Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since childhood, he studied literature, arts, and music, and enjoyed a special atmosphere of his father's circle. He studied music at Lvov College of Music, graduating in 1961 as orchestral conductor, then studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical school in Moscow, graduating in 1966 as an actor. In 1966, he made his film debut in 'Kto vernetsa - dolyubit' by director Leonid Osyka. Khmelnitsky shot to popularity with roles in _Sofiya Perovskaya (1967)_ by director Lev Arnshtam, and in _Krasnaya palatka (1970)_. In the USSR, he was best known as Robin Hood in Strely Robin Guda (1975), and later reprized the role in The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983). From 1964 to 1984 Khmelnitsky was a member of the troupe under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. There his stage partners were Vladimir Vysotskiy, Leonid Filatov, Venyamin Smekhov, Alla Demidova, Zinaida Slavina, Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Boris Galkin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Nina Shatskaya, Leonid Yarmolnik, and other notable Russian actors. During the 60s and 70s, Khmelnitsky played leading roles in Taganka productions, such as 'Pugachev' and 'Master i Margarita', a stage adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. He also wrote music for several Taganka productions. Boris Khmelnitsky enjoyed recognition in the former Soviet Union, and was part of the intellectual milieu known as "the 60s generation." He was designated People's Actor of Russia (2000). He died of a chronic illness on February 16, 2008, and was laid to rest next to his parents in Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his ex-wife Marianna Vertinskaya and their daughter Darya Khmelnitskaya.

  • Title: Boris Khmelnitsky
  • Popularity: 2.3559
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1940-06-27
  • Place of Birth: Voroshilov, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR
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  • Also Known As: Boris Khmelnitskiy, Борис Хмельницкий, Boriss Hmeļņickis
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Boris Khmelnitsky Movies

  • 1969
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    The Red Tent

    The Red Tent

    6 1969 HD

    Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

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  • 1978
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    Hatred

    Hatred

    1 1978 HD

    Bolshevik coup. Dying, old Bulyga decided to reconcile his sons, whose paths had diverged at the beginning of the revolution. That's why he called them. But the meeting of his brothers did not make him happy - they were deeply harboring enmity against each other. They buried their father. As soon as they left the village, a detachment broke into the village and began to rampage. And then the brothers rushed after the gang....

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  • 1987
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    Ten Days That Shook the World

    Ten Days That Shook the World

    1 1987 HD

    A folk performance in two acts with pantomime, buffoonery, and shooting, performed by the troupe of the Drama and Comedy Theater on Taganka.

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  • 1995
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    Jonathan of the Bears

    Jonathan of the Bears

    5.8 1995 HD

    A young boy witnesses his parents' murder. Later, as he grows up, he befriends a bear in the wilderness and the chief of a local Indian tribe, and he stays with the Indians, but makes an enemy of the chief's son. As he enters adulthood he sets out to find the men responsible for his parents' deaths.

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  • 1992
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    Murder at Sunshine-Manor

    Murder at Sunshine-Manor

    1 1992 HD

    Professor Ian Drummond, whose new invention was of interest to the Russians and Americans, is murdered at his Sunshine Menor mansion in full attendance. The writer Joe Alex, who arrived on the eve of the murder together with actress Sarah, and detective Ben Parker, before figuring out the true killer, will suspect in the crime each of those present, because each had a reason for it and there was evidence against each of them.

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  • 1969
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    Prince Igor

    Prince Igor

    2 1969 HD

    Based on opera "Prince Igor" by Borodin.

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  • 1976
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    The Arrows of Robin Hood

    The Arrows of Robin Hood

    6.2 1976 HD

    With a traditional archery contest, the winner wins a silver arrow with gold lace and gold feathers. Even Robin Hood, although unrecognizable, takes part in this competition. As more and more participants are losing and Robin Hood eventually wins the award, his masquerade reveals. For none of the participants is as handy with a bow and an arrow like Robin Hood. With the help of his coolness and his friends Robin Hood may escape the dangerous situation.

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  • 1982
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    The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe

    The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe

    6.3 1982 HD

    Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favor with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart. The story is set in 1194, after the failure of the Third Crusade, when many of the Crusaders were still returning to their homes in Europe. King Richard, who had been captured by Leopold of Austria on his return journey to England, was believed to still be in captivity.

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  • 1996
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    The Career of Arturo Ui

    The Career of Arturo Ui

    1 1996 HD

    When the powerful of this world give a small scoundrel the opportunity to become a big scoundrel - how many opportunities there are for a funny comedy...

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  • 1997
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    Mozart in St. Petersburg

    Mozart in St. Petersburg

    7 1997 HD

    St. Petersburg banter on the topic of Mozart’s stay in present-day St. Petersburg. Mozart loved Salieri very much. Together they messed around in a tavern. However, Mozart never drank with Salieri - he offered his glass to one of his friends. Friends were very unhappy...

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  • 1993
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    The Hetman's Jewels

    The Hetman's Jewels

    8 1993 HD

    The film takes place in 1659 when Bohdan Khmelnytsky's son Yuri took power from Hetman Vyhovsky. Supporters of Bohdan Khmelnytsky are trying to help his daughter Olena to save her father's regalia - the symbol of Hetman's power and independence of Ukraine.

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  • 1985
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    The Black Arrow

    The Black Arrow

    3 1985 HD

    Adventurous movie based on classical Robert Louis Stevenson novel.

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  • 1986
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    Interception

    Interception

    4.2 1986 HD

    A top American spy is in charge of a delicate mission. The USA plans to infiltrate several U-boats in the sea of Vladivostok, however they need the soviet surveillance satellite to stay 'blind' for a couple of hours, so this spy is sent to damage the antenna for the satellite. Everything was planned accurately. But the CIA never counted on the relentless pursuit of a frontier guard who sees the spy's parachute on landing.

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  • 1968
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    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    6.8 1968 HD

    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.

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  • 2009
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    Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

    Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

    5.188 2009 HD

    Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.

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  • 1980
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    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    5.8 1980 HD

    Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love breaks the spell, but Kilina curses the nymph, transforming her into a weeping willow. This beautiful and tragic story is based on a play written in 1912 by Lesya Ukrainka, a Ukrainian poet, writer and political, civil and female activist, and includes mythological characters taken from Ukrainian folklore.

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  • 1991
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    The Caravan Of Death

    The Caravan Of Death

    4 1991 HD

    Afghanistan, 1989 - Soviet troops have left Afghanistan, but some Afghan leaders believe that the war is still going on. They have a special order - to destroy a regiment of Russian border guards in Tadzhikistan.

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  • 1989
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    Beybars

    Beybars

    1 1989 HD

    The first part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. XIII century. Equal to God, Sultan Beybars — the ruler of Egypt, who has the largest fleet in the Mediterranean, crushed the Crusader troops and countless hordes of Genghis Khan’s descendant – recalls the life path he passed before ascending to the throne of the ruler.

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  • 1989
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    Sultan Beybars

    Sultan Beybars

    1 1989 HD

    The second part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. XIII century. Equal to God, Sultan Beybars — the ruler of Egypt, who has the largest fleet in the Mediterranean, crushed the Crusader troops and countless hordes of Genghis Khan's descendant – recalls the life path he passed before ascending to the throne of the ruler.

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  • 1990
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    The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard

    The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard

    2.5 1990 HD

    France, XV century. The young Scot, striving to make his worthy efforts, is kindly treated by the king and admitted to the guard. Soon the king entrusts him with a difficult mission - however, the matter turns into an insidious deception. Saving his beloved, the shooter of the guard shows miracles of courage and nobility ...

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  • 2004
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    The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga

    The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga

    0.5 2004 HD

    The first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Tells the story of pagan Rus' during the time of Prince Igor, his murder by the Drevlyans, Olga's revenge, Olga's repentance and adoption of Christianity.

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  • 1973
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    Defying Everybody

    Defying Everybody

    4.8 1973 HD

    The movie takes us through the trials and tribulations of Petar I Petrovic, the man who united Montenegro in the 18th century and led them in the Battle of Krusi against a huge Turkish army to return victorious and pave the first path towards economic development.

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  • 1968
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    Love Awaits Those Who Return

    Love Awaits Those Who Return

    5.8 1968 HD

    Follows a young soldier and poet at the beginning of World War II in 1941. After being wounded while trying to save his commander, he finds himself behind enemy lines and goes through an arduous journey of survival and trials as he makes his way to a partisan detachment. Throughout his ordeal, the soldier reads poems by wartime poets.

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  • 1989
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    Tragedy, Rock Style

    Tragedy, Rock Style

    4.4 1989 HD

    Vitya is a teenage rock-music and motorbike fanatic whose father is arrested for embezzlement. Vitya is devastated, and in this state of shock he falls prey to a supposed mystic called Cassius.

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  • 1991
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    Cocktail Mirage

    Cocktail Mirage

    1 1991 HD

    A sentimental story with a detective plot about a poor artist who decided to earn extra money in a cafe.

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  • 1979
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    Savage Hunt of King Stakh

    Savage Hunt of King Stakh

    5.1 1979 HD

    A mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends…

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  • 1989
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    Comedy of Lysistrata

    Comedy of Lysistrata

    3.444 1989 HD

    Lysistrata led the women of ancient Greece in forcing men to stop the war, that was devastating the land for 21 years. At secret assembly of the women delegates from both sides of the conflict, Lysistrata declared: "We must refrain from the male altogether - till the men come to terms of peace". Her instruction to every wife or mistress was to refuse all sexual favors whatsoever, and sit prettily dressed in best transparent silks, till the men yield to peace.

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  • 1989
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    Savraska

    Savraska

    1 1989 HD

    A young boy nick-named Savraska after his last name (Savrasov) is desperately trying to get money for the March 8th presents to his mother and his classmate Serafima.

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  • 1968
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    Sofiya Perovskaya

    Sofiya Perovskaya

    8 1968 HD

    A biopic, looking at one of the major leaders of the assassination of Czar Alexander II.

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  • 1981
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    The Black Triangle

    The Black Triangle

    8.5 1981 HD

    Soviet television feature film of 1981, a three-part historical detective. In January 1918, one of the most notorious crimes of the first years of the Revolution took place - the Patriarchal sacristy of the Moscow Kremlin was robbed. The investigation is conducted by the young Soviet police in cooperation with an "old-regime" investigator-professional. But the unique diamonds and icon frames seem to have fallen through the ground. The investigators have only one thread - dropped by someone under the windows of the sacristy snuff box with the family coat of arms Messmerov.

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  • 1980
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    Antarctic Tale

    Antarctic Tale

    7 1980 HD

    The events of the film take place in the early sixties of the XX century, when the exploration of Antarctica was just beginning and the ice continent was full of secrets and mysteries. A group of polar explorers, before being sent to their homeland, is given the task of re-preserving the Vostok intracontinental station.

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  • 1971
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    And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning

    And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning

    7 1971 HD

    A drama based on Boris Lavrenev's play "The Rift", telling about the participation of Baltic Fleet sailors in the Bolshevik coup of 1917.

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  • 1973
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    Sing a Song, Poet

    Sing a Song, Poet

    3.7 1973 HD

    About the life and work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, his connection with his native country, its people and nature. Childhood, love, painful searches for his place in the new, revolutionary Russia — everything found a place in Yesenin's lyrics. Frames illustrating Yesenin's poetry and poems are side by side in the film with episodes of the poet's biography: the film reflects the days of his stay in America, World War I, revolution and village round dances, a daring uncle, a wise mother...

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  • 1973
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    Peterss

    Peterss

    9 1973 HD

    The film is dedicated to Dzerzhinsky's closest associate, the revolutionary Yakov Peters. The film tells about the events related to the uprising of the Socialist Revolutionaries in Moscow in 1918 and the activities of Boris Savinkov's underground.

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  • 1970
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    An Ordinary History

    An Ordinary History

    4.3 1970 HD

    A young provincial, Aleksander Aduev, moves to St. Petersburg to live with his pragmatic uncle, where he experiences the collapse of his romantic ideals.

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  • 1986
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    The Life and Immortality of Sergei Lazo

    The Life and Immortality of Sergei Lazo

    9 1986 HD

    About the life of civil War hero Sergei Lazo, from the day of his baptism to the last minute.

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  • 1979
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    A Certificate of Poverty

    A Certificate of Poverty

    1 1979 HD

    The story of the exposure by criminal investigation officers of a gang of criminals who steal and sell Soviet watch parts containing precious metals to foreigners. The plot centers on a duel between two heroes: a young, brave and charming investigator and a cold-blooded bandit villain named Krest.

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  • 1984
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    The Comic Lover, or The Amorous Adventures of Sir John Falstaff

    The Comic Lover, or The Amorous Adventures of Sir John Falstaff

    1 1984 HD

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  • 2004
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    Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun

    Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun

    1 2004 HD

    The second part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". The film depicts the life and reign of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich of Kiev, known in legends as Vladimir the Red Sun. The story begins in 972 AD, after the death of his father, Grand Prince Svyatoslav, which ignites a power struggle among Vladimir and his brothers. The film emphasizes that Russian princes only succeeded when they maintained good relations with the Bulgars and other steppe nations. It also depicts Vladimir's reflection on his rise to power upon receiving the book "The Ladder" in 1005, ten years after his conversion to Christianity.

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  • 1989
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    Etudes on Vrubel

    Etudes on Vrubel

    1 1989 HD

    Film about the painter Mikhail Vrubel's years in Kyiv, from a Sergei Parajanov script.

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  • 2007
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    One Love of My Soul

    One Love of My Soul

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1984
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    Password "Hotel Regina"

    Password "Hotel Regina"

    1 1984 HD

    The task of the Chekists fighting the Turkestan counter-revolutionary gang is to eliminate the conspiracy of the TMO (Turkestan Military Organization), uniting former tsarist officers, Basmachi and British interventionists. The chekist Rasul Khusanbekov, disguised as the millionaire Kurbasov, who hates the Soviet government, gains the confidence of General Krasovsky and enlists in his detachment...

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  • 1981
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    At the Beginning of Glorious Days

    At the Beginning of Glorious Days

    8 1981 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Trial in Ershovka

    The Trial in Ershovka

    1 1987 HD

    In the village club of Ershovka, a trial is underway against Yakov Vorobyov, who is accused of intentionally setting fire to the forest. Gradually, the trial turns into a public gathering, where the villagers openly discuss the rampant alcoholism that plagues their community.

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  • 1971
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    The Retribution

    The Retribution

    1 1971 HD

    The basis of the play is the eponymous poem and the poems of Alexander Blok.

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  • 1972
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    Poems About the Beautiful Lady

    Poems About the Beautiful Lady

    1 1972 HD

    Poems by A. Blok, letters and memoirs of L.D. Mendeleeva-Blok, excerpts from V. Orlov's book "Paths and Destinies" are heard.

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  • 1982
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    A Person Changes Skin

    A Person Changes Skin

    7 1982 HD

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  • 1985
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    In Search of Captain Grant

    In Search of Captain Grant

    7.7 1985 HD

    Lord and Lady Glenarvan found a bottle in the ocean. This bottle contained a letter from Captain Grant that he and two of his sailors had survived a disaster at sea and need help. Unfortunately, the letter was damaged by water, and the latitude is known (37 degrees), but not the longitude. The Glenarvans decide to find Captain Grant.

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