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1979 External links Soviet films of 1979at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Soviet Films Of 1979 1979 Soviet Films 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 In Film
The year 1979 in film involved many significant events. Highest-grossing films United States and Canada The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows: International Major events * March 2 – Buena Vista release their first film since the advent of U.S. movie ratings to not be G-rated, '' Take Down''. * March 5 – Production begins on ''The Empire Strikes Back''. * March – Frank Price becomes president of Columbia Pictures. * May 25 – ''Alien'', a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released. * May 29 - Mary Pickford, a silent screen legend and Hollywood pioneer who was, at the height of her career, the most famous woman in the world, dies of a stroke. * May 31 – ''The Muppet Movie'', Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature-length motion pictures, is released in United Kingdom. * June 11 – John Wayne, a famous Western movie actor, dies at the age of 72 from stomach cancer. * June 29 – '' Moonraker'', the 11th fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babek (film)
''Babek'' ( az, Babək) is a 1979 Azerbaijani historical drama film directed by Eldar Guliyev. A joint production between Azerbaijanfilm and Mosfilm, ''Babek'' is the most expensive film produced in Azerbaijan SSR. It stars Rasim Balayev in the title role with Hasanagha Turabov playing Abbasid general Afshin. The screenplay was written by novelist Anvar Mammadkhanli. The film is based on the life of revolutionary leader Babak Khorramdin, whose rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate spread throughout Iran and Azerbaijan, spanning more than two decades. Under the leadership of Babak, the Khurramiyyah movement strived for an end to despotic foreign rule. However, the rebellion was suppressed with military force by Iranian general Haydar ibn Kawus al-Afshin. ''Babek'' is widely considered to be one of the greatest films of Azerbaijani cinema. The film's cultural impact and legacy still endures in Azerbaijan. Plot Babak is represented as a national hero who fought for social eq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigori Kromanov
Grigori Kromanov (8 March 1926 in Tallinn – 18 July 1984 in Lahe, Lääne-Virumaa) was an Estonian theatre and film director. He directed some of the best known Estonian movies, including ''Viimne reliikvia'' (''The Last Relic'') and '' Dead Mountaineer's Hotel''. His 1976 film ''Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat'' is based on the homonymous 1974 detective novel by Yulian Semyonov. References Further reading * ''Director Grigori Kromanov: memoirs, articles, letters, diaries''. Compiled by Irena Veisaitė-Kromanova (1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...) External links * 1926 births 1984 deaths Estonian film directors Soviet film directors People from Tallinn Estonian people of Russian descent Academic staff of the Estonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (film)
''Dead Mountaineer's Hotel'' (, ) is a 1979 Soviet era Estonian film directed by Grigori Kromanov and based on the 1970 novel '' Dead Mountaineer's Hotel'' by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, who also wrote the screenplay.Pick, Anat & Narraway, Guinevere (2014) ''Screening Nature: Cinema Beyond the Human'', , p. 170 Production The film was directed by Grigori Kromanov, with his wife Irena Veisaitė acting as assistant director while taking a sabbatical year from university.Plasseraud, Yves (2015) ''Irena Veisaite: Tolerance and Involvement'', Brill/Rodopi, , p. 116 It was filmed between 1978 and 1979 in Kazakhstan, and set in a fictional western country. Lead actor Uldis Pūcītis, who did not speak Estonian, had his lines dubbed by Estonian actor and theatre teacher Aarne Üksküla. Plot Due to an anonymous call, Inspector Glebsky travels to the hotel "Dead Mountaineer's." This hotel is situated in a mountainous region of a secluded valley in a European nation. Simply put, the hotel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Dog Alyi
''Border dog Alyi'' (russian: Пограничный пёс Алый, Pogranichnyy pyos Alyi) is a 1979 Soviet drama film directed by Yuliy Fait and based on the short story "Alyi" (russian: Алый, Alyy) written by Yury Iosifovich Koval. Plot Lyosha Koshkin really wanted to serve on the border and get an official dog. A dream come true: he was Lad Camp, where he got a wonderful East-European Shepherd dog. Cast *Vladimir Dubrovsky as Lyosha Koshkin * dog Brutus as Alyi *Vasili Kupriyanov as Barabulko *Viktor Kosykh as Captain Eliseev *Vladimir Gerasimov as Maslakov *Alexander Kazakov as Ensign Nicholay Bubentsov *Arthur Nischenkin as Ensign Lad Camp *Yana Druz as wife Head outpost's *Nartai Begalin and Igor Kosukhin as infiltrators *Alexander Kurennoy (episode) *Alexander Silin (episode) Film shooting Filming took place in parts of the Red Banners Central Asian border district. Participated in the shooting guards 71st Bakharden border detachment, School service dog in Dus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostern
The Ostern (Eastern; , ''Istern''; or остерн) or Red Western was a film genre created in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc as a variation of the Western films that originated in the United States. The word "Ostern" is a portmanteau derived from the German word ''Ost'', meaning "East", and the English word "western". The term now includes two related genres: * Proper Red Westerns, set in America's "Wild West" but involving radically different themes and interpretations than US westerns. Examples include ''Lemonade Joe'' (Czechoslovakia, 1964), or ''The Sons of Great Bear'' (East Germany, 1966) or '' The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians'' (Romania, 1981), or ''A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines'' (USSR, 1987). These were mostly produced in Eastern European countries like East Germany and Czechoslovakia, rather than USSR. * Easterns (Osterns), set usually on the steppes or Asian parts of the USSR, especially during the Russian Revolution or the following Civil War, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Solonitsyn
Anatoly (Otto) Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (russian: Анатолий (Отто) Алексеевич Солоницын; 30 August 1934 – 11 June 1982) was a Soviet actor known for his roles in Andrei Tarkovsky's films. He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. Film career Solonitsyn was born in Bogorodsk. At birth, he was named Otto, after polar explorer Otto Schmidt. His debut in cinema was in the Sverdlovsk Film Studio's short film ''The Case of Kurt Clausewitz'' (1963), directed by Gleb Panfilov. Solonitsyn is best known in the west for his roles in several of Andrei Tarkovsky's films, including Dr. Sartorius in ''Solaris'' (1972), the Writer in ''Stalker'' (1979), the physician in ''Mirror'' (1975), and the title role in ''Andrei Rublev'' (1966). In his book ''Sculpting in Time'', Tarkovsky calls him his favorite actor, and writes that Solonitsyn was intended to play the lead roles in each of his films ''Nostalghia'' (1983) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kaidanovsky
Alexander Leonidovich Kaidanovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Кайдано́вский; 23 July 1946 — 3 December 1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as ''At Home Among Strangers'' (1974), '' The Bodyguard'' (1979) and '' Stalker'' (1979). Prior to pursuing an acting career, Kaidanovsky attended technical college where he was training to become a welder. In 1965 he started studying acting at The Rostov Theatre School and the Schukin Institute in Moscow. Before completing the course he took his first part in the film ''The Mysterious Wall'' (1967) and upon graduation in 1969, he worked as stage actor. In 1985 he directed ''A Simple Death'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Kaidanovsky made his theatre debut at the Vakhtangov Theatre in 1969. In 1971 he was invited to join the Moscow Arts Theatre, the best classical theatre in Russia, a ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Khamraev
Ali Hamroyev (sometimes spelled Ali Khamrayev in English) ( uz, Ali Hamroyev, Али Ҳамроев; russian: Али Хамраев) (born May 19, 1937) is an Uzbek people, Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. To date, Hamroyev has made over 30 documentary film, documentary and over 20 feature films. His most famous films include ''Yor-yor (film), Yor-yor'' (1964), ''The Seventh Bullet (1972 film), The Seventh Bullet'' (1972), ''The Bodyguard (1979 film), The Bodyguard'' (1979), and ''Vuodillik kelin'' (1984). Hamroyev has received many honorary titles and awards, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan (1969). Life and work Ali Hamroyev was born on May 19, 1937, in Tashkent, then the Uzbek SSR. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1961. That same year he started working at Uzbekfilm. Hamroyev is best known in the former Sovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bodyguard (1979 Film)
''The Bodyguard'' (russian: Телохранитель, ''Telokhranitel'') is a 1979 Soviet action film released by Tadjikfilm. It is one of the best known of the Red Westerns and directed by the veteran feature and documentary maker, Ali Khamraev. Plot The setting is Central Asia during the Russian Civil War. In the post-revolutionary twenties, when the power in European Russia was (officially) "fully in the hands of the workers and peasants", but the fight against the Basmachi rebels was in full swing. When a Red Army detachment captures Sultan Nazar (Anatoly Solonitsyn), the brains behind the Basmachi contingent, a decision is made to escort urgently the prisoner to the Bukhara province. The difficult mission is entrusted to a grizzled mountain trapper and conscientious revolutionary Mirzo. His expertise is essential to traverse the precarious paths and steep mountain ridges along the way, impossible terrain for the inexperienced. A group consisting of Mirzo (Alexander Kaidan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Banionis
Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's ''Solaris'' as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. Banionis began his career with some films in Lithuanian, but he would later play mainly in Russian language films (although his voice was dubbed by Russian actors). He has also worked outside the USSR like in the title role Francisco Goya of the USSR-GDR coproduction ''Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment'' (1971), directed by Konrad Wolf and in the title role as Ludwig van Beethoven in the 1976 DEFA-production ''Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben''. Aside from films, he was a popular stage actor in Panevėžys, where he acted since the age of 17, and which was frequented by Donatas' fans from all over the former Soviet Union. His first teacher was Juozas Miltinis. He acted in Vilnius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Burkov
Georgi Ivanovich Burkov (russian: Гео́ргий Ива́нович Бурко́в; 31 May 1933 – 19 July 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1967 and 1988. He died on 19 July 1990 at the age of 57 due to thrombosis. Selected filmography * ''Zigzag of Success'' (russian: Зигзаг удачи, 1968) as Pyotr * ''Liberation'' (Освобождение, 1970) as sergeant * ''Grandads-Robbers'' (Старики-разбойники, 1971) as Fyodor Fedyaev * '' They Fought for Their Country'' (Они сражались за Родину, 1975) as Alexandr Kopytovskij * ''The Irony of Fate'' (Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, 1975) as Misha * ''Wounded Game'' (Подранки, 1977) as Sergei Pogartsev * ''Office Romance'' (Служебный роман, 1977) as logistical manager * '' The Nose'' (Нос, 1977) as quarterly warden * ''Father Sergius'' (Отец Сергий, 1978) as merchant * '' The Gara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |