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Leonid Filatov
Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov ( rus, Леонид Алексеевич Филатов, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit əlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlatəf, a=Lyeonid Alyeksyeyevich Filatov.ru.vorb.oga; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, pamphleteer, who shot to fame while a member of the troupe of the Taganka Theatre under director Yury Lyubimov. Despite severe illness that haunted him in the 1990s, he received many awards, including the Russian Federation State Prize and People's Artist of Russia in 1996. Biography Filatov was born on 24 December 1946, in Kazan. His father was Aleksey Yeremeyevich Filatov (1914—1982), and his mother was Klavdia Nikolaevna Filatova (1923—2007). The family frequently moved around, because his father was a radio operator and spent much time in field expeditions. When Leonid was seven years old his parents divorced, and Leonid moved along with his mother to Ashkhabad to join his mother's relatives. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazan
Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, [qɑzan] is the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1.3 million residents, and up to nearly 2 million residents in the greater Kazan metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Kazan is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, fifth-largest city in Russia, being the Volga#Biggest cities on the shores of the Volga, most populous city on the Volga, as well as within the Volga Federal District. Historically, Kazan was the capital of the Khanate of Kazan, and was Siege of Kazan, conquered by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, at which point the city became a part of the Tsardom of Russia. The city was seized (and largely destroyed) during Pugachev's Rebellion (1773–1775), but was later rebuilt during the reign of Catherine the Great. In the following centuries, Kazan grew to become a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Gubenko
Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko (, ; 17 August 1941 – 16 August 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, film and theatre director, screenwriter, founder of the Community of Taganka Actors theatre. His movie ''Wounded Game'' was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1985.Cinema: Encyclopedia Dictionary, main ed. Sergei Yutkevich (1987). — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, p. 108 Gubenko was also active in politics. He served as the last Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union), Minister of Culture of the USSR (1989–1991) and as the Russian State Duma deputy between 1995 and 2003. From 2005 on he acted as the Moscow City Duma deputy.Anna KisselgoffThe New Minister Of Soviet Culture Takes Truth as Taskarticle at The New York Times, 27 December 1989 Early life Nikolai Gubenko was born in the Odessa Catacombs during the Siege of Odessa (1941), Defence of Odessa, the youngest of five children. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Could One Imagine?
''Could One Imagine?'' (), also released as ''Love and Lies'', is a 1981 Soviet teen drama film directed by Ilya Frez based on the novella by Galina Shcherbakova. Plot High school student Katya Shevchenko (Tatyana Aksyuta) moves to a new district and meets classmate Roman Lavochkin (Nikita Mikhaylovsky) at school. Gradually their friendship grows into love, which appears surprisingly strong to the adults around them. Roman's father, Konstantin (Albert Filozov), was in love with Katya's mother, Lyudmila (Irina Miroshnichenko), who eventually rejecting him. Roman's mother, Vera ( Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina), jealous of Katya's mother, hates her and her daughter. Aspiring to separate the children by force, she transfers Roman to another school and forbids them to meet. But love between Katya and Roman does not diminish. Then Vera deceives her son, forcing him to leave Moscow for Leningrad for a long time to take care of an allegedly sick grandmother (Tatyana Pelttser), who in turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tale Of Fedot The Strelets
''The Tale of Fedot the Strelets'' () is a play poem by Russian writer and actor Leonid Filatov, written in 1985 and first published in Yunost in 1987. With a storyline based on Russian folk tales, 'Fedot' is a social and political satire on contemporary realities of life in Russia. Characters mix archaic Russian language, typical for folklore, with neologisms of modern Russian, providing additional comic effect. Film adaptations have been made in 1988, 2000 and 2008. Plot The storyline is based on the folk tale Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What Fedot, a strelets, serves at Tsar's court as the royal hunter. Tsar orders him to provide the game for his dinner with English embassinger. Fedot was unlucky: he got not a single bird. When he tried to shoot at least a dove, it turned into a beautiful maid, Marusya (Mary), which Fedot adopted as his wife. Marusia, possessing magical skills, saves her man from Tsar's punishment: she summons Tit Kuzmich and Frol Fomich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Shatskaya (actress)
Nina Sergeevna Shatskaya (; 16 March 1940 – 23 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2008). She was known for playing in the films ''Welcome, or No Trespassing'', ''A Man Before His Time'' and ''Visit to Minotaur''. Biography In 1963 she graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. From 1964 to 1993 she was an actress of the Taganka Theatre. Shatskaya died on 23 May 2021, aged 81, a day after being diagnosed with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. Personal life * First husband (1963–1977): Valeri Zolotukhin (1941–2013), actor. Son — Denis (born 1969), orthodox priest. * Second husband (1982–2003): Leonid Filatov Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov ( rus, Леонид Алексеевич Филатов, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit əlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlatəf, a=Lyeonid Alyeksyeyevich Filatov.ru.vorb.oga; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet an ... (1946–2003), actor. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Moscow International Film Festival
The 17th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 July 1991. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Soviet-German film '' Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'' directed by Karen Gevorkian. Jury * Oleg Yankovsky (Soviet Union – President of the Jury) * Márta Mészáros (Hungary) * Gabriele Rohrer-Kumlin (Germany) * Kang Soo-yeon (South Korea) * Michèle Mercier (France) * Dušan Makavejev (Yugoslavia) * Luigi Magni (Italy) * Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (Spain) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden St. George: '' Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'' by Karen Gevorkian * Special Silver St. George: ** '' The Adjuster'' by Atom Egoyan ** '' The Wedding Maidens'' by Jin Wang * Silver St. George: ** Actor: Mustafa Nadarević, Branislav Lečić for ''Silent Gunpowder'' ** Actress: Isabelle Huppert for ''Madame Bovary'' * Special Mention: ''Homework'' by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons Of Bitches
''Sons of Bitches'' (, translit. Sukiny deti) is a 1990 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Leonid Filatov. It was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot The plot of the film is based on real historical events in the Taganka Theater, when its leader Yuri Lyubimov left the USSR (1984), and made a number of anti-Party statements, after which he was removed from the management of the theater and deprived of citizenship. ''Sons of bitches'' tells how the troupe has apprehended these events and the pressure the state put on them, and also shows events that have not happened – the actors' strike, the hunger strike, the threat of self-immolation. A functionary is sent to the theater from the Ministry – Yuri Mikhailovich, who is to restore order in the rebellious cultural institution. The story ends in tragedy – with the death of one of the protesters. Cast * Vladimir Ilyin as Leva Busygin * Larisa Udovichenko as Tatyana, Busygin's wife * Aleksa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerograd
''Zerograd''Christopher Llewellyn ReedFilm Review: In “Zerograd,” a Nation Collapses, And What Fun It Is October 25, 2022 (), also translated as ''City Zero'',Jonathan RosenbaumCity Zero October 26, 1985 ''Zero City''Diane Carson‘Zero City’ offers a wonderfully satiric critique of the Soviet world/ref> or ''Zero Town'',, ''Mosfilm'' YouTube channel is a 1989 Russian mystery film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov, described as an absurdist comedy by Mosfilm. A Moscow engineer Alexey Varakin visits a factory in a small town on a business trip, where his bizarre adventures begin. At the factory he sees a naked secretary, but nobody seems to pay attention to this; later we encounters a prosecutor who wants to commit a crime, and other strange characters. In addition it turns out that he cannot leave the town. Plot Alexei Varakin is an engineer from Moscow, on a business trip to a nameless town in the Soviet Union. When Alexei arrives at the factory, the pass he requested is missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forgotten Melody For A Flute
''Forgotten Melody for a Flute'' () is a 1987 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film's plot is based on the stage play of the same name written by Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky. A high-ranking bureaucrat, torn between ambition and newfound love, faces a life-altering crisis that forces him to confront his own hypocrisy and the emptiness of his privileged existence. Plot Leonid Filimonov, a senior bureaucrat in the "Main Directorate of Free Time," is a man who constantly wrestles with his own duality, presenting himself as a liberal and supportive overseer of various arts and cultural groups while, in reality, routinely banning anything that hints at dissent. Filimonov lives comfortably, having married into a politically powerful family and built a career under the influence of his well-connected father-in-law. His life changes when he meets Lida, a courageous and creative nurse who plays in an amateur theater group he once censored. Lida, unimpr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rooks
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice (1982 Film)
''The Voice'' (), is a 1982 Soviet psychological drama film. It is based on the screenplay of the same name by Natalya Ryazantseva and directed by Ilya Averbakh. This is the last film by director Ilya Averbakh. Plot Actress Yulia Martynova ( Natalya Sayko) is starring in a new film, but in the middle of the film production she is suddenly hospitalized with a serious illness. The film director (Leonid Filatov) is emotionally involved; he becomes nervous and frustrated because the film cannot be completed without the leading actress. All crew members are nervous witnessing the unfolding disaster, but the actress comes back from her hospital bed to the studio to continue her work in post-production. Yulia is so devoted to being original in creative process that she cannot allow her character speaking with the voice of another actress, so she deals with her health condition by taking drugs to overcome the pain, in order to contribute her original voice to the film. The cast and crew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
