The Grasshopper
A grasshopper is a common type of herbivorous insect. Grasshopper or grasshoppers may also refer to: Companies * Martins Bank, or the Grasshopper (1730–1760), a private bank in London * Grasshopper Manufacture, a video game company * The Grasshopper Company, an American manufacturer of lawn mowers and related implements Drinks * Grasshopper (cocktail) * Grasshöpper Wheat Ale, produced by Big Rock Brewery Films * ''The Grasshopper'' (1955 film), a Soviet drama * ''The Grasshopper'' (1970 film), a drama starring Jacqueline Bisset and Jim Brown * ''Grasshoppers'' (Cavallette), a 1990 short animated film * ''Grasshopper'' (film), a 2015 Japanese thriller starring Toma Ikuta, Tadanobu Asano and Ryosuke Yamada Literature * Grasshopper (character), several characters in Marvel Comics * ''Grasshopper'' (novel), by Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) * "The Grasshopper" (short story), 1892, by Anton Chekhov Military * * Grasshopper (robot weather station), developed by th ...
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The Grasshopper (1955 Film)
''The Grasshopper'' (russian: Попрыгунья, Poprygunya) is a 1955 Soviet Union, Soviet drama film directed by Samson Samsonov based on a short story of the same title by Anton Chekhov. It was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA award for BAFTA Award for Best Film, Best Film in 1957. The lead character is said to be based on Sofia Kuvshinnikova who although married to another was until 1890 living with the painter Isaac Levitan in the town of Plyos, Ivanovo Oblast, Plyos where Sofia was improving her painting skills.Biographical notes
and works from the Museum of Landscape, Plyos.
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