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The 13th Apostle
''The 13th Apostle'' (russian: 13-й апостол, Trinadtsatyy apostol) is a 1988 Soviet science fiction film directed by Suren Babayan, loosely based on the 1950 book ''The Martian Chronicles'' by Ray Bradbury. Plot The crew of а space expedition dies under mysterious circumstances. After 15 years, an inspector investigates why the exploration of a planet was abandoned. To do this, he visits the only surviving member of the crew, Captain Amos, who now lives in a shelter for retired astronauts. In the report, he made a ban on further exploration of this planet. It turns out that the inhabitants of the planet took on the appearance of the crew members' deceased relatives to inspire the idea that a quarantine regime is needed in this place. Moreover, the captain returns accompanied by a certain being (the "apostle"), who possesses Absalom. Cast *Juozas Budraitis — Captain Amos *Andrei Boltnev — Inspector *Vladas Bagdonas — Apostle / Absalom *Armen Dzhigarkhanyan — David, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juozas Budraitis
Juozas Budraitis (born 6 October 1940) is a Lithuanian actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1966. He starred in the Soviet film ''Wounded Game'', which was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Budraitis also played a minor role in the finale of the period drama miniseries '' The Queen's Gambit''. Biography Juozas Stanislavas Budraitis was born on 6 October 1940 in the village of Liepynai, Kelmė, Lithuania in a peasant family. In 1945, the family moved to Klaipėda, and in 1955 – to the small town of Švėkšna. In the years 1958-1960, Budraitis worked as a laborer at a training and production plant in Klaipėda. After serving in the army, he entered the law faculty of Vilnius University. During the third year of his studies, he was approved for one of the main roles in the Vytautas Žalakevičius film ''Nobody Wanted to Die'' which was released in 1966. Budraitis was already finishing his third year externally and afterwards transfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Boltnev
Andrei Nikolayevich Boltnev (russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Бо́лтнев; January 5, 1946, Ufa — May 12, 1995, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Biography Andrei Boltnev was born January 5, 1946, in Ufa. Andrei Boltnev's grandfather, Konstantin Dobzhinsky was People's Artist of Georgia, and his grandmother, Nina Irtenev - Honored Artist of the RSFSR. In his birth certificate, the future actor was recorded as Andrei Tusov. But his father, Vyacheslav Tusov died in 1951, when Andrei was 5 years old, and stepfather of Andrei Nikolay Boltnev, a sea captain, appeared in his life. Boltnev studied in the Yaroslavl Theatre School from 1970 to 1972. After graduation he worked in theaters Ussuriysk, Maikop and Novosibirsk. In 1985 he graduated from the Ostrovsky Theatre and Art Institute in Tashkent. Boltnev first appeared on the silver screen in 1983 when he played the role of the vibrant Captain Gavrilov in the film by Semyon Aranovich ''Torpedo Bombers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (russian: Армен Борисович Джигарханян; hy, Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, Armen Borisi Jigarkhanyan; ; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was a Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor. Born and raised in Yerevan, Dzhigarkhanyan started acting in the academic and Russian theaters of the city, before moving to Moscow to continue stage acting. Since 1960, he appeared in a number of Armenian films. He became popular in the 1970s with the various roles he portrayed in Soviet films like ''The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' (1968), its sequel ''The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers'' (1971) and ''The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'' (1979). After almost 30 years on the stage of the Mayakovsky Theatre, Dzhigarkhanyan taught at VGIK and in 1996 he founded his own drama theater in Moscow. With more than 250 appearances, Dzhigarkhanyan, one of the most renowned film and stage Ar ... [...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] |
Armenfilm
Armenfilm (russian: Арменфильм; hy, Արմենֆիլմ), also known as Hayfilm ( hy, Հայֆիլմ), is an Armenian film studio located in Yerevan. The studio was founded on 16 April 1923 as a production unit of the Soviet State Cinema Organization, with Daniel Dznuni as the first director. Armenfilm was sold by the state to private investors in 2005 with a long list of conditions to revitalize the studio's equipment and produce new content. It was renamed as CS Film Studios but failed to produce the required new feature films. In 2015, the Government of Armenia decided that the new management had failed to satisfy the conditions of the sale and moved to reclaim the studio's assets. History *1923 - The organization "Goskino" was created within the People's Commissariat of Education of Armenia, as well as the association "Gosfotokino." *1928 - The studio was renamed as "Armenkino." *1938 - The studio was renamed as "Yerevan Film Studio." *1957 - The studio was renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Film
Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies. Science fiction films have often been used to focus on political or social issues, and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition. The genre has existed since the early years of silent cinema, when Georges Melies' '' A Trip to the Moon'' (1902) employed trick photography effects. The next major example (first in feature length in the genre) was the film ''Metropolis'' (1927). From the 1930s to the 1950s, the genre consisted mainly of low-budget B movies. After Stanley Kubrick's landmark '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968), the science fiction film genre was taken more seriously. In the late 1970s, big-budget science fiction films filled with special effects became popular with audie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Martian Chronicles
''The Martian Chronicles'' is a science fiction fix-up novel, published in 1950, by American writer Ray Bradbury that chronicles the exploration and settlement of Mars, the home of indigenous Martians, by Americans leaving a troubled Earth that is eventually devastated by nuclear war. Synopsis The book projects American society immediately after World War II into a technologically advanced future where the amplification of humanity's potentials to create and destroy have both miraculous and devastating consequences. Events in the chronicle include the apocalyptic destruction of both Martian and human civilizations, both instigated by humans, though there are no stories with settings at the catastrophes. The outcomes of many stories raise concerns about the values and direction of America of the time by addressing militarism, science, technology, and war time prosperity that could result in a global nuclear war (e.g., " There Will Come Soft Rains" and " The Million-Year Picnic" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. Bradbury wrote many works and is widely known by the general public for his novel ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1953) and his short-story collections ''The Martian Chronicles'' (1950) and ''The Illustrated Man'' (1951). Most of his best known work is speculative fiction, but he also worked in other genres, such as the coming of age novel ''Dandelion Wine'' (1957) and the fictionalized memoir ''Green Shadows, White Whale'' (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including ''Moby Dick'' and ''It Came from Outer Space''. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. ''The New York Times'' called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algis Matulionis
Algis Matulionis (born April 9, 1947) is a Lithuanian film and stage actor, director, former chairman of the Lithuanian Theatre Union. He has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows and has played many theatre roles. Biography In 1967, he became an actor of Kaunas State Drama Theater. In 1972, Matulionis graduated from the faculty of acting of the Lithuanian Conservatory. He has appeared in more than 30 films and TV shows and has played many theatre roles. After Lithuania gained independence from Soviet Union, Matulionis has continued to work in both film and theatre. In 1994, he founded the Independent Actors Theatre, and has directed television productions. He was the chairman of the Lithuanian Theatre Union from 1996 to 2011. Family * Wife: Nina Radaityte, actress * Children: son Povilas and daughter Ugne Selected filmography * 1971: ''Stone on Stone'' as Lauras * 1982: ''The Longest Straw'' as Francis * 1985: ''Dubultslazds'' as Gunar * 1985: ''The Match Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikk Mikiver
Mikk Mikiver (4 September 1937 – 9 January 2006) was a prominent Estonians, Estonian stage and film actor and theater director. Biography Mikiver was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He graduated from the State Conservatory of Tallinn in 1961. He then went on to appear in many Estonian films and was a highly regarded dramatic actor. In addition to stage and film, Mikiver was also a prodigious television actor. While never retiring from acting, Mikiver gradually became more interested in theater direction and was for many years the principal director of the Estonian Drama Theatre and the Tallinn City Theatre, Estonian Youth Theater. In addition to Estonian language films, Mikiver also appeared in Russian language, Russian, Swedish language, Swedish, Polish language, Polish and Finnish language, Finnish productions. For his notable achievements, the Council of Ministers of Estonia, Estonian government awarded Mikiver the Order of the White Star, 4th Class, as well as the National Lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (russian: Ингеборга Дапкунайте; born 20 January 1963) is а Lithuanian theatre and cinema actress, who appears mostly in Russian films. She is a winner of the Nika Award in 1994 for Best Actress. Early life Dapkūnaitė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her father was a diplomat and her mother was a meteorologist. For many years her parents worked in Moscow, and she saw them only on holidays. She was cared for by her grandparents and an uncle and aunt, musicians in a theatre orchestra, during her parents' long absences. At the age of four, she first appeared on the stage in the Puccini opera ''Madam Butterfly'', watched by her grandmother, the administrator of the Vilnius opera theatre. After her opera debut, she at first seemed to have little interest in the dramatic arts, dance, singing, or music. For her childhood and youth, it seemed she might pursue a career in sports; she figure-skated and played basketball, popular in Lithuania. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Science Fiction Films
Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the world * Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people ** Armenian alphabet, the alphabetic script used to write Armenian ** Armenian (Unicode block) * Armenian Apostolic Church * Armenian Catholic Church People * Armenyan, or in Western Armenian, an Armenian surname **Haroutune Armenian (born 1942), Lebanon-born Armenian-American academic, physician, doctor of public health (1974), Professor, President of the American University of Armenia **Gohar Armenyan (born 1995), Armenian footballer **Raffi Armenian (born 1942), Armenian-Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher Others * SS ''Armenian'', a ship torpedoed in 1915 See also * * Armenia (other) * Lists of Armenians This is a list o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
