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The Mysterious Wall
''The Mysterious Wall'' () is a 1967 Soviet science fiction film Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses Speculative fiction, speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as Extraterrestrial life in fiction, extraterrestria ... directed by Irina Povolotskaya and Mikhail Sadkovich. Plot In the taiga a very strange phenomenon forms — a wall in the form of a dome about two kilometers in diameter from a foggy blanket that disappears and appears with a certain periodicity, and presumably constitutes a powerful electrostatic charge. This strange Wall attracts scientists who in the process of research find out that it causes the viewer to see different visions from the past. Under the dome of the Wall is a research station, scientist Lomov (Lev Krugly) has been working there for the third month. Lomov believes that the Wall is an envoy of a different civilization, and, despite the futility of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Lavrova
Tatyana Yevgenievna Lavrova (; real name Andrikanis, June 7, 1938 — May 16, 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema. People's Artist of the RSFSR. Biography The daughter of cinematographers Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Andrikanis (1909 — 1993) and Galina Pyshkova. Savva Morozov's cousin's great-grandson, an entrepreneur and philanthropist. She randomly opted for the nickname Lavrova for the sake of euphony. After graduating from Moscow Art Theater School, she was an actress of the Moscow Art Theater in 1959-1961 and from 1978 and of Sovremennik Theatre 1961-1978. All-Union glory of Lavrova brought the main role in the film by Mikhail Romm '' Nine Days in One Year''. Lived a civil marriage with Yevgeni Urbansky. The second husband is an actor Oleg Dal, with whom they lived for six months. The third actress's husband was a famous Soviet football player, Vladimir Mikhaylov. The son of the third marriage is Vladimir (1969). In 1998 she was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Mironov (actor)
Andrei Aleksandrovich Mironov (; 7 March 1941 – 16 August 1987) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor who played lead roles in some of the most popular Soviet films, such as '' The Diamond Arm'', '' Beware of the Car'' and '' Twelve Chairs''. Mironov was also a popular singer. Early life Mironov was born in Moscow to Maria Vladimirovna Mironova, a Russian, and , a Russian Jew. His parents were both well-known actors and performed together as the comedy duo "Mironova and Menaker ()". Career Mironov studied in the Vakhtangov Theatre School during the early 1950s. From 1958 to 1962, he studied acting at the Moscow Shchukin School. From June 18, 1962, to 1987, Mironov was a permanent member of the trope at the Moscow Theatre of Satire. In 1961, he acted in his first film ''What If This Is Love?'' In 1963, he starred in the comedy '' Three Plus Two'' by Genrikh Oganesyan, and then in the film '' My Younger Brother'' by Aleksandr Zarkhi. His real success came with the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Slonimsky
Sergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky (; 12 August 1932 – 9 February 2020) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and musicologist. Biography He was the son of the Soviet writer Mikhail Slonimsky and nephew of the Russian-American composer Nicolas Slonimsky. He studied at the Musical College in Moscow from 1943 until 1950. From 1950 Slonimsky was at the Leningrad Conservatory. He studied composition under Boris Arapov, Vissarion Shebalin and Orest Yevlakhov, polyphony under Nicolai Uspensky and piano under Anna Artobolevskaya, Samari Savshinsky and Vladimir Nielsen. Slonimsky was a professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. While the majority of his students were Russian, Slonimsky taught a large percentage of the international composition students at the Conservatory from countries including: Colombia, Korea, China, Italy, Germany, Israel, Iran and the United States. Among Slonimsky's notable students is Daniel Kidane. Slonimsky died in Saint Petersburg on 9 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosfilm
Mosfilm (, ''Mosfil’m'' , initialism and portmanteau of Moscow Films) is a film studio in Moscow which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output includes most of the more widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging from works by Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein, to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production '' Dersu Uzala'' () and '' War and Peace'' (). History The Moscow film production company with studio facilities was established in November 1920 by the motion picture mogul Aleksandr Khanzhonkov ("first film factory") and I. Ermolev ("third film factory") as a unit of Goskino, the USSR's film monopoly. The first movie filmed by Mosfilm was ''On the Wings Skyward'' (directed by Boris Mikhin). In 1927, the construction of a new film studio complex began on Potylikha Street (renamed to Mosfilmovskaya Street in 1939) in Sparrow Hills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iskusstvo Kino
''Iskusstvo Kino'' (Russian language, Russian: Искусство кино, ''Film Art'') was a film magazine published in Moscow, Russia. It was one of the earliest magazines in Europe which specialize on film theory and review alongside the British magazine ''Sight & Sound'' and the French magazine ''Cahiers du Cinéma''. It was a print publication between 1931 and 2023. History and profile The magazine was established in 1931. Its original title was ''Proletarskoe kino'' which was used for one year between 1931 and 1932. Then the magazine was renamed as ''Sovetskoe kino'' in 1933 and was published under this title until 1935. Its headquarters was in Moscow. The magazine was published on a monthly basis from its start in 1931 to 1941. Following its temporary closure during World War II it was relaunched in 1945 and appeared irregularly between 1945 and 1947. After that it came out bi-monthly from 1947 to 1951. From 1952 it was published monthly. During the Soviet period ''Isk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Film
Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses Speculative fiction, speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as Extraterrestrial life in fiction, extraterrestrial lifeforms, List of fictional spacecraft, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, Mutants in fiction, mutants, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies. Science fiction films have often been used to focus on politics, political or social issues, and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition. The genre has existed since the early years of silent cinema, when Georges Méliès' ''A Trip to the Moon'' (1902) employed Special effect, trick photography effects. The next major example (first in feature-length in the genre) was the film ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' (1927). From the 1930s to the 1950s, the genre consisted mainly of low-budget B movies. After Stanley Kubrick's landmark ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel One Russia
Channel One ( rus, Первый канал, r=Pervý kanal, p=ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal, t=First Channel) is a Russian Television in Russia, federal television channel. Its headquarters are located at Ostankino Technical Center near the Ostankino Tower in Moscow. The majority of its shares are owned or indirectly controlled by the state. It was created by decree of Russian president Boris Yeltsin to replace Ostankino Television Channel One, which in turn replaced Programme One in 1991. From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as Public Russian Television (, ORT ). The main news programmes are ''Vremya'' and ''Novosti (TV program), Novosti''. Channel One's main competitors are the Russia-1 and NTV (Russia), NTV channels. The channel has 2,443 employees as of 2015. History When the Soviet Union was abolished, the Russian Federation took over most of its structures and institutions. One of the first acts of Boris Yeltsin's new government was to sign a Decree of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Nikulin
Valentin Yuryevich Nikulin (; 7 July 1932, Moscow — 6 August 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli theater and film actor. Nikulin was born in the family of the playwright Yuri Nikulin (1907-1958) and pianist Eugeniya Brooke (1909-1982); nephew of the writer Lev Nikulin and actors Konstantin Shayne and Tamara Shayne, and a grandson of impresario Veniamin Nikulin. Nikulin graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in law in 1957 and from the School-Studio at the Moscow Art Theatre (1956–60). From 1960-90, and from 1999 until his death, he was an actor at the Sovremennik Theatre. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than hundred roles. Filmography * '' Nine Days in One Year'' (, 1962) as young physicist * '' The Road to Berth'' (Путь к причалу, 1962) as Marat Lepin * '' The Big Ore'' (Большая руда, 1964) as Vladimir * ''Adventures of a Dentist'' (Похождения зубногo врача, 1965) as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kaidanovsky
Alexander Leonidovich Kaidanovsky (; 23 July 1946 — 2 December 1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as ''Stalker'' (1979)'', At Home Among Strangers'' (1974), and '' The Bodyguard'' (1979). Prior to pursuing an acting career, Kaidanovsky attended technical college where he trained to become a welder. In 1965 he started studying acting at The Rostov Theatre School and the Shchukin theatrical school in Moscow. Before completing the course he took his first part in the film ''The Mysterious Wall'' (1967) and upon graduation in 1969, he worked as stage actor, making his debut at the Vakhtangov Theatre in 1969. In 1971, he was invited to join the prestigious Moscow Arts Theatre, a rare privilege for a 25-year-old graduate. He made his major film debut in ''At Home Among Strangers'' (1974), and over the next few years appeared in some two dozen films, including the satirical comedy ''Diamonds for Dictatorship of the Prolet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Films
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered one of the most ground-breaking years in American cinema, with "revolutionary" films highlighting the shift towards forward thinking European standards at the time, including: '' Bonnie and Clyde'', ''The Graduate'', ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'', ''Cool Hand Luke'', '' The Dirty Dozen'', '' In Cold Blood'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', ''The Jungle Book'' and '' You Only Live Twice''. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1967 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * April 28 — The prototype for the IMAX large-format-film acquisition and screening system is exhibited at Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. * July 8 — Vivien Leigh, best known for starring in ''Gone with the Wind'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', dies from tuberculosis in London. * July 15 — Seven Arts Productions acquire substantially all the assets and business of Warn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s Soviet Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to war-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
