
Acting
Varvara Popova
Born 1899-12-17 · Samara, Russian Empire
Acting credits
NRA satirical comedy with elements of metaphysical horror about religion in rural 1960s Soviet Russia. Notable for using first-person pseudo-documentary "found footage" technique framing the movie as the creation of the protagonist, who is returns to his home village from the city to discover that a local drunk has formed a doomsday cult.
The End of the World
1963
10.0The main protagonists of the film are Katya (Varvara Popova), the daughter of a factory worker and Andrey (Ivan Koval-Samborsky), the son of the former owner of the factory who illegally returns to the USSR to find treasures hidden by his father. The film title refers to the Communist party's appeal, after Lenin's death, to enlarge its membership.
His Call
1925
6.2A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
Father Frost
1965
NRPartially lost.
Bricks
1925
6.4The tragic story of the Karamazov family takes place in a Russian province in the late 19th century. The relations of their father and three brothers are very complicated and contradictory. One of the brothers is accused of killing his father, whom he did not commit. The brothers are unable to help him, and only a loving girl follows him to hard labour.
The Brothers Karamazov
1969
Lost movie. Not to be mistaken with another Mikhail Doronin's movie with the same name.
The Second Wife
1927
6.0Television crews arrive in a fishing area to film a report about fishermen and the advanced farm of Chairman Kalach. On the way, they are intercepted by Senka Lapin and his friends. Their goal is to show the beauty of the amazing Lake Baikal and the monstrous working and living conditions of the fishermen...
Come Back to Baikal
1966
6.6A story about Soviet women and their village set during the years after WWII.
Women Kingdom
1968
8.0A satirical express train sets off on its way. The driver S. Mikhalkov gives a farewell beep ... On the first carriage an inscription - "Summer cottage". The following are 8 short stories ...
Big "Wick"
1964
NRA retired former Master of Marine engines decides to purchase a house by the sea. Dreaming of a quiet and happy retirement life, he moves there with his wife and grandson, Volodya.
Cottage in the Dunes
1963
7.0The end of the civil war. A sailor Alexey Zvorykin is appointed Director of the automobile plant. After training in America at Ford he finishes release of the first Soviet lorry and personally takes part in the international motor rally in Sands of Kara-Kuma which is won by our car.
Director
1969
6.6One day, King Yeremei decides to go on a long hike in order to consider all his areas and compile their register. A well appears on his way home, but as soon as the sovereign bent over him, he was seized by the underwater king Chudo-Yudo and demanded an unusual ransom for his release — that which is in the state of Yeremei, but which he does not know about. The tsar is forced to agree to these conditions, because he thinks that each blade of grass was taken into account in the inventory — he still does not suspect that in his absence the Queen gave birth to him an heir.
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
1970
6.4Year 1947... Yegor Trubnikov is giving all his powers to make life in his own Kolhoz better.
The Chairman
1964
9.5About the first Komsomol members.
Twenty Years Later
1966
7.5Masha Barashkina has extraordinary organizational skills. She helped open a children's hospital, a stadium, and an atelier. And now Barashkina is set to head the consumer services complex "Everything for You."
Everything for You
1965
7.01918 Odessa. German occupiers plunder the city. Sailor Petrus, who has lagged behind the Red Army detachment, saves one of the victims of bandit terror - the girl Marusya... Years have passed. The time has come for peaceful construction in the country. Red commander Petrus and Marusya, who has become a teacher, meet in Moscow in one of the cafes, where both were attracted by the sounds of the popular song “Eh, apple...”, accompanying the adventure of the heroes.
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься
1926
5.8After receiving a slap in the face, Officer Silvio challenges the offending Count to a duel. However, urgent circumstances force the officer to leave, leaving the right to shoot. After many years, on the eve of the Count’s wedding, Silvio returns to demand retaliation.
Shot
1966
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Brandt
1915