Varvara Massalitinova
Also Known As: В. Массалитинова
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Yelets, Oryol province, Russian Empire
Birthday: July 17, 1877
Deathday: October 20, 1945
Adult: No
Gender: Female
Popularity:
Known For:
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
Overview: Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1938-09-27
Popularity:
Thunderstorm
Overview: The cinematic adaptation of "The Storm" play by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. In a provincial town on the Volga River, the young and sensitive Katerina marries Tikhon, a violent drunkard, and thus enters the crude milieu of greedy salesmen, the "dark kingdom". Her mother-in-law, Kabanikha, rules the family with an iron fist and endlessly harasses Katerina. One day, when Tikhon is away, she meets Boris, a man who embodies everything Katerina is longing for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1934-03-25
Popularity:
Alexander Nevsky
Overview: When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1938-11-24
Popularity:
Morozko
Overview: Based on the Russian fairy tale Father Frost.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1924-04-09
Popularity:
My Apprenticeship
Overview: Second entry in Ukrainian director Mark Donskoy's "Maxim Gorki" trilogy. Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer (Alexei Lyarsky) was on his own, looking for a purpose and place in life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1939-09-12
Popularity:
The Gentlefolks of Skotinin
Overview: A comedy starring Nina Shaternikova, The Skotinins is loosely based on the 18th century play The Minor by Denis Fonvizin. In it, the upper class is shown as both depraved and stupid, engaging a variety of absurd, over-the-top follies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1927-01-10
Popularity:
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Overview: A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1924-09-24
Popularity:
Maiden's Mountains
Overview: The film tells the story of Judas and Satan wandering the world in search of a virgin who could become the mother of the new Evil.
Genres: History Fantasy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1919-01-01
Popularity:
Polikushka
Overview: "Polikushka" was the only film directed by Aleksandr Sanin, one of Moscow Art Academic Theatre's founders, and is based on Lev Tolstoy's homonym short story. In spite the many differences between the literary oeuvre and its film adaptation it is a remarkable work that is outstanding for its depiction of the cruel realities of Russian society -the harsh life condition of its main character and his family in contrast to the wealth of his mistress;
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1922-10-30
Popularity: