Pyotr Fomenko

Directing

Pyotr Fomenko

Born — Died

1932-07-13 — 2012-08-09

Place of birth

Moscow, USSR

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Pyotr Naumovich Fomenko was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre director and educator. He served as the artistic director of Moscow's Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theatre from 1993 until his death in 2012.

Known for

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The play is a compositional study based on a story by Boris Vakhtin. The desire to introduce the audience to the poetic world of Vakhtin's prose and to find an atmosphere reminiscent of the author led the creators to use the form of studies, stage sketches that are extremely conventional and open to the audience's perception. The search for intonation and the fine line between conventionality and authenticity of experience were central to this work.

One Absolutely Happy Village

2003

The Black Monk poster
3.8

Man who talks with a ghost called Black Monk is forced to see a doctor. After the treatment, he loses his ability to communicate with the ghost, becoming angry, violent and utterly unhappy.

The Black Monk

1988

The Gentlemen from Congress poster
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A young Congressman finds himself working against a group of old-time politicians whose dishonesty prompts him to try some unconventional methods. Based on the play "Both Your Houses" by Maxwell Anderson.

The Gentlemen from Congress

1982

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A television adaptation of the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theatre's production of A.N. Ostrovsky's play. Recorded in 2004. The plot revolves around a promissory note scam and an attempt to woo a wealthier husband. This production, while respectful of the classic, reveals new facets of the play—Chekhov's impressionism, the poetry of a vanishing world, and the Russian estate.

Wolves and Sheep

2004

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Two women are staying in the same hotel room. One of them has come to marry the man she loves. The other has come to visit her husband and children, whom she once abandoned. Little do they know that they will soon find themselves in the same lovely old house...

This Sweet Old House

1983

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Six characters are constantly navigating extremely complex lyrical relationships. He loves her, but he also loves another; she, loving him, leaves him for another man, who lives with a third woman but actually loves her...

Tanya-Tanya

2001

Film credits

Behind the camera

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The play is a compositional study based on a story by Boris Vakhtin. The desire to introduce the audience to the poetic world of Vakhtin's prose and to find an atmosphere reminiscent of the author led the creators to use the form of studies, stage sketches that are extremely conventional and open to the audience's perception. The search for intonation and the fine line between conventionality and authenticity of experience were central to this work.

One Absolutely Happy Village

2003

No artwork available
NR

A television adaptation of the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theatre's production of A.N. Ostrovsky's play. Recorded in 2004. The plot revolves around a promissory note scam and an attempt to woo a wealthier husband. This production, while respectful of the classic, reveals new facets of the play—Chekhov's impressionism, the poetry of a vanishing world, and the Russian estate.

Wolves and Sheep

2004

No artwork available
NR

Two women are staying in the same hotel room. One of them has come to marry the man she loves. The other has come to visit her husband and children, whom she once abandoned. Little do they know that they will soon find themselves in the same lovely old house...

This Sweet Old House

1983

No artwork available
NR

Six characters are constantly navigating extremely complex lyrical relationships. He loves her, but he also loves another; she, loving him, leaves him for another man, who lives with a third woman but actually loves her...

Tanya-Tanya

2001

Childhood. Boyhood. Youth poster
NR

In 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

Childhood. Boyhood. Youth poster
NR

In 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

The Belkin Tales: The Undertaker poster
NR

During an anniversary dinner, an undertaker is offended when someone jokingly offers a toast to the health of his customers. He claims that he will hold a house-warming party with his customers instead of his neighbors, only to find out later that his invitation has been accepted.

The Belkin Tales: The Undertaker

1990

The Queen of Spades poster
NR

After the tale by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Graduation performance, developed into a film. Filming took place in the Pushkin museum.

The Queen of Spades

1988

King Macius the First poster
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Based on the fairy tale by Janusz Korczak, staged by the State Central Children’s Theatre. The story of a boy‑king who dreamed of making all the children in his kingdom happy.

King Macius the First

1976

Trips on an Old Car poster
6.3

What should you do if you have lost the opportunity to see your only grandson? A young charming grandmother, hoping to influence her former daughter-in-law, meets her new father-in-law... This is how an amazing love story begins.

Trips on an Old Car

1985

The Belkin Tales: The Blizzard poster
NR

After a young noblewoman decides to elope with an officer, a powerful blizzard puts a stop to their plans.

The Belkin Tales: The Blizzard

1984

The Belkin Tales: The Blizzard poster
NR

After a young noblewoman decides to elope with an officer, a powerful blizzard puts a stop to their plans.

The Belkin Tales: The Blizzard

1984

The Belkin Tales: The Shot poster
NR

Feeling taunted by the success of an inordinately fortunate nobleman, an officer decides to challenge him to a duel.

The Belkin Tales: The Shot

1981

An Almost Funny Story poster
4.4

The younger of two sisters living together suddenly meets the love of her life...

An Almost Funny Story

1977

Family Happiness poster
0.5

After a young woman marries an older man, their initial happiness curdles through several years of family life.

Family Happiness

1971