Yuriy Ovsyanko
Also Known As: Юрий Овсянко
Biography: Graduated from the Drama Studio at the Leningrad Youth Theater in 1966. (course of Z.Ya. Korogodsky) and was accepted into the troupe of the theater. V.F. Komissarzhevskaya, where he worked until 1979, and then from 1986 to 1996. Participated in the plays: “The Prince and the Pauper” (Beggar), “Don’t Worry, Mom” (Teymuraz), “Joseph Schweik vs. Franz Joseph” (Schweik), “Then in Seville” (Florestino), “Barefoot in the Park” (Paul ), “A World Without Whales” (Sergey), “Suicide of Lovers on the Island of Heavenly Nets” (Tahey) and others. From 1979 to 1986 - in the troupe of the Youth Theater. He played in the plays: “One Hundred Bestuzhev Brothers” (Grand Duke Mikhail), “Sotnikov” (Stas), “About how Mr. Mockinpot got rid of his misfortunes” (Mockinpot), “Evening” (Gastritis), “If it’s impossible otherwise” (Frolov) and others. In the Lensoveta Theater - since 1996. Since 2006 he has been playing at the theater. V. Komissarzhevskaya. Honored Artist of Russia (1993).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: February 03, 1940
Age: 85 years old
Gender: Male
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The Fundamental and Pitiful Look

Overview: Forty-year old Alya has been abandoned by her husband and son. Her mother does her best to distract the heroine from her loneliness. However, her clumsy efforts do not help — Alya prefers top escape into the world of her dreams, fantasies and childhood memories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1996-02-25
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Russian Symphony

Overview: The protagonist finds out that some children were left behind in a sinking school, and is slowly driven mad as he tries to save them. A parable on the theme of the Last Judgment, numerous catastrophic events reveal a certain ambiguity in their origins, accompanied by the terrible suspicion that the things going on are some kind of a performance or theatrical production.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1994-08-25
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Creation of Adam

Overview: On the same day, Andrei's wife Nina asks for a divorce, his colleague Natasha tells him she's attracted to him, he's assigned a new project under the direction of Philip (a well-dressed, authoritative, and even arrogant stranger who keeps touching him), and he fights a gang of homophobes to protect a young gay man, Oleg. The next day, Philip takes Andrei away from the office on an odyssey into a space that is charged with spirituality and homoeroticism. Philip is no businessman, and the disclosure of who he really is forces Andrei into a series of choices that involve Natasha, Nina, belief, and love.
Genres: Romance Drama Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The House Built on Sand

Overview: A slice of life among Russian intelligentsia on the eve of WWII. A haunting reminder of Stalin's psychotic purge of 1938 and the nightmarish German siege of Leningrad.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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You Are My Only Love

Overview: A love story of two people which turns out into triangle... So the steady family walls do not seem so steady anymore...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1993-02-01
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The Fourth Planet

Overview: Three astronauts (two Russians and American) find a very Soviet-alike small town on the fourth planet from Sun.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1995-07-15
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The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again

Overview: The Author, i.e. J. R. R. Tolkien himself (played by Zinovij Gerdt), tells "his" story: the life of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and enjoyable hobbit, is turned upside down when he decides to join the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves in an attempt to regain a treasure stolen from the latter. [Soviet television movie adaptation of "The Hobbit"]
Genres: Adventure Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1985-12-31
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Grandma

Overview: An old Russian grandmother or "babushka", who took part in the Battle of Stalingrad, sacrificed everything for her children and even sold her house to get money for her grandchildren, is shuttled among those very grandchildren--products of the "new" Russia--none of whom want her to stay with them since she's too much of a "burden" for them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2004-02-03
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Conduit Pages

Overview: Play based on Lev Kassil's story "Conduit and Shvambrania".
Genres: Family
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Rear Window

Overview: Detective Jeffries is forced to constantly stay in his apartment due to a broken leg. Having a lot of free time, he begins to study the life of the inhabitants of the house opposite. The behavior of one of his neighbors gradually arouses his suspicions. Jeffries starts checking them...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-06-01
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Private Life of Kuzyayev Valentin

Overview: A high-schooler named Valentin Kuzyayev is invited to appear on a TV show about youth. When he is given a questionnaire, Valentin finds himself unable to answer the simplest questions. To sort himself out, he starts to keep a diary.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-06-10
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Thunderstorm Over Belaya

Overview: The film is set in 1919. The film tells about an episode of the Civil War, when the troops under the command of M. V. Frunze took Ufa away from the White Guards.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-11-04
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Before the Storm

Overview: The film takes place between two revolutions - 1905 and 1917. There is no agreement in the family of the Kolomiytsev brothers, bankrupt nobles. The elder brother Yakov is mortally ill. The youngest, Ivan, a gendarme colonel, is completely confused and does not know how to get out of the situation created in the family.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-07-01
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Men Wanted

Overview: Alexey Veryaskin, a new employee, joins the team of concrete carpenters, who left his prosperous family to take an active part in the construction of a large hydroelectric power station.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1983-10-01
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In the Moonlight

Overview: Based on the fairytale of the same name by Marcel Aimé.
Genres: Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-10-23
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