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A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and jux...
Acting
Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (August 30, 1934, Bogorodsk – June 11, 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of remarkable intensity and philosophical depth, best known for his collaborations with Andrei Tarkovsky. Born in 1934 in Bogorodsk, he became the face of inner struggle and metaphysical searching in Soviet cinema, most famously portraying Andrei Rublev, the tormented painter of icons, and the introspective Writer in Stalker. Solonitsyn’s performances were marked by a quiet magnetism—his stoic presence and penetrating gaze gave form to Tarkovsky’s spiritual explorations. Though he appeared in a range of Soviet films, his legacy is inseparable from Tarkovsky’s cinema, where he embodied characters wrestling with art, faith, and the weight of history. His life was cut short in 1982 by cancer, yet his work remains timeless—an imprint of the soul etched in celluloid.
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A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and jux...
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal law...
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drif...
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor...
Two reserved people, almost resigned to their loneliness, found each other at the Soviet-era sea resort on the...
During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, t...
The setting is Central Asia during the Russian civil war. In the post-revolutionary twenties, when the power in...
Shot in 1971 but banned until 1986, this distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A...
Based on the novel by Charles de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures...
As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II, mystic Grigori Rasputin holds great influence over the empire. Howeve...
Following the Russian Civil War, a loyal Red, Shilov, must prove he is at home among strangers as he attempts t...
In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of...
A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience...
A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split...
The film is based on a true dramatic story of the fate of a wonderful Russian woman - Countess Yulia Petrovna V...
A film about young architects who are building a new city in Siberia (Norilsk), their anxieties, concerns, and...
The newlyweds return to Moscow after a wonderful sea cruise on the Black Sea. It seems that they will have a ha...
Three novellas based on M. Sholokhov's early stories about the first years of the formation of Soviet power on...
Accountant Sergey Ivanovich is retiring. Finally, he will be able to devote all his free time to his family: he...
Twenty-Six Days in the Life of Dostoyevsky was entered on February 16th at the 1981 Berlin Film Festival to com...
A report from the set of the movie "To Love a Man" directed by S. A. Gerasimov.
A documentary about the making of Andrei Tarkovsky's ANDREI RUBLEV, and Andrei Konchalovsky's THE STORY OF ASYA...
It's time for the reckless guy Simion Cook to join the army. Having joined the airborne troops under the comman...
A story about the first post-war years in Leningrad. The film's protagonist, Maria, a Leningrad native, was lef...
Chess player Sergei Khlobnikov never set winning as his goal in the game. Emotional and averse to pragmatism, h...
A 2-part epic film novel based on the historical life of Khatanbaatar Magsarjav, the legendary Mongolian milita...
A difficult historical period in the life of the Moldovan people, who fought in the 1930s against the yoke of r...
Black public figure Jim Taylor is pursued by the police. He dies from a bullet in the head. In a private clinic...
In the autumn of 1944, contrary to the order of the Nazi command to evacuate to the south, residents of the Nor...
The plot of the film, which tends more towards a psychological drama than a sports and adventure film, is based...
A story about the famous Russian weightlifter Ivan Zaikin, who left the circus arena at the peak of his fame to...
A young engineer Dmitriy Zherekhov who came to the aircraft plant is trying to prove to the director that it is...
Pavel's mother hates his fiancee. When Pavel serves in the Army she writes him that Nastya is no longer faithfu...