Andrei Konchalovsky
Biography: Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (Russian: Андре́й Серге́евич Михалко́в-Кончало́вский; born 20 August 1937, Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, producer and theater, TV director, who works in Russia and USA. His father was the writer Sergey Mikhalkov (1913) and the brother of Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), who is also a well known Russian filmmaker. Andrei Konchalovsky was a frequent collaborator of Andrei Tarkovsky (1932) earlier in his career. His work has won numerous accolades, including the "Cannes Grand Prix Spécial du Jury", a "FIPRESCI Award", two "Silver Lions", three "Golden Eagle Awards", and a "Primetime Emmy Award". He studied for ten years at the Moscow Conservatory, preparing for a pianist's career. In 1960, however, he met Andrei Tarkovsky and co-scripted his movie Andrei Rublev (1966). His first full-length feature, The First Teacher (1964), was favourably received in the Soviet Union and screened by numerous film festivals abroad. His second film, Asya Klyachina's Story (1967), was suppressed by Soviet authorities. When issued twenty years later, it was acclaimed as his masterpiece. Thereupon, Konchalovsky filmed adaptations of Ivan Turgenev's A Nest of Gentle Folk (1969) and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1970), with Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the title role. His epic Siberiade upon its 1979 release was favourably received at Cannes and made possible his move to the United States in 1980. His most popular Hollywood releases are Maria's Lovers (1984), Runaway Train (1985), based on a script by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, and Tango & Cash (1989), starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell. In the 1990s, Konchalovsky returned to Russia, although he occasionally produced historical films for U.S. television, such as his adaption of The Odyssey (1997) and the award-winning remake, The Lion in Winter (2003). Konchalovsky's full-length feature, House of Fools (2003), with a cameo role by Bryan Adams as himself, set in a Chechen psychiatric asylum during the war, won him a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Konchalovsky released a longtime passion project of his, The Nutcracker in 3D, a musical adaptation of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet. A musical film, it mixed live action and 3D animation, and starred Elle Fanning, John Turturro, Nathan Lane, and Richard E. Grant. The film was scored with music from the ballet, with additional lyrics by Tim Rice. In 2012, Konchalovsky wrote, directed and produced "The Battle for Ukraine", which provided an in depth analysis of how Ukraine to this day struggles to escape from the close embrace of its former big brother. His film "The Postman's White Nights" won the Silver Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. The script is centred around the true story of Aleksey Tryaptisyn, a real life postman based in a remote Russian village surrounding the Kenozero lake. In 2016 "Paradise" directed by him won the Silver Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. In 2020 at the 77th Venice film festival, his film "Dear Comrades" won a special jury prize.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 20, 1937
Deathday: N/A
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An All Round Maid
1981-01-01
An All Round Maid
Overview: A video derived from footage Godard kept from his 1981 visit to Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios at the time he was making Passion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999-01-01
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Overview: A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014-10-22
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Overview: Cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus relive the creation, rise and fall of their independent film company, Cannon Films. This documentary recounts their many successes and discusses their eventual downfall.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-10-22
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Andrey Rublev. A Memory of the Film
2024-04-11
Andrey Rublev. A Memory of the Film
Overview: About the creation of the film "Andrei Rublev", about its deep philosophical and artistic meaning, the figure of Andrei Rublev himself and about the influence of the great iconographer on the work of Andrei Tarkovsky.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2024-04-11
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Age One Hundred
2023-06-28
Age One Hundred
Overview: The first century of one of the most famous Moscow scenes has come to its logical conclusion. Now the theater is looking into the future, into a new century, but what does it see there? How does the theater feel, having crossed the century-old threshold?What is he thinking about? What is he talking about? Where is he going? What is the temperature of his "body"?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2023-06-28
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Andrey Konchalovsky’s Cinema Odyssey
2023-10-20
Andrey Konchalovsky’s Cinema Odyssey
Overview: The film “Andrey Konchalovsky’s Cinema Odyssey” is a tribute to the creative path of one of our outstanding contemporaries, Andrey Konchalovsky, spanning from his debut film, “The Boy and the Dove”, which was immediately invited to the Venice International Film Festival, to the present day. The documentary features notable figures who starred in the master’s films, from Sergei Shakurov to Tom Holtz, from Inna Churikova to Irina Kupchenko. Dividing his work into ‘periods’ — classical, American, and the perestroika era — Konchalovsky, with the help of the cinema, embarks on a cinematic journey akin to Odysseus, ultimately returning to his own ‘Penelope’: Moscow.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2023-10-20
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A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov
2006-01-01
A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov
Overview: The career of revered Russian filmmaker Mikhail Kalatozov is explored in this documentary film comprised of rare behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with French director Claude Lelouch, and conversations with some of the biggest names in contemporary Russian cinema. Kalatozov's grandson Mikhail Kalatozishvili pays tribute to the director of such timeless classics as I Am Cuba, Salt for Svanetia, and The Cranes are Flying as such notable fans as Andrei Konchalovsky, Sergei Solovyov, and Alexei Batalov discuss the remarkable influence Kalatozov had on their own film careers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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I Am Twenty
1965-01-18
I Am Twenty
Overview: Having returned from the army, 20-year-old Sergei settles down at the thermal power station and merges into ordinary life. Every day he meets and spends time with childhood friends — the young family man Slava and the merry fellow Nikolai, and once at first sight he falls in love with a stranger on the bus. A lyrical story about a generation of young people entering adulthood, a reappraisal of values, life principles, traditions in culture and art.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1965-01-18
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The Trial of Madmen
1961-01-01
The Trial of Madmen
Overview: Germany, the 1930s. A young scientist, Professor Johannes Werner discovers rays of life-giving power. The scientist refuses to give up his invention for military use and, breaking the equipment, runs to the USA, where he hides for a long time under the name of Martini. One day, after being invited to a military industrial concern to see a new European invention, Werner meets his former pupil Huber. Huber, a traitor and fascist, has restored the professor's apparatus according to stolen plans and is demonstrating it as his own invention. Werner rejects the proposal for joint cooperation and, at a meeting in the hall of scientific associations, reveals his real name and resolutely reveals the criminal intentions of the revanchists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017-03-08
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Overview: Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary artists, curators and performers and personal testimony from the descendants of those involved, the film brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life. It tells the stories of artists like Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich - pioneers who flourished in response to the challenge of building a new art for a new world, only to be broken by implacable authority after 15 short years and silenced by Stalin's Socialist Realism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-08
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Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
2012-04-04
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
Overview: Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky. The film uses unique materials related to the years Tarkovsky spent in Italy, personal accounts of friends and professionals, the shooting locations of his films, to what degree his works reflects his personal life. The film brings us closer to the man to whom contemporary filmmaking owes so much.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2012-04-04
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Ivan's Childhood
1962-05-09
Ivan's Childhood
Overview: In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1962-05-09
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Gloss
2007-06-03
Gloss
Overview: A pretty, young girl from a coal-mining town comes to Moscow with dreams of becoming a supermodel in this satirical look at the fashion industry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-06-03
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Ryaba, My Chicken
1994-05-01
Ryaba, My Chicken
Overview: In Soviet days an old peasant woman's hen begins to lay golden eggs. Of course, everyone agrees that she should share the wealth like a good citizen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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Hitler in Hollywood
2011-05-04
Hitler in Hollywood
Overview: A bio-doc about Micheline Presle changes into a thrilling investigation of the long hidden truth about European cinema. This mockumentary thriller uncovers Hollywood's unsuspected plot against the European motion picture industry. Numerous directors and stars appear in the film, making it a choice morsel for all film lovers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-05-04
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SnowwhiteRosered
1991-10-24
SnowwhiteRosered
Overview: Documentary about the twin sister Jutta and Gisela Schmidt. In the late sixties the two women rebelled against middle class society as if they gave vent to a new kind of art. They became active in the underground communist party KPD and showed a heart-felt interest in the colour red, the aesthetics of the revolution. Soon, though, the twins quit their experiments in Germany. They left their husbands and went to Rome, where they met the fabulously wealthy Paul Getty III, and soon things got really out of hand.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-10-24
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Psycho Path
2000-02-10
Psycho Path
Overview: Documentary on the making of Gus Van Sant's "Psycho."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-10
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Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
1989-01-01
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Overview: Filmed around the time of the 1989 Oscars this documentary includes interviews with foreign filmmakers from a variety of disciplines about their experiences working and living in Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Three Andreis
1966-12-31
The Three Andreis
Overview: A documentary about the making of Andrei Tarkovsky's ANDREI RUBLEV, and Andrei Konchalovsky's THE STORY OF ASYA KLYACHINA.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1966-12-31
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Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker'
2009-01-22
Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker'
Overview: The conflict surrounding the production of Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 masterpiece 'Stalker', as well as a look at the tragic character that was Georgi Rerberg.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2009-01-22
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Tarkovsky: Time Within Time
2015-10-26
Tarkovsky: Time Within Time
Overview: Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986) is widely regarded as one of the worlds' top directors- throughout history. TWT explores Tarkovsky through his diary and his articulate assessments on love, art, and the struggles working within the Soviet political system. Of his 7 ambitious films, 5 were made under the heavy hand of censors in the Soviet Union. In 1984 he defected to Italy with help from screenwriter Tonino Guerra, and Director Michelangelo Antonioni. He directed 2 films in the West until his untimely death in Paris at age 54. Narrated by Oleg Vidov, combined with a collection of rare film excerpts and photos, and interviews from people who knew him best, we take you on a passionate journey into the life, love, and work of Andrei Tarkovsky.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-26
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Konchalovsky. Stage
2007-01-01
Konchalovsky. Stage
Overview: What makes a person, an artist who has several decades of international cinematic success behind him, break down and start a new life? People's artist of Russia, winner of many domestic and foreign awards, world-famous film Director Andrey Konchalovsky entered the theater world in 1987, staging the Opera "Eugene Onegin" in Italy at the La Scala theater... In the film, viewers will be able to trace the creative – almost twenty years! – the path of the Director in the performing arts, to see unique moments of rehearsals, fragments of his theatrical productions – the Opera "the Queen of spades" with outstanding artists Mirella Freni and Vladimir Atlantov, the acclaimed performance "Miss Julie" on the stage of the Moscow theater on Malaya Bronnaya, "War and peace", staged at the Mariinsky theater, the Metropolitan, as well as fragments of Grand outdoor performances staged by A. S. Konchalovsky.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
2004-04-20
Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-20
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Konchalovsky. Screen
2007-01-01
Konchalovsky. Screen
Overview: 1979. Andrey Konchalovsky's film Sibiriada receives a special jury prize at the Cannes film festival. For the Director, this becomes a bridge to another world. Having received permission from the authorities to go abroad for a year, Konchalovsky refuses to return and requires a passport for permanent residence abroad... However, it seems that Konchalovsky himself does not yet understand that from now on his life will be divided into "before" and "after". That now all his subsequent paintings will be compared with the previous ones. And even when he returns to Russia 10 years later, his wanderings in search of his own "I" will not end...
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Ballerina
2008-01-01
Ballerina
Overview: The film tells the story of an aspiring dancer who from Eastern Europe is reached in Italy with the mirage of realizing the dream of her life which instead turns into a nightmare. Against her will she will be forced into prostitution.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The Vanja Earthquake
2019-10-23
The Vanja Earthquake
Overview: Through the rehearsals and the tour of the show based on Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, Vinicio Marchioni takes us to the Italian province destroyed by the earthquake and the places of the Russian writer. The Vanja earthquake starts from the Chekhovian masterpiece to investigate Italian post-earthquake immobility through the tragicomic gaze of Chekhov, making the public aware of the extraordinary human strength of the writer. A journey into the Italian theatrical creation; a journey in the earthquake that destroyed central Italy; a journey into the words and soul of Anton Chekhov.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-10-23
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Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
2013-07-22
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Overview: Andrei Konchalovsky reflects on the making of Runaway Train.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-22
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On the Trail of the New Wave
2009-03-14
On the Trail of the New Wave
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-03-14
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Islands: Georgy Rerberg
2007-01-01
Islands: Georgy Rerberg
Overview: A short documentary about the life and career of cinematographer Georgy Rerberg.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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