Igor Kvasha
Also Known As: Игорь Кваша, И. Кваша
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Adult: No
Birthday: February 04, 1933
Age: 92 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 30, 2012
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Вечно живые
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Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1977-05-16
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You Should Survive
Overview: 1945, an attack aviation regiment is based at the field airfield, which is served by a team of young girls. The last days of the war are coming... In one of the battles, Lieutenant Volynin’s attack aircraft, damaged by a shell fragment, landed in territory occupied by the Germans. Air gunner Shchepov carried the wounded commander out of the burning plane. With the help of the Polish teacher Anna, they managed to get to theirs. And everyday life at the front began again. A few days before the Victory, Dima Shchepov died. Volynin took the death of his friend seriously. But it was even harder for him to learn about the death of Anna, whom he loved and whom he promised to find after the war...
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-05-01
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Women's Club
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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The Passport
Overview: A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's family will never be allowed to leave the USSR. He therefore assumes his brother's identity to get to Israel hoping his distant uncle living there will help him out. The plan backfires, however, when he realizes that the uncle is a paranoid lunatic thinking the KGB is out to get him. He becomes stranded in Israel with no friends, no money, and no passport, trying to figure out a way to get back home.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-06-06
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The Very Same Munchhausen
Overview: A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. His crazy, yet very merriment, stories, views and behavior is what sets him apart from others. He becomes alienated from the society that failed to grasp his brilliance. In fact, his brilliance is what underlines the faults with the society itself. It's a beautiful yet tragic story that is filled with dense and intellectual dialogue.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-12-31
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Третий вариант
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2003-10-22
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Adam's Rib
Overview: The film is based on the story of Anatoly Kurchatkin "House of Women". A tragicomedy about four women of three generations who lives in a tiny Moscow apartment: a sick grandmother, constantly requiring attention; a mother, very peculiar woman, who still hoping to somehow arrange her personal life; and two daughters, each of whom has a lot of problems.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-09-07
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Vesyolenkaya poyezdka
Overview: A wealthy and elderly husband hires two people to watch over a young and windy wife who is sailing with her friends on a Mediterranean cruise. A sea voyage brings together by no means accidental passengers who find themselves in unpredictable - difficult and comic - situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Straw Hat
Overview: A musical comedy based on the classic play by Eugène Labiche.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-06-06
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A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines
Overview: Mr. Jonny First arrives to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph.
Genres: Comedy Romance Western Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1987-06-23
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The Detective
Overview: A story about a rookie detective in the beginning of his investigative career.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1979-12-15
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Accelerate
Overview: Young girl is dreaming to become a cop - so she starts her own investigation into a group of car thieves.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1987-08-08
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Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
Overview: The author's remake of the famous New Year's comedy is not an exact copy of the original. Festive mess in the same House of Culture, where they celebrated the New Year 50 years ago. Now the institution is named after Ogurtsov and is headed by Mr. Kabachkov. A young enthusiast Alyona Krylatova and a young man Denis Kolechkin work in the recreation center. Alyona, as she can, opposes the "arts" of the bureaucrat and opportunist Kabachkov, and Denis helps her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Ku! Kin-dza-dza
Overview: Beginner DJ Shreds and world-renowned cellist Vladimir Chizhov meet on a noisy street in Moscow barefoot man. Clicking on the strange machine, the characters are moved to the desert planet Plyuk. A remake of the beloved animated film "Kin-dza-dza!" No less fascinating and funny than the original, the adventures of the Shred and Uncle Vova. In this world of sand inhabitants are divided into two categories - patsaks and chatlan, a simple match has incredible value, and the people are met and escorted by the color of his pants.
Genres: Animation Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2013-04-10
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To Love
Overview: Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.
Genres: Drama Romance Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-01-29
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Return of the "Battleship"
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Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1996-04-20
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The Master and Margarita
Overview: Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about the biblical Jesus and Pontius Pilate. Authorities in Moscow are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. Victimized by their harassment, Master throws his manuscript into the fire, before he is locked up in a mental clinic. His assistant and Muse Margarita tries to help Master using the supernatural powers she got from the devil - Woland who is visiting Moscow..
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1994-06-06
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Story of an Unknown Actor
Overview: The of an actor in a provincial theatre.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Serdtsa Tryokh
Overview: A young millionaire Francis Morgan along with his distant cousin, a cowboy Henry Morgan and Henry's bride Leoncia are searching for the Maya treasures.
Genres: Romance Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1992-10-01
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Lot
Overview: Young hockey player try his best to become success goal-keeper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-06-06
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Vera
Overview: It follows political events in Russia at the beginning of the century, during the birth of the Social Democratic Party, among the first fighters of which was Vera Protasova, the daughter of a lawyer who defended Narodnaya Volya members in court.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1986-11-01
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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 Princess and the Pea
Overview: In one of the realms, there was time for the prince to get married, but the bride would have to be a real princess. A sign was put up on the gates: “ A Princess Wanted”. But in response to it there appeared only a small girl, wet to the bones after the rain and bearing no resemblance to nobility. So the prince was obliged to venture off to other lands in search of a suitable match. Henceforth the prince’s adventures unfold. In one kingdom, he met a fat king, in another – a hospitable king. He also visited the kingdom of arts. He saw enough princesses, beautiful and clever. And yet, the real princess, the only one he longed for, proved to be the girl who had knocked at their door during a rainstorm…
Genres: Romance Family Fantasy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-11-01
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Touches on the V. I. Lenin's Portrait
Overview: Life and works of V.I. Lenin during the difficult period for the country of 1918.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1967-10-01
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Secret Advisor
Overview: Ivan and Milton, excavator drivers, accidentally dig up a coffin with the remnants of a secret advisor. Wishing to bury him with honour, two friends go through different authorities but are met with refusal. They take the coffin to Milton's home where resurrected advisor easily integrates himself into their lives, taking away Milton's wife and making career at their company. Ivan and Milton decide to get rid of their new friend.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: hy
Release Date: 1989-06-23
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Space Visitors
Overview: Several scientists create drama around a mysterious black ball.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-04-01
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The Lower Depths
Overview: A group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1972-09-05
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Fairy tales of the old magician
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Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1984-01-02
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Morning Without Marks
Overview: Six years old boy decides to start school and going by himself to first grade instead of kindergarten.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1983-12-25
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Metamorphosis
Overview: Based on Kafka's story of the same name, "The Metamorphosis" tells the story of a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a gigantic insect.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Was There Karotin?
Overview: The beginning of the 30s of the last century. A leak of classified information was found at the Soviet shipbuilding plant. Arriving under the guise of a scientist, the legendary chekist Karotin begins to unravel the threads of the conspiracy of the fascist spy organization. He is helped by inexperienced but active local detectives. Mastering the basics of the counterintelligence, they fall into a situation the other one funnier.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-05-25
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A Country House for One Family
Overview: On the seashore, the mother and father decided to build a country house where their three sons, daughter, daughters-in-law and grandchildren could gather together. But neither the sons nor the daughter can find time to visit and help their parents. Only the eldest son understands his father and mother...
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: az
Release Date: 1978-02-13
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Adventures of a Dentist
Overview: The young dentist Chesnokov has a knack for painlessly removing teeth, much to the dismay of other dentists, who fear unemployment and start to challenge Chesnokov.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1967-02-27
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A Man Before His Time
Overview: Based on the unfinished play by Maxim Gorky "Yakov Bogomolov" about human dignity, that the main stimulus of life is creative work for the benefit of people. Engineer Yakov Bogomolov is a "workaholic" man. He gives himself all to his work, is carried away by it so much that he does not notice what is happening around him. Young wife Olga is cheating on him, friends betray, companions do not understand and deceive...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1973-01-15
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Eye of God
Overview: The «Eye of God» is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin Museum. It shows how progressive and pro-West Russians can be, when it comes to comprehending the essence of beauty. Ivan Tsvetayev, a village priest's son, the founder of the museum, wanted the new generation of "Ivans" to understand that we are Europe, while Antiquity is our mutual cradle.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2012-05-31
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Перед экзаменом
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1978-05-03
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The Steppe
Overview: A boy in Russia, circa 1900, makes a daunting trip from his home village to a school in the city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1978-04-01
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Строится мост
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1966-05-23
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An Ordinary History
Overview: The film is a play based on the novel “An Ordinary History” by Ivan Goncharov directed by the Sovremennik Moscow Theater. The main roles were played by Oleg Tabakov, Mikhail Kozakov, Lyudmila Ivanova, Anastasia Vertinskaya and others.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1970-12-31
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Keep Forever
Overview: Diplomat Volodin is going to work in the States for a responsible job. But, having crossed the ocean, he immediately went over to the Americans. And not empty-handed: he calls the American embassy from a pay phone and gives the appearance of a Soviet intelligence officer. The traitor is sure that he will not be identified “by the phone's strangled voice. There can be no such technology. But, on the instructions of the Chekists, such a technique was developed in Marfino's "sharashka" near Moscow by convict engineers and scientists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Predators
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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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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In a Hard Hour
Overview: 1941 year. The Siberian carpenter Kuzma Kroykov arrived in Moscow as part of a rifle company. In a line of fighters, he walked through the streets of Moscow at night and in a village near Moscow met Varvara Oknova. Resolute, tall and beautiful, she won his heart. But soon the protracted terrible battles for Moscow began...
Genres: War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1961-10-09
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The Hat
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-03-19
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Balalaykin and K
Overview: The performance of the Sovremennik Theater directed by G. A. Tovstonogov.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1973-05-28
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Just Sasha
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Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1977-06-14
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Year as Long as Life
Overview: The film takes place in Europe in the 19th century. The film shows the popular uprisings that took place there, as well as the search for truth and the confrontation of Karl Marx and opponents of the revolution.
Genres: History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1965-07-16
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Not the Most Successful Day
Overview: Based on the story by Yulian Semyonov "Dunechka and Nikita." One day in the life of a simple Soviet family. Spouses Stepanov's on that day decided to terminate the marriage, for which they need to appear in the people's court. This day is not the most successful for them. They leave their little daughter Dunya to the brother of Nadya Stepanova — Nikita. But for him this is also not a very successful day: recording on the radio, an exam at a theater institute, and even a quarrel with his girlfriend...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1967-05-08
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The Property of Republic
Overview: Spring of 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of a former court fencing teacher Marquess and a street kid Keshka, is stealing a collection of paintings and sculptures from the abandoned estate owners. Hoping to transport her abroad, criminals wander with a circus troupe, and in their wake goes a tireless criminal investigator — Makar Ovchinnikov.
Genres: Adventure Crime Action
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1972-04-24
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Бездна, круг седьмой
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Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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One Life is Not Enough
Overview: The Chairman of the collective farm Sattar Safarov devoted many years to growing cotton. But a new time is coming, and with it another generation of cotton growers. Among them is Safarov's son, a young scientist Murad, who bred an original variety of cotton and wants to sow it in the fields of his native collective farm. Safarov does not dare to experiment. Murad quarrels with his father, but then realizes that he is right. After a while, Murad has the idea of searching for new varieties using a computer. With his friends, the teacher Yamschikov and cyberneticist Timur, Murad begins to make the first experiments…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tg
Release Date: 1974-10-11
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Равняется одному Гафту
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2010-07-01
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They Live Nearby
Overview: Once upon a time, young scientists Kalitin and Danilov were friends, but a quarrel separated them. The circumstances of the quarrel remained unclear to everyone until the end. But everyone thought they were right. Years have passed. Professor Kalitin’s son, working under his leadership, moves to the institute headed by Danilov. Kalitin learns about this decision of Igor on the day of the arrival of his friend and colleague Vasin. On this occasion, old friends gather at the professor’s house, including Luzgin, Kalitin’s boss. Reflections on his life help the professor understand his son’s choice, oppose the unprincipled careerist Luzgin and make peace with Danilov.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-05-06
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Oleg Efremov. For The Theater To Be...
Overview: Oleg Yefremov was one of the most beloved actors and directors in Russia. He was the founder of the Sovremennik (Contemporary) Theatre and later became the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre. The film shows him in a moment of extreme dramatic tension: Yefremov has decided to split the repertory company into two. His aim is to re energize a stagnant group of actors and move them away from an artistic "dead end". The company, split into supporters and detractors discusses the situation on very heated terms. The situation mirrors the overall climate of a country and a society shaken by the changes brought about by perestroika.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1987-05-01
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Born in Siberia...
Overview: The hero of the film is Vasily Zavyalov, a Siberian, the headmaster of the school in Turgus, where he was born and grew up. We have an army and a pedagogical institute behind us. The rural communists respect him and elect him secretary of the district party committee...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1983-05-10
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