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TRUDNO PERVIYE STO LET (IT'S HARD FOR THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS)
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1100 TRUDNO PERVIYE STO LET (IT'S HARD FOR THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS) 1988, 2 parts, 138 min., color Drama Director: Viktor Aristov, screenplay: Georgy Markov, Edward Shim with input from Viktor Aristov, camera: Yuri Vorontsov, production designer: Vladimir Bannykh, misic: Arkadi Gagulashvili, sound: Leonid Shumyacher Cast: Lyubov Krasavina, Nikolai Shatokhin, Anna Ovsyannikova, Kostya Shkurko, Natalya Nazarova, Olga Nikolayeva, Natalya Lvova, Yuri Kolobkov, Marina Boldysh, Yuliya Proskurina The film features the life story of the young woman Varya, a collective farm milkmaid: hers are the grinding routine work, the everyday worries, the empty store counters, the industrious husband who is also worn out and joyless... This goes on from one day to another: the work, the household duties, the worries...
A regular apartment building with its tenants, household members, and kindly morons from the Housing Maintenance Office lives its regular life, — until a hot water fountain gushes out in the yard (due to a heat supply system accident)...
1102 KHLEB — IMYA SUSHCHESTVITELNOYE (BREAD IS A NOUN) 1988, 8 parts, 9 h. 40 min., color Drama Director: Grigory Nikulin, screenplay: Mikhail Alekseyev, Grigory Nikulin, Yuri Tyurin, camera: Sergei Astakhov, production designers: Pavel Parkhomenko, Vladimir Bannykh, misic: Viktor Lebedev, sound: Nikolai Astakhov Cast: Nikolai Voloshin, Andrei Dudarenko, Sergei Nikonenko, Nina Ruslanova, Natalya Sayko, Alexei Buldakov, Kirill Lavrov, Yuri Votyakov, Vladlen Biryukov, Herman Alitin, Nikolai Mikheyev, Alexander Bashurov Based on the literary works of Mikhail Alekseyev. A tragic chronicle of the life of a large village in Saratov Region from the start of the century to mid-1930-s, an original group portrait of the Russian peasantry.
Loosely based on a novel of the same title by Yuri Polyakov. A chronicle of a few days in the life of the Komsomol elite in the early 1980-s. The procedure of accepting teenagers into Komsomol was especially hurried: First Secretary was getting a promotion, moving on to a “higher level”. The Bureau members were waiting for the evening to celebrate the occasion in the sauna... And all of a sudden, they were faced with an emergency: the theft of the banner from the district Komsomol Committee office... 1104 SHTANY (THE PANTS) 1988, 83 min., color Detective drama Written and directed by: Valery Priyemykhov, camera: Sergei Astakhov, production designer: Mikhail Suzdalov, misic: Viktor Kisin, sound: Alexander Gruzdev Cast: Yuri Yakovlev, Valery Priyemykhov, Andrei Krayni, Daniil Lapigin, Yelena Ryzhova, Viktor Mikhailov, Vladimir Knyazev, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Igor Dmitryyev, Ivan Krasko, Zoya Buryak, Yuri Kuznetsov, Nina Usatova The picture is a study of the lives of the people involuntarily involved (the provincial actor Batsanov and the waiter Chumakov) and of Investigator Mishin rather than of the crime (murder) itself... 1105 ESPERANSA (ESPERANZA) 1988, 2 parts, 135 min., color Drama Director: Serhio Olkhovich, screenplay: Valentin Yezhov, Serhio Olkhovich, camera: Anatoly Mukasei, production designers: Boris Burmistrov, Fernando Ramirez, Gabriela Roblez, misic: Isaac Schwarz, sound: Galina Lukina, Diego Garcia, Gennady Korkhovoy Cast: Dmitry Kharatyan, Leonid Kuravlyev, Boris Tokarev, Claudio Brook, Deliya Kazanova, Vera Glagoleva, Nadezhda Smirnova, Ernst Romanov, Lev Durov, Lyubov Virolainen, Timofei Spivak, Nikita Mikhailovski, Lev Lemke, Vladimir Olkhovski 1917. The Civil war brings discord into the noble Ol’khovsky family. The head of the family, Alexei Olkhovski, sympathizes with the Bolsheviks, his daughter Tamara is for the Red Army, his brother Anatoly is an SR (a member of the Social Revolution Party), his younger son Vladimir leaves Russia on the first tide of emigration and, as fate would have it, remains in Mexico for good... 1106 BRODYACHY AVTOBUS (THE STRAY BUS) 1989, 98 min., color Drama Director: Joseph Heifitz, screenplay: Lyudmila Razumovskaya basing on the libretto by Joseph Heifitz, camera: Yuri Shaigardanov, production designer: Vladimir Svetozarov, misic: Andrei Petrov, sound: Igor Vigdorchik Cast: Lev Borisov, Mikhail Zhigalov, Afanasi Trishkin, Sergei Parshin, Nadezhda Yeryemina, Liya Akhedzhakova, Yelena Kozlitina, Oleg Volkov, Irina Rakshina From one village to another treks a shabby old bus with a small acting company, to stage two or three performances before the scarce spectators. Comprising the company are people in love with the theater in their own special ways... 1107 BUMAZHNYYE GLAZA PRISHVINA (PRISHVIN'S PAPER EYES) 1989, 2 parts, 148 min., color Drama Written and directed by: Valery Ogorodnikov, camera: Valery Mironov, production designer: Viktor Ivanov, misic: Edison Denisov, sound: Aliakper Gasan-zade Cast: Alexander Romantsov, Oleg Kovalov, Irina Tsyvina, Yuri Tsapnik, Pavel Rudakov, Yevgeny Barkov, Vladimir Dyatlov, Olga Land, Alla Shelest, Sergei Lavrentyev The TV director Pavel Prishvin is involved as an actor in his friend's movie picture about Stalinism, cast as a State Security Captain. The picture is meant to be highly competitive, which Pavel, working on a documentary TV show featuring these very times, is well aware of... 1108 V POISKAKH PRAVDY (IN SEARCH OF THRUTH) 1989, 71 min., color Publicistic fiction Written and directed by: Pyotr Satunovski, camera: Vadim Grammatikov, production designer: Roza Satunovskaya, misic: Veniamin Basner, sound: Yevgeny Nesterov, Vladimir Yakovlev Cast: Yevgeny Gabrilovich, Lev Kulidzhanov, Yuli Raizman, Boris Tenin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Yuri Kayurov The picture is following the history of the Soviet pictures devoted to Lenin, mirroring the changing requirements towards art and history... 1109 VASKA (VASKA) 1989, 3 parts, 226 min., color Tragic farce Director: Viktor Titov, screenplay: Sergei Antonov, camera: Vladimir Ilyin, Sergei Biryuk, production designers: Vladimir Orlov, Sergei Shemyakin, sound: Nataliya Avanesova Cast: Tatyana Ilchenko, Irina Mazurkevich, Nikolai Stotski, Sergei Bekhterev, Alexei Zharkov, Alexander Kalyagin, Anatoly Ravikovich, Alexander Romantsov, Stanislav Landgraf, Yuri Lazarev, Lyudmila Shevel Based on a story by Sergei Antonov. The life story of Rita Chuguyeva, a young worker of extra high productivity involved in the construction of the first Moscow metro route in the 1930-s, nicknamed Vaska for her stocky figure and directness.
Loosely based on a play of the same title by Fillippe Dumanoire and Adolf Fillippe D'Hennery. A romantic love story of the impoverished Count Don Cezar and the street dancer Maritana, who has been so unfortunate as to have been noticed by the King of Spain... The picture is set in the 18-th century Spain. 1111 ZHENITBA BALZAMINOVA (BALZAMINOV'S MARRIAGE) 1989, 66 min., color Choreographic fantasy Written and directed by: Alexander Belinski, camera: Edward Rozovski, production designer: Natalya Vasilyeva, sound: Edward Vanunz Cast: Dmitry Simkin, Tatyana Kvasova, Yekaterina Muravyeva, Yelena Alekseyeva, Margarita Kullik, Nikolai Kovmir, Igor Solovyev Based on a trilogy by Alexander Ostrovski. 1112 ZAMRI-UMRI-VOSKRESNI! (FREEZE — DIE — REVIVE!) 1989, 105 min., b/w, “Troitsky Most” Drama Written and directed by: Vitaly Kanevski, camera: Vladimir Brylyakov, production designer: Yuri Pashigorev, misic: Sergei Banevich, sound: Oksana Strugina Cast: Dinara Drukarova, Pavel Nazarov, Yelena Popova, Valery Ivchenko, Vyacheslav Bambushek, Vadim Yermolayev The picture is set in 1947 in the small mining town of Suchany resembling a prisoner camp. The teenagers Valerka and Galya live in the same barrack. They just love everything the eye is accustomed to in this godforsaken little town, rather than dream of a happy future...
1113 ZELENINSKI POGOST (THE ZELENINO GRAVEYARD) 1989, 71 min., b/w, “Ladoga” Drama Written and directed by: Boris Liznev, camera: Sergei Biryuk, production designer: Mikhail Gavrilov, misic: Alexei Zakharov, sound: Galina Golubeva Cast: Igor Makhrov, Anna Ovsyannikova, Sergei Polevoi, Yelizaveta Voronina Viktor arrives in his ravished village to erect a monument to his grandfather. Failing to find the necessary picture in his home, he addresses the village “collector”...
1114 KANUVSHEYE VREMYA (THE SUNKEN TIME) 1989, 118 min., color, ”Ladoga” Melodrama Written and directed by: Solomon Shuster, camera: Alexander Chechulin, production designer: Georgy Kropachev, misic: Boris Tischenko, sound: Natalya Levitina Cast: Stanislav Lyubshin, Nina Ruslanova, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Oleg Korchikov, Viktor Sergachyev, Vladimir Zeldin, Nikolai Volkov Jr., Alexei Herman, Viktor Pavlov, Vadim Lobanov, Vitautas Kantsrelis, Georgy Kropachyev Loosely based on “The New Appointment”, a novel by Alexander Bek. The 1950-s. The manager in charge of steel production industry has been dismissed and appointed Ambassador to a European country. He finds himself with enough time to consider his life and recognize the true reason for his dismissal.
Soldiers of the Home Troops are guarding trains transporting prisoners to their destinations. The oppressive atmosphere, enhanced by the contacts with the “zeks”, makes the soldiers follow the camp laws...
1116 KOMA (THE COMA) 1989, 68 min., color, “Ladoga” Drama Directors: Niyole Adomenaite, Boris Gorlov, screenplay: Nijole Adomenaite, camera: Yuri Makusinski with input from Mikhail Konovalchuk, production designer: Yuri Vorontsov, misic: Algirdas Paulavichius, sound: Leonid Shumyacher Cast: Nataliya Nikulenko, Alexander Bashurov, Oleg Krutikov, Olga Torban, Tatyana Yegorova, Alexander Zavyalov, Galina Ulanova The picture is set in a reformatory labor camp in the North. Maria was arrested after a student party where she read verse by Tsevetayeva. To save the life of the baby born in the camp, she is forced to inform against the man she loves... 1117 KONCHINA (THE END) 1989, 3 parts, 228 min., color Drama Director: Nikolai Koshelev, screenplay: Alexander Getman, camera: Valery Mironov, production designer: Mikhail Suzdalov, misic: Igor Tsvetkov, sound: Harry Belenki Cast: Nikolai Lavrov, Vladimir Gostiukhin, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Valery Zakharov, Alexander Susnin, Herman Kolushkin, Anatoly Azo, Niele Ozhelite, Pyotr Semak Loosely based on a story of the same title by Vladimir Tendryakov. Life stories of two residents of the same village who tried, each in his own way, to establish a “collective farm paradise” in their village. The picture is set in the 1920-s — 1950-s.
The film is dedicated to Anna Akhmatova's 100th birthday anniversary. The film presents verse by Anna Akhmatova recited by the author. A special place has been given to the reminiscences of Lidiya Chukovskaya.
A revue involving variety show stars: “Avgust” Group, etc. 1120 NECHISTAYA SILA (THE EVIL SPIIRITS) 1989, 2 parts, 134 min., color, “Troitsky Most” Modern fairy tale Written and directed by: Ernest Yasan, camera: Ivan Bagayev, production designer: Stanislav Romanovski, misic: Edward Artemyev, sound: Galina Golubeva Cast: Pavel Andreyev, Rimma Markova, Roman Kartsev, Viktor Grigoriuk, Anatoly Slivnikov, Irina Brazgovka, Olga Kabo, Vladimir Shevelkov Ivan Denisov, Junior Researcher with the Forest Research Institute, is dispatched to participate in the collective mushroom harvesting. In the forest he encounters a queer old woman who makes him a gift of a little silver horn and a magic club... and after some time, he finds himself in prison, charged with turning out counterfeit money...
Based on literary works by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. The picture features on the history of the district city Glupov from the turn of the century to the possible future...
A young man comes to possess a puzzling, queer gift: an ability to judge and punish people by the force of his own spirit, — never to make use of his gift... 1123 POSETITEL MUSEYA (THE MUSEUM VISITOR) 1989, 136 min., color, “Troitsky Most” Anti-utopia Written and directed by: Konstantin Lopushanski, camera: Nikolai Pokoptsev, production designer: Valery Yurkevich, misic: Alfred Schnitke, Viktor Kisin, sound: Leonid Gavrichenko Cast: Viktor Mikhailov, Vera Mayorova, Vadim Lobanov, Irina Rakshina, Alexander Rasinski, Joseph Ryklin, Vladimir Firsov The environmental disaster has struck. It is the last act and the logical ending of the age-old relationship of Man and Nature, built on insatiable consumptionism and thoughtless waste. The main character is one of the few survivors retaining his human aspect and manner of thought... The “visitor” has come to atone the humanity's guilt...
1124 RYTSARI PODNEBESYA (THE NIGHTS OF THE SKIES) 1989, 22 min., b/w, “Ladoga” Phantasmagoria Written and directed by: Yevgeny Yufit, camera: Alexander Burov, production designer: Yevgeny Yufit, sound: Vladimir Persov Cast: Alexander Inikiyenko, Sergei Chernov, Igor Bezrukov, Yelena Bogdanova 1125 RYCHAGI (THE LEVERS) 1989, 31 min., color, “Mosfilm”, “Lenfilm”, ”Ladoga” Satirical drama Director: Valery Naumov, screenplay: Viktor Petrov, camera: Anatoly Lapshov, production designer: Vladimir Svetozarov, sound: Leonid Izakov Cast: Viktor Gorkov, Sergei Russkin, Viktor Khozyainov, Alexei Mikhailin, Andrei Andreyev, Marina Pavlikova, Tamara Timofeyeva, Semyen Furman Based on a short story of the same title by Alexander Yashin. On the eve of the 20-th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the collective farmers about to go into a meeting in the village club are openly discussing their hard life. The meeting begins — and the people turn into “Party levers”...
Based on a play of the same title by Edmond Rostand. 1127 SLUCHAYNY VALS (A CASUAL WALTZ) 1989, 96 min., color, “Troitsky Most” Drama Director: Svetlana Proskurina, screenplay: Pavel Finn, camera: Dmitry Mass, production designer: Vladimir Yuzhakov, misic: Vyacheslav Gaivoronski, sound: Vladimir Persov Cast: Alla Sokolova, Tatyana Bondareva, Alexei Serebryakov, Sergei Parapanov, Viktor Proskurin Trying to get rid of her melancholy, Tatyana Prokofyevna, a woman well beyond her prime with habits and mannerisms of a beauty, invites young tenants in and begins to take generous care of them... 1128 SPASI I SOKHRANI (SAVE AND KEEP) 1989, 165 min., color, ”Troitsky Most” Drama Director: Alexander Sokurov, screenplay: Yuri Arabov, camera: Sergei Yurizditski, production designer: Yelena Amshinskaya, misic: Yuri Khanin, sound: Vladimir Persov Cast: Cecile Zervudaki, Robert Waab, Alexander Cherednik, Vyacheslav Rogovoi, Yuri Sternin, Darya Shpalikova Loosely based on “Madame Bovary”, the novel by Gustave Flaubert. Download 1.53 Mb. Share with your friends:
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