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Dmitri Dyuzhev
Dmitri Petrovich Dyuzhev (russian: Дмитрий Петрович Дюжев) (born July 9, 1977) is a Russian film and stage actor and singer. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Dmitri for his support of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Early life Was born on July 9, 1978 in Astrakhan, in the family of actor Petr Dyuzhev and Ludmila Dyuzheva. In 1995 he graduated the "School of Gifted Children" and entered the GITIS (Directing Department, acting group, workshop by Mark Zakharov). Dmitri played Donevan in ''Boris Godunov''. Rehearsals coincided with the shooting of the television series '' Bayazet'', in which Dyuzhev was invited for one of the main roles, but Dmitri declined to act in the series. Career Dyuzhev debuted in film '' 24 Hours'' by Alexander Atanesyan in 2000. Since 2006, Dmitry Dyuzhev is an actor of the Moscow Art Theatre. In 2011, Dyuzhev's debut as a director took place. After graduating from the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrakhan
Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, 60 miles (100 km) from the Caspian Sea, with a population of 475,629 residents at the 2021 Census. At an elevation of below sea level, it is the lowest city in Russia. Astrakhan was formerly the capital of the Khanate of Astrakhan (a remnant of the Golden Horde), and was located on the higher right bank of the Volga, 7 miles (11 km) from the present-day city. Situated on caravan and water routes, it developed from a village into a large trading centre, before being conquered by Timur in 1395 and captured by Ivan the Terrible in 1556. In 1558 it was moved to its present site. The oldest economic and cultural center of the Lower Volga, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Courses For Scriptwriters And Film Directors
200px The High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (HCFDS) (russian: Высшие курсы сценаристов и режиссёров (ВКСР)) comprises a variety of optional post-graduate film school courses in Moscow, Russia. Its The Advanced Course for Screenwriters and Film Directors is the oldest professional qualification in the cinematographic arts in Russia for people with relevant higher education qualifications. The school was established in 1963 in the Soviet Union, but its history goes back to 1956. Formerly state-funded, the college is now independent from the state educational establishment in Russia, offering professional education in cinematography, screenwriting Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession. Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, deve ..., production and direction. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Man's Bluff
''Dead Man's Bluff'' or ''Zhmurki'' (russian: Жмурки) is a 2005 Russian black comedy/crime film. Director Aleksei Balabanov, who directed ''Brother'' and ''Brother 2'', uses cameo performances, by Russia's most prominent actors. The film depicts the anarchistic reality of the free-market streets of Russia in the beginning of 1990s, where the only real liberty was the freedom to kill. Plot The film opens with a professor lecturing a group of university students on the primitive accumulation of capital. The professor says: "Start-up capital is how everything begins - it makes it possible to start a business and multiply the initial investment many times over. The key question is how to get start-up capital..." By way of example, she begins to tell a story that supposedly took place a decade earlier during the socio-economic tumult in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The movie flashes to Nizhniy Novgorod in the mid-1990s, to an interrogation scene that takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Island (2006 Film)
''The Island'' (russian: Остров, Ostrov) is a 2006 Russian film about a fictional 20th century Eastern Orthodox monk. The film closed the 2006 Venice Film Festival, proved to be a moderate box-office success and won both the Nika Award and the China TV Golden Eagle Award as the Best Russian film of 2006. The filming location was the city of Kem, in Karelia, on the shores of the White Sea. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot During World War II, the sailor Anatoly and his captain, Tikhon, are captured by the Germans when they board their barge and tugboat, which is carrying a shipment of coal. The German officer leading the raid offers Anatolywho is terrified of dyingthe choice to be shot or to shoot Tikhon and stay alive, which Anatoly takes; he shoots, and Tikhon falls overboard. The Germans blow up the ship but Anatoly is found by Russian Orthodox monks on the shore the next morning. He survives and becomes a stoker at the monastery but is perpetual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travelling With Pets
Travelling with Pets (russian: Путешествие с домашними животными, translit. Puteshestviye s domashnimi zhivotnymi) is a 2007 Russian drama film directed by Vera Storozheva. It won the Golden George at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Kseniya Kutepova as Natalia * Dmitriy Dyuzhev as Sergei * Evgeniy Knyazev as Priest * Anna Mikhalkova as Klavdiya * Vadim Afanassiev as Natalia's husband * Sofiya Dudarchik as Olga * Olga Popova as Paramedic * Timofey Tribuntsev as Ment * Aleksandr Oblasov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants li ... as Security guard References External links * 2007 films 2007 drama films Russian drama films 2000s Russian-language films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Security Vacation
''High Security Vacation'' (russian: Каникулы строгого режима, Kanikuly strogogo rezhima) is a 2009 Russian adventure comedy film directed by Igor Zaytsev. Plot Viktor Sumarokov – experienced thief-recidivist nicknamed Sumrak is a person of authority to all prisoners. Yevgeny Koltsov is a former Ministry of Internal Affairs employee who is a well-deserved hero for courageous fighting in Chechnya. As a result of carelessness, he accidentally hurts a venal colleague. When the former lawman becomes imprisoned, chief of the penitentiary, lieutenant colonel UFSIN Vyshkin comes to Sumrak with a request to protect Koltsov from the threats of prisoners. The ringleader's closest aide learns that he wants to protect Koltsov (since the higher authorities have arrived for a holiday arranged on the premises, and problems connected with the death of the prisoner-militiaman would be detrimental) and using the promise of an early release he persuades another inmate autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exodus
Exodus or the Exodus may refer to: Religion * Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible * The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan Historical events * Exodus of 1879 (The Kansas Exodus), in which black Americans known as Exodusters fled the Southern United States for Kansas * The Exodus (1940), in Belgium and France * 1948 Palestinian exodus * 1948 Palestinian exodus from Lydda and Ramle * 1949–1956 Palestinian exodus * 1967 Palestinian exodus * 2021 Kabul airlift * Cuban exodus * Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus wherein ethnic Kashmiri Hindus were expelled from the Kashmir Valley, threatened with rape, death and conversion to Islam if they chose otherwise. * Exodus of Slav-Macedonians from Greece, the exodus of ethnic Macedonians following the Greek Civil War * Istrian-Dalmatian exodus, the exodus of Italians from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia after World War II * Jewish exodus from Muslim count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother. ''Hamlet'' is considered among the "most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language", with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others". There are many works that have been pointed to as possible sources for Shakespeare's play—from ancient Greek tragedies to Elizabethan plays. The editors of the Arden Shakespeare question the idea of "source hunting", pointing out that it presupposes that authors always require ideas from other works for their own, and suggests that no author can have an original idea or be an originator. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citadel
A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of "city", meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. In a fortification with bastions, the citadel is the strongest part of the system, sometimes well inside the outer walls and bastions, but often forming part of the outer wall for the sake of economy. It is positioned to be the last line of defence, should the enemy breach the other components of the fortification system. The functions of the police and the army, as well as the army barracks were developed in the citadel. History 3300–1300 BC Some of the oldest known structures which have served as citadels were built by the Indus Valley Civilisation, where citadels represented a centralised authority. Citadels in Indus Valley were almost 12 meters tall. The purpose of these structures, however, remains debated. Though the structures found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pregnant
The Pregnant (russian: Беременный, Beremenniy) is a 2011 Russian fantasy comedy film directed by Sarik Andreasyan. It stars Dmitri Dyuzhev, Anna Sedokova, Mikhail Galustyan and Ville Haapasalo. The Hindi remake rights are owned by T-Series and Maddock Films. Plot Sergei and Diana Dobrolyubov have long dreamt of having a child, but Diana simply isn't getting pregnant. Sergei, who works as a TV presenter at the Muz-TV channel, makes a wish to a falling star (“I want a child”), and his wish is fulfilled, but with a catch: instead of his wife, he, himself, becomes pregnant. Sergei's friend, Zhora, convinces him that pregnancy is not a reason to hide, but instead is an opportunity to gain fame and money. The show "The Pregnant" becomes the most popular television project, and its main character, Sergei Dobrolyubov - a star. He soon gets accosted by the media causing a lots of drama between himself and Diana. A gay couple continuously pester him on his "secret" for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showdown In Manila
''Showdown in Manila'' is a 2016 Russian-American action film directed by Mark Dacascos. The film was released on February 18, 2016, in Russian (with English scenes captioned) and on January 19, 2018, in English (with Russian scenes dubbed) worldwide. Plot Nickolay "Nick" Peyton, a police officer of Russian origin, lives in Manila. During a sting operation Nick is badly wounded and retires from police. Today he works as a private detective with his partner Charlie. One day, Mrs. Wells comes to hire them to investigate the strange murder of her husband. The search for the murderers leads Nick and Charlie to a base of criminals in the jungle. The gangsters' leader Aldric Cole was wounded by Nick in a past police operation. Nick and Charlie gather a group of former elite soldiers to destroy the base. Cast * Alexander Nevsky as Moscow Police Force SWAT Sgt. Nickolay 'Nick' Peyton (in Russian) * Casper Van Dien as LAPD S.W.A.T. Officer Iv Charlie Benz * Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Wedding Traditions
A traditional Russian wedding can last between two days and one week. The celebration involves dancing, singing, toasting, and banqueting. The best man and maid of honor are called Witnesses or () in Russian. The ceremony and the ring exchange take place on the first day of the wedding. Russian weddings are unique matrimonial ceremonies that have undertaken some western traditions, including incorporating bridesmaids into the wedding party. Traditional wedding rituals A friend of the bride, who is already married, places the first earring on the bride-to-be. The second must be placed there by the husband of the friend. Paying the ransom Once the groom arrives at the bride's home, he must pay a ransom for the bride, called ''vykup nevesty''. Meant to be comical and entertaining, it starts with the groom bringing an offering of money or jewelry for the bride. At this point, the bride's parents present a woman or man (the latter for amusement) who is not the bride but is veiled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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