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The Unforgettable Year 1919 (film)
''The Unforgettable Year 1919'' (russian: Незабываемый 1919 год, Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god) is a 1951 Soviet historical drama film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli. Plot May 1919. The city of Petrograd, the Bolsheviks' stronghold in Russia, is attacked by the counter-revolutionary White Army of General Nikolai Yudenich, who is supported by the imperialist British, and especially by the warmongering Winston Churchill. The city's High Soviet is demoralized and about to order an evacuation, while the White fifth column inside it plots an insurrection. The Krasnaya Gorka fort dispatches a detachment of Baltic Fleet sailors to assist Petrograd, among them the young Vladimir Shibaev. As the Red Army faces defeat by the Whites, Joseph Stalin arrives on the battlefield, rallies the communists and routs the enemy, saving the city. Cast * Boris Andreyev as Shibaev *Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin * Pavel Molchanov as Vladimir Lenin *Gavriil Belov as Mikhail Kalinin *Boris Olenin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikheil Chiaureli
Mikheil Chiaureli ( ka, მიხეილ ჭიაურელი, russian: Михаил Эдишерович Чиаурели, 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1928 and 1974. He was awarded the Stalin Prize five times in 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, and 1950. Biography In early life Chiaureli studied in a trade school and then worked for a while as a locksmith. Starting in amateur dramatics he became a professional actor aged 20 and worked as both actor and stage-decorator at the Tbilisi theatre. After 1917 he studied acting formally at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts. Chiaureli won four Stalin Prizes and became a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.Soviet Calendar 1917-1947, Foreign Publishing House, Moscow 1947 Selected filmography ;as actor * ''Arsen Dzhordjiashvili'' (1921) as star of the first Soviet film made in Georgia * '' The Suram Fortress'' (1922) * ''Iron Hard Labor'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Molchanov (actor)
Pavel Stepanovich Molchanov (; 14 March 1902 – 24 February 1977) was a Soviet and Belarusian stage and film actor and theater director. People's Artist of the USSR (1948). Filmography * ''The Unforgettable Year 1919'' (1951) – Vladimir Lenin * '' The Skylarks are Singing'' (1953) – Regional committee secretary * '' Children of the Partisan'' (1954) – Sobolev * '' Who Laughs Last'' (1954) – Nikolai Vasilyevich Anikeyev Awards and honors * People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (1940) * Stalin Prize, 2nd class (1946) * People's Artist of the USSR (1948) * Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1940, 1955) * Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" * Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" The Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (russian: link=no, Юбилейная медаль В ознаменование 100-лети ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Stanitsyn
Viktor Yakovlevich Stanitsyn (russian: Ви́ктор Я́ковлевич Стани́цын; 1897–1976) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor.Riley p.73 He appeared in a number of Soviet era films including portraying Winston Churchill in '' The Lights of Baku'' (1950) as well as several other films. Biography Viktor was born on May 2 in 1897 in Yekaterinoslav (now — Dnipro, Ukraine). He rarely acted in movies. He played in the films: "The Guilty Without Guilt" (1945), "Dead Souls" (1960, the governor), "War and Peace" (1967, Ilya Andreevich Rostov), in the Ukrainian film "The Third Strike" (1948, F. I. Tolbukhin, army general), etc. The actor and director V. Stanytsyn's great contribution to cinema and theater was recognized by state awards. He died on December 23, 1976 in Moscow. He was buried at the Vvedenskoye (German) Cemetery. Selected filmography * ''The Battle of Stalingrad'' (1949) as Winston Churchill / General Fedor Tolbukhin * '' The Fall of Berlin'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Cowan
Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Baronet, (11 June 1871 – 14 February 1956), known as Tich Cowan, was a Royal Navy officer who saw service in both the First and Second World Wars; in the latter he was one of the oldest British servicemen on active duty. Early life Cowan was born in Crickhowell, in Brecknockshire, Wales, on 11 June 1871, the eldest son of Walter Frederick James Cowan, an officer in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. After his father's retirement from the British Army, the family settled in Alveston, Warwickshire, where his father became a justice of the peace. Cowan never went to school, but entered the Royal Navy in 1884 at the training ship, HMS ''Britannia'', a classmate to fellow future admiral David Beatty. Early service career In 1886, as midshipmen, Cowan and Beatty joined , flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. Cowan saw service in Benin and Nigeria in 1887. He fell sick and was invalided home after less than a year, but later rejoined ''Alexandra'', ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Agar
Commodore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, (4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968) was a Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World Wars. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, for sinking a Soviet cruiser during the Russian Civil War. In his naval biography, ''Footprints in the Sea'', published in 1961, Agar described himself as "highly strung and imaginative." The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says that Agar "epitomizes the 'sea dog' of British naval tradition: honourable, extremely brave and totally dedicated to King, country and the Royal Navy." Early life Augustus Agar was born in Kandy, Ceylon, on 4 January 1890. He was the thirteenth child of John Shelton Agar/Eagar, an Irishman from Milltown, County Kerry, who had left his native land in 1860 to become a successful tea planter in Ceylon. John's cousin Honora Eagar was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Massalsky
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name * Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia * Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname *Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian *Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player *Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream *Elisabeth Pavel (born 1990), Romanian basketball player * Ernst Pavel, Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s *Harry Pavel (born 1951), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian *Marcel Pavel (born 1959), Romanian folk singer *Pavel P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Lukyanov
Sergei Vladimirovich Lukyanov (russian: Сергей Владимирович Лукья́нов; 27 September 1910 — 1 March 1965) was a Soviet film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1952) and the winner of two Stalin Prize of the second degree (1951, 1952). Biography Sergei Lukyanov was born on 14 (27) September 1910 in the village of Nizhnee (now Donetsk Oblast), in a miner's family. He went to school, then graduated from the Mining College and began working at the mine. He engaged in the circle of theatrical performances. In 1929, after one of the performances, Lukyanov offered to try his hand on the professional stage and he was invited to the Donbass Theater. In the movie since 1945. Family * First wife — Nadezhda Tyshkevich ** Daughter — Tatyana Lukyanova, theater actress ** Granddaughter — Darya Poverennova *Second wife — Klara Luchko ** Daughter — Oksana Filmography *1944: ''Outright'' as investigator Lartsev *1945: '' Duel' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muza Krepkogorskaya
Musa Viktorovna Krepkogorskaya (russian: Муза Викторовна Крепкогорская; July 9, 1924, Moscow — June 26, 1999, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989). Wife of actor Georgi Yumatov. They met at VGIK during the 1940s and lived together up till Yumatov's death. Krepkogorskaya was never as popular as her husband, even though he made sure that she was given at least minor roles in every movie he appeared in. Muza Krepkogorskaya died on June 26, 1999. She was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovo Cemetery. Selected filmography * ''It Happened in the Donbass'' (1945) * ''The Train Goes East'' (1947) * '' The Young Guard'' (1948) * '' Glorious Path'' (1949) * ''Happy Flight'' (1949) * '' Bountiful Summer'' (1951) * ''The Unforgettable Year 1919'' (1951) * ''Incident in the Taiga'' (1953) * ''World Champion'' (1954) * '' The Anna Cross'' (1954) * '' Lyana'' (1955) * '' Different Fortunes'' (1956) * '' White Aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Alekseyevich Popov
Andrei Alekseyevich Popov (russian: Андрей Алексеевич Попов; 12 April 1918 – 14 June 1983) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1965). Biography His father, Aleksey Popov, was the director of the Red Army Theatre. Young Popov made his film debut in 1930, as a schoolboy in Russian silent film ''Large Nuisance''; that film was eventually lost or destroyed during the turbulent history of the Soviet Union. Between 1935 and 1939 Popov studied acting at the Drama Studio of the Red Army Theatre in Moscow. Until 1974 he was a permanent member of the troupe at the Central Theatre of the Soviet Army (formerly known as the Red Army Theatre). During World War II, Andrei Popov entertained soldiers at the front-lines. After his father's retirement in 1963, Andrei Popov succeeded him as the artistic director of the Soviet Army Theatre. In 1974, Popov was invited to join the Moscow Art Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Samoylov
Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoilov (russian: Евгений Валерианович Самойлов) (16 April 1912 in St. Petersburg – 17 February 2006 in Moscow) was a Soviet actor who gained prominence in youthful heroic parts and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was the father of Tatiana Samoilova. Life Samoilov is not related to the famous Samoilov family that dominated the Maly Theatre in the 19th century. He was educated in Leningrad, starting his career at a local theatre. In 1934 he was noticed by Vsevolod Meyerhold who invited him to join his own troupe in Moscow. Samoilov worked with Meyerhold for four years. He got his most substantial roles in Meyerhold's theatre playing Hernani in Hugo's drama and Chatsky in ''Woe from Wit''. When Meyerhold was arrested and purged in 1938, Samoilov was in the middle of rehearsing for Pushkin's ''Boris Godunov'' (the role of Grigory Otrepyev) and Ostrovsky's ''How the Steel Was Tempered'' (the role of Pavka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dukes
Sir Paul Henry Dukes (10 February 1889 – 27 August 1967) was a British MI6 officer and author. Early life and family Paul Henry Dukes was born the third of five children on 10 February 1889 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England. He was the son of the Congregationalist clergyman, Rev. Edwin Joshua Dukes (1847-1930), of Kingsland, London, and his wife, the former Edith Mary Pope (1863-1898), of Sandford, Devon. Edith was an academically gifted woman, the daughter of a schoolteacher, who obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree by correspondence course at the age of 20. In 1884, she married Edwin, who had returned from missionary work in China. She died from a disease of the thyroid gland, and in 1907, Edwin remarried to a 40-year-old widow named Harriet Rouse. Paul's siblings included the playwright Ashley Dukes (1885-1959) and the renowned physician Cuthbert Dukes (1890-1977). He had an elder sister, Irene Catherine Dukes (1887-1950), who led a life plagued by illness, and yet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Kenigson
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kenigson (russian: Владимир Владимирович Кенигсон; November 7, 1907 – November 17, 1986) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1982). Biography and career Vladimir Kenigson was born in the family of barrister Vladimir Petrovich Kenigson in Simferopol. He graduated from the school at Simferopol Drama Theatre in 1925 and was admitted to the theater group. Then he played at the theater in Kuybyshev, Dnipropetrovsk and other cities. He was noticed on the stage by Alexander Tairov and was invited into their group. In the years 1940-1949 Kenigson worked in Kamerny Theatre under the direction of Alexander Tairov, where he became a partner Alisa Koonen - in the performances of "Madame Bovary" (Rodolphe) and "Guilty Without Guilt" (Neznamov). After the closure of the Kamerny Theatre in 1949, on the advice of Tairov, he joined the Maly Academic Theatre. At the same time Vladimir Kenigson starre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
