
Acting
Viktor Avdyushko
Born 1925-01-11 · Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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.
Acting credits
6.5An old fisherman spends his days waiting to hear from his son who left the village long time ago.
My Son is Somewhere
1962
6.0A 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
6.4On 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
6.5In 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
4.6A comedy based on three short novels by Vasiliy Shukshin.
Strange People
1969
8.0Reminiscing the 1917 Russian October Revolution, a time when the films' director was 14 years old.
Russia's Heart
1971
6.1Historical 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
7.1In 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
7.4The "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
NRThe 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
7.0Fascist 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
5.8A young Gipsy boy is growing up in a Russian village during the Civil War.
Hard Happiness
1958
5.9Pregnant 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
7.0In 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Strict Game
1964
6.3Based 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
NRAbout 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
7.5No synopsis available yet.
At the Beginning of the Century
1961
8.0Rodka 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
7.0After 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
5.8A Kirghiz adventure film combining documentary and fictional elements.
Ambush
1969
NRAbout 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
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
9.0Based 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