Vyacheslav Novikov

Acting

Vyacheslav Novikov

Born 1893-12-28

Acting credits

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky poster
5.8

Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

1938

First Printer Ivan Fedorov poster
NR

A historical biographical film about the life of Ivan Fedorov, founder of the first printing press in Russia. Printed books published during the reign of Ivan the Terrible seemed like witchcraft. Fedorov was accused of heresy.

First Printer Ivan Fedorov

1950

Krechinsky's Wedding poster
10.0

Mikhail Vasilyevich Krechinsky, an avid gambler and cardsharp, loses a large sum of money. Creditors are closing in on him from all sides. The only way out is to marry a rich girl. To get his father's blessing and speed up the wedding, Krechinsky resorts to deception.

Krechinsky's Wedding

1953

Mother poster
7.1

A Soviet woman is caught between her husband and son, who find themselves on opposing sides of the Russian Revolution.

Mother

1926

And Quiet Flows the Don poster
5.1

The first screen adaptation of an epic Russian novel about a village of Cossacks on the Don River, covering the last days of peace on the riverside before the beginning of the First World War.

And Quiet Flows the Don

1931

Cruiser 'Varyag' poster
5.0

A story of heroic Russian war cruiser 'Varyag'.

Cruiser 'Varyag'

1946

My Apprenticeship poster
5.9

Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer was on his own, looking for a purpose and place in life.

My Apprenticeship

1939

Boy From the Outskirts poster
9.0

In the family of the driver Skvortsov on one of the outskirts of Moscow growing son Andrew, the future designer of high-speed firearms, but for now — inquisitive and hard-working boy, dreaming of studying. Ahead of the revolution and the Great Patriotic war…

Boy From the Outskirts

1947

A Border on Lock poster
NR

A border guards are hunting a spy infiltrated to the USSR.

A Border on Lock

1937

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

Father and Son poster
NR

While a factory director is distracted by production problems, his adolescent son suffers from loneliness. His mother is dead, and the father – a kind man and exemplary communist, winner of a Lenin Prize – is unable to find the time to educate his son, or a way to express his feelings. After an argument, the young boy runs away and, at his own risk, joins a band of criminals.

Father and Son

1936

Convicts poster
10.0

In northward far camp NKVD arrives echelon with the group of prisoners. Among them there are an engineer Sadovskiy and inveterate criminal Kostya, that quickly becomes the ringleader of barrack and forbids to all the appearances at work. The officials of cheka begin a persistent and tactful fight for the change of these people.

Convicts

1936