Alla Ilinichna Surikova ( ru , А́лла Ильи́нична Су́рикова; born November 6, 1940, in

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) is a Soviet and Russian film director, writer, and teacher. She is a

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

(2000), winner of the Award of the

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(2009), and a member of the Russian Union of Cinematographers. She is best known as the director of the

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'' which starred famous Soviet actors including Andrei Mironov, Aleksandra Yakovleva,

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and

Igor Kvasha Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha (russian: Игорь Владимирович Кваша; 4 February 1933 — 30 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one of the So ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Fuss of the Fusses ''Fuss of the Fusses'' (russian: Суета сует) is a 1979 Soviet comedy film directed by Alla Surikova. Plot The film tells about the registry office employee named Marina Petrovna. She registers happy marriages. And suddenly at work she s ...

'' (Суета сует, 1979) * ''

Be my husband ''Be My Husband'' or (russian: Будьте моим мужем, Budte moim muzhem) is a 1981 Soviet romantic comedy directed by Alla Surikova. Plot Victor the pediatrician arrives on the Black Sea coast. He is finally on the vacation which he ha ...

'' (Будьте моим мужем, 1982) * ''

Look for a Woman ''Look for a Woman'' (russian: Ищите женщину, Ishchite zhenshchinu) is a 1983 Soviet crime comedy television film adaptation of the play "La Perruche et le Poulet" by French writer Robert Thomas, which is, in turn, the French adaptatio ...

'' (Ищите женщину, 1983) * '' Sincerely Yours...'' (Искренне Ваш..., 1985) * ''

'' (1987) * ''

Two arrows. Stone Age Detective ''Two arrows. Stone Age Detective'' (russian: Две стрелы. Детектив каменного века, Dve strely. Detektiv kamennogo veka) is a 1989 Soviet tragicomic crime film directed by Alla Surikova. Plot The film is set in the ...

'' (Две стрелы. Детектив каменного века, 1989) * '' Crazies'' (Чокнутые, 1991) * ''

Moscow Vacation , image = , caption = , director = Alla Surikova , producer = , writer = Emil Braginskiy , starring = , music = Andrey Makarevich , cinematography = Vladimir Nakhabtsev , editing = Inessa Brozhovskaya , released = , studio= , runt ...

'' (Московские каникулы, 1995) * '' Children of Monday'' (Дети понедельника, 1997) * '' I Want to Go to Prison'' (Хочу в тюрьму, 1998)

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* 1940 births Living people Film people from Kyiv Soviet women film directors Russian women film directors Soviet screenwriters 20th-century Russian screenwriters People's Artists of Russia Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors alumni {{Russia-film-director-stub