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Sofiya Magarill
Sofiya Zinovevna Magarill (Russian - Со́фья Зино́вьевна Магари́лл; (5 April 1900 – 15 October 1943, Alma-Ata) was a Soviet film actress. Life In 1925 she graduated from the A. Morozov theatre studio, after studying in FEKS workshops led by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg - she had married Kozintsev in 1923 and remained his wife until her death. Her first film was in 1924 and she also trained under Boris Sohn at the Lenfilm acting school between 1933 and 1936. She worked at the Leningrad New Theatre and from 1941 in Alma-Ata. She died of typhoid fever during the evacuation of Alma-Ata, which she had caught whilst nursing Sergei Yermolinsky. Filmography * The Club of the Big Deed (1927) * Kastus Kalinovskiy (film), Kastus Kalinovskiy (1928) * The New Babylon (1929) * Cities and Years (1930) * Lieutenant Kijé (film), Lieutenant Kijé (1934) * Masquerade (1941 film), Masquerade (1941) * The Murderers are Coming (1942) External links *http://w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Magarill
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Babylon
''The New Babylon'' (russian: Новый Вавилон, Novyy Vavilon alt. title: russian: Штурм неба, Shturm neba) is a 1929 silent historical drama film written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. The film deals with the 1871 Paris Commune and the events leading to it, and follows the encounter and tragic fate of two lovers separated by the barricades of the Commune. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his first film score for this movie. In the fifth reel of the score he quotes the revolutionary anthem, "La Marseillaise" (representing the Commune), juxtaposed contrapuntally with the famous " Can-can" from Offenbach's ''Orpheus in the Underworld''. Footage from ''The New Babylon'' was included in Guy Debord's feature film ''The Society of the Spectacle'' (1973). Kozintsev and Trauberg found some of their inspiration in Karl Marx's ''The Civil War in France'' and ''The Class Struggle in France, 1848-50''. Background As one of the directors, Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 Births
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Soviet Film Actresses
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Murderers Are Coming
''The Murderers are Coming'' (russian: Убийцы выходят на дорогу, ''Ubiytsi vikhodyat na dorogu'') is a 1942 Soviet war film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Yuri Tarich based on the 1938 play ''Fear and Misery of the Third Reich'' by Bertolt Brecht. The film was not allowed to screen by Soviet censors. Cast * Mikhail Astangov - Franz * Boris Blinov - Theo * Sofiya Magarill * Ada Vojtsik - Marta * Oleg Zhakov * Olga Zhiznyeva Olga Andreyevna Zhizneva (Russian: Ольга Андреевна Жизнева; April 17, 1899November 10, 1972) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Selected filmography *'' Property of the Repu ... - Clara * Aleksandr Antonov - Müller, German soldier External links * 1942 films Mosfilm films Films based on works by Bertolt Brecht Films directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin Soviet black-and-white films Soviet war films 1942 war films Soviet World War II films Russian World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masquerade (1941 Film)
Masquerade (russian: Маскарад, Maskarad) is a 1941 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Gerasimov and based on the eponymous play by Mikhail Lermontov. Its release was timed for the centenary of Lermontov's death. Cast * Nikolay Mordvinov as Arbenin * Tamara Makarova as Nina * Mikhail Sadovsky as Knyaz Zvezdich * Sofiya Magarill as Baroness Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher th ... Shtral * Antonin Pankryshev as Kazarin * Emil Gal as Shprikh * Sergei Gerasimov as Unknown man References External links * 1941 drama films 1941 films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet drama films Soviet films based on plays 1940s Russian-language films {{1940s-USSR-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Kijé (film)
''Lieutenant Kijé'' (russian: Поручик Киже, Poruchik Kizhe) is a 1934 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer and promoted by Boris Gusman, based on the novella " Lieutenant Kijé" by Yury Tynyanov. The film was released in the United States as ''The Czar Wants to Sleep''. Sergei Prokofiev composed the score; a five-movement suite based on the score quickly became part of the international concert repertoire. Plot Set in Saint Petersburg in 1800, the film satirizes the pedantic absurdities of the rule of Emperor Paul I. His obsession with rigid drill, instant obedience and martinet discipline extends not only to his soldiers but also to his courtiers and even the servants who scrub the palace corridors. A slip of the pen by an army clerk, when drawing up a list of officers for promotion, leads to the creation of a Lieutenant Kijé. Once the document is signed by the Emperor, Kijé takes on an existence of his own. The Emperor's aide cries out when engaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities And Years
Cities and Years (russian: Города и годы) is a 1930 Soviet silent drama film directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov. Plot The film is based on the eponymous novel by Konstantin Fedin. Cast * Bernhard Goetzke as Col. von Schonau * Ivan Chuvelyov as Andrei Startsov * Gennadiy Michurin as Kurt Van * Sofiya Magarill as Marie Uhrbach * Andrei Kostrichkin as Albert Birman (as A. Kostrichkin) * David Gutman as Uhrbach * M. Semakina as Martha Birman * Boris Medvedev as Officer * Pyotr Pirogov as Pole * Sergei Ponachevny Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and h ... as A man in the cafe References External links * 1930 films Films directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov 1930s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet drama films 1930 drama films Sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kastus Kalinovskiy (film)
''Kastus Kalinovskiy'' (russian: Кастусь Калиновский) is a 1928 Soviet silent historical drama film directed by Vladimir Gardin. It portrays the nineteenth century revolutionary Konstanty Kalinowski. Plot Uprisings start in the western provinces of the Russian Empire. Peasants seize carts loaded with bread. Magnates and the gentry support them, seeking to get leadership and a union with Poland. Count Wielkopolski becomes leader of nobility. One of his units is commanded by his son, Stanislav (a.k.a. "Stas"). Russian landowner Count Orlov mercilessly exploits his serfs. Yas Rudenok sends his sister, Maryla, to Kastus Kalinovskiy, the leader of rebellious peasants, to ask for help. By order of the Military Governor-General Count Muravyov to "pacify the region" the Cossacks are sent. Stanislaw Wielkopolski's squad of Polish Confederates fight with them, but at the same time robs the peasants. Yasya tries to resist, but is beaten. Kalinovskiy shows up with a deta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma-Ata
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991 as a union republic and finally from 1991 as an independent state to 1997 when the government relocated the capital to Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and back to Astana in 2022). Almaty is still the major commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city. The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900 m (2,300–3,000 feet), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers run into the plain. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Club Of The Big Deed
''The Club of the Big Deed'' or ''The Union of a Great Cause'' (russian: Союз Великого дела, S.V.D. - Soyuz velikogo dela) is a 1927 Soviet silent historical drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg about 1825 Decembrist revolt. Cast * Emil Gal as Gambler * Sergei Gerasimov as Medoks * Konstantin Khokhlov as General Vishnevsky * Andrei Kostrichkin as Servant of Medoks * Sofiya Magarill as Vishnevskaya * Mikhael Mishel as General Weismar * Pyotr Sobolevsky as Sukhanov * Oleg Zhakov Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (russian: Олег Петрович Жаков; 1 April 1905 in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate – 4 May 1988 in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He performed in more than sixty films between ... as Young soldier * Yanina Zheymo as Circus actress References External links * 1927 films Lenfilm films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet silent feature films Films directed by Grigori Kozintsev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Yermolinsky
Sergei Aleksandrovich Yermolinsky (; 14 December 1900, Vilnius – 18 February 1984, Moscow) was a Soviet screenwriter and dramatist. Life A graduate of the Kaluga Gymnasium (Unified Labor School), he organized a theatre school in Kaluga. He studied at the Institute of Oriental Studies and in 1925 graduated from the Literature Faculty of Social Sciences at Moscow State University, going on to work on the newspapers Pravda and Komsomolskaya Pravda and in 1925 to collaborate with the film director Yuli Raizman. He became friends with Mikhail Bulgakov, whose participation in the Commission of the Union of Writers was partly what led to Yermolinsky's arrest in late 1940 - the order was signed by Pyotr Pavlenko. He was held in Lefortovo Prison, where he tried to commit suicide. With his involvement in anti-Soviet activities still unproven, he was transferred to another prison in Saratov. In spring 1942 he was sentenced to three years of internal exile in Shieli. Nikolay Cherkasov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
