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We Are From Jazz
''We Are from Jazz'' (russian: Мы из джаза, My iz dzhaza) is a 1983 Soviet comedy musical film by Karen Shahnazarov. Plot A student is expelled from music school because he loves jazz, and jazz at that time (the film depicts the 1920s) is the kind of music that represents American capitalism. He hires two street musicians to form a band, and goes from one city to another trying to gain fame. Cast * Igor Sklyar as Konstantin Ivanov * Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny as Stepan Arkadyevich Grushko * Nikolai Averyushkin as Georgy (Jora) Ryabov * Pyotr Shcherbakov as Ivan Ivanovich Bavurin * Yelena Tsyplakova as Katya Bobrova (aka Isabella Fox) * Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Papa, pickpocket and jazz lover * Leonid Kuravlyov as Samsonov, head of the Association of proletarian musicians * Borislav Brondukov as fake of Captain Kolbasyev * Larisa Dolina as Clementine Fernandez, Cuban singer * Yuri Vasilyev as Orlov, jazz band leader * Alexander Pyatkov as Yaryshkin, waiter Interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Shahnazarov
Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, PAR (russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of Mosfilm studios in 1998. Shakhnazarov is the son of a Georgy Shakhnazarov, a politician of Armenian descent, and a Russian housewife, Anna Grigorievna Shakhnazarova. His 1987 film ''Courier'' was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won a Special Prize. In 2002 he was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia. His 2012 film ''White Tiger'' was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the situation in Ukraine and Crimea. For this he was banned fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena Tsyplakova
Yelena or Jelena is a feminine given name. It is the Russian form of Helen, written Елена in Russian. Notable people called Yelena *Yelena Afanasyeva (born 1967), former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres *Yelena Vladimirovna Afanasyeva (born 1975), member of the State Duma of Russia *Yelena Akhaminova, former volleyball player for the Soviet Union *Yelena Andreevna, play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov *Yelena Andreyuk, former volleyball player for the USSR *Yelena Antonova (rower) (born 1952), rower from the Soviet Union *Yelena Arshintseva (born 1971), retired female race walker from Russia * Yelena Azarova (born 1973), Russian Synchro-swimmer *Yelena Baranova (born 1972), Russian professional basketball player *Yelena Baturina (born 1963), Russian oligarch, Russia's richest woman *Yelena Bekman-Shcherbina (1882–1951), Russian pianist, composer and teacher *Yelena Belevskaya (born 1963), retired athlete who represented the USSR until 1991 and Bela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Musical Comedy 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] |
1983 Films
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Yarmolnik
Leonid Isaakovich Yarmolnik (russian: Леони́д Исаа́кович Ярмо́льник; born January 22, 1954) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film producer. Biography Was born on January 22, 1954, in Grodekovo, Primorsky Krai, where his father, a Soviet Army officer, was stationed. In 1960, Yarmolnik's family relocated to Lviv. Leonid studied at the local music school and was involved in plays at the Lviv Folk Theater. In 1972, he became a student at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and graduated from the acting class of Yury Katin-Yartsev, a famous Russian actor and acclaimed pedagogue of the Vakhtangov Theater Arts School, in 1976. From 1976-1984, he was an actor at the Taganka Theatre. Yarmolnik started his own studio, L-Club, specializing in film distribution, and anchored a TV program with the same name. He was a member of the jury on the popular ''KVN'' game show. He was honored with the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 2001 for the role of Zhora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Yeremenko Jr
Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to: People Royalty * Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Nikolay II, last Emperor of Russia, from 1894 until 1917 * Prince Nikolai of Denmark (born 1999) Other people Nikolai * Nikolai Aleksandrovich (other) or Nikolay Aleksandrovich, several people * Nikolai Antropov (born 1980), Kazakh former ice hockey winger * Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian religious and political philosopher * Nikolai Bogomolov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman * Nikolai Bukharin (1888–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician * Nikolai Bulganin (1895-1975), Soviet politician and minister of defence * Nikolai Chernykh (1931-2004), Russian astronomer * Nikolai Dudorov (1906–1977), Soviet politician * Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (born 1952), Soviet serial killer * Nikolai Goc (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyubov Polishchuk
Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk (russian: Любо́вь Григо́рьевна Полищу́к; 21 May 1949 – 28 November 2006) was a popular Russian actress. She was born in the Siberian city of Omsk. After school she decided to become an actress and moved to Moscow. She made her debut in cinema in 1976 in the popular comedy film The Twelve Chairs (1976 film), The Twelve Chairs in 1977, which was directed by Mark Zakharov. Lyubov Polishchuk died of bone cancer in Moscow in 2006, aged 57. She was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery. Selected filmography * ''The Twelve Chairs (1976 film), The Twelve Chairs'' (1976) as dancer * ''Zolotaya mina'' (1978) as Larisa Kovalyova * ''31 June'' (1978, TV Movie) as Miss Quinn, hostess of ''The black horse * ''The Very Same Munchhausen'' (1979, TV Movie) as Bertha, songstress * ''Vavilon XX'' (1980) as Malva * ''I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death'' (1980) as Vera Sergeevna * ''Vystrel v spinu'' (1980) as Yelena Vanina * ''Bolshaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Kharatyan
Dmitry Vadimovich Kharatyan (born 21 January 1960) is a Soviet and Russian actor of Armenian descent, People's Artist of Russia. Was born in Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR on 21 January 1960. His debut as an actor came in Vladimir Menshov's ''Practical Joke'' in 1977. In March 2014, he signed a letter in support of the position of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on the Russian annexation of Crimea. In April and May 2022, Kharatyan participated in a series of concerts organized in order to support the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Dmitry for his support of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Selected filmography * ''Practical Joke'' (1977) as Igor Grushko * ''Fox Hunting'' (1980) as Kostya Stryzhak * ''Summer Impressions of Planet Z'' (1986) as Andrei Morkovkin * '' Gardemarines ahead!'' (1988) as Aleksei Korsak * ''Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation'' (1989) as Dmitry Puzyrev * ''Viva gardemarines!'' (1991) as Aleksei Korsak ... [...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] |
Yuri Vasilyev
Yury Nikolayevich Vasilyev (russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Васи́льев; October 12, 1939 — June 4, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He is best known for film roles in '' The Journalist'' (1967) and ''Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears'' (1980). Sex symbol of the Soviet cinema. at the kino-teatr.ru Selected filmography * Washington's Story (1960) as Buddy Brooks * The Journalist (1967) as Yuri Aliabiev * |
Larisa Dolina
Larisa Aleksandrovna Dolina (russian: link=no, Лариса Александровна Долина, , née Kudelman, Кудельман, formerly Mionchinskaya, Миончинская; born 10 September 1955) is an Azerbaijani-born prominent Russian (former Soviet) jazz and pop singer and actress. She was awarded the Order of Honour in 2005. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Larisa for her support of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biography Dolina was born on 10 September 1955, in Baku to an Azerbaijani Jewish family. Her father, Aleksandr Markovich Kudelman, was a construction worker, her mother, Galina Izrailevna Kudelman (née Dolina), a seamstress. When Dolina was three, the family moved to Odesa. At six, she began attending a music school where she studied the cello. Dolina's musical career began in 1971 in the performance group "My Odessity" (We are Odessa Natives). She then worked as lead singer for the "State Performing Orchestra of Armenia", the "Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
