Gemma Firsova
Also Known As: Джемма Фирсова, Джемма Сергіївна Фірсова, Джемма Фірсова, Фирсова Джемма Сергеевна, Джемма Сергеевна Микоша
Biography: Soviet Russian film actor and director.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Samarkand, USSR (Uzbekistan)
Adult: No
Birthday: December 27, 1935
Age: 89 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: May 08, 2012
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Illumination

Overview: The film is about microbiological scientists who are exploring the causes and mechanisms of the action of oncological diseases, looking for ways to fight this insidious and dangerous disease for humans.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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War and Peace

Overview: A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Genres: History Drama War Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-04-28
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The Case of One Provocation

Overview: Martha, a young teacher, suffers from persecution mania. The phantom of an organization like the KGB arises in her mind and gradually materializes. Fear turns into reality, which drives the heroine crazy.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-05-01
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A Spring for the Thirsty

Overview: A parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. His wellspring, once a source of joy and hope for thirsty passersby, is now rarely used. No longer able to find comfort in his memories, he turns all his photographs to face the walls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 1965-05-03
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The White Bird Marked with Black

Overview: A family struggles to survive in an area that was claimed as part of Rumania, Poland and the Ukraine, all within a short span of time. When World War II comes, various family members choose different masters; some even choose to work for the Soviets. War, struggle, marriages, births, deaths--all these events punctuate the story of this large family.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: uk
Release Date: 1972-01-17
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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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That Sweet Word: Liberty!

Overview: In an unnamed Latin American country after a coup d'état, a military junta comes to power. The army deployed to the streets, the civilian population is exposed to hard terror. A wave of arrests follows, some former senators - liberals and communists - are sent to prison. Some patriots that have gone underground try to figure a plan for their release. They buy a small shop opposite the prison in the name of Francisco and Maria Vardes. From its basement they plan to build a 90-meter tunnel. Three years of enormous effort, deaths and nervous breakdowns are not spent in vain.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1972-11-20
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The Chronicle of the Night

Overview: A plane bound for Africa ends up in the hands of hired killers. Their goal is to prevent the Soviet doctor from getting to Lega, where he is to operate on the leader of the liberation movement.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1973-06-04
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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

Overview: The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel. In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1966-03-14
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Scarlet Sails

Overview: A little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: "... it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail comes and the noble prince will take you away from here. He'll take you to the world of your dreams, where you will be loved and happy." The neighbours told jokes about her, children teased her, but she waited for her prince. She trusted in the miracles and waited. Arthur Gray's rule was "if you can make a miracle, do it!". And he made a miracle for the wonderful romantic girl.
Genres: Romance Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1961-06-07
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Black Sun

Overview: The life and death of Robert Moussombe, the leader of an unnamed African state. Moussombe is a fictionalized portrait of assassinated Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, and the film's events are a pastiche of the Congo Crisis in 1960s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1971-04-05
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Black Birch

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Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Russkiy Suvenir

Overview: The end of the 1950s. The Chinese passenger plane, following the Beijing-Moscow flight, enters a thunderstorm and makes an emergency landing in the Baikal region. In addition to the Soviet citizen Varvara Komarova, all other passengers are foreigners. Using a stop, they explore new cities and get acquainted with the life, work and rest of Soviet people.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1960-06-27
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Pani Mariya

Overview: English: 1944 - The Great Patriotic War. Fierce fighting is underway in the Warsaw area. In a provincial rear town, soldier Ivan and merchant Marya meet, unaware that this meeting will change their destinies...
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-03-01
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