Nikolai Afanasyev
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 21, 1915
Deathday: March 18, 1989
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Glass of Water
1957-08-23
Glass of Water
Overview: The action takes place in 1714 in the London royal palace of St. James. The Duchess of Marlborough, the favorite of the weak-willed queen, skillfully rules the state. Her political opponent, former minister Lord Bolingbroke, dreaming of restoring his influence at court, successfully wages a cunning war against the duchess, using the rivalry between the queen and the duchess of Marlborough, who are in love with the young officer Mesham.
Genres: Comedy History Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1957-08-23
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Unripe Raspberries
1985-09-16
Unripe Raspberries
Overview: Pensioner organizes a meeting of former classmates fifty years after graduating from school. Many are no longer alive, but those who came touchingly remember their distant childhood and youth, the joys and sorrows of bygone years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1985-09-16
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The Magpie
1959-04-07
The Magpie
Overview: Aneta, the serf actress of Knyaz Skalinsky, amazes with her beauty and talented performance of Shchepin. After the performance, a frank conversation ensues between them. The interlocutor learns that Skalinsky, pursuing the actress for a long time, gave her lover — a young actor of the troupe — to the soldiers for twenty-five years. After much deliberation, Shchepin decides to help the girl, but is too late...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1959-04-07
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Belinsky
1953-06-04
Belinsky
Overview: A biopic based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951, but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1953-06-04
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Behind the Footlights
1956-06-28
Behind the Footlights
Overview: Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1956-06-28
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Before Sundown
1975-04-07
Before Sundown
Overview: Based on the same name by G. Hauptmann, staged by the State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR. Directed by L. Heifetz.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1975-04-07
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The Incredible Yehudiel Chlamydia
1970-03-16
The Incredible Yehudiel Chlamydia
Overview: About the beginning of M. Gorky's literary activity. Arriving in the provincial town of Samara, Alexey Peshkov publishes one after another incriminating feuilletons under the pseudonym Yehudiel Chlamydia. Acquires enemies, friends, becomes a famous writer and leaves for Moscow.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1970-03-16
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