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The Old New Year
The Old New Year (russian: Cтаpый Нoвый гoд, Stariy Noviy god) is a 1981 Soviet comedy film directed by Naum Ardashnikov and Oleg Yefremov. After the successful staging at the Moscow Art Theatre (directed by Oleg Yefremov), based on Mikhail Roshchin's play of the same name, it was filmed at Mosfilm with almost the same set of actors.«Старый Новый год» / Вечерняя Москва, 28.06.1973 It is considered to be one of the most significant works by Naum Ardashnikov.Оператор режиссёрского масшта ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naum Ardashnikov
Naum may refer to: People Given name *Saint Naum (c. 830–910), medieval Bulgarian writer and missionary * Naum (biblical figure) or Nahum, a minor prophet; or a figure mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus * Naum (metropolitan) (born 1961), Macedonian Orthodox metropolitan of the Diocese of Strumica *Naum Akhiezer (1901–1980), Soviet mathematician * Naum Babaev (born 1977), Russian entrepreneur * Naum Batkoski (born 1978), Macedonian footballer *Naum Birman (1924–1989), Soviet theater and film director * Naum Bozda (1784-1853), Serbian merchant and philanthropist *Naum Faiq (1868–1930), Assyrian nationalist *Naum Il'ich Feldman (1918–1994), Soviet mathematician *Naum Gabo (1890–1977), Russian sculptor *Naum Gurvich (1905–1981), Soviet-Jewish cardiac physician *Naum Idelson (1885–1951), Soviet astronomer *Naum Kleiman (born 1937), Russian historian of cinema *Naum Koen (born 1981), UAE-based Israeli-Ukrainian businessman * Naum Kove (born 1963), Albanian footballer * Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyotr Shcherbakov
Pyotr Ivanovich Shcherbakov (russian: Пётр Ива́нович Щербако́в; 21 July 1929 – March 16, 1992) was a Soviet film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1980). Member of the CPSU since 1955. Biography Born July 21, 1929, in the village of Pozdnyakovo (now Kaluga Oblast). After World War II, the family moved to Moscow. In Theatre Institute Pyotr Shcherbakov was quite by accident. Since that year in GITIS was set only at the Directing Department, Pyotr took directly to the second year of the institute, which he graduated in 1955. At the same time he had while studying to pass exams in the subjects of the first course. Pyotr served in the Theatre Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1953-1956), Sovremennik Theatre (1958-1985), Moscow Art Theatre (1985-1991). He made his debut in cinema in 1956. Actor glorified image Slavka Ufimtsev in the film by Yuri Yegorov ''Volunteers'' (1958). Death He died March 16, 1992. He was buried at the Vagankovo C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Russian-language 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] |
Mosfilm Films
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 Ostern, Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production ''Dersu Uzala (1975 film), Dersu Uzala'' () and the epic ''War and Peace (film series), 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 Mosfilmovskay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * May 16 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie '' Heaven's Gate'', a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it. * March 30 - The 53rd Academy Awards are postponed due to the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan earlier that day. They are held the following day with a message from the President recorded for the ceremony prior to the assassination attempt. * June 8 - Marvin Davis acquires 20th Century Fox for $720 million. * June 12 – '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is released by Paramount Pictures. It became Paramount's highest-grossing film of all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boney M
Boney M. was a German- Caribbean vocal group that specialized in disco and funk created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat, and Bobby Farrell from Aruba. The group was formed in 1976 and achieved popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s. Since the 1980s, various line-ups of the band have performed with differing personnel. The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and is known for international hits including " Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker", "Belfast", " Sunny", "Rasputin", " Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Rivers of Babylon". 1970s German singer-songwriter Frank Farian recorded the dance track "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" in December 1974. Farian sang the repeated line "Do you do you wanna bump?" in a deep voice (entirely studio creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodiya
Melodiya ( rus, links=no, Мелодия, t=Melody) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) record label. It was the state-owned major record company of the Soviet Union. History Melodiya was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya". It utilized numerous recording studios and manufacturing facilities throughout the USSR as well as powerful centres of distribution and promotional strategies. The best selling format at the time was 33⅓ and 78 rpm vinyl records. By 1973, Melodiya released some 1,200 gramophone records with a total circulation of 190-200 million per year, in addition to 1 million compact cassettes per year, was exporting its production to more than 70 countries.Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, volume 16, p. 54, Moscow, Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya publisher, 1974 The label's production was dominated by classical music, music by Soviet composers and musicians, performances by Soviet theatre ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Pasternak
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (; rus, Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, p=bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak; 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pasternak's first book of poems, ''My Sister, Life'', was published in Berlin in 1922 and soon became an important collection in the Russian language. Pasternak's translations of stage plays by Goethe, Schiller, Calderón de la Barca and Shakespeare remain very popular with Russian audiences. Pasternak is the author of ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1957), a novel that takes place between the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the Second World War. ''Doctor Zhivago'' was rejected for publication in the USSR, but the manuscript was smuggled to Italy and was first published there in 1957. Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958, an event that enraged the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which forced him to decline the prize. In 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Nikitina
Tatyana Khashimovna Nikitina (russian: Татьяна Хашимовна Никитина, born 31 December 1945) is a prominent Russian bard. She usually performs together with her husband, Sergey Nikitin. Biography She was born Tatiana Sadykova in Dushanbe (currently Tajikistan) on December 31, 1945. In 1971, she graduated from the Department of Physics of Moscow State University. In 1968, she began singing in a quintet led by her husband, Sergey Nikitin. They worked together as biophysicists (both have Ph.D.s in Physics) as well as singers, creating many popular songs. Together they recorded more than 15 CDs and Vinyls (see works). In 1990, she abandoned her research work to become the Manager for Culture of the October District ''ispolkom'' of Moscow, then became Deputy Prefect of the Central District of Moscow, and in 1992–1995 she was a deputy to the ''Minister for Culture of Russia''. From 1998 to 2012, she worked as a manager at ''Kartina'', an Italo-Swiss firm t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeniya Khanayeva
Yevgeniya Nikandrovna Khanayeva (russian: Евге́ния Ника́ндровна Хана́ева; January 2, 1921 – November 8, 1987) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1987). Biography She was born in Bogorodsk to a famous opera singer Nikandr Khanayev. Selected filmography * ''Monologue'' (1972) * '' Day by Day'' (1972) * ''Strange Adults'' (1974) * ''Practical Joke'' (1976) * ''Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears'' (1979) * ''The Old New Year'' (1980) * ''Simply Awful!'' (1982) * ''Mother Mary'' (1983) * ''Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov'' (1983) * ''The Blonde Around the Corner'' (1984) Honors and awards * Medal "Veteran of Labour" * Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (1949) * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1963) * Order of the Badge of Honour (1967) * People's Artist of the RSFSR (1977) * People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Shcherbakov
Boris Vasilevich Shcherbakov (russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Щербако́в; born 11 December 1949) is Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russian Federation (1994). Winner of USSR State Prize (1985). Biography Boris Shcherbakov was born in Vasilyevsky Island, Leningrad, in December 11, 1949, his father was a chauffeur and mother a factory worker. The Shcherbakov family consisted of five people, who lived in a sixteen-meter communal flat in Opochinin's street on Vasilyevsky Island. The room window looked out onto the Gulf of Finland, to which were ships, and Boris dreamed of what it would be like to become a captain and travel. At the age of 12, Boris was selected for the role of Glebka Prokhorov in the children's adventure film ''Mandate''. In 1967, Boris graduated from high school and tried to enter LGITMIK, but did not pass the competition on the third round. Despite this setback, he entered the Krupskaya Institute of Culture f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
