Elena Drapeko

Acting

Elena Drapeko

Born 1948-10-29 · Uralsk, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR

Yelena Grigorevna Drapeko (Russian: Еле́на Григо́рьевна Драпе́ко, born 29 September 1948) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1972. She is also a member of the State Duma since 2003.

Acting credits

Karakum, 45° in the Shadow poster
6.3

A movie about the gas mine workers in the scorching hot desert of Karakum, Turkmenistan.

Karakum, 45° in the Shadow

1983

In the Surf poster
8.0

An armed attack on cash messengers is undertaken near a trade center in a small provincial town, an agent of Ministry of Internal Affairs dies in crossfire. A crime investigator major Rovnin (V. Kuznetsov), who appeared to be a close friend of the deceased, comes from Moscow to assist in the investigation. He is astonished at how savagely his friend was shot, as if someone was revenging. Local investigating bodies are convinced that they can manage this and arent too satisfied with the arrival of Moscow expert. They try to handle this as soon as possible, even at the cost of mistake. But the majors task is to find the killer, in spite of the fact that he is left nothing but to hold the investigation by himself.

In the Surf

1990

Zalez na Lunu poster
5.5

Orphans Dimka and Yaroslav live independent lives. Each of them received a one-room apartment from the state, but the guys decided to live together in order to rent out free living space. They record their reckless life on an amateur camera. However, when the work that the state offers doesn't suit them, one of their acquaintances offers his help - he kicks out the non-paying tenant, draws up papers for himself so that the guys can get a loan for a private business, and then ... deceives and sells their apartment. The first test of adulthood turns out to be cruel, but even more severe trials await Dima and Yaroslav ahead...

Zalez na Lunu

2010

Аварийное положение poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Аварийное положение

1973

The Dawns Here Are Quiet poster
7.1

In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

1972

And We Had Silence... poster
6.2

An adult man is recalling his childhood years in North Russia during WWII.

And We Had Silence...

1977

Varenyi's Last Job poster
6.0

After four years, a young freight forwarder Sizuhin suddenly learns that under the guise of shipments of baby food his firm is involved in drug smuggling. Deciding to understand this case, he begins to fight the mafia and seeks help from a professional thief named "Varyoniy".

Varenyi's Last Job

1994

Offered for Singles poster
6.1

Vera Golubeva, a textile worker, lives in a hostel. In her spare time, she arranges the fate of her friends. Although the class is disinterested and informal, Faith comes up to him professionally: working with the press, send out wedding announcements across the Soviet Union carefully selects and grooms. Vera herself is lonely, walking at other people's weddings, forgot to dream of her own family happiness. In a purely female team of the hostel there is a new commandant Viktor Petrovich. At first, he tries to fight with the established order and close the marriage office of Faith. But soon Victor begins to realize that Faith is the very woman he sought all his life…

Offered for Singles

1983

Wormwood is a Bitter Herb poster
7.0

After the war, Trofim returned to his native village from Germany with a girl who had lost her memory in a concentration camp. The care and compassion of the villagers helped the girl to return to a full-blooded life.

Wormwood is a Bitter Herb

1982

A Photo‎ for the ‎Memories poster
NR

A boy falls in love with the girl whose injuries he is responsible for...

A Photo‎ for the ‎Memories

1985

Colonel Zorin Version poster
5.9

Shortly after a daring jewelry store robbery, two murders occur in the city. An experienced investigator suspects that there is a connection between these crimes. But there is no proof. At the same time, the gang leader not only does not think of hiding, but calmly communicates with the investigator in the vacation home. He is sure that he has subtly calculated all the moves, and therefore he is invulnerable.

Colonel Zorin Version

1979

7 Days with a Slavic Beauty poster
7.0

A parody of lawlessness and organized crime, terrorism and murder, violence and sexual assault, adventurous ups and downs.

7 Days with a Slavic Beauty

1996

The Warmest Month poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Warmest Month

1974

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Old Friends

1976

Punchy Man poster
NR

The new young director of the car depot shows energy and the ability to come to an agreement with everyone for the common good, but his principle “you - for me, I - for you” has not yet been approved by the car depot team...

Punchy Man

1980

Window to Paris poster
6.3

Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?

Window to Paris

1993

Женский день poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Женский день

2013

New Scheherazade poster
5.0

Marina met a charming man at the resort, who gave her an unforgettable two hours of love, which remained with him until departure from the airport. Time passes and Marina comes to Leningrad to visit her prince, but he is not at home. Wandering around an unfamiliar city, she ends up with the police. What awaits a beautiful lonely girl in a huge foreign city?

New Scheherazade

1990

The Initiated poster
4.6

Volodya, who lives with his mother in the apartment on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, gets a pre-revolutionary book on magic rituals of Africa. Reading it, Vladimir realizes that he became an owner the supernatural gift – he can kill people by his own will.

The Initiated

1990

A Circle poster
5.4

Police captain Alyoshin is investigating a case related to the theft of opium at a chemical factory warehouse and everything suggests that the offender must be sought among the employees. One of them is familiar to Alyoshin in another matter but despite being confident in his honesty, Alyoshin suspects something is wrong.

A Circle

1972

Mushroom Rain poster
6.5

The staff of the printing house went to the whole team for mushrooms. As they set out on their way back, they noticed that one woman was missing. Colleagues easily believed that she had left earlier in a passing car, and drove home themselves. In fact, the woman stayed in the forest.

Mushroom Rain

1982

Zwischen Nacht und Tag poster
8.0

Episodes from the life of German poet and communist Erich Weiner: his stay in Paris, participation in the Spanish Civil War, years of exile in Russia. Moscow, May 1941. Children play in the sun, young people fall in love, make plans for their future. German emigrants, including 50-year-old Erich, are concerned about events in their homeland and sense impending disaster...

Zwischen Nacht und Tag

1975

White Road poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

White Road

1975

First Cavalry poster
5.7

The movie takes us back to the times of the Civil War, when the young Soviet power was defended by the first heroes of this terrible internecine war. Red commanders Semyon Budyonny and Kliment Voroshilov managed to gather an entire army of "red cavalrymen" - thus began the history of the campaigns "through valleys and up hills" of the legendary First Cavalry Army.

First Cavalry

1984