Eugene Simonoff

Directing

Eugene Simonoff

Born 1925-06-21

Acting credits

Behind the camera

City at Dawn poster
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About the first builders of the city of Komsomolsk and their labor.

City at Dawn

1959

All Day Long poster
NR

A day in the life of the factory director Druyanov, who transformed a once backward enterprise into one of the leading companies in the industry.

All Day Long

1978

Antony and Cleopatra poster
NR

The love story of the great Roman commander Anthony and the oriental beauty Cleopatra, the tragic suicide of both, is recreated.

Antony and Cleopatra

1980

Irkutsk Story poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Irkutsk Story

1973

Smart Things poster
NR

A magical tale about a poor musician who one day stumbled upon a wondrous market stall. An old man there was selling incredible items — a magic mirror, an invisibility cap, a self-setting tablecloth… Among these enchanted objects was a marvelous self-playing flute. The old man gave the poor young musician the flute and the magic mirror, on one condition: they had to be returned in a year. A greedy rich man also took a liking to these magical things and, through deceit and trickery, tried to steal them — even throwing the musician into a dungeon. But what the greedy man didn’t know was that clever, enchanted things only bring happiness to a kind heart — and no wisdom at all to a foolish one.

Smart Things

1983

The Trap poster
1.0

Based on the eponymous novel by É. Zola, directed by the State Academic Theatre named after Evgeny Vakhtangov.

The Trap

1972

The Leshy poster
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The play, traditionally considered a precursor to Uncle Vanya, contains many characters, situations, and fragments of text that were later carried over into Uncle Vanya from The Wood Demon. In this play, as in all of Chekhov's works, the characteristics of the Russian national character are reflected. Nature and man are interconnected: man first cleared the forest, and then civilization cleared man. Spiritual values have been lost, traditions destroyed, and the ability to empathize and feel for others has vanished.

The Leshy

1981

Faust poster
6.5

A despairing scholar sells his soul to Satan in exchange for one night with a beautiful young woman.

Faust

1969

The Flood poster
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The early 20th century. A flood strikes a large American city on the banks of the Mississippi River. In a certain bar, several people find themselves trapped together in a small space, caught in a torrential downpour. They learn from weather reports that the storm has destroyed the dam and floodwaters have submerged much of the city. A rumor spreads that everyone taking refuge in the bar is doomed to die. Faced with the imminent danger, strange transformations occur in the people: wealthy cynics and grumbling bankrupts turn into individuals capable of empathy and love. In the final hours of their lives, they seek to be kinder, to care for each other. But when the threat of the flood dissipates, everything returns to the way it was...

The Flood

1983

The Man with the Gun poster
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The events take place in Russia in 1917. A former peasant, and now a soldier, Ivan Shadrin, was sent by fellow soldiers from the German front to revolutionary Petrograd to hand Lenin a letter with questions from his comrades.

The Man with the Gun

1977

Cinderella poster
6.0

Theatric version of fairy tale based on Evgeniy Shvarts' play.

Cinderella

1978

Thirteenth Chairman poster
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The trial of the collective farm chairman Sagdaev, who deviated from some outdated rules of law in order to develop collective farm production.

Thirteenth Chairman

1987