Peat-Bog Soldiers
''Peat-Bog Soldiers'' (russian: Болотные солдаты) is a 1938 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Macheret and written by Yury Olesha. Plot The National Socialists send a German underground worker to a concentration camp. With the help of his friends, he decides to flee from there. Starring * Oleg Zhakov as Paul * S. Shirokova as Marie * Ivan Kudryavtsev as Tiedemann * Aleksandr Zrazhevsky as Bischoff * Vasili Vanin as The Camp Commander * S. Muratov as Oswald * Boris Pyasetsky as Belz * Aleksey Konsovsky as Franz Müller * Igor Doronin as Robert * Alexey Gribov as Schultz * Ivan Koval-Samborsky Ivan Koval-Samborsky ( Ukrainian: Іван Коваль-Самборський; 16 September 1893 – 10 January 1962) was a Ukrainian stage and film actor. After establishing himself in the Soviet film industry in the 1920s, he briefly went to wor ... as Walter * Andrei Fajt as Garms References External links * 1938 films 1930s Russian-language films So ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yury Olesha
Yury Karlovich Olesha (russian: Ю́рий Ка́рлович Оле́ша, – 10 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet novelist. He is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the 20th century, one of the few to have succeeded in writing works of lasting artistic value despite the stifling censorship of the era. His works are delicate balancing acts that superficially send pro-Communist messages but reveal far greater subtlety and richness upon a deeper reading. Sometimes, he is grouped with his friends Ilf and Petrov, Isaac Babel, and Sigismund Krzhizhanovsky into the Odessa School of Writers. Biography Yuri Olesha was born on to Catholic parents of Polish descent in Elizavetgrad (now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine). Olesha's father, Karl Antonovich, was an impoverished landowner who later became a government inspector of alcohol and developed a proclivity for drinking and gambling. In 1902 Olesha and his family settled in Odessa, where Yuri would eventually meet many of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oleg Zhakov
Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (russian: Олег Петрович Жаков; 1 April 1905 in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate – 4 May 1988 in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He performed in more than sixty films between 1927 up to 1988. People's Artist of the USSR (1969).Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 9. Евклид — Ибсен. 1972. 624 стр., илл.; 43 л. илл. и карт. 1 карта-вкл. Winner of USSR State Prize (1971) and the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1946). He graduated from the Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ... College of Performing Arts (1929). He starred in more than a hundred films. Since 1957 he live ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vasili Vanin
Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ва́нин; 13 January 1898, Tambov – 12 May 1951, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1949). Biography Vasili Vanin was born on 13 January 1898 in Tambov, in the family of a small railway employee. Having lost his father early, in 1906 he was assigned to an orphanage. Filmography * ''Tommy'' (1931) *''The Return of Maxim'' (1937) *''Lenin in October'' (1937) *'' Peat-Bog Soldiers'' (1938) * ''Lenin in 1918'' (1939) * ''Member of the Government'' (1939) * ''Valery Chkalov'' (1941) *''Kotovsky'' (1942) *''The District Secretary'' (1942) *''The Front'' (1943) * '' The Liberated Earth'' (1946) *''Light over Russia'' (1947) *''The Precious Seed ''The Precious Seed'' (russian: Драгоценные зёрна) is a 1948 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi. Plot To prepare the thesis, the young journalist is sen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksey Konsovsky
Aleksey Anatolyevich Konsovsky (russian: Алексей Анатольевич Консовский; 28 January 1912 – 20 July 1991) was a Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1976). Biography He was born in Moscow to a working class family. He was married to Vera Altayskaya, an actress with whom they appeared together in most of the movies. He died in Moscow and was buried in the Vagankovo Cemetery. Awards and honors * Order of the Badge of Honour (1949) * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1964) * Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1966) * People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orches ... (1976) Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Konsovsky, Aleksey 1912 births 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexey Gribov
Alexey Nikolayevich Gribov (russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Гри́бов; — 26 November 1977) was a Soviet and Russian actor, "master of all types of Russian national character"Inna SolovyovaAlexey Nikolayevich Gribovarticle at the Moscow Art Theatre website (in Russian) mostly remembered for his comedy roles, as well as a pedagogue at the Moscow Art Theatre. He starred in over 60 movies and was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1948, Hero of Socialist Labour in 1972 and awarded four Stalin Prizes (1942, 1946, 1951 and 1952). [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksandr Macheret
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 who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/ Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ivan Kudryavtsev
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Іван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English '' John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek n ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksandr Zrazhevsky
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 who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasand ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boris Pyasetsky
Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his death * Boris II of Bulgaria (c. 931–977), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire * Boris III of Bulgaria (1894–1943), ruler of the Kingdom of Bulgaria in the first half of the 20th century * Boris, Prince of Tarnovo (born 1997), Spanish-born Bulgarian royal * Boris and Gleb (died 1015), the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus * Boris (singer) (born 1965), pseudonym of French singer Philippe Dhondt Arts and media * Boris (band), a Japanese experimental rock trio * ''Boris'' (EP), by Yezda Urfa, 1975 * "Boris" (song), by the Melvins, 1991 * ''Boris'' (TV series), a 2007–2009 Italian comedy series * '' Boris: The Film'', a 2011 Italian film based on the TV series * '' Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson'', a 2006 biography by Andrew ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ivan Koval-Samborsky
Ivan Koval-Samborsky ( Ukrainian: Іван Коваль-Самборський; 16 September 1893 – 10 January 1962) was a Ukrainian stage and film actor. After establishing himself in the Soviet film industry in the 1920s, he briefly went to work in Germany during the late 1920s before returning to Russia following the arrival of sound. In 1938 he was arrested by the Soviet authorities leading to his most recent film, the anti- Nazi ''The Swamp Soldiers'', having to be reshot to minimize his role.Gershenson p.20 He didn't appear in another film until 1957. Selected filmography * '' Chess Fever'' (1925) * '' His Call'' (1925) * '' Mother'' (1926) * '' Man from the Restaurant'' (1927) * '' The Forty-First'' (1927) * '' The Prince of Rogues'' (1928) * '' Mary Lou'' (1928) * ''Love in the Cowshed'' (1928) *'' The Yellow Ticket'' (1928) * ''Knights of the Night'' (1928) * ''Mariett Dances Today'' (1928) * '' When the Guard Marches'' (1928) * '' Cagliostro'' (1929) * ''My Heart is a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrei Fajt
Andrei Andreyevich Fajt (russian: Андрей Андреевич Файт; 29 August 1903 – 17 January 1976) was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1976. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and died in Moscow. Selected filmography * ''The Battleship Potemkin'' (1925) * ''The Bay of Death'' (1926) * '' The Happy Canary'' (1929) * '' The Great Consoler'' (1933) * ''Outskirts'' (1933) * ''Dzhulbars'' (1933) * ''The Thirteen'' (1937) * ''Wish upon a Pike'' (1938) * '' Minin and Pozharsky'' (1939) * ''Siberians'' (1940) * '' Salavat Yulayev'' (1941) * '' The Young Guard (1948) * ''Encounter at the Elbe'' (1949) * ''The Battle of Stalingrad'' (1949) * ''The Composer Glinka'' (1952) * ''Admiral Ushakov'' (1953) * '' The Star'' (1953) * '' A Lesson in History'' (1957) * ''The Idiot'' (1958) * '' On Distant Shores'' (1958) * '' The Secret of the Fortress'' (1959) * ''Peace to Him Who Enters'' (1961) * '' Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors'' (1964) * '' Aladdi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |