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The History of Russian Cinematography
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The spreading of cinematography in Russia.
The demonstration
of the Lumiere
brothers’ film took place in May 1896
in St. Petersburg and Moscow and later in Nizhny Novgorod.
Film making industry developed mainly in Moscow and
St. Petersburg.
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Alexandr Khanzhonkov (1877-1945)
Khanzhonkov founded Russia's first cinema
factory in 1911. He was film studio owner and
shot Russia's first full-length feature film “Defence of Sevastopol”.
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The stars of Russian silent films.
O. Chekhova
Yu. Solntseva
V. Malinovskaya
G. Kravchenko
I. Mozzhukhin
I. Ilyinsky
N. Batalov
M. Narokov
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Vera Kholodnaya (1893-1919)
She was the first star
of Russia's
silent films. She starred in “The Song of
the Triumphant Love”, “Children of the Age”, “The Mirages”, “A Life for a Life”, “A Corpse Living” and “Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent”.
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Vitold Polonski (1879-1919)
A Russian actor was best-known
for his roles in pre-revolutionary films. He played in
“The Mirages”, “Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent”, “The Song of the Triumphant Love”, “Natasha Rostova” and other films.
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Genres of Russian films
historic
screen versions
fairy tales
comedies
The
Defence of Sevastopol
Peter I
Alexander Nevsky
Suvorov
Kutuzov
War and
Peace
Aelita
The Quiet Don
Uncle Vanya
Cinderella
Snow Queen
Morozko
Baba Yaga
The Twelve Chairs
It Can’t Be
Carnival Night
Office Romance
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Alexander Rou (1906-1973)
Best known for his fairy-tales:
By a Wave of the Wand (1938)
Vasilissa the Beautiful (1939)
The Humpbacked Horse (1941)
Kashchey the Deadless (1945)
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
Morozko (1965)
Fire, Water and Copper Trumpets (1968)
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Rolan Bykov (1929-1998)
The famous Russian actor, film
director,
script writer and poet. He shot such films
for children
as: Aibolit 66 (1966)
Attention! The Tortoise (1970)
A Car, a Violin and Dog Klyaksa (1974)
Scarecrow (1983)
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Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986)
A Soviet film director and
screen writer is best known for his works:
Ivan's
Childhood (1962)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Solyaris (1972)
The Mirror (1975)
Stalker (1979)
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Andron Konchalovsky (1937-)
A Russian film director and
screenwriter is
famous for films The First Teacher ( 1965)
Uncle
Vanya ( 1970)
Sibiriada (1978) and others.
He got prizes at several film festivals.
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Nikita Mikhalkov (1945-)
He is a Soviet and
Russian filmmaker, actor,
and head of the Russian Cinematographers‘
Union,
shot such film as Urga (1991), Burnt by the Sun (1994), The Barber of Siberia (1998), 12 (2007) etc. The film Burnt by the Sun received the Grand Prize at Cannes and the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Eldar Ryazanov (1927-)
A Soviet/Russian film director whose
comedies
are very famous throughout the country. The best known
films are:
Carnival Night (1956), Hussar Ballad (1962), Beware of the Car(1966), Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974),The Irony of Fate, (1975), Office Romance (1976),The Garage (1979),Station for Two (1982) etc.
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Leonid Gaidai (1923-1993)
One of the most popular
Soviet
comedy directors.
He is famous for comedies Operation Y and
Other Shurik's Adventures (1965), Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967), The Diamond Arm (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1971), Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession (1973), It Can't Be! (1975) and others.