Apollon Yachnitskiy
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 09, 1906
Deathday: November 08, 1980
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War and Peace
1968-04-28
War and Peace
Overview: A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Genres: History Drama War Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-04-28
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War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
1967-11-04
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
Overview: As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner. As the French are forced to retreat, he is marched for months with the Grande Armée, until being freed by a raiding party. The French are defeated by Kutuzov in the Battle of Krasnoi. Andrei is recognized and is brought to his estate. He forgives Natasha on his deathbed. She reunites with Pierre and they marry as Moscow is being rebuilt.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1967-11-04
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General Suvorov
1941-01-23
General Suvorov
Overview: Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine the Great and Czar Paul I. After many military successes during the reign of Catherine, General Suvorov broke with her successor, Paul I, the Mad Emperor, over questions regarding army policy. He went into retirement and wrote "The Science of Victory," containing maxims such as "Swiftness of movement accompanies victory," and "the real general is he who defeats the enemy before reaching him." The czar recalled Suvorov to become the leader of the joint armies of Russia and Austria against Napoleon.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1941-01-23
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The Mystery of the Eternal Night
1956-04-13
The Mystery of the Eternal Night
Overview: At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, an explosion occurred, as a result the underwater vegetation started to grow rapidly in size and a part of the coast was flooded by a tsunami.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1956-04-13
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Our Girls
1942-04-05
Our Girls
Overview: One of the anthology films about Soviet citizens resisting the Nazi invaders during World War II, the feature consists of two stories, one about a teenage woman telephone operator who sacrifices herself, the other about a farm girl tending a sick pig who deals with two paratroopers seeking shelter.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1942-04-05
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The Anxious Night
1958-11-10
The Anxious Night
Overview: The action takes place on one of the nights in October 1917 and is limited to the walls of a St. Petersburg apartment occupied by the wealthy noble family of the Starodubtsevs. The elder sister Anna (Elena Kuzmina) is a helpless, spoiled woman, far from life. She is unable to understand that her husband, Lieutenant Almazov, is one of the leaders of the counter-revolutionary conspiracy. The younger sister Maria has already chosen her path - she is with the revolutionaries, with the Bolsheviks. The landlord Yarlykov, having lost everything, dreams of running away from Russia, taking with him something more valuable. In the dramatic events taking place in the Starodubtsev family, echoes of the huge, decisive clashes of the revolution are guessed.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1958-11-10
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Cruelty
1959-08-06
Cruelty
Overview: A criminal drama based on the story of the same name by Pavel Nilin. The first years of Soviet power in East Siberia. Malyshev,deputy chief of Criminal Investigation Department, a Komsomol member, wins over to the Soviet power a former field-hand and now a bandit Lazar Baukin, and the latter tells him about Vorontsov, the gang leader. Malyshev guarantees Baukin’s freedom. However the chief arrests him in order to reap laurels of catching the gang leader. Malyshev is in despair - he has brought under execution the man who has fully trusted him. The situation gets worse due to his personal drama and Malyshev commits suicide.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1959-08-06
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The Diamond Arm
1969-05-23
The Diamond Arm
Overview: A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-05-23
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History Lesson
1957-02-26
History Lesson
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1957-02-26
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A Weary Road
1956-12-05
A Weary Road
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1956-12-05
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