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The Invisible Man (1984 Film)
''The Invisible Man'' (russian: Человек-невидимка, Chelovek-nevidimka) is a 1984 Soviet science fiction film directed by Aleksandr Zakharov based on the 1897 eponymous novel by H. G. Wells. Plot Dr. Griffin, with no other motive than curiosity, undertakes research on the concept of invisibility. Having become invisible, he finds himself in an unfortunate combination of circumstances consisting of being suspected of murder and hunted down, forced to abandon the notebooks containing the notes of his experiences that would enable him to carry out the opposite process. His former classmate Dr. Kemp promises to find them, but in fact intends to use them himself in search of absolute power. Cast * Andrey Kharitonov as Jonathan Griffin, The Invisible Man * Romualdas Ramanauskas (voiced by Sergei Malishevsky) as Kemp * Leonid Kuravlyov as Thomas Marvel * Natalia Danilova as Jane Bet * Oleg Golubitsky as Colonel Edai, Chief of Police * Nina Agapova as Mrs. Hall * Viktor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invisible Man
''The Invisible Man'' is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in ''Pearson's Weekly'' in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and who invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light. He carries out this procedure on himself and renders himself invisible, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. A practitioner of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in horror fiction. While its predecessors, ''The Time Machine'' and ''The Island of Doctor Moreau'', were written using first-person narrators, Wells adopts a third-person objective point of view in ''The Invisible Man''. The novel is considered influential, and helped establish Wells as the "father of science fiction". Plot summary A mysterious man, Griffin, referred to as 'the strang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Kharitonov
Andrey Igorevich Kharitonov (russian: link=no, Андрей Игоревич Харитонов; 25 July 1959 – 23 June 2019) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director, screenwriter. He is best known for roles in films ''The Gadfly'', '' The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta'' and ''The Invisible Man''. Personal life He tried to be protective about his private life. It is known that his wife's name is Olga, they have no children. In January 2019, it became known that Andrey had stomach cancer. On June 23, 2019 Kharitonov died. Filmography * 1980 — ''The Gadfly'' as Arthur Burton (Felice Rivarez) * 1982 — ''The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta'' as Joaquin Murrieta * 1983 — ''Mystery of Blackbirds'' as Lance Fortescue * 1984 — ''The Invisible Man'' as Jonathan Griffin * 1987 — ''The Life of Klim Samgin'' as Igor Turoboev *1989 — ''Mystery Endhauz'' as George Challenger [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romualdas Ramanauskas
Romualdas Ramanauskas (born 4 February 1950, Vilnius) is a Lithuanian film and theater actor. Biography In 1972 he graduated from the Lithuanian Conservatoire. He worked for 20 years as an actor at the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. In 1992 he moved to the Youth Theatre of Lithuania, in 2001, returned to LNDT (up to 2003). Since 1970, he appeared in films, playing mostly roles of antagonists. His biggest role was of Richard Lozberg in the television series ''Long Road in the Dunes'' (1980-1981). Selected filmography * 1970: The Damned Submission * 1972: Herkus Mantas * 1976: The Favorite * 1981: Long Road in the Dunes * 1982: Rich man, poor man * 1983: Anxious Sunday * 1984: European History * 1984: The Invisible Man * 1985: We charge * 1985: Karmelyuk * 1985: Option Zombie * 1986: Astrologer * 1987: The Invisible Man * 1989: Abduction of the Wizard * 1992: Doublet * 1992: In the mist * 1996: Judenkreis, or eternal wheel * 2007: War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Kuravlyov
Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (russian: Леонид Вячеславович Куравлёв; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Early life Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosfilm
Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output includes most of the more widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging from works by Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein, to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production ''Dersu Uzala'' () and the epic ''War and Peace'' (). History The Moscow film production company with studio facilities was established in November 1920 by the motion picture mogul Aleksandr Khanzhonkov ("first film factory") and I. Ermolev ("third film factory") as a unit of Goskino, the USSR's film monopoly. The first movie filmed by Mosfilm was ''On the Wings Skyward'' (directed by Boris Mikhin). In 1927, the construction of a new film studio complex began on Potylikha Street (renamed to Mosfilmovskaya Street in 1939) in Sparrow Hills of Moscow. This film st ... [...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] |
Russia-K
Russia-K (russian: Россия Культура, translit=Rossiya Kul'tura "Russia - Culture") is a Russian nationwide not-for-profit television channel that broadcasts shows regarding arts and culture. It belongs to the state-controlled VGTRK group. History The creation of ''Kultura'' channel was authorised on 25 August 1997 after the presidential Decree No. 919 was signed by Boris Yeltsin. Its creation was supported by Mstislav Rostropovich, Dmitry Likhachyov, Rolan Bykov and other public figures. Mikhail Shvydkoy became the first editor-in-chief of Kultura. The channel began broadcasting on 1 November 1997 at 10:00 AM. At the stage of launching, it was planned that it would be called "RTR-2" (while RTR was labeled as RTR-1). The corresponding logo was briefly used in a number of printed TV programs, while the stylized "K" letter was used as the logo from the beginning of broadcast. The channel was rebranded as ''Russia-Culture'' (''Rossiya-K'') on 1 January 2010 along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin (The Invisible Man)
Griffin, also known as the Invisible Man, is a fictional character who first appeared as the protagonist of H. G. Wells' 1897 science fiction novel ''The Invisible Man''. In the original work, Griffin is a scientist whose research in optics and experiments into changing the human body's refractive index to that of air results in him becoming invisible. After becoming invisible, he wraps his head in bandages and dons a pair of goggles or glasses in order to enable others to see him. Unable to reverse the invisibility process, he descends into insanity and becomes a criminal. The character and variations thereof has been featured in various media, including films, television series and merchandise. The most famous non-literary incarnation of Griffin is portrayed by Claude Rains in the 1933 film ''The Invisible Man'', distributed by Universal Pictures. The film spawned a number of sequels that feature different invisible characters. Griffin and the 1933 film have become iconic in po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Agapova
Nina Fyodorovna Agapova (russian: Ни́на Фёдоровна Ага́пова; 30 May 1926 – 19 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress.Ruskino.ru.Nina Agapova Life and career Agapova was born in Moscow in May 1926. She graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1951. In 1987, she was named an Honored Artist of the RSFSR.Kino-teatr.ruNina Fyodorovna Agapova Agapova died on 19 November 2021, at the age of 95. Selected filmography *'''' (1959) as host of the contest *''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Pyatkov
Alexander Alexandrovich Pyatkov (russian: Александр Александрович Пятков; born July 31, 1950, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. In 2006 he was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia. Selected filmography * ''Adventures in a City that Does Not Exist'' (1974) * ''Dersu Uzala'' (1975) * ''In the Zone of Special Attention'' (1978) * ''Nameless Star'' (1979) * ''Hit Back'' (1981) * ''Express on Fire'' (1981) * ''The Circus Princess'' (1982) * ''Along Unknown Paths'' (1982) * ''The Story of Voyages'' (1982) * ''We Are from Jazz'' (1983) * ''The Invisible Man'' (1984) * ''Snake Catcher'' (1985) * ''Forgotten Melody for a Flute'' (1987) * ''Where is the Nophelet?'' (1988) * ''I, a Russian soldier'' (1995) * '' Don't Play the Fool...'' (1997) * ''Peculiarities of the Russian Bath ''Peculiarities of the Russian Bath'' (russian: Особенности русской бани, Osobennosti russkoy bani) is a 1999 Russian erotic film dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Science Fiction Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
