Viktor Avdyushko

Acting

Viktor Avdyushko

Born — Died

1925-01-11 — 1975-11-19

Place of birth

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Viktor Antonovich Avdyushko (Russian: Виктор Антонович Авдюшко; January 11, 1925 – November 19, 1975) was a Soviet actor and a People's Artist of the Russian SFSR.

Known for

The Dawns Here Are Quiet poster
7.0

In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

1972

Soldiers of Freedom poster
4.4

The action of the epic film takes place in the second half of World War II. The plot focuses on the liberation of European countries from German occupation and the anti-fascist activities of the communist parties of these countries. After the victory at Stalingrad, a decisive turn occurred during the war. The main aim is the rallying of all patriotic forces, the creation of a national anti-fascist front in the struggling countries. The swift offensive of the Soviet troops, problems with the opening of a second front, major operations and the offensive of the Soviet army lead to the liberation of Europe. Rebellions are rising in different countries - such as the heroic uprising in Warsaw, in Slovenia, Bucharest and other cities. Brave heroes who performed immortal feats in the name of the happiness of mankind and freedom.

Soldiers of Freedom

1977

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge poster
7.4

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge

1970

Admiral Ushakov poster
6.1

Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.

Admiral Ushakov

1953

The Red and the White poster
7.0

In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side and then the other.

The Red and the White

1967

Where Are You Now, Maxim? poster
8.0

A story of a young man who is returning to his home town after being evacuated as a boy during WWII.

Where Are You Now, Maxim?

1965

Film credits

1970s · 19 titles

The Dawns Here Are Quiet poster
7.0

In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

1972

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge poster
7.4

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge

1970

First Passengers poster
NR

The hero of the film is one of the leaders of the construction of the first Tashkent metro in Central Asia, who proved himself not only a good specialist, but also a skilled organizer...

First Passengers

1975

Russia's Heart poster
8.0

Reminiscing the 1917 Russian October Revolution, a time when the films' director was 14 years old.

Russia's Heart

1971

Jarosław Dąbrowski poster
10.0

A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist.

Jarosław Dąbrowski

1976

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough poster
7.0

Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough

1970

The End of the Ataman poster
5.4

A Kazakh spy thriller: In 1921, at the height of the civil war, a Soviet officer is assigned to kill the ataman Dutov, a White collaborator. In order to get close to the ataman he infiltrates his gang.

The End of the Ataman

1970

A Story About a Simple Thing poster
7.0

In order to carry out subversive work, the Chekist remains in a city occupied by whites. To do this, he moves into the doctor's apartment a singer, a graduate of the conservatory, who was joyfully welcomed by the doctor's family, and then, after the arrival of the whites, introduces himself as the husband of this singer, a businessman Couturier.

A Story About a Simple Thing

1975

The Rider with Lightning in His Hand poster
NR

About the feat of Komsomol member Vera Flerova (her prototype in the film is Natasha), the discoverer of the largest tungsten and molybdenum deposit in Kabardino-Balkaria. The film is set in the early 1930s.

The Rider with Lightning in His Hand

1975

Sun Seekers poster
4.9

A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.

Sun Seekers

1972

While the Mountains Still Stand... poster
8.0

The plot of the film, which tends more towards a psychological drama than a sports and adventure film, is based on a mountain climbing trip, where the essence of everyone will soon manifest itself.

While the Mountains Still Stand...

1977

No artwork available
NR

A decade after having been reported missing, war veteran Vladimir goes back to his village. Now back home, he finally realizes how much his family and country mean to him.

Motherland

1975

Janus Head poster
9.0

World-famous geneticist Professor Hülsenbeck is a man of integrity who refuses to mix science and political gain. When his findings are being used to harm humanity, he immigrates to the USA in 1933 in protest against Nazi racial politics.

Janus Head

1972

A Man at His Place poster
5.8

A story about young man who is trying to turn his village into an agricultural center.

A Man at His Place

1973

Steppe Roar poster
NR

The film is dedicated to the events of the Civil War, the offensive of Denikin and Kolchak's troops on Uralsk, and the defense of the city. Historical facts are presented in it on a significant scale, through the personalities and fates of many characters, with a wide introduction of mass and battle scenes.

Steppe Roar

1975

Когда расходится туман poster
NR

One day the gamekeeper Peter Dyakonov found himself in the forest near the place where a moose was killed by a high-ranking official and could not pass by, despite the strong pressure on him. After his dismissal, the hero returns to his father's house, to his father, a river cormorant, and even there continues to fight poachers.

Когда расходится туман

1972

I Don't Want to Make You Wait poster
NR

The film is dedicated to the poet Komsomol member Sergei Chekmarev, who tragically died in 1933.

I Don't Want to Make You Wait

1973

And on the Pacific Ocean... poster
5.0

The last days of the Civil War. Pushed back to the Pacific Ocean by the Red Army, the White Guard troops are trying to hold on to power. They pin their hopes on an armored train that will deliver them ammunition.

And on the Pacific Ocean...

1974

A Day and the Whole Life poster
8.0

A story about a woman who raised her son alone during the difficult war and post-war years. She lives with her memories and hopes and does not demand much from life.

A Day and the Whole Life

1970

1960s · 24 titles

The Red and the White poster
7.0

In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side and then the other.

The Red and the White

1967

Where Are You Now, Maxim? poster
8.0

A story of a young man who is returning to his home town after being evacuated as a boy during WWII.

Where Are You Now, Maxim?

1965

Subject for a Short Story poster
5.9

The film tells about Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. October 17, 1896. On the facade of the Alexandrinsky Theater — a poster about the premiere of "The Seagull". A few hours are left before the performance. Chekhov and his sister Masha are expecting Lika Mizinova from Moscow station to arrive from Moscow. Chekhov is alarmed by the upcoming premiere, excited by the meeting with love, which never took place. Memories of acquaintance with Lika, of the experiences caused by the rude scolding of newspaper men who predicted the young writer the inglorious "death under the fence", about the unexpected decision for everyone to go to Sakhalin...

Subject for a Short Story

1969

Naked Among Wolves poster
6.3

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy shortly before the liberation of the camp.

Naked Among Wolves

1963

Thirty-three poster
6.3

The dentist of the provincial town of Upper Yamki made an unexpected scientific discovery by finding the thirty-third tooth in the patient’s oral cavity, Ivan Sergeyevich Travkin. Travkin, exhausted from pain, was taken to Moscow. Ivan Sergeyevich first becomes a patient of a madhouse (thanks to envious persons), and then — a hero of a scientific international conference and, finally, a patient of a dentist professor Bruk.

Thirty-three

1965

A Traveller with Luggage poster
9.0

Based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Zheleznykov. The story of a boy from an Altai state farm, searching for his father in the vast city of Moscow; about how dreams and thoughts rarely coincide with reality.

A Traveller with Luggage

1966

Peace to Him Who Enters poster
5.9

Pregnant German woman is trapped behind Russian lines. When she goes into labor, three Soviet soldiers deliver her to a field hospital: a newly graduated officer, an affable truck driver, and a soldier shell-shocked into muteness. The dangerous trip to the hospital ends up a rite of passage for all concerned.

Peace to Him Who Enters

1961

Ordinary Wonder poster
6.5

In a romantic and philosophical tale of magic and love, a mischievous Sorcerer turns a bear into a young man. Unhappy in his new state, the former bear, with the help of the magician and his beautiful wife, is looking for a princess to kiss in order for his wish to be granted. Certain that all princesses are a vain, spoiled lot, he approaches the first one he sees. But the princess herself is gentle, kind and beautiful, and she and the young man fall in love with each other at the first sight. Unable to bring her pain, he runs away without explaining. As the Princess takes brave actions to find her beloved, new characters enter the story, including the King's ambitious Prime Minister and a hunter looking for a bear fur to complete his collection. How will this complicated plot be resolved?

Ordinary Wonder

1964

The Alive and the Dead poster
6.0

A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man.

The Alive and the Dead

1964

At the Beginning of the Century poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

At the Beginning of the Century

1961

My Son is Somewhere poster
6.5

An old fisherman spends his days waiting to hear from his son who left the village long time ago.

My Son is Somewhere

1962

The Song of Manshuk poster
7.0

The story of the hero of the Soviet Union, Manshuk Mametova, machine-gunner of the 21st Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd shock army of the Kalinin Front, the guards sergeant in charge. The first woman awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery. The film recreates the past and shows a day of combat life Manshuk and her comrades, who took unequal battle with German tanks.

The Song of Manshuk

1969

The Worker's Settlement poster
3.8

Leonid Pleshcheyev returned from the war blind. Against his will, he became a dependent. He drowns his grief in unrestrained drunkenness, thereby tormenting his wife Mariya and his teenage son Lyonka. Mariya finally decides to take her son and leave for Altai, but the boy runs away and returns to his father. So, together, they eke out a half-miserable existence until Grigoriy Shalagin, Pleshcheyev's longtime friend, returns from the army. It is he who awakens in Leonid the extinct self-esteem and pride of a soldier. Pity aside, he helps him get back to work.

The Worker's Settlement

1966

While Defending the Front Line poster
6.6

Volkhov Front in 1942. The young political instructor of the counter-propaganda department of the headquarters of the division Rusanov is torn to the forefront. Together with an experienced warrior — captain Shaternikov — the hero gets to the forefront and transmits from the sound transmission programs addressed to German soldiers. And in the hours of calm passes several kilometers in order to see Katya, the signal woman of a neighboring sector of the front.

While Defending the Front Line

1965

Ambush poster
5.8

A Kirghiz adventure film combining documentary and fictional elements.

Ambush

1969

The Town Is But a Street poster
NR

About spiritual sensitivity and human solidarity. A graduate of a medical school is assigned to a fishing collective farm in Glubokoe town.

The Town Is But a Street

1964

Russian Souvenir poster
4.6

The end of the 1950s. The Chinese passenger plane, following the Beijing-Moscow flight, enters a thunderstorm and makes an emergency landing in the Baikal region. In addition to the Soviet citizen Varvara Komarova, all other passengers are foreigners. Using a stop, they explore new cities and get acquainted with the life, work and rest of Soviet people.

Russian Souvenir

1960

Strange People poster
4.6

A comedy based on three short novels by Vasiliy Shukshin.

Strange People

1969

The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik poster
7.2

In ancient times of famine and Tatar raids, the satirist Yuras Bratchik appears to the people in the guise of Christ, and the people believe in a miracle. The cunning monk Bosyatsky decides to use this event. Arrested by order of the Cardinal, Yuras and his friends - "apostles", disguised and dressed in appropriate clothes, are brought to the people. The hungry people begin to beg for bread, and Yuras leads the crowd to the bins of the rich. Having escaped from the Cardinal, Yuras and his friends take refuge in a convent. With the help of the people they defeat both the attacking Tatars and the Cardinal's army.

The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik

1967

Miraculous One poster
8.0

Rodka Gulyaev is a pupil of the Gumniskii rural secondary school. One day on the bank of the river he digs out the darkened old icon. Unfortunately for him his grandmother Avdotya, an overbearing and cunning old woman, spreads a rumor that the icon is miraculous, and her grandson is a saint.

Miraculous One

1960

Wedding Day poster
8.0

Mikhail and Nyura are getting ready for the wedding. Suddenly, Klava returns to the city, Mikhail’s first love...

Wedding Day

1968

Farewell poster
7.5

Spring, 1944. The Great Patriotic war. The German fascists are still in Sevastopol. A fierce combat is taking place there. At the same time in Yalta, which has already been freed, life goes on peacefully. People believe that the war has left them, that it is far away and no longer dangerous… But the torpedo motor-boat squadron stationed in Yalta is still having a hard time. Every day Soviet marines undertake dangerous sorties towards the German-occupied Sevastopol.

Farewell

1966

Strict Game poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Strict Game

1964

Our Mutual Friend poster
7.0

A young milkmaid Liza becomes an outcast of society in one of the Kuban collective farms. An honest and hardworking girl finds protection from the brave and sensitive party organizer Prokhor, who stood up for her.

Our Mutual Friend

1962

1950s · 17 titles

Admiral Ushakov poster
6.1

Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.

Admiral Ushakov

1953

Cossacks of the Kuban poster
6.2

In the steppes of the Kuban love is born on two collective farms while wheat is (enthusiastically) gathered. Galina, the energetic chairwoman of one of the two kolkhozes, vies with her male counterpart for the best harvest. At the same time Gordey, her rival, a former soldier, is (and has been for ages) in love with her. On her part, Dasha a collective farm worker, has heartbeat for a young technician of the competing kolkhoz...

Cossacks of the Kuban

1950

Chuk and Gek poster
6.4

Followed by his two sons, Chuk and Gek, an engineer-explorer heads for a geologists'camp lost in the Ural white wilderness. He plans to spend New Year's Eve there with Chuk and Gek, among his fellow-colleagues. However an undetermined incident has caused the occupiers to leave the place. When, to their amazement, the three adventurers discover the empty camp, they realize that they don't have enough food to return immediately and that they will have to join forces to survive for a few days without any outside help...

Chuk and Gek

1953

Heroes of Shipka poster
5.5

Heroes of Shipka was the first solo effort for Soviet director Sergei Vasilyev, who had previously collaborated with his late brother Georgi. The film is set in 1887 during the pivotal battle between the Russians and the Turks at the Shipka Pass. Stressing the solidarity of the Soviet states, tribute is paid to the courageous Bulgarian volunteers who helped the Russians fend off their mutual enemy.

Heroes of Shipka

1955

The Tight Knot poster
5.1

The farm's chairman took the late secretary's teenage son into his house.

The Tight Knot

1957

Prolog poster
7.0

After the brutal massacre of a peaceful demonstration of the working people on their way to the Tsar, Lenin and other Party members in exile call for an armed uprising of the workers. At Presnya build barricades. The people are arming themselves. But the heroic armed uprising of the workers of Presnya is brutally suppressed by the tsarist troops. However, the struggle of the workers under the leadership of Lenin continued.

Prolog

1956

Gloomy Morning poster
7.5

The third film in the trilogy ("The Sisters", "The Eighteenth Year", "The Gloomy Morning") based on the novel by Aleksei Tolstoy "The Road to Calvary". About the fate of the Russian intelligentsia against the background of the collapse of the Russian Empire and the civil war, which turned the lives of all the heroes of the film narration. Defending Tsaritsyn, the red commander Telegin was seriously wounded. At the hospital, he meets Dasha. After his recovery, the young spouses go together to the Red Army.

Gloomy Morning

1959

Hard Happiness poster
5.8

A young Gipsy boy is growing up in a Russian village during the Civil War.

Hard Happiness

1958

The Miners of Donetsk poster
7.3

A miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm.

The Miners of Donetsk

1951

«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto poster
7.5

The Soviet steamer Bogatyr delivers construction materials and rafts with timber to the earthquake-stricken city of Marto. However, foreign intelligence is preparing a sabotage operation on the Bogatyr...

«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto

1954

Andriesh poster
8.0

A short diploma film based on a fairy tale by Yemelian Bukov and directed by Sergei Parajanov. The film was made in 1952, since that moment it was considered to be lost, but finally it was found in VGIK in 2025.

Andriesh

1952

Hostile Whirlwinds poster
5.5

Observing the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky from 1918-1925; in July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, German ambassador Mirbach is killed. Feliks Dzerzhinsky alone goes to the headquarters of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries and Anarchists, he manages to persuade ordinary soldiers and sailors, participants in the rebellion, who are now cracking down on their leaders.

Hostile Whirlwinds

1956

The Year 18th poster
6.3

Swept up in political unrest during World War I, two sisters in St. Petersburg cope with turbulent romances as Russian history is made around them.

The Year 18th

1958

Everything Begins with Hitting the Road poster
8.5

On the eve of departure to the Siberian shock construction site, the famous builder Stepan Bobkov is left by his wife. However, on the train he meets Annushka, a young concrete worker who also travels to Siberia on a Komsomol ticket. Sympathy arises between the heroes, which is also reinforced by the coincidence of the so-called “production interests”.

Everything Begins with Hitting the Road

1959

The Lesson of Life poster
6.4

On falling in love with Sergey, Natasha gives up studies at a pedagogical institute and accompanies him to a construction site. In a course of time she realizes that her husband is interested only in his work. She leaves him, graduates from the institute and works as a teacher. But Sergey is fired for authoritative style of work and Natasha realizes that she must be near to him in his hour of need.

The Lesson of Life

1955

Fathers and Sons poster
7.0

About the socio-political conflict between two worldviews, about the relationship between younger and older generations, about the eternal struggle between the old and the new, about true and false values, about creation and destruction, about human strength and weakness, about friendship, love, and loneliness... What could be more acute and tragic than a conflict between people who are closest to each other and sincerely love each other? But, alas, such a conflict is inevitable whenever the interests of two generations collide.

Fathers and Sons

1959

They Have Met on the Way poster
6.0

Two young people from the country arrive to Leningrad hoping to get into university. She succeeds, and he fails but stays in the city to try again in the next year. She helps him but starts having troubles with her own studies...

They Have Met on the Way

1957

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