Viktor Demertash

Acting

Viktor Demertash

Born — Died

1947-06-15 — 2019-12-25

Place of birth

Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Known for

Captain Nemo poster
7.0

A Soviet three-part television miniseries directed by Vasily Levin loosely based on the novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Captain Nemo

1976

No artwork available
NR

Egor, a Ukrainian MMA fighter, is wrongly convicted of the murder of his trainer, and upon release from prison he sets out to find those truly responsible. Along the way he falls in love with his boss's mistress, putting them both in danger ahead of the biggest fight of his life.

The Big Fight

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Roxelana poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Roxelana

1997

Captain of the Pilgrim poster
6.1

Junga Dick Sands takes the place of the dead captain and brings the Pilgrim ship to Africa, and not to America, as the vile villain and slave trader Negoro put an ax under the compass. So the fifteen-year-old captain, the wife of the shipowner with his young son, the professor and the crew were captured by the villains who profit from living goods.

Captain of the Pilgrim

1987

A Story of the Forest: Mavka poster
5.9

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.

A Story of the Forest: Mavka

1980

Don't Wake a Sleeping Dog poster
6.7

After coming out of jail a sneak thief "Chibis" plans a big afaire.

Don't Wake a Sleeping Dog

1991

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

1990s · 8 titles

Don't Wake a Sleeping Dog poster
6.7

After coming out of jail a sneak thief "Chibis" plans a big afaire.

Don't Wake a Sleeping Dog

1991

Swan Lake: The Zone poster
6.2

A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict and woman worker; which is spoilt by the woman's jealous young son. The convict is then forced to undergo a tragic bid for freedom which ends with the beauty of swans contrasted with the imprisoned convicts and the hopeful but ultimately tragic wait by the woman for her lover.

Swan Lake: The Zone

1990

Captain Blood: His Odyssey poster
6.9

After being wrongly convicted as a traitor, Peter Blood, an English physician, is sent to exile in the British colonies of the Caribbean, where he becomes a pirate.

Captain Blood: His Odyssey

1992

We Are Men! poster
4.3

The collection of miniatures. The first is called "Glasses" and it deals with how a man with poor eyesight once ordered the glasses at his wife’s insistance. His sight came back to him, and with it the ability to see what dowdy and ugly his wife is and how uncomfortable their house is. In such a situation, he chose not to wear glasses. Thumbnails "Othello" and "Big and small" are also about the relationship between men and women.

We Are Men!

1992

Spirits of Hell poster
NR

Near the Black Sea, a rich scoundrel hired a gang of local hooligans, who killed two young men and a girl for fun, hiding the bodies in an ancient cave. The spirit dwelling in the cave resurrected the young men and endowed them with magical powers and the fire of justice. After that, the boys joined the fight against evil...

Spirits of Hell

1992

No artwork available
5.0

По мотивам романа Александра Звягинцева "Русский Рэмбо". Афганистан 1986 г. Офицер-десантник Игорь Скворцов по прозвищу Скиф сразу после свадьбы уезжает служить в Афганистан. При первой возможности жена Ольга едет к мужу. Во время одной из военных операций в горах Скиф находит захоронение старинных золотых украшений. Вернувшись в часть и узнав о том, что моджахеды похитили его молодую жену напав на автобус и убив двух сопровождающих. Несмотря на грозящий трибунал, Скворцов угоняет боевой вертолет и устремляется на поиски любимой...

Dezertir

1997

From the Life of Ostap Vyshnya poster
NR

Biographical film of the most dramatic period in the life of the famous Ukrainian writer Ostap Vyshnya, who in the 1930s was repressed by the Russian authorities and exiled to Siberia. Faithful wife and assistant Varvara Maslyuchenko shared his fate and followed her husband into exile.

From the Life of Ostap Vyshnya

1991

Doping for Angels poster
9.0

You dreamed of an angel at night, and in the morning you found a gift under your door. And no matter how real the dream may seem, this gift is more likely from a cunning seducer, and the Angel has nothing to do with it. And if you are also an incorruptible auditor, there will always be some cunning tempter who will try to make sure that you stop dreaming about Angels at night...

Doping for Angels

1990

1980s · 7 titles

Captain of the Pilgrim poster
6.1

Junga Dick Sands takes the place of the dead captain and brings the Pilgrim ship to Africa, and not to America, as the vile villain and slave trader Negoro put an ax under the compass. So the fifteen-year-old captain, the wife of the shipowner with his young son, the professor and the crew were captured by the villains who profit from living goods.

Captain of the Pilgrim

1987

A Story of the Forest: Mavka poster
5.9

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.

A Story of the Forest: Mavka

1980

Prince Danylo Halytskyi poster
3.3

XIII century. Prince Daniel of Galicia returned from the Horde, where he graciously have allowed to rule in Galicia in exchange for recognition his submission to Khan. But he can not accept the humiliation. He begins to prepare for war with the hordes of Batu, who conquered many Russian principalities. The Hungarian king, Lithuanians and Poles promised to support Daniel, but Pope Innocent IV refuses to lend a hand. Daniel's army is compelled to reflect the invasion of nomads herself.

Prince Danylo Halytskyi

1987

F-Mark 'with deceit' poster
6.5

A story about six-graders competing with another classes for a school championship.

F-Mark 'with deceit'

1984

The Legend of Princess Olga poster
6.7

The film is a poetic adaptation of a series of stories (oral and written) about Princess Olha of Kyivan Rus' (Ukraine-Rusʹ) at the start of the 11th century. Inspired by chronicles and folk legends this is a story of a common girl Olha who married Prince Ihor and became his successor on the throne after his murder and one of the most remarkable political leaders in early medieval European history. She converted to Christianity and brought her realm into Europe.

The Legend of Princess Olga

1984

Cargo With No Markings poster
4.7

The assistant captain of a foreign merchant ship, Chief, contacts an international drug cartel. He agrees to transport a large shipment of drugs in unmarked containers. The markings will be added later, only at the shipper's request. Unexpectedly, the ship has to call at a Soviet port to refuel.

Cargo With No Markings

1984

Straw Bells poster
10.0

Vasyl Vilgota raised two sons. One of them died on the fronts of the Second World War, defending the homeland, and the second served as Hilfspolizei. Vilgota himself also helped the Nazis. Although he carefully hides this fact of his biography, there is one man who knows the truth about him.

Straw Bells

1987

1970s · 9 titles

Captain Nemo poster
6.5

For several years as a terrible sea monster drowns ships of the Navy. In a small number of ships that managed to survive, in the sides were found huge holes triangular shape. Now any exit to the sea is deadly, so America sends a special frigate called Blue Star. His goal is to find and destroy the terrible monster. One of the participants of the punitive expedition is a famous Professor from France – Pierre Aronnax. He has a deep knowledge of the mysteries of the deep sea. The search for the monster continues for more than three months, but in the end, the frigate still detects it and immediately starts the attack mode. After an unsuccessful battle with the monster ship goes to the bottom, and the Professor, his servant Conseil and whaler Ned Land get on a submarine and make an amazing journey under water.

Captain Nemo

1975

Soft-Boiled Boots poster
4.0

The film is based on the stories Anton Chekhov. It is a tribute to the actor Boris Andreyev. He plays a major role that keeps up for the duration of the film. Lively and intelligent Valery Spout largely mitigates underline the drama of the protagonist, while Michael Sveta's role, though small, is bright and memorable.

Soft-Boiled Boots

1978

Shattered Sky poster
NR

1918. A group of Russian aviators who had been training in France return to Russia and join the White Army. However, two pilots soon switch sides and fight in the Red Army's first aviation unit.

Shattered Sky

1979

What a Smile You Got poster
7.5

Sergey Savinov, a yesterday's schoolboy, who failed at his entry exams, is at the crossroads. Where to go to work? After working as a stand-by in a local recreation-and-entertainment park, he tries himself as a proof-reader in typography, a laboratory assistant in a plant and exhausts all his stock of photos for passes. To replenish it, he heads for a nearest photo saloon, and makes a conclusion, that his calling, which he long considered as a hobby, is photography. A work which brings so much happiness both to him and to other people.

What a Smile You Got

1974

Countermeasure poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Countermeasure

1975

Marina poster
7.0

A film based on the early stories of Boris Lavrenev. During the early years of the revolutionary movement, Second Lieutenant Izvolsky, a front-line soldier who is increasingly sympathetic to the underground revolutionaries, falls in love with the beautiful fisherwoman Marina. This romantic love, along with his interactions with the underground revolutionaries, further strengthens his commitment to the revolutionaries.

Marina

1974

Rain in a Foreign City poster
7.0

Based on the novel of the same name by Daniil Granin. Engineer Chizhegov often travels on business to a small town, where he meets a woman who reciprocates his feelings. The protagonist faces a difficult problem: he is married, and his family lives in Leningrad. Unable to make a final decision and afraid of losing his beloved, he commits a despicable act. His remorse comes too late—Chizhegov loses the woman who was truly dear to him forever.

Rain in a Foreign City

1979

Five Seconds Before Disaster poster
NR

A perfect perpetual material is created that will help humanity to reduce costs of building houses, bridges and roads.

Five Seconds Before Disaster

1978

The Tale of a Woman poster
NR

The film tells the story of a woman, Natalka Nechay, who works as a rolling mill operator. Her personal life hasn't worked out — she's separated from her husband. Her adult children are also facing difficulties: her son has divorced his wife, and her daughter, who is supposed to be preparing for her exams, has decided to get married...

The Tale of a Woman

1975

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