
Writing
Konstantin Simonov
Born 1915-11-28 · Petrograd, Russian SFSR
Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill (Russian: Константин Михайлович Симонов, 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1915 – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author and a war poet. He was a playwright and a wartime correspondent, most famous for his poem Wait for Me.
Acting credits
NRA film about Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev and his military career.
The Tale of Marshal Konev
1988
NRWar correspondent and poet Konstantin Simonov reminisces about the experiences of Soviet soldiers during WWII.
A Soldier Was Walking...
1975
6.6War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.
Twenty Days Without War
1976
3.7The plot is based on stories by B. Gorbachev: "The Trial of Stepan Grokhot," "Birth on Cucumber Land," "The Merchant Labas," and "The Great Flood." The main circumstance of the plot is five days of blizzard that began immediately after the arrival of a new boss at the Arctic construction site. The time of the action is 1935. A new manager arrives at a construction site that is in a state of crisis.
The Ordinary Arctic
1976
Behind the camera
6.2This literary adaptation was the first Soviet feature length dramatization, as opposed to documentary film, on the momentous Battle of Stalingrad.
Days and Nights
1945
8.0Film about the victory of the Chinese people under the leadership of Mao Tse Tung in the war with the puppet regime of Chiang Kai-shek and the establishment in 1949, the People's Republic of China.
Victory of the Chinese People
1950
5.0A story about a love between a Soviet Army officer and an actress set during the WWII.
The Polynin Case
1970
NRWar correspondent and poet Konstantin Simonov reminisces about the experiences of Soviet soldiers during WWII.
A Soldier Was Walking...
1975
5.2A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times...
Normandy - Neman
1960
4.0No synopsis available yet.
If Your House Means a Thing to You...
1967
6.6War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.
Twenty Days Without War
1976
NRThe action takes place during the Great Patriotic War in one of the divisions that defended Odessa.
Levashov
1963
3.7The plot is based on stories by B. Gorbachev: "The Trial of Stepan Grokhot," "Birth on Cucumber Land," "The Merchant Labas," and "The Great Flood." The main circumstance of the plot is five days of blizzard that began immediately after the arrival of a new boss at the Arctic construction site. The time of the action is 1935. A new manager arrives at a construction site that is in a state of crisis.
The Ordinary Arctic
1976
7.0Based on the stories of the same cycle of Konstantin Simonov, who visited as a war correspondent almost on all fronts of the great Patriotic war.
From Lopatin's Notes
1975
5.0The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War.
In the Name of the Motherland
1943
4.7In June of 1941, at the outset of the Nazi invasion of Russia, a group of Soviet servicemen languidly biding their time at the Brest fortress on the Polish border, are suddenly galvanized into action. All desires to return home to their wives and sweethearts are swept aside as the courageous garrison unites to thwart a common enemy.
The Immortal Garrison
1956
4.5A story of true love set during the WWII.
Wait for Me
1943
NRThe last days of the Second World War in Prague.
Under the Chestnut Trees of Prague
1965
NRJournalist Lopatin always remembers those with whom his roads of war brought him together. Memories of them are an integral part of Lopatin’s thoughts about duty, honor, courage, and camaraderie.
We Will Not See You
1981
Armenians living in Chicago decide to leave the capitalist United States and emigrate to Soviet Armenia after World War II. Unfinished movie.
The Second Caravan
1950