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Sergei Yutkevich
Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich (russian: Серге́й Ио́сифович Ютке́вич, 28 December 1904 – 23 April 1985) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1962) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1974). Life and career He began work as a teen doing puppet shows. Between 1921 and 1923 he studied under Vsevolod Meyerhold. Later he helped found the ''Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS)'', which was primarily concerned with circus and music hall acts. He entered films in the 1920s and began directing in 1928. His films often were cheerier than most Russian films as he was influenced by American slapstick, among other things. However he also did serious historical films, docudramas, and biopics. He won Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director twice: for ''Othello'' in 1956 and for ''Lenin in Poland'' in 1966. Of his later films ''Lenin in Paris'' is among the best known. In 1959, 1961 and 1967 respectively, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
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 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 fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Moscow International Film Festival
The 1st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 3 to 17 August 1959. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Soviet film '' Destiny of a Man'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Jury * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury) * Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia) * Emma Väänänen (Finland) * Thorold Dickinson (Great Britain) * Christian-Jaque (France) * Kálmán Nádasdy (Hungary) * Hans Rodenberg (East Germany) * Bimal Roy (India) * Henri Storck (Belgium) * Jerzy Toeplitz (Poland) * Kiyohiko Ushihara (Japan) * Zhang Junxiang (China) * Sergei Yutkevich (USSR) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Grand Prix: '' Destiny of a Man'' by Sergei Bondarchuk * Golden Medals: ** '' Aren't We Wonderful?'' by Kurt Hoffmann ** '' The Day Shall Dawn'' by A. J. Kardar ** '' Escape from the Shadows'' by Jiří Sequens * Silver Medals: ** Actors: Wieńczysław Gliński, Bronisław Pawlik and Aleksander Sewruk for '' The Eagle'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Encounters
''Three Encounters'' (russian: Три встречи, Tri vstrechi) is a 1948 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko, Vsevolod Pudovkin and Sergei Yutkevich. Plot The film consists of several novellas about people returning from the front: engineer-blast-furnace Kornev, who became a major, Sergeant-Major Samoseev, who became chairman of the collective farm, Senior Lieutenant Rudnikov, going to the Arctic expedition and Lieutenant Bella Mukhtarova, traveling with a group of geologists to the East. Starring * Tamara Makarova as Olimpiada Samoseeva * Boris Chirkov as Nikanor Samoseev * Nikolay Kryuchkov as Maksim Kornev * Yuliya Borisova as Oksana * Klara Luchko as Bella * Mikhail Derzhavin Mikhail Mikhajlovich Derzhavin(russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Держа́вин; 15 June 1936, Moscow – 10 January 2018, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Biography Mikhail Mikhajlovich Derzhavin was born in the famil ... * Leonid Kmit * Andrey Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Over Russia
''Light over Russia'' (russian: Свет над Россией, Svet nad Rossyey) is a 1947 Soviet history propaganda film directed by Sergei Yutkevich. Plot The film illustrates the memories of a sailor who survived the Revolution and the Great Patriotic War. Starring * Nikolai Kolesnikov as Vladimir Lenin *Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin * Vasily Markov as Felix Dzerzhinsky * Boris Olenin-Girshman as Gleb Krzhizhanovsky *Nikolay Okhlopkov as Anton Ivanovich Zabelin, engineer *Kira Golovko as Masha Zabelina (credited as K. Ivanova) * Nikolai Kryuchkov as Aleksandr Rybakov, sailor *Benjamin Zuskin as watchmaker *Sergei Tsenin as H. G. Wells *Boris Livanov as Vladimir Mayakovsky * Vasili Vanin as soldier * Boris Tolmazov as Lastochkin, Red Army soldier * Vladimir Maryev as Red Army soldier *Sergey Filippov as speculator * Yelena Yelina as Lidiya Mikhailovna, Zabelin's wife * Maria Yarotskaya as Dasha, servant of Zabelins *Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Yelena Vyacheslavovna, fright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Moscow!
''Hello Moscow!'' (russian: Zdravstvuy, Moskva!, russian: Здравствуй, Москва!) is a 1945 Soviet musical film directed by Sergei Yutkevich. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Oleg Bobrov as Oleg * Sergei Filippov as Brikin, the accordionist * Pavel Kadochnikov * Nikolai Leonov as Kolya * Ivan Lyubeznov as School Director * Lev Pirogov as Grandfather Nicanor * Vasili Seleznyov as Fedya * Andrei Shirshov as School Assistant Director * Anya Stravinskaya as Tanya * Boris Tenin Boris Mikhailovich Tenin (; 23 March 1905, Kuznetsk – 8 September 1990, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). Biography Boris Tenin was born in Kuznetsk in a family of a rai ... as Playwright References External links * 1945 films 1945 musical films 1940s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Sergei Yutkevich Soviet musical films {{musical-film- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakov Sverdlov (film)
Yakov Sverdlov', (russian: Яков Свердлов) is a 1940 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich. Plot The film tells about the life and work of the Chairman of the Central Executive Committee Yakov Sverdlov. Starring * Leonid Lyubashevsky as Yakov Sverdlov * Maksim Shtraukh as Lenin * Andro Kobaladze as Stalin * Pavel Kadochnikov as Maxim Gorky * Nikolay Kryuchkov as Trofimow * Irina Fedotova as Zina Mironov * Nikolay Gorlov as Mironov * Ivan Nazarov as Akim * Nikolai Okhlopkov as Feodor Chaliapin * Igor Smirnov as Lenka Sukhov child * Kseniya Tarasova as Anisa Sukhov * Vladimir Vladislavskiy as Kazimir Petrovich * Ivan Lyubeznov Ivan Aleksandrovich Lyubeznov (russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Любе́знов; 19 April (2 May) 1909, in Astrakhan – 5 March 1988, in Moscow) was a Russian theater and film actor, reader during the rule of the Soviet Uni ... References External links * {{Sergei Yutkevich 1940 films 1940s Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With The Gun
''The Man with the Gun'' (russian: Человек с ружьём, Chelovek s ruzhyom, Person with a rifle) is a 1938 Soviet history drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich. Plot The film takes place during the October Revolution, when the army is approaching the army of General Krasnov. Ivan Shadrin, a peasant who became a soldier, goes to Petrograd in order to convey a letter to Vladimir Lenin with questions that concern his comrades. Cast * Maksim Shtraukh as Vladimir Lenin *Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin (removed from cut version) *Boris Tenin as Ivan Shadrin * Vladimir Lukin as Nikolai Chibisov *Zoya Fyodorova as Katya *Faina Ranevskaya as mansion owner, séance psychic (uncredited) *Boris Chirkov as Yevtushenko *Nikolay Cherkasov as general * Nikolai Sosnin as Zakhar Zakharovich Sibirtsev, millionaire * Serafima Birman as Varvara Ivanovna, his wife * Mark Bernes as Kostya Zhigilyov * Stepan Kayukov as Andrei Dymov, sailor * Pavel Sukhanov as Matushkin, captive *Konst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miners
The Miners (russian: Шахтёры, Shakhtyory) is a 1937 Soviet comedy film directed by Sergei Yutkevich. Plot The chief of one mine in a small town in the Donbas Chub is playing along with the Trotskyites and bandits. A certain Semyon Primak arrives at the mine and begins to confront Chub. Slaughterer Matvey Bobylyov, in spite of their disassembly, begins to mine coal with a completely new method. Starring * Boris Poslavsky * Yuriy Tolubeev * Vladimir Lukin * Zoya Fyodorova * Yefim Altus * Mark Bernes * Stepan Kayukov * Stepan Kuznetsov * Konstantin Nazarenko * Nina Rusinova Nina may refer to: * Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname Acronyms *National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq * Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology * No incom ... as Olga Bobylyova References External links * 1937 films 1930s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lev Arnshtam
Lev Oskarovich Arnshtam (russian: Лео Оскарович Арншта́м; 15 January 1905 – 26 December 1979) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1936 and 1967. Arnshtam was named People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1969. Biography Arnshtam was initially interested in music. He studied piano at Saint Petersburg Conservatory, graduating in 1923, and began a career as a professional pianist. He worked as the chief musical consultant for Vsevolod Meyerhold’s theater in 1924–1927, before turning to cinema, where he became an expert in sound engineering. From 1929 to 1931, Arnshtam helped develop a sound track for Sergei Yutkevich’s ''Golden Mountains'', which originally had been conceived as a silent picture; he also contributed to its screenplay. Arnshtam was one of the screenwriters of Yutkevich’s and Fridrikh Ermler’s Film ''Counterplan'' (1932). Arnshtam’s first independently directed picture was ''Girlfriends'' (1936 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fridrikh Ermler
Fridrikh Markovich Ermler (russian: Эрмлер, Фридрих Маркович; born Vladimir Markovich Breslav; 13 May 1898 in Rēzekne – 12 July 1967 in Leningrad) was a Soviet film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was a four-time recipient of the Stalin Prize (in 1941, twice in 1946, and in 1951). After studying pharmacology, he joined the Czarist army in 1917 and soon took part in the October revolution on the side of the Bolshevists. Captured and tortured by the White army, he only became a full party member at the end of the Civil War. From 1923 to 1924 Ermler studied at the Cinema Academy. In 1932 he took part in creating one of the first Soviet talkies – the movie ''Vstrechny'' (''The Counterplan''). He also was one of the founders of the Creative Association KEM (together with E. Ioganson). In 1929-1931 Ermler studied at the Communist Academy and wrote for the newspaper ''Kino''. He also became the chairman of the Russian Association of Revolutionar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counterplan (film)
''Counterplan'' (russian: Встречный, Vstrechnyy) is a 1932 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich and Fridrikh Ermler. The film's title song, "The Song of the Counterplan", composed by Dmitri Shostakovich with lyrics by the poet Boris Kornilov, became world famous. Shostakovich's composition, with new lyrics by Jeanne Perret, would be used shortly after in the notable song of the French socialist movement, "Au-devant de la vie". The same theme can be found before in Igor Stravinsky’s ''Petrushka'' and Sergei Taneyev’s first symphony. Shostakovich was to use the piece again in his '' Poem of the Motherland'' (1947), another film entitled '' Mitchurin'' (1948) and his 1958 operetta '' Moscow, Cheremushki!''. In 1942 the song was given English words by Harold J. Rome under the title " United Nations on the March" and in this guise it was featured as the choral finale to MGM's patriotic war-time musical ''Thousands Cheer'' (1943). That same year, Leopold Stoko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Mountains (film)
''Golden Mountains'' (russian: Златые горы, Zlatye gory) is a 1931 Soviet silent drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich. A re-edited sound version of the film was released in 1936. Plot The film is set in the year 1914. Having received a large military order, the administration of the St. Petersburg metallurgical plant "Krutilov and Son" is attracting new workers. However at the plant a strike is looming under the influence of a powerful strike movement of the Baku oil workers'. The engineer, son of the factory owner, tries to bribe the former farmer Pyotr and make him the leader of the newly arrived workers. In this case the engineer is actively helped by the master. Pyotr takes part in the assassination of activist-worker Vasili. As a result of the circumstances the hero is forced to bring home the wounded Bolshevik. Once in the environment of striking workers Pyotr enters into their ranks and engages in class struggle. Cast * Boris Poslavsky - Pyotr, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
