Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
Also Known As: Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Александр Пороховщиков, Пороховщиков Александр Шалвович
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Birthday: January 31, 1939
Deathday: April 15, 2012
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Fiery Childhood
Overview: A small railway station in the Kuban is captured, but the wounded commissar Sabbutin miraculously manages to escape.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-01-15
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Ring
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1973-12-03
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Drums of Fire
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Genres: History Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-12-21
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Игра в модерн
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Genres: History Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Overview: Following the Russian Civil War, a loyal Red, Shilov, must prove he is at home among strangers as he attempts to recapture a shipment of gold that he was supposed to deliver to Moscow. Needed as a means of buying food for the people, the gold Shilov was entrusted with is stolen, initially by a group of assassins and then by a group of bandits. In tracking the gold’s whereabouts, Shilov’s motives are questioned and he is suspected of treason, in part because his brother was a devoted White. In an effort to clear his name, Shilov locates the gold, but he also discovers rampant greed and corruption.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-11-11
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Shine, Shine, My Star
Overview: This late 60s Russian films is set in 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution. Folks had the choice between red and white, revolution and contra revolution. In that torn-apart-time, one man, the comedian Volodya, tries to mediate, not between different ideologies, but social life and art. While others just want to wash away their gloom, he reflects on the everyday sorrows and the role of art in that time of changes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-06-06
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Heiress in a Straight Line
Overview: A story about a teenage girl who loves poetry and thinks of herself as A.S. Pushkin heiress.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1982-10-20
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The Chosen Ones
Overview: A man wants to flee wartime Germany and the detested Nazis to Columbia, where his brother lives. In order to achieve his goal he agrees to become an informer for the Reich.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1983-04-01
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Destroy the Thirtieth!
Overview: When a man is forced to return to a secret Russian training camp, he decides to plan his escape, not knowing who to trust.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1992-12-01
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Two Long Hoots in the Fog
Overview: In a deserted tundra on the lake, a seaplane makes an emergency landing, on board of which bank collectors carry a large amount of money. A storm begins and the plane relates to the river delta. An unknown person steals money from an airplane and kills a geologist, an accidental witness. And a few days later the ship departs from the northern port for the last navigation voyage, where a recidivist hides among the motley company of passengers, and the captain begins his own investigation...
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-07-20
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The Captivating Star of Happiness
Overview: In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1975-11-11
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Moon Rainbow
Overview: After a strange incident, a group of russian space commandos starts developing supernatural powers. But how did they acquire such abilities and what is their intentions?
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1983-12-01
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Under the North Star 2
Overview: The film takes place in the seventies of the XX century, in a real country of the USSR and with real Soviet people of various levels: from workers to the leaders of the country. This is a patriotic film, with love (the authors especially insist on this) telling about our homeland, about our people, about the generation of our fathers, about their achievements and defeats, everyday life and holidays, joys and sorrows.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2002-07-12
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Let's Talk, Brother...
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Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-07-26
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86400 Seconds of Police Duty Work
Overview: Based on real events in 1974 in Riga: the robbery of collectors and the murder of the driver. The personnel of the Gorky, Odessa regional executive committees and the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Latvian SSR took part in the film.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1988-10-10
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Right to Choose
Overview: This is a modern story of a prosperous family, in whose harmonious way of life a young man, a former partner of her husband in creating a computer network, breaks into. Involving his wife in a love affair, he pretends to be a messenger from Shambhala. At some point, she is ready to believe him, despite her husband's convictions that her chosen one is crazy. The psychologically tense action is set off by episodes of the hero's fantasies, in which the intrigue is given a comic effect, so there is no reason to assume a tragic ending.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Can-Can in English Park
Overview: A Ukrainian poet visiting his emigre cousin is threatened into working for the CIA's operations through Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1985-06-01
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Don't Leave Your Lovers
Overview: Sometimes divorce process could be really painful. This is exactly the case for the heroes of this romantic drama.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-07-07
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The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment
Overview: A very typical post-Soviet era storyline. A bunch of vagabonds lured an innocent teenage girl to their apartment, offered her a drink, intimidated, then gang raped her. Local cops are incapable to undertake an adequate actions against the scoundrels - prevented by the superior chief of the local police, who is the dad of one of the scumbags. The case is closed. The girl's granddad tired of an endless circumlocution decides to take revenge in his own hands.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1999-04-19
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Captain Nemo
Overview: For several years as a terrible sea monster drowns ships of the Navy. In a small number of ships that managed to survive, in the sides were found huge holes triangular shape. Now any exit to the sea is deadly, so America sends a special frigate called Blue Star. His goal is to find and destroy the terrible monster. One of the participants of the punitive expedition is a famous Professor from France – Pierre Aronnax. He has a deep knowledge of the mysteries of the deep sea. The search for the monster continues for more than three months, but in the end, the frigate still detects it and immediately starts the attack mode. After an unsuccessful battle with the monster ship goes to the bottom, and the Professor, his servant Conseil and whaler Ned Land get on a submarine and make an amazing journey under water.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1975-01-25
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The Battle after the Victory
Overview: A third part of story about a Soviet spies trying to infiltrate German Intelligence center "Saturn" during and after the WWII.
Genres: War Action Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1972-08-21
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Human Target
Overview: A detective goes undercover in a small Russian town.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-06-04
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The Testament of Professor Dowell
Overview: The film is based on the popular science-fiction novel “Professor Dowell’s Head” by Russian writer Alexander Belyaev. For many years, a prominent scientist had been striving to solve the problem of immortality. He shared the results of his daring and risky experiments with his colleagues. But one day something happened that no one could have foreseen: the professor had disappeared. The best student and follower of Professor Dowell tries to use the results of his scientific research for criminal purposes. It looks like he is going to succeed…
Genres: Adventure Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1984-08-06
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The City Is Accepted
Overview: A romantic story between the detective and criminal expert...
Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-06-06
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The Polynin Case
Overview: A story about a love between a Soviet Army officer and an actress set during the WWII.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1970-06-16
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Удар Лотоса 2: Сладкая горечь полыни
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Genres: Action Crime Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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The Attic Story
Overview: The film takes place in the troubled October days of 1993. The characters — Sergey and Lisa — meet under strange circumstances. And then they are overtaken by love, for which everyone is ready to give their lives.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2005-03-03
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Return from Orbit
Overview: An accident occurs on an orbital space station, as a result of which the ship's commander is seriously injured. He must be urgently delivered to Earth and testing must be continued. It can only be done by the crew of Kuznetsov-Mukhin.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1984-08-20
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Schweik in World War II
Overview: Based on the satirical anti-war comedy of the same name by B. Brecht.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Soldiers in Blue Greatcoats
Overview: A story about the work of investigator Strepetov.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Censorship Has No Access to My Memory
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Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1992-01-02
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This Fantastic World 14
Overview: A completely ordinary person, Kolenkin, is experimentally injected into his blood with a drug that makes him unusually accurate when throwing a ball. Having received such opportunities, he gets into the basketball team and participates in important competitions...
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-01-06
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Navy Officer
Overview: About the heroism and endless devotion to the Motherland of military sailors in Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1970-12-17
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Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
Overview: Phone conversation between an abandoned husband and his friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1967-05-05
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Everything is Ahead
Overview: An adaptation of the novel by the famous soil writer Vasily Belov, raising the problems of the harmful influence of Western civilization on the Russian mentality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1991-07-01
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Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Overview: In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and that a special organization was involved in transporting the stolen to Estonia. Scout Maksim Isayev is sent to this country. He establishes that the cipher of the Soviet embassy Olenetskaya works for the German resident Nolmar, with whom employees of Gokhran Kozlovskaya and an appraiser Yakov Shelekhes are associated. As a result of the provocation, Isayev was arrested. In the prison cell, he finds himself together with the famous Russian writer Nikandrov, who could not find himself in post-revolutionary Russia and went abroad. Released soon by the efforts of his comrades, Isayev continues the struggle for the fate of Nikandrov — for his return to his homeland.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-06-21
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Offending Women Is Not Recommended
Overview: After her father dies Vera is forced to become a president of his company and continue the business.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2000-10-01
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Chief Designer
Overview: A story about the creation of T-34 tank in Soviet Union during WWII.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-10-05
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A Quiet Day at the End of the War
Overview: As WWII comes to a close, a wounded Soviet soldier and a Kazak woman seek refuge in a church. In this holy place, they take time to rest and appreciate the beauty of their surroundings, as the interior of the building is lined with ornate works of art. A group of Nazi soldiers eventually disrupts this moment of peace, as they enter the church and defile the sacred works within. Undetected, the original occupants witness this atrocity and the proud Russian feels compelled to fight in an effort to preserve his country’s history.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1970-04-01
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Until the Snow Fell
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1984-07-01
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The Man Who Was Lucky
Overview: Preferring geology, poetry, giving his exceptional talent to the cause, which he considered useful and necessary, Ishutin was difficult but glorious path finder. And remained in the memory of people (and especially sons) a selfless and dedicated. The prize "For the best direction" K.Ershovu 12-Union Film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1978-02-10
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And You Will See the Sky
Overview: About the fifteen-year-old hero of the World War II, military pilot, cavalier of the Order of the Red Banner and two orders of the Red Star - Arkady Kamanin.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1978-12-04
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Catch the Wind
Overview: A family of a private stud-farm head takes cover from a Civil War in a forsaken estate in Urals steppe. Once an old family friend Victor, lieutenant of White Guard, shows up in the estate and claims that he wants to come out of action and live according to the laws of God. The old man marries his daughter and Victor, but that is the end of peace in this house, taking into account that the white Cossacks are getting nearer
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-11-30
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Risk Strategy
Overview: A story about an oil worker who went from the head of a geological exploration expedition to the chief geologist of the trust.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1978-11-28
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Jarosław Dąbrowski
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Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-01-26
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Woyzeck
Overview: Lajos Kovács (WINGS OF DESIRE) stars as the misused Woyzeck, who ekes out a miserable existence sweeping train tracks, running errands for a bullying army captain and acting as a human guinea pig for a local doctor with ideas about free will. When his common-law wife begins an affair with a local cop, Woyzeck's pocket Bible and near-starvation diet point him on a downward spiral of twisted redemption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1994-02-07
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Crash
Overview: The GPU secret service develops and conducts in 1923-24 an operational game aimed at the elimination of the Savinkov anti-Soviet underground.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-05-26
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Когда цветет сирень
Overview: Romance, in Russian language
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2010-10-31
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Khagi – Tragger
Overview: According to ancient legend, the artist found a mineral that can revive any inanimate thing. To hide the mineral, he inserts it into a doll named Hagi. A century later, Hagi falls into the hands of a puppeteer, and he with horror discovers that the old doll is alive. Moreover, she also has a nasty character. Criminals try to take possession of it in order to use it for mercenary purposes. But they do not know the secrets of this doll - no one can take possession of it, but it has a destructive effect on any person who falls within its influence.
Genres: Horror Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1994-11-13
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Tax collector
Overview: It is hard to know the future. It is even more difficult to feel its inevitability. He is a tax collector. He has an inexplicable, supernatural gift to foresee the future. He is sent to where the impossible is needed. And he does not fail, until - she does not appear. Love is expensive. Give the Gift and love or continue to live an invulnerable wolf. But what he will choose - only God knows.
Genres: Thriller Romance Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1997-09-06
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The Search
Overview: The young architect Severin Sereda receives a telegram with a message about his father’s serious illness. But he does not intend to go. Zhenya, his beloved girl, is outraged by such callousness, however, Severin explains that he gave the word to his deceased mother to never see his father who left her. Nevertheless, Zhenya manages to persuade Severin. He goes, but he doesn’t catch his father alive ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1967-07-22
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Christmas Stories
Overview: The film "Christmas Stories" consists of two short stories, the action of which takes place in Russia at the end of the XIX century on the eve of Christmas. In the first story, a boy, Kolya, wants to see a star of Bethlehem, for which he goes out onto a balcony on a frosty night and gets very sick. The second story tells about a girl, Zhenya, who wants to sell her favorite doll to buy medicine for her sick mother.
Genres: Family
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2005-12-31
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A Twig in the Wind
Overview: Varya Berezina has just graduated from high school. My parents are getting divorced, my beloved grandmother is pestering me about the meaning of life. Mishka is a good guy — he loves Varka very much, but he doesn't understand a lot. Having not received the documents, she leaves for the city to her sister. My sister has a big new apartment, a good husband and a dear family friend — neighbor Vissarion Arkadyevich. He is a doctor and everyone loves him. He helps Varka to enter the institute, but she has neither documents nor knowledge. My sister is very worried. And Varka gets a job in a hospital, where he can often see a doctor and be with people. When Vissarion Arkadyevich is transferred to Leningrad, Varka returns to the village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Fiasco of Operation Terror
Overview: The action-packed historical and revolutionary film about the struggle of the VCHK with the international conspiracy against the Soviet government in Russia in the beginning 20s. On the activities of Dzerzhinsky, chairman of the VCHK, People's Commissar of Internal Affairs and at the same time Commissar of Railways. About the work on resuscitation of a collapsed industry, army, railways, to which the Iron Felix attracts (some by threats, some by persuasion) pre-revolutionary intellectuals.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-08-10
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