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Svetlana Orlova (actress)
Svetlana Fyodorovna Orlova (russian: Светлана Фёдоровна Орлова; born 8 April 1956) is a Soviet and Russian film actress. She has appeared in over forty roles and was dubbed the "first beauty of Soviet cinema fairy tales" for her roles in films such as ''Granddaughter of Ice'', ''The Princess on a Pea'', and ''Finist, the brave Falcon''. Born in Kaliningrad, Orlova's family moved to Alma-Ata in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic when she was five years old. She excelled at ballet dancing at the local house of culture, and was invited to study at the Bolshoi Theatre's choreographic school at the age of nine. While walking in Moscow on a day off, was approached to appear Boris Buneev's '. She continued her studies with the Bolshoi, combining it with appearances in films, with her breakthrough role occurring when she was cast in ''Finist, the brave Falcon''. She met her future husband while working on this project, and having achieved fame in cinema, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian semi-exclave between Lithuania and Poland. The city sits about west from mainland Russia. The city is situated on the Pregolya River, at the head of the Vistula Lagoon on the Baltic Sea, and is the only ice-free port of Russia and the Baltic states on the Baltic Sea. Its population in 2020 was 489,359, with up to 800,000 residents in the urban agglomeration. Kaliningrad is the second-largest city in the Northwestern Federal District, after Saint Petersburg, the third-largest city in the Baltic region, and the seventh-largest city on the Baltic Sea. The settlement of modern-day Kaliningrad was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmila Khityaeva
Lyudmila Ivanovna Khityaeva (russian: Людмила Ивановна Хитяева; August 15, 1930 in Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod), USSR) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, TV presenter. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983). Filmography * '' Ekaterina Voronina'' (1957) * '' And Quiet Flows the Don'' (1958) * '' Virgin Soil Upturned'' (1959–61) * ''The Night Before Christmas'' (1961) * '' Yevdokiya'' (1961) * '' The Cook'' (1965) * ''Russian Field'' (1971) * ''Privalov's Millions'' (1972) * ''Finist, the brave Falcon Finist, the brave Falcon (russian: Финист - Ясный сокол, Finist – Yasnyy sokol) is a Soviet 1976 Slavic fantasy adventure film directed by Gennadi Vasilyev in his directorial debut, based on a screenplay by Lev Potyomkin and ...'' (1975) References External links * Biographical information 1930 births Living people Soviet actresses Russian actresses Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Honored Artists of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Christians (film)
''The Christians'' (russian: Христиане) is a 1987 Soviet drama film directed by . Plot The film is about a woman named Pelageya Karaulova who refuses to take the oath before the cross, explaining that she is not a Christian. Cast * Lyubov Polishchuk * Lev Zolotukhin * Nikolai Pastukhov Nikolai Isaakovich Pastukhov (russian: Николай Исаакович Пастухов;Leonid Monastyrsky * Vladimir Ivashov * Svetlana Orlova * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Not Marry, Girls
''Do Not Marry, Girls'' (russian: Не ходите, девки, замуж, Ne khodite, devki, zamuzh) is a 1985 Soviet musical film directed by Yevgeni Gerasimov. Plot Collective farm chairman Ivan Savelich Malkov (Vyacheslav Nevinny) is faced with an acute shortage of men in his farms, the problem has caused the female workers to complain and attempt to flee the city. Ivan Savelich decides to create an amateur folk ensemble, and show his performance on television, and the result was not long in coming. Cast * Vyacheslav Nevinny as Ivan Savelievich Malkov, the chairman of the collective farm * Tatyana Dogileva as Valya, an agronomist * Valery Leontiev ( cameo) * Natalya Vavilova as milkmaid * Victor Pavlov as Victor Skorobeynikov * Yury Nazarov as Chairman of the Commission * Lyubov Sokolova as Praskovya Ilinichna * Stefaniya Staniyuta * Raisa Ryazanova as Anna Ilinichna * Nikolai Parfyonov as Trofimov * Yevgeny Steblov as Andrey, barber * Tatyana Agafonova as Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Married Bachelor (1982 Film)
''Married Bachelor'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell. It stars actors Robert Young and Ruth Hussey. Plot summary Cast * Robert Young as Randolph 'Randy' Haven * Ruth Hussey as Norma Haven, aka Norma Winters * Felix Bressart as Prof. Ladislaus Milic * Lee Bowman as Eric Santley * Sheldon Leonard as Johnny Branigan * Sam Levene Sam Levene (born Scholem Lewin; August 28, 1905 – December 28, 1980) was a Russian Empire-born American Broadway, film, radio, and television actor and director. In a career spanning over five decades, he appeared in over 50 comedy and dram ... as Cookie Farrrar References External links * * * * {{Edward Buzzell 1941 films 1941 comedy films American black-and-white films American comedy films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Edward Buzzell Films scored by Lennie Hayton Films set in New York City Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1940s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Express On Fire
''Express on Fire'' (russian: 34-й скорый, 34-y skoryy, ''34th Express'') is a 1981 Soviet disaster film directed by Andrei Malyukov. Cast References External links * Films directed by Andrei Malyukov Films about railway accidents and incidents Russian disaster films 1980s disaster films Mosfilm films Soviet drama films 1981 drama films {{1980s-USSR-film-stub 1980s Russian-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snegurochka
Snegurochka (diminutive) or Snegurka ( rus, Снегу́рочка (diminutive), Снегу́рка, p=sʲnʲɪˈgurətɕkə, snʲɪˈgurkə), or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales. This character has no apparent roots in traditional Slavic mythology and customs, having made its first appearance in Russian folklore in the 19th century. Since the mid-20th century under the Soviet period, Snegurochka has also been depicted as the granddaughter and helper of Ded Moroz during New Year parties for children. Classification Tales of the Snegurochka type are Aarne–Thompson type 703* The Snow Maiden. The Snegurochka story compares to tales of type 1362, The Snow-child, where the strange origin is a blatant lie.D. L. Ashliman, The Snow Child: folktales of type 1362' Folk tale versions and adaptations A version of a folk tale about a girl made of snow and named Snegurka (Snezhevinochka; Снегурка (Снежевиночка)) was published in 1869 by Alex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Over The City
, image = , caption = , director = Sergey Nikonenko , producer = Stanislav Rozhkov , writer = Semyon Freilich , starring = , music = Eduard Artemyev , cinematography = Vyacheslav Shumskiy , editing = , released = , studio= Gorky Film Studio , runtime = 70 min. , country = Soviet Union , language = Russian , budget = ''Birds over the City'' (russian: Птицы над городом, Ptitsy nad gorodom) is a 1974 Soviet drama film directed by Sergey Nikonenko. Plot Andryusha and his fifth-grade classmates found poorly bound typewritten pages with the words 'Attack' in a pile of scrap materials. The guys enthusiastically read this collection of frontline stories. Their author Bukin, it turns out, lives nearby, in the next block. The man is not young and sickly; however, he does not succumb to the blows of fate. He devotes all his strength to the preservation of forest resources, and in his free time from these worries he continues to write stories, recalling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Millyar
Georgy Frantsevich Millyar, sometimes spelled Milliar (russian: Георгий Францевич Милляр; 7 November 1903 in Moscow – 4 June 1993 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian actor, best known for playing evil spirits in Soviet fairy tale films, including the witch Baba Yaga in films such as ''Vasilisa the Beautiful'', ''Jack Frost'', ''Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes'' and ''The Golden Horns''. Georgy Millyar was born into a wealthy family of Franz de Milieu, a French bridge builder working in Russia, and Elizaveta Zhuravlyova, a daughter of an Irkutsk goldminer. Millyar's father died when he was almost three. Before the outbreak of World War I, he and his widowed mother had moved from Moscow to Gelendzhik. After the October Revolution, Millyar's family was left without relatives and means of living, their apartment in Moscow and a house in Gelendzhik were soon nationalized by the Bolsheviks. Millyar's mother was prudent enough to remove the "de" particle from her an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tree Sticks!
''Tree Sticks!'' (russian: Ёлки-палки!) is a 1988 Soviet comedy film directed by Sergey Nikonenko. Plot The film tells about an unusual and stubborn man who tries to create a perpetual motion machine and write a philosophical treatise, but feels himself a very unhappy person. Cast * Sergey Nikonenko * Ekaterina Voronina * Galina Polskikh * Leonid Kuravlyov * Yevgeny Yevstigneyev Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev (russian: Евгений Александрович Евстигнеев; 9 October 1926 — 4 March 1992) was a prominent Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, one of the founders of the ... References External links * {{IMDb title, id=0096482 1988 films 1980s Russian-language films Soviet comedy films 1988 comedy films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolution Of The Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union (USSR) which resulted in the end of the country's and its federal government's existence as a sovereign state, thereby resulting in its constituent republics gaining full sovereignty on 26 December 1991. It brought an end to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's (later also President) effort to reform the Soviet political and economic system in an attempt to stop a period of political stalemate and economic backslide. The Soviet Union had experienced internal stagnation and ethnic separatism. Although highly centralized until its final years, the country was made up of fifteen top-level republics that served as homelands for different ethnicities. By late 1991, amid a catastrophic political crisis, with several republics alre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorky Film Studio
Gorky Film Studio (russian: Киностудия имени Горького) is a film studio in Moscow, Russian Federation. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films. Many film classics were filmed at the Gorky Film Studio throughout its history and some of these were granted international awards at various film festivals. History In 1915, Mikhail Semenovich Trofimov, a merchant from Kostroma, established the Rus' film production unit (russian: "Киноателье «Русь»") with studio facilities. In 1936, the studio was transferred to Butyrskaya Street in Moscow. The Rus' studio, employing many actors from Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, specialized in film adaptations of Russian classics (e.g., Tolstoy's '' Polikushka'', 1919). In 1924, the Rus' studio was renamed into the International Workers Relief agency (russian: Международная рабочая помощь (Межрабпом)), abbreviated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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