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Diamonds For The Dictatorship Of The Proletariat
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat ( et, Briljandid proletariaadi diktatuurile) is a 1975 Soviet Estonian action film directed by Grigori Kromanov and based on the novel of the same name by Yulian Semyonov. Plot 1921. Chekist Gleb Bokii received an encrypted message from Tallinn that there is an organization in Russia that is engaged in the theft of jewels from Gokhran and illegally smuggling them through the Baltic states to London and Paris. The investigation of the case is entrusted to a young employee of the Cheka Vsevolod Vladimirov. Cast * Vladimir Ivashov as Isayev * Alexander Kaidanovsky as Vorontsov * Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Anna Viktorovna * Tatyana Samoylova as Maria Olenetskaya * Margarita Terekhova as Vera, Vorontsov's ex-wife * Edita Piekha as Lida Bosse (voiced by Svetlana Svetlichnaya) * Alexander Porokhovshchikov as Osip Shelehes * Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Roman (Fyodor Shelehes) * Lev Durov as Nikolay Pozhamchi * Vladimir Osenev as Stopansky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigori Kromanov
Grigori Kromanov (8 March 1926 in Tallinn – 18 July 1984 in Lahe, Lääne-Viru County, Lahe, Lääne-Virumaa) was an Estonian Theatre director, theatre and film director. He directed some of the best known Estonian movies, including ''Viimne reliikvia'' (''The Last Relic'') and ''Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (film), Dead Mountaineer's Hotel''. His 1976 film ''Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat'' is based on the homonymous 1974 detective novel by Yulian Semyonov. References Further reading * ''Director Grigori Kromanov: memoirs, articles, letters, diaries''. Compiled by Irena Veisaitė-Kromanova (1995) External links * 1926 births 1984 deaths Estonian film directors Soviet film directors People from Tallinn Estonian people of Russian descent Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre {{USSR-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Porokhovshchikov
Aleksandr Shalvovich Porokhovshchikov (russian: Александр Шалвович Пороховщиков, 31 January 1939, Moscow – 15 April 2012, Moscow) was a Russian film and theatre actor and film director, People's Artist of Russia (1994). He died of diabetes and other illness at age 73 in Russia. Selected filmography * '' Empire under Attack'' (Империя под ударом, 2000) as ''Vladimir Dzhunkovsky'' * ''The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment'' (Ворошиловский стрелок, 1999) as ''police colonel Pashutin'' * '' Tax Сollector'' (Мытарь, 1995) as ''Potocky'' * '' Professor Dowell's Testament'' (Завещание профессора Доуэля, 1984) * '' Return from Orbit'' (Возвращение с орбиты, 1983) as Alexey Sviridov, Major General * ''Moon Rainbow'' (Лунная радуга, 1983) as Back * ''Do Not Part with Your Beloved'' (С любимыми не расставайтесь, 1980) as ''Nikulin'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In 1921
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Spy Films
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent ( Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata ( Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Russian Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet-era Estonian Films
The history of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (USSR) reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world. Though the terms "Soviet Russia" and "Soviet Union" often are synonymous in everyday speech (either acknowledging the dominance of Russia over the Soviet Union or referring to Russia during the era of the Soviet Union), when referring to the foundations of the Soviet Union, "Soviet Russia" often specifically refers to brief period between the October Revolution of 1917 and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922. Before 1922, there were four independent Soviet Republics: the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR, and Transcaucasian SFSR. These four became the first Union Republics of the Soviet Union, and was later joined by the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic and Khorezm People's Soviet Republic in 1924. During and immediately after World War II, various Soviet Republics annexed portions of countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
