
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nikolay Pavlovich Okhlopkov (15 May 1900 – 8 January 1967) was a Soviet actor and theatre director who patterned his work after Meyerhold. He was born in Irkutsk, Siberia and started his acting career there in 1918. Since 1930, he directed the Realistic Theatre in Moscow, although his directing style was hardly realistic: he was the first to place spectators...
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Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.

The major oil pipeline construction is going on under heavy bombings by the Nazi Air-Force. The construction workers must work under dangerous conditions around-the-clock in order to deliver oil to the Armies on the front-line. The construction manager Batmanov resolves many problems.

Alexey Meresyev was a fighter pilot during the war. One day he was shot down by Nazis, and because of his wounds both of his legs had to be cut off up to his knees. Because of his spirit and courage, Alexey was able to overcome his disability. He learned not only to walk on his artificial limps, but even dance and fly the plane again. Based on a real-life story.

Memories of the old Baltic sailor who participated in a revolution and a few wars...

A biopic about Prince Kutuzov, the defeater of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Historical-revolutionary film about Lenin’s activities in the first years after the Great October Revolution in Russia.

When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.

Commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, Lenin in October was the first of Russian director Mikhail Romm's tributes to the Marxist visionary who helped orchestrate the insurrection of October, 1917.

An American engineer, consulting on a Soviet construction project, inspires a backward and timid new foreman to learn better about his job, assert himself, solve problems and inspire his own men to bring the job in ahead of schedule.
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