Boris Khmelnitsky
Also Known As: Boris Khmelnitskiy, Борис Хмельницкий, Boriss Hmeļņickis
Biography: Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since childhood, he studied literature, arts, and music, and enjoyed a special atmosphere of his father's circle. He studied music at Lvov College of Music, graduating in 1961 as orchestral conductor, then studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical school in Moscow, graduating in 1966 as an actor. In 1966, he made his film debut in 'Kto vernetsa - dolyubit' by director Leonid Osyka. Khmelnitsky shot to popularity with roles in _Sofiya Perovskaya (1967)_ by director Lev Arnshtam, and in _Krasnaya palatka (1970)_. In the USSR, he was best known as Robin Hood in Strely Robin Guda (1975), and later reprized the role in The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983). From 1964 to 1984 Khmelnitsky was a member of the troupe under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. There his stage partners were Vladimir Vysotskiy, Leonid Filatov, Venyamin Smekhov, Alla Demidova, Zinaida Slavina, Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Boris Galkin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Nina Shatskaya, Leonid Yarmolnik, and other notable Russian actors. During the 60s and 70s, Khmelnitsky played leading roles in Taganka productions, such as 'Pugachev' and 'Master i Margarita', a stage adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. He also wrote music for several Taganka productions. Boris Khmelnitsky enjoyed recognition in the former Soviet Union, and was part of the intellectual milieu known as "the 60s generation." He was designated People's Actor of Russia (2000). He died of a chronic illness on February 16, 2008, and was laid to rest next to his parents in Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his ex-wife Marianna Vertinskaya and their daughter Darya Khmelnitskaya.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Voroshilov, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR
Birthday: June 27, 1940
Deathday: February 16, 2008
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Red Tent
Overview: Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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Hatred
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1978-02-01
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Десять дней, которые потрясли мир
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Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1987-10-24
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Jonathan of the Bears
Overview: A young boy witnesses his parents' murder. Later, as he grows up, he befriends a bear in the wilderness and the chief of a local Indian tribe, and he stays with the Indians, but makes an enemy of the chief's son. As he enters adulthood he sets out to find the men responsible for his parents' deaths.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1995-04-21
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Ubiystvo v Sanshayn-Menor
Overview: Профессор Ян Драммонд, новым изобретением которого заинтересовались русские и американцы, убит у себя в особняке Саншайн Менор при полном стечении гостей. Писатель Джо Алекс, приехавший накануне убийства вместе с актрисой Сарой, и детектив Бен Паркер, прежде чем вычислить истинного убийцу, будут подозревать в преступлении каждого из присутствующих, потому что у каждого были для этого основания и против каждого были улики.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-06
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Prince Igor
Overview: Based on opera "Prince Igor" by Borodin.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Arrows of Robin Hood
Overview: With a traditional archery contest, the winner wins a silver arrow with gold lace and gold feathers. Even Robin Hood, although unrecognizable, takes part in this competition. As more and more participants are losing and Robin Hood eventually wins the award, his masquerade reveals. For none of the participants is as handy with a bow and an arrow like Robin Hood. With the help of his coolness and his friends Robin Hood may escape the dangerous situation.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-10-04
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The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe
Overview: Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favor with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart. The story is set in 1194, after the failure of the Third Crusade, when many of the Crusaders were still returning to their homes in Europe. King Richard, who had been captured by Leopold of Austria on his return journey to England, was believed to still be in captivity.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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The Career of Arturo Ui
Overview: When the powerful of this world give a small scoundrel the opportunity to become a big scoundrel - how many opportunities there are for a funny comedy...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1996-06-07
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Mozart in St. Petersburg
Overview: St. Petersburg banter on the topic of Mozart’s stay in present-day St. Petersburg. Mozart loved Salieri very much. Together they messed around in a tavern. However, Mozart never drank with Salieri - he offered his glass to one of his friends. Friends were very unhappy...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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The Hetman's Regalia
Overview: The film takes place in 1659 when Bohdan Khmelnytsky's son Yuri took power from Hetman Vyhovsky. Supporters of Bohdan Khmelnytsky are trying to help his daughter Olena to save her father's regalia - the symbol of Hetman's power and independence of Ukraine.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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The Black Arrow
Overview: Adventurous movie based on classical Robert Louis Stevenson novel.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1985-05-12
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Interception
Overview: A top American spy is in charge of a delicate mission. The USA plans to infiltrate several U-boats in the sea of Vladivostok, however they need the soviet surveillance satellite to stay 'blind' for a couple of hours, so this spy is sent to damage the antenna for the satellite. Everything was planned accurately. But the CIA never counted on the relentless pursuit of a frontier guard who sees the spy's parachute on landing.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1986-06-06
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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
Overview: Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. The mischievous demon Basavriuk, offers a deal, enticing Petro into crime for the sake of fortune. Based on Nikolai Gogol’s short story “The Eve of Ivan Kupala” (“St John’s Eve”) and Ukrainian folk tales.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 1968-12-25
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Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
Overview: Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2009-04-02
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A Story of the Forest: Mavka
Overview: Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love breaks the spell, but Kilina curses the nymph, transforming her into a weeping willow. This beautiful and tragic story is based on a play written in 1912 by Lesya Ukrainka, a Ukrainian poet, writer and political, civil and female activist, and includes mythological characters taken from Ukrainian folklore.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 1980-07-23
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At the Beginning of Glorious Days
Overview: Late 17th century. With no access to the sea, Russia suffers great losses in foreign trade. Peter tries to capture the Turkish fortress of Azov, but with no success: he can win only if he has a fleet. Peter’s ukases provoke the Boyars’ indignation. Europe looks in amazement: the Russian tsar begins to work at a Dutch shipyard learning the subtleties of shipbuilding?! But his training is cut short. Peter has to return to Russia in order to brutally suppress the Streltsy rebellion organized by his sister Sophia.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-10-29
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The Caravan Of Death
Overview: Afghanistan, 1989 - Soviet troops have left Afghanistan, but some Afghan leaders believe that the war is still going on. They have a special order - to destroy a regiment of Russian border guards in Tadzhikistan.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1991-08-24
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Beybars
Overview: The first part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. XIII century. Equal to God, Sultan Beybars — the ruler of Egypt, who has the largest fleet in the Mediterranean, crushed the Crusader troops and countless hordes of Genghis Khan’s descendant – recalls the life path he passed before ascending to the throne of the ruler.
Genres: History War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-08-19
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Sultan Beybars
Overview: The second part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. XIII century. Equal to God, Sultan Beybars — the ruler of Egypt, who has the largest fleet in the Mediterranean, crushed the Crusader troops and countless hordes of Genghis Khan's descendant – recalls the life path he passed before ascending to the throne of the ruler.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-08-19
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The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard
Overview: France, XV century. The young Scot, striving to make his worthy efforts, is kindly treated by the king and admitted to the guard. Soon the king entrusts him with a difficult mission - however, the matter turns into an insidious deception. Saving his beloved, the shooter of the guard shows miracles of courage and nobility ...
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-09-01
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The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Overview: The first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Tells the story of pagan Rus' during the time of Prince Igor, his murder by the Drevlyans, Olga's revenge, Olga's repentance and adoption of Christianity.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-31
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Defying Everybody
Overview: The movie takes us through the trials and tribulations of Petar I Petrovic, the man who united Montenegro in the 18th century and led them in the Battle of Krusi against a huge Turkish army to return victorious and pave the first path towards economic development.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1973-06-01
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Love Awaits Those Who Return
Overview: 1941. The soldier, a young poet takes the wounded commander out of the battlefield. The commander dies and the soldier is wounded. He was a long way to test before he gets to the guerrilla group. Title in English is "Love Awaits Those Who Return," according to Joshua First in his book UKRAINIAN CINEMA.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-03-11
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Tragedy, Rock Style
Overview: Vitya is a teenage rock-music and motorbike fanatic whose father is arrested for embezzlement. Vitya is devastated, and in this state of shock he falls prey to a supposed mystic called Cassius.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-04-01
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Cocktail Mirage
Overview: A sentimental story with a detective plot about a poor artist who decided to earn extra money in a cafe.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1991-12-01
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Savage Hunt of King Stakh
Overview: A mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends…
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-12-02
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Comedy of Lysistrata
Overview: Lysistrata led the women of ancient Greece in forcing men to stop the war, that was devastating the land for 21 years. At secret assembly of the women delegates from both sides of the conflict, Lysistrata declared: "We must refrain from the male altogether - till the men come to terms of peace". Her instruction to every wife or mistress was to refuse all sexual favors whatsoever, and sit prettily dressed in best transparent silks, till the men yield to peace.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-06-09
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Savraska
Overview: A young boy nick-named Savraska after his last name (Savrasov) is desperately trying to get money for the March 8th presents to his mother and his classmate Serafima.
Genres: Romance Family Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-08-10
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Sofiya Perovskaya
Overview: A biopic, looking at one of the major leaders of the assassination of Czar Alexander II.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-03-16
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Antarctic Tale
Overview: The events of the film take place in the early sixties of the XX century, when the exploration of Antarctica was just beginning and the ice continent was full of secrets and mysteries. A group of polar explorers, before being sent to their homeland, is given the task of re-preserving the Vostok intracontinental station.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-03-19
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The Black Triangle
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Genres: Mystery TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-10-13
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Sing a Song, Poet
Overview: About the life and work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, his connection with his native country, its people and nature. Childhood, love, painful searches for his place in the new, revolutionary Russia — everything found a place in Yesenin's lyrics. Frames illustrating Yesenin's poetry and poems are side by side in the film with episodes of the poet's biography: the film reflects the days of his stay in America, World War I, revolution and village round dances, a daring uncle, a wise mother...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1973-03-22
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And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1971-03-02
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Peterss
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1973-05-21
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An Ordinary History
Overview: The film is a play based on the novel “An Ordinary History” by Ivan Goncharov directed by the Sovremennik Moscow Theater. The main roles were played by Oleg Tabakov, Mikhail Kozakov, Lyudmila Ivanova, Anastasia Vertinskaya and others.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1970-12-31
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Жизнь и бессмертие Сергея Лазо
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Свидетельство о бедности
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-02-06
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Комический любовник, или Любовные затеи сэра Джона Фальстафа
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1984-06-14
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Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Overview: The second part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". The film depicts the life and reign of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich of Kiev, known in legends as Vladimir the Red Sun. The story begins in 972 AD, after the death of his father, Grand Prince Svyatoslav, which ignites a power struggle among Vladimir and his brothers. The film emphasizes that Russian princes only succeeded when they maintained good relations with the Bulgars and other steppe nations. It also depicts Vladimir's reflection on his rise to power upon receiving the book "The Ladder" in 1005, ten years after his conversion to Christianity.
Genres: History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2004-12-31
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Etudes on Vrubel
Overview: Film about the painter Mikhail Vrubel's years in Kyiv, from a Sergei Parajanov script.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-04-01
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One Love of My Soul
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Password "Hotel Regina"
Overview: The task of the Chekists fighting the Turkestan counter-revolutionary gang is to eliminate the conspiracy of the TMO (Turkestan Military Organization), uniting former tsarist officers, Basmachi and British interventionists. The chekist Rasul Khusanbekov, disguised as the millionaire Kurbasov, who hates the Soviet government, gains the confidence of General Krasovsky and enlists in his detachment...
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1984-06-11
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