Lyudmila Petrushevskaya

Writing

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya

Born 1938-05-26 · Moscow, USSR (Russia)

Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya (born 26 May 1938) is a Russian writer, novelist, painter, singer, screenwriter and playwright. She began her career writing and putting on plays, which were often censored by the Soviet government, and following perestroika, published a number of well-respected works of prose. She is best known for her plays, novels, including 'The Time: Night' (1992), and collections of short stories, notably 'There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby'. In 2017, she published a memoir, 'The Girl from the Metropol Hotel'. She is considered one of Russia's premier living literary figures, having been compared in style to Anton Chekhov and in influence to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Her works have won a number of accolades, including the Russian Booker Prize, the Pushkin Prize, and the World Fantasy Award.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Tale of Tales poster
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Distant, well-worn memories of childhood are inhabited by a little gray wolf. Through astonishing imagery, the memory of all of Russia is depicted.

Tale of Tales

1979

Stolen Sun poster
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An animated film based on the fairy tale of the same name by Korney Chukovskiy about how a crocodile swallowed the sun, and it became dark and sad on Earth. But the bear overcame the crocodile and returned the sun to the sky.

Stolen Sun

1978

Nobody Understands poster
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About a rude chicken and a well-mannered worm.

Nobody Understands

1976

Lyamzi-Tyri-Bondi the Evil Wizard poster
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Follows the extraordinary adventures of Kolya Rogov.

Lyamzi-Tyri-Bondi the Evil Wizard

1976

The Hare's Tail poster
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The hare has lost its magnificent tail - everyone is suspected.

The Hare's Tail

1984

You're Nothing But Tears poster
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How a small onion helped a cabbage out of trouble.

You're Nothing But Tears

1976

Cat Which Could Sing poster
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The Cat tries in vain to get the attention of the beloved Lady-Cat by singing, but she does not pay attention, as she is too busy watching various TV shows. The Cat decides to get on TV and perform with his song there, but he constantly gets claims - "we do not take tails", "why on earth do you have a striped face", and the last remark about "fur mittens" the Cat is angry and shows claws . After that, he is categorically forbidden for the show, to which the Cat responds with the threat of "spoiling all your television."

Cat Which Could Sing

1988

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No synopsis available yet.

Love

1997

The Overcoat poster
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The life and death of titular councillor Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin, an impoverished government clerk and copyist in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg.

The Overcoat