Sofya Garrel
Also Known As: С. Гаррель, Sophia Garrel
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian Empire
Birthday: October 17, 1904
Deathday: January 16, 1991
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Kremlin Chimes
Overview: Performance of the Gorky Moscow Art Theater based on the play by N. Pogodin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Wings of a Serf
Overview: This SovKino production was a major early experiment in Soviet historical film about the oprichnina period of Muscovite history, combining the costumed drama and Gothic thrills of the genre with historical materialist commentary on the dialectical collision of scientific progress and patriarchal religious tyranny under Tsar Ivan the Terrible. It follows a self-taught inventor from the serf class Nikishka, whose efforts to build a flying machine incite accusations of witchcraft. Nikishka and his beloved Fima are persecuted by the feudal lord Kurlyatev, who took their village in a petty land squabble. They’re rescued when Kurlyatev’s lands are taken by the Tsar in his autocratic campaign against the feudal system. Ivan puts Nikishka to work in his linen mill, where the young serf is coveted by Tsarina Maria Temryukovna, who the Tsar’s been ignoring in favor of his cupbearer Feodor. A series of harrowing intrigues wind a bloody dance through bedchamber, feast hall, cathedral and dungeon.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1926-11-16
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Mimino
Overview: Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1977-06-06
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Guilty Without Guilt
Overview: A story based on a classic play by Alexander Ostrovsky,
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1945-09-21
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We'll Live Till Monday
Overview: Ilya Semenovich Melnikov is a history teacher in an ordinary Soviet high school. He is a very good teacher and his students and colleagues treat him with a great deal of respect. However, Melnikov faces a lot of difficulties in his work. In particular, everybody at school is spreading rumors about Natalya Sergeyevna, an Enlish language teacher and a former student of Melnikov, being in love with him. Exhausted by his mental suffering, Melnikov asks the principal to allow him to quit his job. At the end of the week that is to become the last week of Melnikov's teaching career the students of his class write an in-class essay on how they understand happiness. Svetlana Mikhailovna, their Russian teacher, is shocked by what one of the students wrote in her essay, nevertheless, she allows her to read it in front of the class. The other students express support of their classmate. Melnikov gets involved in the conflict, after which he reconsiders his decision to quit...
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-07-02
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This Fantastic World 12
Overview: Based on science fiction stories about the relationship between man and robot: A. Belyaev’s “Open Sesame” about how a robot servant robbed two old men; A. Azimova's "Liar" about a robot who can read minds and turns out to be the most humane among people; F. Chilander's "Court" about how robots tried the last person living in the city.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1987-03-27
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The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
Overview: Based on the story of the same name by F. M. Dostoevsky, and staged by Moscow Art Theater named after. Gorky.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1973-09-12
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Island of Mistakes
Overview: A short animated film about poor student Kolya Sorokin, who is dragged by two swans to the island of errors. On the island, incorrect solutions cause a lot of problems for Kolya. These trials force the hero to approach his responsibilities in a different way.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1955-03-23
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The Roundabout
Overview: Satirical comedy based on the notebooks and short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "Romance with Double-Bass","On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco", "Misery", "Grateful", "Polinka", "The Cynic", "The Ninny".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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The Morning Round
Overview: Doctor Nechayev lives by the concerns of his patients. This is a man of remarkable mental qualities and a highly qualified specialist in cardiology, but he is completely unadapted to life in everyday life and imperceptibly lost himself, did not do much of what he dreamed of and did not understand the selfless love of a young student Alya. The doctor gradually puts an end to his hopes and dreams – they fade into the background, supplanted by work in the hospital.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-04-09
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Dead Souls
Overview: A satirical comedy based on the poem of the same name by N.V. Gogol.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-02-07
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Escape of Mr. McKinley
Overview: A man decides to escape into the future by the way of hibernation. When he wakes up, feeling lucky that the experiment worked out well, the staff of the hibernation company politely walks him to the outside were he finds a post atomic war desert… He wakes up! Thank God it was just a dream! Or was it?
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1975-12-15
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Ivanov
Overview: Based on the play of the same name by A.P. Chekhov.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1982-03-13
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Sweet Bird of Youth
Overview: The play based on the play of the same name by T. Williams at the Moscow Academic Art Theater.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1978-08-10
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