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Irina Murzaeva
Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (russian: Ири́на Все́володовна Мурза́ева; May 15, 1906 — January 3, 1988) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema. Biography She graduated from the Lunacharsky Theater College (1927). In 1927-1928 and 1930-1931 an actress Sverdlovsk Youth Theater, in 1928-1937 Ruben Simonov's theater studio, in 1937-1956 an actress and director of Moscow Lenkom Theatre. In the movie she made her debut in the film '' Four Hearts'' by Konstantin Yudin. Repeatedly shot in the newsreels ''Yeralash'' and '' Fitil''. One of the most popular comic old women of Soviet cinema. She died on January 3, 1988, in Moscow at the age of 82. Buried in Moscow in the Don Cemetery. Personal life Son Boris Nikolayevich Murzaev (1938), who was brought up alone; grandson Igor Murzaev (1975), granddaughter Yekaterina Lazareva (1968), great-grandsons Boris (1999), Tamara (1999), Mikhail (2002). Selected filmography * Four Hearts (1941) as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnoufimsk
Krasnoufimsk (russian: Красноуфи́мск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ufa River (a tributary of the Kama), from Yekaterinburg. Population: . History It was founded in 1736 as Krasnoufimskaya fortress that would defend the Ural manufactures from the raids of nearby tribes; it was granted the status of chief town of uyezd in 1781. In the beginning of the 18th century, the majority of the residents were Cossacks, bourgeois, and merchants of the third guild. One of the main issues of the 19th century was the remoteness of Krasnoufimsk from the major cities of Perm and Yekaterinburg, and thus railroad. The town did not have any other transport links apart from unpaved roads and the river Ufa. Amongst its main economic activities at that time agriculture was considered one of the most valuable. The town's authorities strived to boost the development of industrial, agricultural, educational and medical sectors during the last quarter of 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Anna Cross
''The Anna Cross'' (russian: Анна на шее, Anna na shee) is a 1954 Soviet film directed by Isidor Annensky. It won the "Golden Olive Branch" prize at the International Film Festival in Italy in 1957 Plot This is the story of a very beautiful and pleasant woman, who is not burdened with high moral standards. The first choice in her life is a marriage of convenience that shut out those who genuinely loved Anna, and at the same time introduced her into the brilliant world of Moscow's society. Cast * Alla Larionova as Anna * Vladimir Vladislavskiy as Modest Alekseyevich * Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky as Pyotr Leontievich, father * Mikhail Zharov as Artynov * Alexander Vertinsky as The Prince * Irina Murzaeva as Mavra Grigorievna * Pyotr Maltsev as Petya, kid brother (as Petya Maltsev) * Aleksandr Metyolkin as Andryusha, kid brother (as Sasha Metyolkin) * Tatyana Pankova as The Dressmaker * Vladimir Shishkin as Dezdyemonov * Gennady Zaichkin as Shegolyev * Natalya Bely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Practical Joke (1977 Film)
Practical Joke (russian: Poзыгрыш, Rozygrysh) is a 1977 romantic drama directed Vladimir Menshov. In Russian The film was his feature directorial debut. It was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1977. In Russian In Russian Plot The action takes place in an ordinary Soviet school. On the weekend, students of the 9 "B" class gathered for a party. The party dragged on, and the guys were unable to prepare for a number of tests scheduled for Monday. The class leader Oleg Komarovsky offered to negotiate with the teachers to postpone the tests, and since it was impossible to agree with the math teacher and class teacher 9 "B" Maria Vasilyevna Devyatova, he suggested trying to trick her by telling her that she allegedly didn't warn about the control. The drawing took place, everyone whom Devyatova asked confirmed that nothing was said about the test. Everything was revealed by chance when the teacher unexpectedly asked the modest and shy Taya Petro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Rhapsody
Northern Rhapsody (russian: Северная рапсодия, Severnaya rapsodiya) is a Soviet musical feature film directed by Eduard Abalov in 1974. Plot The girl Tonya lives in the Far North near Cape Oleniy Nos and loves to dance. She receives from Ivan Tsarevich as a gift a magic ring with a supply of energy for three wishes. Having become the laureate of the regional amateur show, Tonya receives an invitation to the entrance exam in the famous metropolitan song and dance ensemble. Tony's father is against his daughter's hobby, considering dancing a frivolous activity. He prevents her from leaving. Tonya goes to Moscow on skis in a blizzard. The road turns out to be difficult. Tonya rubs the ring and calls the polar aircraft. Polar pilot Ivan Ladeykin helps the girl get to Moscow. In Moscow, Tonya goes to the exam and finds out that the competition is very big (103 people per seat). The girl is shy, but Ladeikin encourages her. Tony's father flies to Moscow for his daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandads-Robbers
''Old Robbers'' (russian: Старики́–разбо́йники, Stariki-razboyniki, lit. "elderly bandits") is a 1972 Soviet comedy-drama by Eldar Ryazanov, filmed on Mosfilm. The movie title resembles the name of a Russian children's traditional yard game ''Cossacks-Robbers'' (russian: казаки–разбойники, kazaki-razboyniki). Plot Old detective Nikolay Myachikov is being retired by his boss Fedyaev. The official version is that Myachikov has solved no crimes for the last two months, but the real reason is that Fedyaev's boss wants Myachikov's position to go to another man, Proskudin. Fedyaev gives Myachikov a month to show he should not lose his job. Myachikov's best friend, engineer Valentin Vorobyov, is also due to retire but wants to stay on. He suggests to Myachikov that they set up the biggest crime ever and then solve it together so they will be allowed to continue working. Their first idea is to steal a Rembrandt painting from a museum. The plan fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twelve Chairs (1971 Film)
''The Twelve Chairs'' (russian: 12 стульев, Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a 1971 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. It is an adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's 1928 novel ''The Twelve Chairs''. Plot Ostap Bender, shortly after arriving in Stargorod, meets Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov, a Marshal of Nobility who's looking for a set of 12 chairs that belonged to his mother-in-law, who on her deathbed confesses of hiding diamonds in one of them. However, the confession is overheard by Father Fyodor, who is also looking for them. Ostap and Kisa decide to go on the search together, traveling all around Russia and having a series of misadventures. Cast * Archil Gomiashvili as Ostap Bender (voiced by Yuri Sarantsev; singing voice by Valeri Zolotukhin; in some scenes speaks in his own voice) * Sergey Filippov as Ippolit Matveyevich "Kisa" Vorobyaninov * Mikhail Pugovkin as Father Fyodor, priest * Natalya Krachkovskaya as Madame Gritsatsuyeva * Igor Yasulovich as Ernest Shchukin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shine, Shine, My Star (1970 Film)
''Shine, Shine, My Star'' (russian: Гори, гори, моя звезда, Gori, gori moya zvezda) is a 1970 comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Mitta. Plot Events in the film take place during the Russian Civil War. In a small provincial town at first come to power the red, then the white and then the green. The protagonist is the self-taught theater director Vladimir Iskremas (a pseudonym, which is an abbreviation of "Iskusstvo — revoljucionnym massam" – "Art - for the revolutionary masses") stages the tragedy of Joan of Arc. He is obsessed with the ideas of theater and its transformation under the new revolutionary art. Cast *Oleg Tabakov as Vladimir Iskremas * Elena Proklova as Christina Kotlyarenko (The Rat) *Yevgeny Leonov as Pashka, the host of the illusion *Oleg Yefremov as Fyodor, artist-autodidact *Vladimir Naumov as Staff Captain *Leonid Dyachkov as Ohrim *Leonid Kuravlyov as Commissioner Serdyuk *Marlen Khutsiev as Prince *Konstantin Voinov as white officer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire, Water, And Brass Pipes
''Fire, Water, and Trumpets'' (russian: Огонь, вода и… медные трубы, ''Ogon', voda i... mednye truby'') is a 1968 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou. Its story and characters are derived from Slavic folklore. Plot There exists a Russian idiom, "to go through fire, water and trumpets" (пройти огонь, воду и медные трубы) meaning approximately "to go to hell and back"; in other words, to persevere in the face of extreme adversity. The young collier Vasya goes into the forest to collect firewood. In a clearing he spies the lovely Alyonushka grazing her goat Byelochka. As soon as he has fallen in love with the girl, werewolves appear and kidnap her to deliver to the wicked Koshchei. To rescue his beloved, Vasya must go through a literal version of the titular proverb: first he must pass through the kingdoms of fire and water, then contend with the more challenging "trumpets", that is, to resist the temptation of fame and fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrents Of Steel
''Torrents of Steel'' (russian: Железный поток, Zhelezniy potok) is a 1967 Soviet war drama film directed by Efim Dzigan based on the eponymous story by Alexander Serafimovich. Plot The plot is based on a heavy campaign by the Taman Army through the areas occupied by the White Army. The film is set during the summer of 1918, the beginning of the Russian Civil War. Cast *Nikolay Alekseev - Kozhukh, commander of the Taman army *Lev Fritschinsky - Artemov, regiment *Vladimir Ivashov - Alexei Prikhodko *Nikolay Dupak - Volosatov, regiment *Nikolay Denisenko - The Barefooted *Anatoly Degtyar - Opanasov *Yakov Gladkikh - Smirnyuk *G. Zaslawiec - Golovan *Irina Murzaeva - Gorpina (voiced by Valentina Vladimirova) *Nina Alisova - Claudia *Leonid Gallis - General Anton Denikin *Vladimir Sedov - General Viktor Pokrovsky *Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko - adjutant of General Pokrovsky *Nikolay Trofimov Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Троф ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Don Quixote
Children of Don Quixote (russian: Дети Дон Кихота, Deti Don-Kikhota) is a 1966 Soviet comedy film. Plot Story of an ordinary family at first glance. Large family physicians, three boys. The first a young artist (Victor — Vladimir Korenev), second (Dima — Lev Prygunov) is growing and looking for love, for a third (Yura — Belyaninov) life a dark cinema hall with his friend, a classmate instead of school. Middle decides to marry, Jr. fled to Africa for the liberation of the oppressed blacks, senior decides that inept and seeking a way out of a creative crisis. The father Pyotr Bondarenko ( Anatoly Papanov) obstetrician in the hospital. His principle of life if you can do something for the people then do it without expecting reward, not hearing spiteful critics and scoffers. Only at the end of the film the viewer realizes that all his sons were adopted. They are children of former patients Bondarenko, who abandoned the child, and he was unable to convi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Before Christmas (1961 Film)
''The Night Before Christmas'', also known as ''Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka'' (russian: Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки, Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki), is a 1961 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou, based on a "Christmas Eve", first story in the second volume of the 1832 collection ''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'' by Nikolai Gogol. Plot This eccentric and fantastical fairy tale takes place near the village of Dikanka on the night before Christmas. Amid carol singing, drunken revelry, and amorous hijinks, the blacksmith Vakula persuades the Devil to fly him to Sankt-Petersburg, where he hopes to obtain a pair of the Empress's heels which might win him Oksana's love. Cast * Aleksandr Khvylya as Chub * Lyudmyla Myznikova as Oksana * Yuri Tavrov as Vakula * Lyudmila Khityaeva as Solokha *Sergei Martinson as Osip, the Sacristan * Anatoly Kubatsky as Panas * Vera Altayskaya as Wife of Panas * Dmitri Kapka as Shanuvalenko * Mykola Yakov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Simple Story (1960 Film)
A Simple Story (russian: Простая история, Prostaya istoriya) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Yuri Yegorov. The picture was the 48th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union. Plot A woman loses her husband in the war and dedicates her life to the kolkhoz. Many started to dislike Sasha Potapova for her honesty and uncompromising character, however she is elected chairman of the collective farm. Unexpected love to the secretary of the District Committee Danilov makes her life happy and difficult. Cast *Nonna Mordyukova as Sasha Potapova *Mikhail Ulyanov as Secretary of the Communist Andrey Egorovich Danilov *Vasily Shukshin as Vanka Lykov * Daniil Ilchenko as Yegor Lykov, Ivan's father * Valentina Vladimirova as Avdotya * Irina Murzaeva as Sasha's mother * Aleksey Mironov as Guskov * Oleg Anofriev as Agronomist * Tatyana Babanina as Nastassya Mineeva (as T. Babanina) * Nina Sazonova as Lyuba Production The character of Potapova was specifically w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |