-aligned SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992). The term continues in common and sometimes official usage in some of the individual former Soviet republics such as Belarus, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as in the partially recognised or unrecognised republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, DNR and LNR. Name and status The name ''militsiya'' as applied to police forces originates from a Russian Provisional Government decree dated April 17, 1917, and from early Soviet history: both the Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks intended to associate their new law-enforcement authority with the self-organisation of the people and to distinguish it from the czarist police. The militsiya was reaffirmed in Russia on October 28 (November 10, according to the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brothers Karamazov (1969 Film)
''The Brothers Karamazov'' (russian: Братья Карамазовы, translit. ''Bratya Karamazovy'') is a 1969 Soviet film directed by Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev and Mikhail Ulyanov. It is based on the 1880 novel by the famous Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival, winning Pyryev a Special Prize. Plot summary Cast * Mikhail Ulyanov as Dmitri Karamazov * Lionella Pyryeva as Grushenka * Kirill Lavrov as Ivan Karamazov * Andrey Myagkov as Alyosha Karamazov * Mark Prudkin as Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov * Svetlana Korkoshko as Yekaterina Ivanovna * Valentin Nikulin as Pavel Smerdyakov * Pavel Pavlenko as elder Zosima * Andrei Abrikosov as Kuzma Kuzmich Samsonov * Gennadi Yukhtin as Father Paisi * Anatoly Adoskin as Examining magistrate * Rada Volshaninova as Gipsy * Tamara Nosova as Marya Kondratyevna * Nikita Podgorny as Mikhail Osipovic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Adventures Of The Elusive Avengers
''The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' (russian: Новые приключения Неуловимых, translit. ''Novye prikluchenya Neulovimykh'') is a 1968 Soviet action film, a sequel of ''The Elusive Avengers'', directed by Edmond Keosayan and made on Mosfilm. The film was followed by ''The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers'' released in 1971. Plot The film continues the story of the Elusive Avengers, a posse of young Red Partisans, including Valerka, a former schoolboy, Yashka, a devil-may-care gypsy, and two orphan siblings, Danka and his sister Ksanka. They join the Red Army and fight Baron Wrangel's White Guards. They intercept an airplane that was carrying a letter to the Baron. The letter reveals that the map of fortifications in Crimea is in possession of the White counter-intelligence officer, Colonel Kudasov. This map is vital for the Red Army assault, and the Avengers are sent on a secret mission to steal the map. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Tickets For A Daytime Picture Show
''Two Tickets for a Daytime Picture Show'' (russian: Два билета на дневной сеанс) is a 1966 Soviet crime film directed by Gerbert Rappaport. Plot The film tells about the Komsomol member Alyoshin, who goes to work in Department for Combating Theft of Socialist Property. Once in the workplace, he realizes that this is not his job and submits a report on dismissal. The boss, in turn, sets him a condition: Aleshin will be able to leave work, but only after completing one task. There were found two tickets from criminals to the cinema for the same place, but on different days. Alyoshin must figure it out... Cast * Aleksandr Zbruyev as Alyoshin * Zemfira Tsakhilova as Tonya * Igor Gorbachyov as Nikolayev * Pyotr Gorin as Shondysh * Aleksey Kozhevnikov as Andreyev * Nikita Podgorny as Lebedyansky * Valentina Sperantova Valentina Aleksandrovna Sperantova (russian: Валенти́на Алекса́ндровна Спера́нтова; 1904 — 1978) was a ... [...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] |
The First Trolleybus
''The First Trolleybus'' (russian: Первый троллейбус, Perviy trolleybus) is a 1963 Soviet romance film directed by Isidor Annensky. Plot The film tells about a beautiful trolleybus driver named Svetlana, who enchants all the young people who ride the trolleybus. She had to quit her job in order to go to college, but having entered there, she realized that she lacked the attention of those guys and she decided to study in absentia and again became a trolleybus driver. Cast * Irina Gubanova as Sveta Soboleva * Lev Sverdlin as Sveta's Father * Nina Sazonova as Maria Ignatyevna (as N. Sazonova) * Aleksandr Demyanenko as Sergei * Dalvin Shcherbakov as Pavel * Evgeniy Anufriyev as Vasya * Oleg Dahl as Senya * Viktor Bortsov as Kiryushin * Nina Doroshina Nina Mikhaylovna Doroshina (russian: Нина Михайловна Дорошина; 3 December 1934 — 21 April 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Introduction To Life
''Introduction to Life'' (russian: Вступление, Vstuplijenije) is a 1963 Soviet drama film about World War II seen through the eyes of a young boy from Leningrad. It won a Special Jury Prize at the 24th Venice International Film Festival. Plot The Great Patriotic War is nearing the end. In a train two youths, Volodya ( Boris Tokarev) and Valya (Natalia Bogunova) returning from evacuation to Leningrad cross paths for a few minutes. The plot carries them to their first random encounter that takes place in the summer of 1941 at a crowded refugee station. The period of growing adolescents, their ''introduction'' to adult life occurs in the arduous years of war. During the bombing of the evacuation train near the Mga station, dies the mother (Lyubov Sokolova) of Valya and her younger sister Lucy (Lida Volkova). After long wanderings in orphanages, the girls are found by their own aunt and they find shelter in her house. The fate of Volodya Jakubowski develops in a difficult w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphibian Man (film)
''Amphibian Man'' (russian: Человек-амфибия, translit. Chelovek-amfibiya) is a 1962 Soviet science fiction romance film starring Vladimir Korenev and directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennadi Kazansky. The film stars Vladimir Korenev and Anastasiya Vertinskaya in the lead roles. It is an almost fable-like story based upon the eponymous 1928 novel by Alexander Beliaev. It focuses on a youth named ''Ichthyander'' (russian: Ихтиандр, Ichtiandr) (from Greek: fish+man) who was surgically altered to survive under the sea. Unlike traditional science fiction movies of the time the film focuses much more on the concept of love won and lost. It was given the name of ''Tarzan des Mers'' before the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs took exception. The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1962, with 65.5 million admissions during its initial run that year. It later sold up to 100million admissions including re-runs, the highest for a Soviet film up u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussar Ballad
''The Hussar Ballad'' (russian: Гусарская баллада, Gusarskaya ballada) is a 1962 Soviet musical film by Eldar Ryazanov, filmed on Mosfilm. In effect, it is one of the best loved musical comedies in Russia. With most of its dialogue delivered in verse, Ryazanov's script romanticizes the adventures of Nadezhda Durova during the Napoleonic wars. The swift paced, action packed, humor filled adventure is ingeniously mixed with light-hearted acting bravado and memorable operetta pieces. The film's musical score and songs were written by Tikhon Khrennikov. The leading roles — those of the cavalry maiden Shurochka Azarova and the dashing hussar Poruchik Dmitry Rzhevsky — were played by Andrei Mironov's wife Larisa Golubkina and the People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Yakovlev, respectively. Comedian Igor Ilyinsky appeared as one-eyed Field-Marshal Prince Mikhail Kutuzov. The film is based on the play ''A Long Time Ago'' by Alexander Gladkov.Emil Draitser, ''Making War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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