Kseniya Tarasova
Also Known As: Kseniya Ivanovna Tarasova, K. Tarasova, Ксения Тарасова
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ryl'skiy uyezd, Kurskaya guberniya, Rossiyskaya imperiya
Birthday: January 28, 1904
Deathday: March 26, 1995
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Wings of Victory
Overview: The film is based on the biography of Valeri Chkalov (1904 - 1938), a Russian pilot, who set several long distance flight records. Chkalov and his co-pilots Baidukov and Belyakov together had accomplished several non-stop long-distance flights. In June of 1937 Chkalov set the world record, covering 12000 kilometers in 63 hours of non-stop flight from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington, flying over the North Pole.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1941-03-12
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Yakov Sverdlov
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Genres: History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1940-12-12
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Zoya
Overview: The true story of one of Russia's most beloved national heroines. During the Nazi siege of Moscow, a fearless 18-year-old girl named Zoya risked her life as a partisan fighter. Captured by the Germans, Zoya endured unspeakable tortures at the hands of the Gestapo but still refused to betray her comrades. Even on the gallows, Zoya defiantly spoke out against the Nazis and everything they stood for. In a series of flashbacks, this film re-creates not merely Zoya's death, but also her life.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1944-11-23
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Petersburg Nights
Overview: A loose Communist adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1934-02-19
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The Safety Match
Overview: A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1954-08-10
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The Barbarians
Overview: The monotonous life of a provincial town Verhopoli violates the arrival of the railway builders - engineers Cherkun and Tsyganov.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1953-07-17
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Days and Nights
Overview: This literary adaptation was the first Soviet feature length dramatization, as opposed to documentary film, on the momentous Battle of Stalingrad.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1945-08-28
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