Lyudmila Ksenofontova

Acting

Lyudmila Ksenofontova

Born — Died

1927-04-30 — 2010-06-24

Place of birth

Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 2 titles

1990s · 6 titles

Drums of Fire poster
6.1

In 1568, Saadi prince Abdelmalek is exiled from Morocco by his brothers, an event that is only the beginning of his adventures: fighting the Spanish Inquisition, taking part in the Battle of Lepanto, being incarcerated in Alicante prison, and assist in the Conquest of Tunis. Eventually, he returns to Morocco to fulfill his destiny.

Drums of Fire

1990

Do It, Manya! poster
4.7

To fight mafia, a biologist and a programmer create a superman robot. An unexpected amendment to the calculations of one of the creators is made by erotic fantasies: superman turned out to be an exact copy of a photo model from a poster.

Do It, Manya!

1991

The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone poster
4.8

A film director Nikolai Khudokormov is on the brink of his 50th anniversary. He has the whole life rich in events under his belt: creative quests, several marriages and children. Now he has to live with an old insane Mother and seems to be indifferent to what is going on around. But at the same time he is obsessed by the idea to make a film which will be his best one. Nikolai makes every effort to raise the money for this project. And all the time he is followed by a mysterious stranger. She is a beautiful young creature who speaks to him about the vanity of the world and the meaningless of a human life. Finally, Nikolai realizes that he is speaking to the Death herself.

The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone

1998

Prisoners of Fortune poster
9.0

A parody of the clichés and techniques of the Soviet adventurous comedy genre of the 1950s-1970s. This is a story about three heroes who return to their home city after escaping from prison. Truthfulness and sincerity help the characters find their place in the changed system.

Prisoners of Fortune

1993

Return of the "Battleship" poster
4.5

The naive hero, having read clever books, marries a prostitute with the aim of re-educating her and collides with the famous Sergei Eisenstein, ending in the most unexpected and fatal way...

Return of the "Battleship"

1996

Devil, I'm Bored poster
7.0

Homeless, all thrown Mephistopheles is suffering from idleness and boredom. In a market where you can buy everything - from gralic to books on Russian history, he manages to find the soul of a ballet dancer.

Devil, I'm Bored

1993

1980s · 14 titles

The Scoundrel, or Running On the Spot poster
5.0

Comedy of manners with elements of grotesque. The hero of the tape - an employee of a solid research Institute San Sanych lubomudrov - an extraordinary personality. Charming trickster and subtle psychologist, he is fluent in the art of communicating with the "right" people.

The Scoundrel, or Running On the Spot

1984

A Sharp Turn poster
8.0

A ship captain's senior mate exposed criminal activities, leading to his car crash and criminal investigation.

A Sharp Turn

1980

Flight 8585 poster
NR

A beautiful blonde is killed in the women's restroom of a bar-restaurant; after a long and dangerous chase, the murderer-motorcyclist manages to escape from the police...

Flight 8585

1985

Everyone Loves Someone... poster
NR

According to the stories of I.Kasafutdinov. Grigory has been working as a diver in the Sea of Okhotsk for many years. He misses his six-year-old son Dimka very much and decides to return to his hometown to invite his ex-wife Katya to try to somehow establish a life together. When he arrives, he finds out that Katya has a new husband, and she is expecting a child from him. Grigory asks to give him his son in exchange for all the money earned in the north, and Katya, after a brief hesitation, agrees. Grigory takes Dimka away, but the police overtake them at the train station. At the police station, Grigory learns that his ex-wife has filed a complaint about the abduction of her son...

Everyone Loves Someone...

1988

The Environment poster
9.0

Rare materials go missing from the archive. A conflict arises between two researchers—Ozerov and Rozhkin—over these missing materials.

The Environment

1987

Measure of Restraint poster
NR

A court session is underway. The facts of violations and embezzlement at a small plant are being examined. The chief engineer of the enterprise, Chistukhin, takes all the blame upon himself. At first glance, the plant director appears to be uninvolved in the crime. Gradually, we realize that she is not entirely innocent.

Measure of Restraint

1983

Jack Vosmyorkin, American poster
6.2

Jack Vosmyorkin, young American with Russian origins decides to return to Russia in order to watch October Revolution in action.

Jack Vosmyorkin, American

1988

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster
5.0

Dr. Jekyll has made a sensational discovery: he has managed to separate good from evil in himself. This discovery he must keep secret, because the bearer of evil, Mr. Hyde, has become uncontrollable.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1986

Applause, Applause... poster
4.0

Lyudmila Gurchenko's brilliant performance in a musical drama about a life of the struggling singer.

Applause, Applause...

1984

Three Lemons For Loved One poster
8.0

Based on a story by Nikolai Berezovsky, using fragments from O. Henry's short story "Peaches."

Three Lemons For Loved One

1987

Three Times About Love poster
6.3

Former soldier returns to his village only to discover that his girlfriend married another man.

Three Times About Love

1981

Pants poster
10.0

A murder has occurred, for which the famous artist Botsanov takes responsibility. However, the matter was not as simple as it might seem at first. The investigation of the crime is entrusted to an experienced investigator.

Pants

1989

Journey to Another Town poster
5.6

By chance, two middle-aged people met - the telephone operator of the hotel Lina and the chief engineer of the construction department Kirillov, who had arrived on official business from Leningrad in one of the provincial cities of the country. Behind everyone has setbacks in family life. A sincere feeling that brought two lonely people closer together helped to see those around them in a new way. They are already over forty. Both are lonely. Having met by chance and fell in love with each other, they never became happy.

Journey to Another Town

1980

My Combat Team poster
8.0

1945 год, война позади. Восемнадцатилетний сержант Сергей Кружкой после тяжелого ранения возвращается домой. Узнав, что в городе орудует банда преступников, герой решает помочь органам правопорядка и в одиночку начинает расследование. После первого столкновения с бандитами Сергей попадает в госпиталь. К нему приезжают фронтовые друзья и они вместе разрабатывают план действий…

My Combat Team

1987

1970s · 10 titles

The Blue Bird poster
5.5

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

The Blue Bird

1976

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment poster
5.3

As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents him with a dilemma.

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment

1971

Captain poster
4.5

The story of how the hero of Viktor Dragunsky's stories - Deniska Korablev - meets his uncle, a sea captain.

Captain

1973

Eleven Hopes poster
6.2

The basis of the film story is the creation of a talented football team by a coach, its participation in a qualifying match, and preparation for the World Cup.

Eleven Hopes

1976

Stranger poster
7.0

Among the greenery of the parks of St. Petersburg, the white dress of a beautiful stranger flashes. Together with the prototype of the poet, and other characters - visitors to the restaurant - we wander around the city, go to restaurants, to the train station, to a reception in a rich and noble house. And everywhere we meet her. A stranger.

Stranger

1979

Remember Your Name poster
6.3

Beginning of WWII. Zinaida, a Russian woman, is taken prisoner by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp together with several other women. She is imprisoned with her baby son, Gena, who is learning to walk and takes his first steps in the snow, in the concentration camp. They spend a few years together in the camp until they are separated, first within Auschwitz itself, then, for good, when the Germans are losing the war and decide to evacuate.

Remember Your Name

1974

One Times One poster
7.0

Having lived for his pleasure most of his life, floor polisher Ivan Karetnikov, on the threshold of his 60th birthday, did not for the first time leave his next wife himself, but she abandoned him, moreover, in public. In addition to these troubles, he was fired from his job, replaced by a mechanical polisher. In this difficult moment, Karetnikov remembered the first wife, and then the second and third. But turning to each of them, he seems to begin to lose hope of seeing compassion for himself.

One Times One

1975

Twinkles poster
8.5

The orphanage's pupils are sent by the district Komsomol committee to eliminate illiteracy in the remote village of Penki.

Twinkles

1972

Proshchaniye s Peterburgom poster
6.0

A story about love between famous composer Johann Strauss and Russian beauty Olga.

Proshchaniye s Peterburgom

1971

Is It Worth Rushing? poster
NR

A propaganda film in the form of a fictional narrative urges pedestrians to be alert and cautious on city streets.

Is It Worth Rushing?

1978

Series credits

Empire is Under Attack poster
7.1

In this TV-series the events of the beginning of the 20th century in Russia are highlighted. Revolutioners, terrorists, spies - and investigator Putilovskii and his team fight them as best they can.

Empire is Under Attack

2000

The Strogovs poster
8.0

In the Siberian taiga village of Wolf's Burrows, the Strogov family lives — Matvey with his wife Anna and his parents. Through the fate of this peasant family, a picture of the life of the Siberian region during major historical events — the Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War is outlined.

The Strogovs

1976

Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin poster
8.8

The adventures of detective Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.

Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin

2002

State Border poster
6.4

From 1917 to the end of the 1980s, Soviet border guards are stationed on the territory of the USSR from the Far East to the western borders.

State Border

1980

Makar - Pathfinder poster
8.7

A story about the adventures of a few young kids during the Russian Civil War.

Makar - Pathfinder

1984

Police Sergeant poster
8.0

A young police officer, Sergeant Nikolai Zakharov, who is simultaneously completing his studies at the University's Law Faculty, is assigned to investigate the assault and robbery committed against Alexei Severtsev, an applicant who has come from a distant city to study at a Leningrad university.

Police Sergeant

1975

Jack Vosmyorkin - The American poster
9.0

Yakov, a former street child who accidentally ended up in America as a child, returns to his native village in the USSR. He hopes to be given land and become a real farmer. Having received some cigar tobacco seeds from an American friend, Vosmyorkin began to put his plans into practice...

Jack Vosmyorkin - The American

1988