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Tchaikovsky (film)
''Tchaikovsky'' (russian: Чайковский) is a 1970 Soviet biopic film directed by Igor Talankin. It featured Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the role of the famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the Academy Award for Original Song Score and Adaptation. Cast * Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky * Antonina Shuranova as Nadezhda von Meck * Kirill Lavrov as Władysław Pachulski * Vladislav Strzhelchik as Nikolai Rubinstein * Yevgeny Leonov as Alyosha * Maya Plisetskaya as Désirée Artôt * Bruno Freindlich as Ivan Turgenev * Alla Demidova as Yulia von Meck *Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Herman Laroche *Nina Agapova as a guest * Maria Vinogradova as a lady calling for the police *Nikolay Trofimov as chief of police * Laurence Harvey as Narrator (English version) See also * List of submissions to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film A ''list'' is any set of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Talankin
Igor Vasilyevich Talankin (russian: И́горь Васи́льевич Тала́нкин) (3 October 1927 – 24 July 2010) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. His film ''Splendid Days'' (1960, co-directed with Georgiy Daneliya) won the Crystal Globe (the main award) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and ''Tchaikovsky'' (1969) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Selected filmography *''Splendid Days'' (1960) *''Introduction to Life'' (1962) *''Day Stars'' (1968) *''Tchaikovsky'' (1969) *''Take Aim'' (1974) *''Father Sergius "Father Sergius" (russian: Отец Сергий, Otets Sergiy) is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy between 1890 and 1898 and first published (posthumously) in 1911.Julian Connolly in Charles A. Moser (ed.), ''The Cambridge History of Russian ...'' (1978) *'' Starfall'' (1981) *'' Time for Rest from Saturday to Monday'' (1984) References External links * 1927 births 2010 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (russian: link=no, Майя Михайловна Плисецкая; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spain, Spanish citizenship.Maya Plisetskaya profile viola.bz; accessed 2 May 2015. She danced during the Soviet era at the Bolshoi Theatre under the directorships of Leonid Lavrovsky, then of Yury Grigorovich; later she moved into direct confrontation with him. In 1960, when famed Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova retired, Plisetskaya became ''prima ballerina assoluta'' of the company. Her early years were marked by political repression and loss. Her father, Mikhail Plisetski, a Soviet official, was arrested in 1937 and executed in 1938, during the Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Films
The year 1970 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, effectively ending his career. * February 11 - '' The Magic Christian'', starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), is released on Apple Records. * March 12 - Film debut of Ornella Muti in '' La moglie più bella'' (The Most Beautiful Wife) 3 days after her 15th birthday.IMDB * March 17 - The controversial film '' The Boys in the Band'', directed by William Friedkin and based on Mart Crowley's hit off-Broadway play, opens in theaters. * October 24 - Joan Crawford's final film, the low-budget horror picture '' Trog'', opens in theaters. * December 1 - '' Yousu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Soviet Submissions For The Academy Award For Best International Feature Film
The Soviet Union submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film between 1963 and 1991. The Foreign Language Film award is handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. Each year, the Academy invites countries to submit their best films for competition, with only one film being accepted from each country. The Soviet Union had a strong record in the category, receiving a total of nine nominations between 1968–1984, including three winners – ''War and Peace'', ''Dersu Uzala'' and ''Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears''. Eight of the nominees, including all three winners, were produced by Russian film studios. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, films representing the Russian Federation won a further seven nominations, including one Oscar win for ''Burnt by the Sun''. Submissions The Academy of Motion Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 44th Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * '' The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 192825 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and emigrated to South Africa at an early age, before later settling in the United Kingdom after World War II. In a career that spanned a quarter of a century, Harvey appeared in stage, film and television productions primarily in the United Kingdom and the United States.Laurence Harvey, Stage, Film Actor By Jean R. Hailey. ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'' 27 November 1973: C10. Harvey was known for his clipped, refined accent and cool, debonair screen persona. His performance in '' Room at the Top'' (1959)Obituary '' Variety'', 28 November 1973, p. 62. resulted in an Academy Award nomination. That success was followed by the roles of William Barret Travis in ''The Alamo'' and Weston Liggett in '' Butterfield 8'', both films released in the autumn of 1960. He also appeared as the brainwashed Sergeant Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Trofimov
Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Трофи́мов; January 21, 1920, Sevastopol — November 7, 2005, St. Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Nikolay Trofimov was born into a working-class family. Stage career began in 1934. During the Great Patriotic War he served in the navy. On the stage Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater played more than 40 roles. In the cinema, Nikolai Trofimov played mostly small roles. Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov died on the night of November 7, 2005 in the St. Petersburg Alexandrovsky hospital from the consequences of a stroke. He was buried on November 14 at the Literary Sheds of Volkovskoye Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' Pirogov'' (russian: Пирогов, 1947) as ''pieman'' * '' Belinsky'' (Белинский, 1951) as ''typographic worker'' * '' Tamer of Tigers'' (Укротительница тигров, 1954) as ''Myshk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Vinogradova
Maria Sergeyevna Vinogradova (russian: Мари́я Серге́евна Виногра́дова; 13 July 1922 – 2 July 1995) was a Russian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films from 1940 to 1995. Filmography References External links * 1922 births 1995 deaths Russian film actresses Soviet film actresses Russian voice actresses Soviet voice actresses Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Honored Artists of the RSFSR 20th-century Russian women {{Russia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Agapova
Nina Fyodorovna Agapova (russian: Ни́на Фёдоровна Ага́пова; 30 May 1926 – 19 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress.Ruskino.ru.Nina Agapova Life and career Agapova was born in Moscow in May 1926. She graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1951. In 1987, she was named an Honored Artist of the RSFSR.Kino-teatr.ruNina Fyodorovna Agapova Agapova died on 19 November 2021, at the age of 95. Selected filmography *'' The Unamenables'' (1959) as host of the contest *'' |
Herman Laroche
Herman Augustovich Laroche (russian: Герман Августович Ларош, German Avgustovich Larosh; also German Avgustovič Laroš; 25 May 1845 in Saint Petersburg – 18 October 1904) was a Russian critic of classical music and composer who was renowned throughout Moscow. Life Herman Laroche was born in St. Petersburg in 1845 in the family of a French teacher. Laroche studied piano with Alexandre Dubuque at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. After graduating from the Conservatory in 1866, he worked as a professor of music history and theory at the Moscow Conservatory (1867–1870, 1883–1886) and the Saint Petersburg Conservatory (1872–1875 and 1879). Around 1875, Laroche left the St. Petersburg Conservatory; later he again taught at the St. Petersburg and Moscow conservatories. He gave public lectures on the history of music in St. Petersburg with great success; wrote in the "Musical List", "Yearbook of the Imperial Theaters", "News", etc. From 1898 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Yevstigneyev
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev (russian: Евгений Александрович Евстигнеев; 9 October 1926 — 4 March 1992) was a prominent Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, one of the founders of the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1983 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1974. Early years Yevgeny Yevstigneyev was born on 9 October 1926 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR (modern day Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of Russia) into a poor working-class family and spent his childhood at the outskirts in the Volodarsky village.''Yevgeny Yevstigneyev and a collective of authors (2017)''I'm Alive...— Moscow: AST, 288 pages He was a late child of Maria Ivanovna Yevstigneyeva (née Chernishova), a milling machine operator, and a metallurgist Aleksandr Mikhailovich Yevstigneyev who was twenty years older than her and who died when Yevgeny was six years old. Maria Ivanovna married another man who died when Yevge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alla Demidova
Alla Sergeyevna Demidova (russian: link=no, А́лла Серге́евна Деми́дова; born 29 September 1936, Moscow) is a Russian actress internationally acclaimed for the tragic parts in innovative plays staged by Yuri Lyubimov in the Taganka Theatre. She was awarded the USSR State Prize (1977) and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (twice, 2007, 2001). Biography Alla Demidova was born on 29 September 1936 in Zamoskvorechye, Moscow, and spent her early years at the Osipenko (now Sadovnicheskaya) Street. Her father Sergey Alekseyevich Demidov, an heir to the Russian industrialists' family, was jailed in 1932 in the course of the Great Purge, but soon got acquitted. In 1941 he joined the Red Army as a volunteer and was killed in action 1944, near Warsaw. Alla's mother, Aleksandra Dmitriyevna Demidova (née Kharchenko) was working at the Economy department of the Moscow University (later at its Cybernetics and economic programming section).Rasskazova, TatyanaAlla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
