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Intergirl
''Intergirl'' (russian: Интердевочка, translit. ''Interdevochka'') is a 1989 Soviet drama film. It is set in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in the time of perestroika during the 1980s. The film was the most popular Soviet film in 1989 (41.3 million viewers) and made a star of leading actress Elena Yakovleva. It is the screen adaptation of the eponymous story by Vladimir Kunin. Plot Tanya Zaitseva from Leningrad, a nurse by day and a prostitute catering to foreigners by night, suddenly receives a marriage proposal from a Swedish client. After another altercation with the police, she goes home to share good news with her mother, who thinks that her daughter is just a nurse. Tanya does not hide the fact that she is not marrying for love, but because she wants to have an apartment, a car, money and dreams "to see the world with my own eyes." In a conversation with her mother she argues that prostitution is characteristic of all trades, "all sell themselves.", but he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Kunin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kunin (Владимир Владимирович Кунин) (actually Vladimir Feinberg, June 19, 1927, Leningrad - 4 February 2011, Munich) was a Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter. Kunin was a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, the Union of Writers of Russia (Союз писателей России) as well as an honorary member of the International association of writers and publicists (Международная ассоциация писателей и публицистов). One of his books, ''Intergirl'' (Интердевочка), first published in 1988, was adapted to become a highly popular Soviet movie in 1989 (see Intergirl). Works Books *Intergirl, 1988, English ed. 1991 *Ivanov i Rabinovich, ili "Ay gou tu Hayfa" * *Tolchok vosem' ballov *Coupe Dvukhmestnoe kupe * * * *, (movie adaptation: 2022) * https://www.amazon.com/stores/Vladimir-Kunin/author/B001I0PFW4?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share&isDramInte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyotr Todorovsky
Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky (russian: Пётр Ефи́мович Тодоро́вский, uk, Петро Юхимович Тодоровський, 26 August 1925 – 24 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer of Jewish origin. His son Valery Todorovsky is also a film director. Career Todorovsky joined the Red Army during World War II and drew on his war experiences for a number of films, including ''Rio-Rita'' (2008). In the 1950s, he worked as a cinematographer for Marlen Khutsiev. He liked to play guitar and composed songs for some of his films. Todorovsky's early 1980s melodramas gained him wide popularity in the Soviet Union. They have been described as "delightfully unpretentious comedies, homourous and touching at the same time". Todorovsky's ''Intergirl'' (1989) was the first Soviet film about prostitution and caused quite a stir. His next film '' Encore, Once More Encore!'' (1992) presents a grim picture of moral prostitution in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Yakovleva
Elena Alexeevna Yakovleva (russian: Еле́на Алексе́евна Я́ковлева; born 5 March 1961) is a Soviet and Russian actress known for her roles in such films as ''Intergirl'' and ''Encore, Once More Encore!'' as well as for the main role in the popular TV-series '' Kamenskaya''. She is a long-term actress in the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre. In 2002, Yakovleva was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia. Laureate of the in the field of literature and art in 2000. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinovy Gerdt
Zinovy Yefimovich Gerdt (russian: Зино́вий Ефи́мович Гердт, which is a pseudonym, his real name being Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich (За́лман Афро́имович Храпино́вич); 21 September 1916 in Sebezh, Russian Empire – 18 November 1996) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1990. Biography Early life and education Gerdt was born Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich on September 21, 1916 in the city of Sebezh in the Pskov Oblast. His father Afroim Yakovlevich Khrapinovich worked for some time in a fabrics shop as a clerk, and later as a salesman. Mother Rakhil Isaakovna was a housewife. His father died quite early, his mother stayed with four children: two boys and two girls, of which Zinovy was the youngest. In Sebezh he lived up to 11 years, studied at a Jewish school (cheder), knew Yiddish. After finishing school, Zinovy moved to his elder brother who lived in Moscow. From a young age, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostitution In The Soviet Union
Prostitution in the Soviet Union was not officially recognised domestically as a social phenomenon until 1986. History Prostitution was regulated in pre-revolutionary Russian Empire, Imperial Russia, with laws requiring registration, regulated living conditions, and rights and obligations for brothel owners. After the Russian Revolution, this system was abolished, though prostitution continued. In the work of criminologists Andrejs Vilks and Leonīds Tess, it was noted: The topic of prostitution in newspapers, journals and in contemporary writing was taboo. The rationale was that the publication of the existence of this phenomenon could undermine not only the moral foundations of the country, but also significantly weaken the political authority of the country. Pre-revolutionary Russia Prior to Nicholas I of Russia, Nicholas I, prostitution was banned by law, starting in 1649 when Alexei Mikhailovich ordered city burghers to watch "that there should not be harlots on the streets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Anastasiya Nikolaevna Nemolyaevahttp://www.kinopoisk.ru/ /name/273013/ (russian: Анастасия Николаевна Немоляева; was born 30 June 1969) is Soviet and Russian film and theater actress, designer. Biography Anastasiya Nemolyaeva was born June 30, 1969, in Moscow into the family of a cinematographer Nikolai Nemolyaev, brother of the popular actress Svetlana Nemolyaeva. Anastasiya's grandfather Vladimir Nemolyaev was a director, known for the films Happy Flight, Doktor Aybolit, etc., and her grandmother had a lifelong career as a sound engineer at the Mosfilm. As a child, Anastasiya was fond of painting and embroidery. She glued toys and covered the kitchen boards with oil paints. Anastasiya actively acted in films as a teenager. In 1991 Anastasiya graduated from Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (acting course of Mark Zakharov). During her studies, she starred in several films, two of which - Courier and Intergirl which brought Anastasiya her the most fame. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (russian: Ингеборга Дапкунайте; born 20 January 1963) is а Lithuanian theatre and cinema actress, who appears mostly in Russian films. She is a winner of the Nika Award in 1994 for Best Actress. Early life Dapkūnaitė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her father was a diplomat and her mother was a meteorologist. For many years her parents worked in Moscow, and she saw them only on holidays. She was cared for by her grandparents and an uncle and aunt, musicians in a theatre orchestra, during her parents' long absences. At the age of four, she first appeared on the stage in the Puccini opera ''Madam Butterfly'', watched by her grandmother, the administrator of the Vilnius opera theatre. After her opera debut, she at first seemed to have little interest in the dramatic arts, dance, singing, or music. For her childhood and youth, it seemed she might pursue a career in sports; she figure-skated and played basketball, popular in Lithuania. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vsevolod Shilovsky
Vsevolod Nikolaevich Shilovsky (russian: Все́волод Никола́евич Шило́вский; born June 3, 1938, Moscow ) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986). He was awarded the Order of Friendship (1997) and the Order of Honor (January 20, 2015)'. Biography Father Nikolay Shilovsky graduated from the Conservatory in composition and the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, led the factory was the chief of station Northeast Passage Tiksi. Member of the Great Patriotic War. During the Great Patriotic War Vsevolod with his mother were evacuated to Kazan, my mother worked in the aircraft engine plant. He graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (course of Alexander Karev). In 1961–1987 years of combined active crew work to that of Moscow Art Theatre. Since 1987, focuses exclusively on the cinema, some films speaking also as a director. Is the head of the acting studio in Gerasimov Institute of C ... [...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 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) 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-malaya voyna'' (1980) * ''Belyy voron'' (1981) * ''Na chuzho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larisa Malevannaya
Larisa Ivanovna Malevannaya (russian: Лари́са Ива́новна Малева́нная) is a Russian film and theater actress, theater director, and writer. Biography and career Malevannaya was born on January 22, 1939, in the village of Fedorovka Neklinovsky District of Rostov Oblast. Initially, she graduated from a pedagogical institute and only after that she went to study at a theater academy. In 1965 Malevannaya graduated from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (directing course of Alexander Musil and acting course of Arkady Katzman). Since 1965 she has worked in the Krasnoyarsk Youth Theater as an actress and director. Around this time Malevannaya married director Gennady Oporkov. In 1968 Malevannaya moved to Leningrad and began working at the Lensoviet Academic Theatre. In 1971 she transferred to the Leningrad Theater of the Lenin Komsomol, where her husband was appointed as chief director. Malevannaya split from her husband in the year 1976. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Vinogradova (actress)
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] |
List Of Soviet Movies Of The Year By Ticket Sales
This is the list of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union, in terms of List of films by box office admissions, box office admissions (ticket sales). It includes the highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union (USSR), the highest-grossing domestic Soviet films, the domestic films with the greatest number of ticket sales by year, and the highest-grossing foreign films in the Soviet Union. Note that, in line with the definition above, this list does not include any Soviet television series or television movies, which were not shown in movie theater, cinemas of the Soviet Union. The annual list includes sales during each year only, which often means that the total number of tickets sold was bigger. As an example, according to the list below the film ''The Red Snowball Tree'', the top seller of the year 1974, sold 62.5 million tickets during that year. But the total number of sold tickets during all years was bigger; Boris Pavlenok, former deputy director of the USSR GosKino, estima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
