
Acting
Margarita Terekhova
Born
1942-08-25 (84)
Place of birth
Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Known for
Acting
Credits
54 titles
Margarita Borisovna Terekhova (Russian: Маргари́та Бори́совна Те́рехова; born August 25, 1942 in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. She was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia in 1996. From 1959 she studied at the physics and mathematics faculty at the Tashkent State University from 1959 until 1961. After that she went to Moscow and tried to get into VGIK but her application was declined. After that she enrolled to study at the school-studio of Yuri Zavadsky at the Mossovet Theatre. After her graduation in 1964 she worked for many years as an actress of the Mossovet Theatre. From 1983 to 1987 she acted in the theatre group "T…
Known for
7.0No synopsis available yet.
To Remember
1993
7.9A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Mirror
1975
7.2The musketeers battle against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the treacherous Milady.
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
1979
5.5Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
The Blue Bird
1976
6.0Edwin and Miss Rosa were engaged since childhood. While nothing foreshadows the impending tragedy, the lovers are carefree, the inhabitants of a small English town watch their romance. Edwin Drood and Ne, who arrived from Ceylon, did not help their rivals in the region because of Rosa's mission. Edwin and Rosa decide to remain only friends. However, the conflict with Neville becomes more acute. The rivals go to the lake shore for a decisive conversation. After that, Edwin disappears without a trace. The trail of Edwin disappears, and the suspect in his murder is Neville. Released from prison for lack of a straight street, he leaves the city. Edwin's guardian Jasper continues his independent search for the killers. At the moment, a "lonely bachelor living on his own means" comes to town. He also conducts his own investigation. The investigation of Jasper and the mysterious stranger is coming to an end, but...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1980
NRFor four years, a “train of mercy” travels the roads of war, evacuating the wounded from the front lines. Bombings, blood, death, and brief moments of respite bring together the people who are saving the lives of strangers. They all become one big family.
For the Rest of My Life
1975
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
3.0Maxim is a young Muscovite who journeys from Russia to the south of France to visit his mother in her home amidst the lofty mountains of Montagne Sainte-Victoire. He finds her in poor health and is overwhelmed with grief when she abruptly passes away. In the throes of mourning, he reconnects with his French half-sister Marie Louise, whom he hardly saw. Despite the language barrier and accustomed estrangement, the pair grows closer through their shared sense of loss.
Journey to the Mother
2014
NRDedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky. The film uses unique materials related to the years Tarkovsky spent in Italy, personal accounts of friends and professionals, the shooting locations of his films, to what degree his works reflects his personal life. The film brings us closer to the man to whom contemporary filmmaking owes so much.
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
2012
2000s · 2 titles
1990s · 8 titles
7.5Chris Marker’s portrait of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky documents the director at work on his final film, The Sacrifice, during the last year of his life. Interweaving behind-the-scenes footage with excerpts from Tarkovsky’s earlier works, Marker crafts a moving reflection on the artist’s vision, methods, and enduring legacy.
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
1999
4.8A young man is taken to a small town hospital after a suicide attempt. Rita is a beautiful married Russian nurse taking care of him.
For Crazies Only
1991
7.0The film depicts the incredible metamorphosis of a clerk whose sense of identity and pride are reawakened by an unexpected development.
The Forbidden Fruit
1994
NRDocumentary about Arseniy Tarkovsky, poet and father of Andrei Tarkovsky.
In the Middle of the World
1990
10.0One day in the life of a young man named Nikita on his birthday. He is turning twenty-five. At night, Nikita dreams about his childhood, his father, his brother, and his grandmother's gift—a figurine of a goat glowing green. In the morning, it's the usual whirlwind of life, with prostitutes, conversations about eating beets, the dangers of radiation, and various esoteric theories.
Green Goat Fire
1990
8.0A young Jewish woman, having received an order from the occupation authorities to report to the assembly point, goes into town with her son. They approach the ghetto, but realizing what awaits them, they leave. They wander around the city, not daring to visit their friends. Night falls. Huddled together, mother and son fall asleep on a bench. And in the morning, soldiers indifferently throw their frozen bodies into the back of a truck.
Our Father
1990
NRAn art film about the life of Soviet creatives in the late 1980s.
Broken Light
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Trail
1995
1980s · 11 titles
5.0The bureaucratic epos on the dialogues and plots of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a Town". In a metaphorical and grotesque form, the film conveys the history of Russia from the calling of the Varangians until the end of the 20th century. The film traces the change of the “chiefs” of the county town of Glupov, which differ in varying degrees of tyranny and the corresponding total number of “killed” city residents. The heads of the city easily guess the former heads of the Russian state and the USSR.
Ono
1989
NRNo synopsis available yet.
I Don't Want to Be Unhappy
1983
6.7Two middle age people decided to get married. Will it become serious?
Let's Get Married
1982
6.2Two poor Spanish students set off in search of happiness in Madrid. Here they decide to make their fortune by marrying girls from noble families. But one of them, Marta, is promised by her father to a rich elderly nobleman.
Marta the Pious Woman
1980
5.2The film takes place in pre-Christian Russia, when Ratibor united the East Slavs into one army against the nomadic Khazars.
Primary Russia
1986
NRBased on the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.
No Peace for Me in Love
1980
7.0Growing up in an orphanage, Florin is trying to find his mother Dorina, whom he has not seen for 15 years. His beloved Liza is very jealous of Florin's plans. Having met his mother, an already adult son is trying to understand the person who gave him life and abandoned him. But can a son forgive his mother, who deprived him of a happy childhood?
Everything Could Have Been Otherwise
1982
NRPeople of different destinies were brought together by "Santa Esperanza" (Holy Hope), the name of an abandoned mining village turned into a concentration camp. They behaved differently and chose different methods of struggle. The film centers on the confrontation between a group of political prisoners and the management of one of the camps in Chile when the junta was in power.
Santa Esperansa
1980
7.5Once upon a time there lived a young man who served where “enemy voices” were suppressed, wrote, and wanted to make a film. It seemed to him that complete freedom was needed in order not to let his abilities die out, so that there were no obstacles to creativity.
Dissident
1989
NRLost among the mountains is the small town of Achisai with a mine - the embodiment of the ideal Stalinist paradise.
Achisai
1988
5.0The film is set during the construction of a gas pipeline. The plot revolves around a conflict between the builders and the designers.
Behind the Blue Nights
1983
1970s · 20 titles
7.9A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Mirror
1975
5.5Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
The Blue Bird
1976
3.8In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek recognition of Finland's independence.
Trust
1976
6.7Four former soldiers reunite 25 years after the war. Last time they saw each other on the Byelorussian railway station in the summer of 1945. Now they've come together to mourn the death of a friend.
Byelorussian Station
1971
4.0In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII agree to pose as Red Army soldiers. Are they patriots or traitors, heroes or opportunists? Although they go to the frontlines, their new Russian comrades are initially unsure whether to trust them. Three of them then accept a mission behind German lines, but they are unprepared to fire upon their countrymen and it ends up costing the life of a Russian soldier. In the meantime, the fourth man has fallen in love with Russian radio operator Svetlana. After being criticized by the other Russians, he too agrees to participate in the mission..
Mama, I’m Alive
1977
5.5American journalist gets a sensational material but is afraid to publish it...
The Fourth
1972
5.7Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated from his wife and lives alone. His daughter, who lives with the mother, comes to his home and stays with him for a period, leaving her daughter with him. He raises his granddaughter, feeling a great affection for her.
Monologue
1973
NRThe nobleman des Grieux falls in love with the mysterious and attractive girl of humble origin Manon Lescaut. The girl seems to love the young man, but at the same time commits unworthy acts, seducing rich noblemen and involving des Grieux himself in a dissolute life.
The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
1979
4.5The casual acquaintance of the heroes did not portend any feelings. They are not very interested in each other and seem to want to quickly get rid of each other. But when she leaves for Truskavets, the hero does everything to meet her there at the station.
Who Will go to Truskavets?
1978
4.2In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and that a special organization was involved in transporting the stolen to Estonia. Scout Maksim Isayev is sent to this country. He establishes that the cipher of the Soviet embassy Olenetskaya works for the German resident Nolmar, with whom employees of Gokhran Kozlovskaya and an appraiser Yakov Shelekhes are associated. As a result of the provocation, Isayev was arrested. In the prison cell, he finds himself together with the famous Russian writer Nikandrov, who could not find himself in post-revolutionary Russia and went abroad. Released soon by the efforts of his comrades, Isayev continues the struggle for the fate of Nikandrov — for his return to his homeland.
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
1976
NRIn this three-part series, Nikolai Irteniev reminisces and reflects on his life; he is eager to find answers to the most important questions of life. "How to be? how to do the right thing? What goals to strive for?" Based on Lev Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy.
Childhood. Boyhood. Youth
1973
8.0The 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
6.5Rikki is a young mongoose who is adopted by a human family after nearly drowning in the river. He returns the favour by protecting them from two murderous cobra.
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1976
7.2The rich and noble Signora Diana is tormented by doubts: she has to choose between suitors worthy of her hand and her handsome and seductive personal secretary. And the latter, in turn, can not decide who is more to his heart - his charming mistress or her maid...
The Dog in the Manger
1977
8.5After researcher Yuri Sergeev fails to report to work, local police officer Ilya Sergeev opens an investigation into his disappearance.
Sergeev Seeking Sergeev
1974
5.6A literary teacher Antonina Sergeevna goes to work at an elite physical and mathematical lyceum from a regular school. She is surprised to see how respectful the students are here - as to full-fledged creative personalities. Soon she begins an affair with a young school principal - a talented physicist, candidate of science. But the euphoria of the first months of communication with students is replaced by disappointment - her pets turn out to be cold, rational people, almost indifferent to the beautiful ...
Schedule for the Day After Tomorrow
1979
6.4Two old friends living in Moscow and St. Petersburg are hoping to get their children married.
Daylight Train
1976
NRThe play is about the Game, about creativity, which this time turned into the form of a brilliant speck. Skillfully, talentedly and artistically, the victim of the same players as himself, Ikharev does not suffer a catastrophe, because his "Adelaide Ivanovna" remains with him. Tool and mascot of his game. His secret manuscript ...
Players
1978
5.8Four years ago, Igor, Olya's father, fell in love with another woman, Tatyana, and left his wife. Tatyana has a son, Dima, whom Igor is adopting. And one day Igor can not meet Olya, and sends Dima instead. Children get acquainted. There is a paradox. Olya hates Dima and his mother, he is friendly. Children have to cross the line of love and hate.
Ordinary Children
1978
0.5After a young woman marries an older man, their initial happiness curdles through several years of family life.
Family Happiness
1971
1960s · 4 titles
9.0Phone conversation between an abandoned husband and his friend.
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
1967
5.4A pianist named Garvey, while traveling on a tour, gets off the train to buy cigarettes, and learns from a salesgirl that the cities imagined by Grin really exist. Forgetting about his tour, he goes to one of these cities, where he meets the captain of “The Waverunner”…
The Wave Runner
1967
6.3In post-war Armenia, physicist Artyom buries himself in work, haunted by the loss of his wife in WWII, unable to let go of the past. Meanwhile, young Tanya refuses to accept her stepfather, still waiting for her real father, missing in action for years. Their parallel journeys explore memory, loss, and the weight of history—both personal and national. As Artyom grapples with the dilemma of remembering versus forgetting, the film becomes a meditation on identity, time, and the inescapable pull of the past. Partially based on the life of prominent Soviet-Armenian scientist Artem Alikhanyan, Hello, It’s Me! is a deeply reflective exploration of history’s grip on both individuals and nations.
Hello, It's Me!
1966
NRTwig and Darsingham's offices were in Angel Street, London. The company's business is going badly, but suddenly a sales representative shows up in the office. With his arrival, the company began to prosper and the people who worked there had high hopes for the future. However, they were not destined to come true. Golspie's agent turned out to be a fraud who bankrupted the company.
Angel Pavement
1969
Series credits
7.0No synopsis available yet.
To Remember
1993
7.2The musketeers battle against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the treacherous Milady.
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
1979
6.0Edwin and Miss Rosa were engaged since childhood. While nothing foreshadows the impending tragedy, the lovers are carefree, the inhabitants of a small English town watch their romance. Edwin Drood and Ne, who arrived from Ceylon, did not help their rivals in the region because of Rosa's mission. Edwin and Rosa decide to remain only friends. However, the conflict with Neville becomes more acute. The rivals go to the lake shore for a decisive conversation. After that, Edwin disappears without a trace. The trail of Edwin disappears, and the suspect in his murder is Neville. Released from prison for lack of a straight street, he leaves the city. Edwin's guardian Jasper continues his independent search for the killers. At the moment, a "lonely bachelor living on his own means" comes to town. He also conducts his own investigation. The investigation of Jasper and the mysterious stranger is coming to an end, but...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1980
NRFor four years, a “train of mercy” travels the roads of war, evacuating the wounded from the front lines. Bombings, blood, death, and brief moments of respite bring together the people who are saving the lives of strangers. They all become one big family.
For the Rest of My Life
1975
NRMan is trying to find simple human happiness. He decides for himself the question of what this happiness consists of - wealth, high social status, or something else.
My Life
1972


