Boris Grebenshchikov

Acting

Boris Grebenshchikov

Born

1953-11-27 (72)

Place of birth

Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Boris Borisovich Grebenshchikov (Russian: Бори́с Бори́сович Гребенщико́в; born 27 November 1953), stage name Boris Grebenshikov, also known as Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov, is one of the most prominent members of the generation which is widely considered the "founding fathers" of Russian rock music. Due as much to his personal contribution as to the undisputed and lasting success of his main effort, the band Aquarium (active since 1972 until today), he is a household name in Russia and much of the former Soviet Union. Grebenshchikov is frequently colloquially referred to as BG (Russian: БГ) (pronounced "Beh-Geh") after his initials. He is often called the 'Grandfather of Russian Rock'. (W…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

Мирные огоньки - 2024 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Мирные огоньки - 2024

2023

BG - Live From Studio De L'Ermitage poster
NR

In an exclusive concert for VotVot, the master visits the most diverse periods of his legendary discography.

BG - Live From Studio De L'Ermitage

2023

Мирные огоньки - 2026 poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Мирные огоньки - 2026

2025

The Critic poster
NR

The life story of the legendary music critic, journalist, TV and radio host Artemy Troitsky, who for many years has been recognized as a musical authority not only in Russia, but also beyond its borders.

The Critic

2020

Rock Beyond poster
NR

The film "Rock Beyond" is dedicated to Viktor Tsoi, Boris Grebenshchikov and Sergei Kuryokhin, who became the Main Heroes of Russian rock in the 1980s and 1990s. The authors strive to show the atmosphere and energy of those years, as well as the opinion of modern young people about Rock culture before they were born.

Rock Beyond

2021

The House Concert Of Boris Grebenshikov poster
NR

Home concert by Boris Grebenshchikov from London, where the musician was caught in quarantine. The audience will hear both time-tested favorite hits and new songs. Kvartirnik as a format of musical direction appeared in the period of the USSR, when musicians gathered in the apartments of friends and arranged improvised concerts, mainly in the rock style. Boris Grebenshchikov, one of the founders of the format, together with other then – beginning performers, and today – already legends of Russian rock-arranged apartment parties and sang his songs, which eventually became part of the "Golden Collection" of Russian music. Well! Again "Kvartirnik"– now on a different occasion, but with the same energy!

The House Concert Of Boris Grebenshikov

2020

2000s · 8 titles

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin poster
6.5

In August 1962, director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film in Liverpool's Cavern Club with a raw and unrecorded group of rockers called the Beatles. He arranged their first live TV appearances on a local show in Manchester and watched as the Fab Four phenomenon swept the world. Twenty-five years later while making films in Russia, Woodhead became aware of how, even though they were never able to play in the Soviet Union, the Beatles' legend had soaked into the lives of a generation of kids. This film meets the Soviet Beatles generation and hears their stories about how the Fab Four changed their lives, including Putin's deputy premier Sergei Ivanov, who explains how the Beatles helped him learn English and showed him another life. (Storyville)

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

2009

Nautilus Pompilius: Музыка под водой poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nautilus Pompilius: Музыка под водой

2002

You Just Want to Know poster
NR

Concert-film about the work of Russian musician Viktor Tsoy.

You Just Want to Know

2006

Аквариум - 30 лет poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Аквариум - 30 лет

2002

Аквариум - Тур poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Аквариум - Тур

2007

Tender Age poster
5.5

A movie which at first seems like a simple life story of an ordinary young man slowly evolves into an extraordinarily told ballade with twofold meaning - sad and optimistic at the same time...

Tender Age

2000

40:0 в пользу БГ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

40:0 в пользу БГ

2006

Bashlachev. The Flight of Death poster
NR

A documentary film about the life and early death of Russian singer and songwriter Aleksandr Bashlachev through the eyes of his friends, family members and other representatives of rock music scene.

Bashlachev. The Flight of Death

2005

1990s · 7 titles

A Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, a Red Rose an Emblem of Love poster
6.4

The story happens mainly around "The Old Arbat Street" in the center of Moscow, where always concentrate vendors, poor young artists and musicians. The hero of this film is a boy named Mitiya,who lives with eccentric elder friend in an apartment house on "The Old Arbat". In fact, people who then appear around Mitiya are all unique, eccentric and the space of the apartment house begins to have an unrealistic character as a miniature of unstable society in the end of Soviet Union.

A Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, a Red Rose an Emblem of Love

1990

Red On Red poster
NR

A documentary about the Soviet Union history, "Aquarium" music sounds behind the scenes.

Red On Red

1990

Макаревич - Гребенщиков "20 лет спустя" poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Макаревич - Гребенщиков "20 лет спустя"

1996

Over the Dark Water poster
4.8

Leningrad; 60th years; white nights. Walking on Neva Embankment, the charming provincial has met three friends: poet, artist and film director. And each of young people has suggested to marry him.

Over the Dark Water

1993

The Mitki Don't Want to Conquer the World or Mitki-Mayer poster
NR

How evil capitalist Mr. Mayer broke with his bourgeois past after meeting Mitki art group.

The Mitki Don't Want to Conquer the World or Mitki-Mayer

1992

Two Captains II poster
4.8

The beginning of the 20th century. The recklessness of fanatics is pushing humanity towards the abyss. A revolution begins in Russia. Crazy Dr. Farkus induces an orgasm of inanimate matter. White Moroccan dwarfs are becoming active. A second Sun appears in the sky. In this difficult environment, captains selflessly confront the forces of chaos, maintaining the cosmic balance of history.

Two Captains II

1992

Аквариум - 25 лет poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Аквариум - 25 лет

1997

1980s · 12 titles

Rock Around the Kremlin poster
NR

French television documentary which tells the French audience about what rock music was in the Soviet Union. Appearances: band "Кино" Boris Grebenshchikov, Sergey Kuryokhin, band "Секрет", Stas Namin, Artemy Troitsky and Alla Pugacheva.

Rock Around the Kremlin

1985

The Long Way Home poster
6.0

A documentary about Boris Grebenshikov, frontman of the legendary Russian art-rock band Akvarium ("Аквариум"). It was filmed as part of promo campaign for his own first album released in English and recorded with Eurythmics.

The Long Way Home

1989

Soviet Rock poster
NR

Documentary for Finnish television about Spring Rhythms ("Весенние ритмы") — one of the first official rock festivals in USSR. It took place in Tbilisi, from 8 to 16 March of 1980. The festival was organised by famous music journalist Artemiy Troitskiy with the cooperation of Georgian government. The "Аквариум" band was taken off scene because of their provocative conduct. In 1981 the official tracklist album was released.

Soviet Rock

1980

Let's rock-n-roll poster
NR

Documentary film for german TV about rock music in Soviet Union. Featuring: "Мистер Твистер", "Ва-Банкъ", "Чудо-Юдо", "Женская Болезнь", "Ночной Проспект", "Аквариум", "Ноль", "Аукцыон", "Телевизор", "АВИА", "Звуки Му". In 1989 an album with recorded soundtrack was released.

Let's rock-n-roll

1989

Rock poster
5.9

Documentary — featuring both interviews and live footage — about underground rock music in Russia, during the last years of the Perestroika.

Rock

1988

Calm Me Down poster
NR

A chronicle of the beginning of the century, images and people, are shown while Boris Grebenshchikov performs Vertinsky's romances.

Calm Me Down

1989

Thirst poster
NR

The equipment is in a dark room, the lights are flashing. The hand turns the adjustment knob. The sun shines through the arched openings of the palace windows, "Aquarium" music sounds behind the scenes.

Thirst

1988

Dialogues poster
4.0

The film is based on the concert of "Pop Mechanics" under the direction of Sergey Kuryokhin.

Dialogues

1986

Yahha poster
5.2

A kaleidoscopic living diary of the underground rock scene in Leningrad just before perestroika.

Yahha

1986

Choir on Its Own poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Choir on Its Own

1988

From Russia with Rock poster
8.0

A Finnish documentary about the feelings of a rock generation in the Soviet Union during Gorbachev's regime: the film follows underground bands' rise to publicity, the country's first "official" rock festival called the Moscow Rock Panorama-87 and the rocket-like ascent of Uralian Nautilus Pompilius into the starry sky of Soviet rock. Also appearing: "Аквариум", "Авиа", "Телевизор", "Браво", "Ва Банкъ", "Бригада С", "Новая Коллекция", "Мистер Твистер", "Круиз", "Нюанс", "Альянс", Uriah Heep.

From Russia with Rock

1988

Ivanov poster
9.0

A short movie and university exercise filmed in 1981.

Ivanov

1981

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