
Acting
Boris Chirkov
Born — Died
1901-07-31 — 1982-05-28
Place of birth
Lozovaya-Pavlovka, Slavyanoserbsk uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Brianka, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine]
Known for
Acting
Credits
64 titles
Known for
8.0In 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
7.0In the Soviet airbase, occupied by the Nazis, a resistance group occurs, led by a modest girl Anna Morozova. For each victory (important, albeit small on a scale of the war) they have to pay a heavy price.
Call Fire for Ourselves
1965
6.7About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.
The Great Glinka
1946
5.9Mini-series set in times of WW II about Soviet underground fighters led by brave Anna Morozova. They are establishing connection with Polish people who work on German airfield. And even small victories cost a lot sometimes.
We Are Taking All The Fire
1969
5.2The story of the Bolshevik revolution through the eyes of a peasant who, as a soldier, gets caught up in the proceedings under the tutelage of Lenin.
The Man with the Gun
1938
4.8Based on the story of the same name by Sergei Antonov. The young journalist of the central newspaper Sirotkin came to the Siberian timber industry to write an essay about the glorious driver Khromov. But soon Sirotkin’s inquiring mind calculated the trick of Khromov, who, noting one kilometer in the vouchers, traveled a short route he knew only, draining the remaining gasoline from the curbside. Having revealed yet another fraud, in which the director was also involved, Sirotkin realized that he would not write an essay, but that he would be lucky with materials for the trial. This was announced by the authorities of the timber industry. Khromov himself took the journalist on the return trip...
A Trip Without a Load
1963
Film credits
1970s · 6 titles
4.3The film almanac of VGIK's graduates, consisting of films for children: "Otherwise We Are Lost," "Vanderbul Runs Over the Horizon," and "Are You Kidding?"
Are You Kidding?
1971
7.0The film is about the fate of the soldiers of the Izhora battalion. Formed from the factory’s workers, the battalion took part in decisive battles against the regular units of the Nazi army and ended its heroic journey on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
Izhora Battalion
1972
NRThe granddaughter Masha unexpectedly arrives at the home of Professor Okaemov. It is not easy for her to understand the complex, reserved nature of her grandfather. However, life, which entered the house with the arrival of the girl, cannot leave the old man indifferent. He finds joy and fulfillment in the newfound sense of responsibility for his granddaughter's fate.
Mashenka
1977
10.0Back in school, they decided to devote themselves to art. Polina dreamed of the ballet stage, Kostya imagined himself a poet and dreamed of going to a literary institute. Years passed, and they met again: she is a pop artist, he is a blacksmith. Kostya appreciates his profession and still loves Polina...
At Your Own Request
1973
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Next to a Friend
1970
5.0The hero of the film is an ordinary driver of a Moscow taxi, a kind and decent man. Each new working day promises him new meetings, acquaintances — sometimes joyful and pleasant, and sometimes demanding from him severe determination and courage.
Townspeople
1976
1960s · 16 titles
5.9Mini-series set in times of WW II about Soviet underground fighters led by brave Anna Morozova. They are establishing connection with Polish people who work on German airfield. And even small victories cost a lot sometimes.
We Are Taking All The Fire
1969
4.8Based on the story of the same name by Sergei Antonov. The young journalist of the central newspaper Sirotkin came to the Siberian timber industry to write an essay about the glorious driver Khromov. But soon Sirotkin’s inquiring mind calculated the trick of Khromov, who, noting one kilometer in the vouchers, traveled a short route he knew only, draining the remaining gasoline from the curbside. Having revealed yet another fraud, in which the director was also involved, Sirotkin realized that he would not write an essay, but that he would be lucky with materials for the trial. This was announced by the authorities of the timber industry. Khromov himself took the journalist on the return trip...
A Trip Without a Load
1963
6.0A young boy from Prague is trying to find a Soviet soldier from the old 1945 picture.
The Lost Photography
1960
7.5The invaders are leaving the northern town of the young Soviet republic. The brave underground activist Alexei Ilyutinsky infiltrates a musical troupe organized to entertain the White Army command and boost the morale of the population. The new horn player, who has no musical ear whatsoever, passes on the White Army's defense plan to the Reds and saves Bolshevik Makeev, the former chairman of the provincial executive committee, from being shot.
Musicians of the Same Regiment
1965
5.9Lara Velichko is a young coach who's dreaming about coaching world champions but suddenly she's forced to train a group of a very grumpy old men.
Seven Old Men and One Girl
1968
5.8A young Komsomol member Vitaly Bonivur is fighting for Soviet power in the Far East and Primorye. Red underground workers are not the first day want to arrange an escape of their fellow prisoners. And the brave Bonivur takes part in the organization of the getaway, but for counterintelligence he remains elusive. Vitaly Bonivur's aspiration for justice, heroism and determination — courage and bravery of a young man who fights for a bright future.
Bonivur's Heart
1969
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
8.7A youth brigade at one of Kyiv's factories is competing for the title of Communist Labor Brigade. They are assisted by an old worker, Yakov Sereda. However, two people actively interfere with the Komsomol members: the rogue Yevgeny, who pretends to be a self-taught inventor, and the careerist engineer Kamensky...
Heirs
1960
4.0Twelve graduates of the tenth "A" arrive to the virgin lands. Freed from childhood illusions, yesterday's schoolchildren get used to the unsettled life, to hard work on combines, tractors, on the threshing floor. Soon other difficulties are discovered.
Horizon
1962
NRThe film story is dedicated to the heroic oil workers of Oil Rocks, built in the Caspian Sea, as well as to their labor and everyday life. The sea estacade, constructed on steel pillars, stretches for hundreds of kilometers into the sea, where oil rigs and an entire oil workers’ town have been built by the hands of brave people. The film tells about those who have spent half their lives on this island, the young people who come here to work, and their mutual relationships, revealing and portraying their characters.
The Island of Miracles
1964
7.0Young family is spending vacations in the summer house.
The Blue Cup
1964
8.0The plot is based on events that took place in St. Petersburg in May 1901, when workers at the Obukhov military factory rebelled against the tsar.
Rebellious Outpost
1967
7.0Miniatures of writers from Russia and foreign countries.
Short Stories
1963
5.4A traveling musician falls in love with a princess who is betrothed to a dictator planning to defeat his enemies with the help of an exploding mutant mosquito.
Cain the XVIII-th
1963
7.5No synopsis available yet.
First Visitor
1966
NRAfter finishing school in their native village, Tolyasha (Igor Pushkarev) and Valya take exams to enter the pedagogical institute, but both fail. They return to their Green Shores. Valya works on a poultry farm and soon becomes a famous poultry farmer, and Tolyasha works as a driver. After a series of misunderstandings, their personal relationships improve...
A Head on One's Shoulders
1961
1950s · 14 titles
4.5After a long absence from St. Petersburg, a young landowner Yeletskaya comes to her estate with her husband.
The Parasite
1953
8.0Once upon a time there were two stepsisters. One girl dropped a bucket into a deep wonderful well, and she had to go down into the well for the bucket, to the kingdom of Santa Claus.
Miraculous Well
1956
7.1Alexander, Boris and Vasily are old friends, who now rarely see each other as they're busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the Volga river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens their friendship.
True Friends
1954
5.9The engineer and the reporter arrived at one of the plants of the Altai. They have just completed the institutions and are confident that the future is in their hands. At the plant, all relations are formed around the dubious glory of the Turner Milovidov. A fresh look, self-confidence and each other help friends to expose the "record holder".
Next to Us
1957
5.6Military doctor Vladimir Ustimenko is a man of duty and honor, committed to the cause he serves, and one single love that he carries through his whole life: Varvara Stepanova is a whimsical girl who dreamed of becoming a great actress but eventually became a geologist. The war will cruelly interfere in the fate of the heroes and confuse their relationship even more.
My Dear Fellow
1958
8.2The tale about an old, henpecked man whose new friend fulfills all desires of his wife.
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
1950
7.3A miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm.
The Miners of Donetsk
1951
6.5A prince discovers an enchanted beauty turned into a frog by Koschei the Immortal. After Koschei steals her again, the prince goes on a dangerous quest to free the land of the evil.
The Frog Princess
1954
5.6Soviet filmmaker Yuri Raisman once more combines political dogma with solid entertainment values in Dream of a Cossack (aka Cavalier of the Golden Star). The title character, played by future director Sergei Bondarchuk (and billed for obscure reasons as Semyon Bondarchuk), is an ex-soldier who returns home to the Kuban region, there to take up life as a farmer. Instead, he galvanizes the local citizenry into participating in a massive construction project, which will result in a new power station and canal. Thus does Raisman offer an prime example of Russian collectivism while making it seem as though it had sprung from individual initiative. Dream of a Cossack is based on a popular novel by S. Babayefsky.
Dream of a Cossack
1951
6.0The greedy king takes away the magic mill from the grandfather and the animals. Cartoon about the joint struggle for justice.
A Wonder Mill
1951
NRThe secretary of the district committee Borzov, trying to fulfill the plan, does not care about the rise of the entire economy. The second secretary of the district committee Martynov does not agree with his methods of work...
With your own hands
1956
7.3After getting lost in the street, a dog is adopted by a kindly clown.
Kashtanka
1952
The action takes place on one of the nights in October 1917 and is limited to the walls of a St. Petersburg apartment occupied by the wealthy noble family of the Starodubtsevs. The elder sister Anna (Elena Kuzmina) is a helpless, spoiled woman, far from life. She is unable to understand that her husband, Lieutenant Almazov, is one of the leaders of the counter-revolutionary conspiracy. The younger sister Maria has already chosen her path - she is with the revolutionaries, with the Bolsheviks. The landlord Yarlykov, having lost everything, dreams of running away from Russia, taking with him something more valuable. In the dramatic events taking place in the Starodubtsev family, echoes of the huge, decisive clashes of the revolution are guessed.
The Anxious Night
1958
7.7The story of the growing up of the orphan Gali between the Revolution and the Great Patriotic War. Large-scale historical drama with Nina Ivanova.
The Kyiv Resident
1958
1940s · 10 titles
6.7About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.
The Great Glinka
1946
5.9A biopic about Prince Kutuzov, the defeater of Napoleon Bonaparte.
1812
1943
6.8The first of what became a popular genre of wartime 'film-concerts', consisting of eight musical numbers, strung together by a loose plot. It shows soldiers leaving their village for the front; in their absence, the desolate but resolute young women of the village assume responsibility for the business of the farm
We Await Your Victorious Return
1941
6.2The story takes place in Summer 1942, when a small force of Black Sea Fleet sailors was surrounded by German troops but broke out the encirclement.
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor
1944
NRAbout the return of the leader of the geese Gumennik and his flock from African regions to their native places in Russia.
Spring Tale
1949
Directed by Sergey Vasilev and Georgi Vasilyev.
Front
1943
5.1About the life and heroic death of the old Bolshevik-Lugansk resident, participant in the civil war, Aleksandr Yakovlevich Parkhomenko. In 1918, capturing Ukraine, the German occupiers sought to use the Haidamaks, the White Guards and the Greens in their struggle. By order of Voroshilov, Aleksandr Parkhomenko from Lugansk arrives in Tsaritsyn. At the same time, the Germans launched an active offensive. The "red" battalions are poorly armed, however, Parkhomenko manages to raise them to the attack and put the enemy to flight.
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
1942
7.5The movie tells about the life of Soviet scientists. Professor Dobrotvorsky, together with his colleague Losev, is on his way to completing a scientific work of great importance in medicine. Professor Dobrotvorsky's friend Academician Vereisky learns from a foreign journal that important data about this work has fallen into the hands of American businessmen.
Court of Honor
1949
8.0The movie collection consists of three novellas. "Meeting with Maxim." On the screen are the last shots of the movie "Vyborg Side". The movie ends and the hero goes off the screen. He addresses the audience with a patriotic appeal. "A Dream in the Hand." The movie in satirical form "warns" Hitler in his disturbing dream of inevitable defeat on Russian soil. He dreams of Napoleon, the German occupiers of 1918 - all those who experienced the power of Russian arms on their own skin. "Three in a funnel." A wounded Red Army soldier falls into a funnel. The nurse who is there bandages the soldier. The third inhabitant of the funnel is a wounded Hitler. The nurse helps him too, after which the Nazi tries to shoot the girl. The Red Army man hits the enemy with an accurate shot.
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #1
1941
5.0The film tells about the heroic struggle of Ukrainian farmers-partisans with nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic war.
Guerrillas in the Steppes of Ukraine
1943
1930s · 10 titles
5.2The story of the Bolshevik revolution through the eyes of a peasant who, as a soldier, gets caught up in the proceedings under the tutelage of Lenin.
The Man with the Gun
1938
6.0An account of the peasant turned mythical military hero Vasily Chapayev, charting his campaign in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
Chapayev
1934
5.5A young teacher is sent to a remote province, separating her from her lover, and sets about the difficult task of building a school there.
Alone
1931
6.3Pyotr, backward lad from poor village, comes to town desperate for work. He's hired as replacement ("scab") worker at big metallurgical factory, which is in the throes of a strike organized by the Bolsheviks (communists). Deceitful industrialist's son involves naive young man in an attempt to murder Bolshevik leader.
Golden Mountains
1931
6.7Girlfriends Zoya, Natasha and Asya live in Petrograd. Before the Civil War, young heroines are aware of the social injustice of life. When the war begins, the girls are recorded by the orderlies of the working group to protect the Bolshevik Petrograd from the advance of the whites.
The Girlfriends
1936
6.1Historical film about the invasion of the Poles in the Moscow Empire (1611), the creation of Minin and Pozharsky people's militia. The beginning of the XVII century. Already the sixth year the Muscovite land under the yoke of intervention. In the fall of 1610 Polish pans in deceitfully seized the Kremlin and tried to break through to the north. Everywhere rebellions broke out, but well-armed interventionists smashed the scattered peasant detachments. The liberation movement was led by Nizhny Novgorod merchant Kuzma and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky.
Minin and Pozharsky
1939
7.0A coming-of-age story about a flute-playing boy (Yyvan Kyrla) from the Mari people, a national minority who lived near the Volga, and how he is educated by the Soviet state.
Song of Happiness
1934
5.0A young teacher comes to work in his native village, plans to build a new school. The arrival of the teacher causes confusion in the soul of the young neighbor Agrafena Shumilina.
The New Teacher
1939
NRThe second part of pretending schoolgirl's adventures, wine's prenatal stage and two scarecrows running on Sommera street.
Helen and Grapes
1936
4.6A biography drama about Sergey Kirov, a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union.
Great Citizen
1938
1920s · 3 titles
8.5A man discovers that he's not the father of his wife's baby.
My Son
1928
7.0The main character, the chairman of the district revolutionary tribunal, Comrade Kovalev, believes that a true revolutionary should have only one love - revolution. And women, especially attractive ones, are a great hindrance to Comrade Kovalev. But he is unable to connect theory with practice. Love overcomes the ridiculous prejudices of the hero, who along the way achieves his real victory - the defeat of the White bandit gang...
Moon on the Left
1929
10.0The chairman of the factory committee of one of the Leningrad factories, Fyodor Gorbachev, a weak-willed man who was unable to completely overcome his petty-proprietor psychology, is visited from the village by his brother Sergei, a former kulak and trader. His arrival brings quarrels and discord into the friendly Gorbachev family. At Fyodor's request, the factory director hires Sergei, but demands a favor in return.
Brother
1929
Series credits
8.0In 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
7.0In the Soviet airbase, occupied by the Nazis, a resistance group occurs, led by a modest girl Anna Morozova. For each victory (important, albeit small on a scale of the war) they have to pay a heavy price.
Call Fire for Ourselves
1965
NRA young Komsomol member Vitaly Bonivur is fighting for Soviet power in the Far East and Primorye. Red underground workers are not the first day want to arrange an escape of their fellow prisoners. And the brave Bonivur takes part in the organization of the getaway, but for counterintelligence he remains elusive. Vitaly Bonivur's aspiration for justice, heroism and determination — courage and bravery of a young man who fights for a bright future.
Bonivur's Heart
1969

