Sergei Komarov
Also Known As: Сергей Комаров, Sergey Komarov
Biography: Sergei Komarov was a Soviet actor, film director, and screenwriter. He began his career in theater before transitioning to film. Komarov is best known for directing and starring in the silent film The Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924), a satirical comedy that showcased his versatility as both an actor and director. His contributions to early Soviet cinema were significant, particularly in the comedy genre.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian Empire
Birthday: March 02, 1891
Deathday: December 23, 1957
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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July 11
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Genres: History War Action
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1938-10-20
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Sickle and Hammer
Overview: A down on his luck peasant goes to fight in World War I and returns home a hero
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1921-01-01
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Chess Fever
Overview: A young Soviet woman struggles to cope in a society obsessed with chess.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1925-12-21
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Cosmic Journey
Overview: Soviet cinematographers created a progressively realistic image of a journey to the moon in these early days of special effects. Scientist Pavel Sedikh grows impatient with the restrictions of the conservative Soviet space institute in Moscow. Sedikh builds his own spacecraft, and accompanied by a female astronaut and a boy, he embarks on a the first human trip to the moon.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1936-01-21
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Two-Buldi-Two
Overview: Naturally, the circus milieu of 2 Buldy 2 (1929) encourages stunts. A father and son, both clowns, are to perform together for the first time, but the civil war separates them, and the elder Buldy, tempted for a moment to acquiesce to the White forces, casts his lot with the revolution. At the climax Buldy Jr. escapes the Whites thanks to flashy trampoline and trapeze acrobatics; the gaping enemy soldiers forget to shoot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1929-01-01
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Miss Mend
Overview: Three reporters and an office girl are trying to stop a bacteriological strike by some powerful western business leaders against the USSR.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1926-10-01
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By the Law
Overview: After a man kills two members of his Yukon gold prospecting team, the other two surviving members struggle to keep him subdued for the next several months until they can turn him over to the law.
Genres: Drama Western Mystery Action
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1926-12-03
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Outskirts
Overview: In a remote Russian village during World War I, colourful and nuanced characters experience divided loyalties: family loyalty vs. personal desire, nationalism vs. transcendent humanism.
Genres: War Drama Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1933-03-25
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The Death Ray
Overview: In a capitalist country, workers are heavily repressed but manage to get a "death ray" to fight back. (A part of the movie is lost.)
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1925-03-16
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Minin and Pozharsky
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1939-11-03
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Salamander
Overview: The film is based on real events and reveals the tragic episodes from the life of the Austrian biologist scientist-materialist Paul Kammerer (1880-1926), hunted by regressive scientists and Catholic reactionaries who committed suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1928-04-11
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The House on Trubnaya
Overview: Life is short and full of oppression, but that doesn't mean Parasha can't find love and laughter when she leaves her country home to take a job as a maid in the overcrowded, overworked, and underpaid world in the big city.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1928-08-30
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The End of St. Petersburg
Overview: Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1927-12-13
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By the Bluest of Seas
Overview: Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1936-04-20
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Siberians
Overview: Two six-graders are trying to find the Stalin's pipe and return it to the owner.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1940-11-05
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The Happy Canary
Overview: Actress Brio working in a cafe "The Happy Canary", does not suspect that her new acquaintances Brianski and Lugovec are Communists sent by an underground committee to fight the enemy's counter-intelligence.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1929-03-05
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Shors
Overview: The year is 1919. German troops retreat from Ukraine. The Directory, the Ukrainian national government lead by Symon Petliura, takes control of Kyiv. Meanwhile, the Bolshevik division commanded by Mykola Shchors is marching on the capital. The Bolsheviks capture the cities of Vinnytsia, Zhmerynka, and others one by one, but lose Berdychiv to Petliura’s forces. They are demoralized by the defeat. By his personal example of courage and military skill, Shchors inspires the retreating Red troops and leads them to victory over the enemy.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1939-05-02
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
Overview: An ignorant and prejudiced American’s visit of Soviet Russia goes off the rails after his luggage is stolen and he is separated from his bodyguard.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1924-04-26
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