Konstantin Adashevsky

Acting

Konstantin Adashevsky

Born — Died

1897-04-11 — 1987-06-01

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

I'm An Actress poster
4.5

A film about the great Russian actress Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya (1864–1910).

I'm An Actress

1980

The Twelve Months poster
8.0

A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.

The Twelve Months

1973

What Does a Person Need? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

What Does a Person Need?

1975

The Gadfly poster
5.7

Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...

The Gadfly

1955

Cinderella poster
6.6

In the fairy kingdom live stepmother, her evil daughters — Anna and Maryana, a limp husband-forester and his daughter from his first marriage — Cinderella. The stepmother exploits the poor girl as a housekeeper. With the help of her godmother-fairy, Cinderella gets to the royal ball, where a beautiful and very kind prince falls in love with her. At midnight, the magic ends, and poor Cinderella has to return to her former life. But on the crystal shoe that Cinderella lost while fleeing the palace to the battle of the palace chimes, the prince searches for the bride.

Cinderella

1947

Dead Souls poster
3.5

In "Dead Souls" Gogol posed the most pressing and painful questions of modern life. The very title of the poem had enormous revealing power; it carried, according to Herzen, “something terrifying”, “he could not name it otherwise; not the revisionists - dead souls, but all these Nozdryovs. Manilovs and all those like them are dead souls, and we meet them at every step..."

Dead Souls

1969

Film credits

1980s · 9 titles

I'm An Actress poster
4.5

A film about the great Russian actress Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya (1864–1910).

I'm An Actress

1980

The Nightingale poster
6.6

Based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's Nightingale and The Emperor's New Clothes.

The Nightingale

1980

Donkey's Hide poster
6.4

At the festivities marking the christening of princess Theresa, daughter of King Gaston IX, a wicked fairy made a mysterious prophecy about the girl's life. Seventeen years later, Theresa falls in love with a poor prince named Jacques. Then the prophecy starts coming true...

Donkey's Hide

1982

The Rivals poster
5.3

A young talented athlete Natalia Ozernikova, having retired from swimming due to age, began to practice single kayaking. She loves her job, devoting many hours of grueling training to it. But at the competitions she does not manage to rise above the second place in any way.

The Rivals

1985

A Trip to the Caucasus Mountains poster
NR

The story of six-year-old Bobka, a kind and cheerful man who lives in Leningrad and desperately dreams of unexpectedly visiting his dad, who serves in the distant Caucasus Mountains. This is his most cherished dream, and it will certainly come true, but only after some adventures that are quite normal for this tomboy.

A Trip to the Caucasus Mountains

1982

And Then Came Bumbo... poster
6.5

A very sick girl asks her father to get her a live elephant. Based on the early stories by Alexander Kuprin.

And Then Came Bumbo...

1984

This is the Music... poster
4.3

A young graduate of a Musical teacher's training school, having got an allocation to one of the collective farms of Nonblack Soil Zone, she goes there with one desire return to city as soon as possible and continue her career of pop singer. Villagers are rejoiced by arrival of a new club head, and do all their best to make her stay: give good lodging, telephone, color TV-set, and even accordion. And the farms head (B.Nevzorov) is not intended to let her go before the set date, moreover, he falls in love with her. A skeptical modern city girl, mixing with villagers and step-by-step delving into their routine life and chores, gets filled with local beauties and engulfing feeling towards a young farms head, starts hesitating.

This is the Music...

1981

Let the Fireweed Bloom!.. poster
NR

A touching story about the friendship of guys who help two lonely old people meet after almost half a century of separation.

Let the Fireweed Bloom!..

1984

Rafferty poster
5.5

The story of the trial of the trade union boss Jack Rafferty. With great force and astute critical insight, corruption and crime are exposed, accompanying the advancement of Western leaders to power.

Rafferty

1980

1970s · 14 titles

What Does a Person Need? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

What Does a Person Need?

1975

Crime and Punishment poster
6.0

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Crime and Punishment

1970

Crime and Punishment poster
6.0

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Crime and Punishment

1970

All the Evidence is Against Him poster
NR

Chauffeur Movilyanu is arrested at his own wedding, accused of running over a man — all the evidence points to his guilt. However, during the investigation, police colonel Chekan uncovers that the driver was framed, and the real criminals are still at large...

All the Evidence is Against Him

1975

A Robbery at Midnight poster
NR

A comedy based on the vaudeville by the Yugoslav playwright Miroslav Mitrovic "A Thief in Position, or a Robbery at Midnight".

A Robbery at Midnight

1978

Green Signals poster
6.7

Three boys are helping Soviet Intelligence to catch German spies during WWII.

Green Signals

1970

Angle of Incidence poster
8.0

The plot is based on the defense of Petrograd from Yudenich's troops in 1919.

Angle of Incidence

1970

Nikolay Simonov's World poster
NR

The film is a monograph about the life and work of the great Russian actor. Actors, theater figures, relatives and friends remember working with him.

Nikolay Simonov's World

1975

The Twelve Months poster
6.5

A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.

The Twelve Months

1973

Shadow poster
6.4

The good-natured scholar Christian-Theodore arrives in a small country where miracles occur. He falls in love with the beautiful Princess, whose marriage is a matter of national importance, because her husband will become the new king. But unlike many “suitors”, selfish thoughts are alien to Christian-Theodore. He is sincerely fascinated by her beauty and releases his Shadow, hoping to get a faithful helper in his quest to marry the Princess. But the Shadow is the embodiment of egoism, greed and meanness. Quickly betraying the scholar, he marries the Princess himself and takes the royal throne.

Shadow

1971

Here Is Our Home poster
6.5

A young and ambitious engineer comes into conflict with old-fashioned structures that don't acknowledge his honesty.

Here Is Our Home

1974

Tsarevich Prosha poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Tsarevich Prosha

1974

Fear of Misery - No Happiness poster
6.0

A musical based on Russian folklore and fairytales.

Fear of Misery - No Happiness

1973

The Coast of Youth poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Coast of Youth

1970

1960s · 9 titles

Dead Souls poster
3.5

In "Dead Souls" Gogol posed the most pressing and painful questions of modern life. The very title of the poem had enormous revealing power; it carried, according to Herzen, “something terrifying”, “he could not name it otherwise; not the revisionists - dead souls, but all these Nozdryovs. Manilovs and all those like them are dead souls, and we meet them at every step..."

Dead Souls

1969

The Chief of Chukotka poster
5.9

Young patriotic young man ends up in the on Chukotka right after the civil war, where he intends to spread ideas of justice and equality among the natives. As it happens, instead he learn the local capitalist ways, and he start profitable fur trading with US, Japanese and other merchants.

The Chief of Chukotka

1967

Be Careful, Grandma! poster
4.2

Young Lena becomes a chief manager of a workers' club. The problem is this club is not constructed yet and finishing it takes too much effort from a young girl. The solution is found by her grandmother and her 'old guards'. Look out Lena's enemies. Here's her grandma coming!

Be Careful, Grandma!

1961

Two Lives poster
7.0

In the center of the film - two lives, two destinies. A simple, illiterate soldier Vostrikov of the Tsar's Army during the years of Soviet power grew into a devoted fighter of the revolution, he became a general of the Soviet Army, respected by all. A guards officer, a brilliant prince Naschyokin, who fought against Soviet power, emigrated from his native country and eventually became a lackey in a port restaurant.

Two Lives

1961

Rebellious Outpost poster
8.0

The 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

12 Chairs poster
7.2

Who was the first to bring the great novel "12 Chairs" to the screen? You say "Leonid Gaidai" - and it will be a mistake. In our country, the first director was Alexander Belinsky (Leningrad television, 1966). Filming the favorite books of millions is a difficult task. The audience knows the plot in detail. Winged phrases have long gone to the people. Everyone has their own idea of ​​the main characters. In general, dissatisfied will be sure. So the version of "12 chairs", proposed by Alexander Belinsky, of course, will not suit everyone.

12 Chairs

1966

Honore de Balzac's Mistake poster
8.0

It is a story of the relationship of A French writer and a beautiful duchess Ganskaya. The events take place in a picturesque estate of the aristocrat on the Ukrainian land, which is under the power of Polish landowners. Ganskaya is considered to be the most important woman in Balzac’s life.

Honore de Balzac's Mistake

1969

Musicians of the Same Regiment poster
7.5

The 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

First Trials poster
6.0

The young teacher Lobanovich, who has just graduated from the seminary, comes to the remote Polessky village of Telshino to teach the peasant children to read and write. In the heads of seminarians persistently hammered into the idea that the Tsar-father endlessly cares about the common people, and the people respond to him sincere filial gratitude. Arriving in the village, the teacher saw a different picture. The Poleshuk people are beaten down, driven, living in mud, darkness, tightly entangled in a network of prejudices and superstitions....

First Trials

1960

1950s · 20 titles

The Gadfly poster
5.7

Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...

The Gadfly

1955

His Time Will Come poster
5.8

Kazakh scientist and traveler, Chokan Valikhanov studied at St. Petersburg University and was well known in Russia. When sent to war against the Kazakhs, Valikhanov was forced to make a choice between Tzar and native land.

His Time Will Come

1958

The Cutlass poster
4.4

The teenager Misha Polyakov, being with his mother in a Ukrainian village on vacation with his grandmother and about to return home to Petrograd, offers his best friend Genka to go with him. Suddenly, a white gang of Nikitsky bursts into the village and attacks Misha’s house, where Commissioner Polevoy lives. The purpose of Nikitskiy (aka Nikolskiy) is a dagger located at Polevoy. Saving the commissioner, Misha learns from him the history and secret of the weapon, and receives it for storage with a request to solve the secret. Having returned with adventures to Petrograd, Misha Polyakov with friends begins to unravel the riddle of the dagger, in the handle of which is encrypted text.

The Cutlass

1954

Tambu-Lambu poster
NR

The adventures of two guys looking for a man who left his address book in a telephone booth.

Tambu-Lambu

1958

Road of Truth poster
7.0

An optimistic drama about an ordinary Moscow worker who, thanks to her integrity, intelligence and justice, won everyone’s trust and was elected as a people’s judge.

Road of Truth

1957

Zhambyl poster
8.0

The film tells about the life and work of the famous singer of the Kazakh people akyn Dzhambul Dzhabayev.

Zhambyl

1953

Two Captains poster
6.2

From childhood, Sanya Grigoryev was able to achieve success in any business. He grew up a courageous and brave man. The dream of finding the remnants of Captain Tatarinov’s expedition led him to the ranks of polar explorers. The life of Captain Grigoryev is full of heroic events: he flew over the Arctic, fought against the Nazis. He was in danger, had to endure temporary defeats, but the hero’s persistent and purposeful character helps him to keep his vow made to himself in childhood: “Fight and seek, find and not give up.”

Two Captains

1955

Red Leaves poster
6.0

A story is taking place in West Belarus where local rebels are fighting for the unification with Soviet Union during 1930-ies.

Red Leaves

1958

The Boys from Leningrad poster
5.4

Comedy about brothers Vesnushkin, Sasha and Vasya, who are playing for one team in a National Soccer Competition. However, Sasha falls in love with a beautiful girl and loses his confidence just before the final game, so his brother has to take the lead on the field in order to save the game.

The Boys from Leningrad

1954

Street Is Full of Surprises poster
6.4

Chief accountant Porfiry Petrovich Smirnov-Alyansky, who took a good walk on the anniversary of his colleague cashier Ivan Zakharovich Vodnev, climbs into the traffic controller's booth and disrupts traffic on one of the streets of Leningrad. However, the guard Vasiliy Shaneshkin mistakenly delivers to the police station not an escaped offender, but a quite decent cashier. In addition, Vodnev, offended by the police, turns out to be the father of the bride Shaneshkin — Katya. Vasiliy admits his guilt, but, not daring to explain himself, leaves the angry Ivan Zakharovich with bad thoughts about the Soviet police. Fortunately, the young sergeant will soon have an opportunity to prove to others the responsibility and conscientiousness of the police officers.

Street Is Full of Surprises

1958

Hot Heart poster
7.0

A love story based on a classic play by Aleksandr Ostrovskiy.

Hot Heart

1953

October Days poster
5.6

Historical drama depicting the events leading up to the 1917 October Revolution produced to celebrate the 40th anniversary.

October Days

1958

Toktogul poster
NR

About the life of the famous Kyrgyz akyn.

Toktogul

1959

Baltic Glory poster
7.3

A film about the struggle of Baltic Fleet sailors for revolutionary Petrograd in the autumn of 1917. The film focuses on the fates of a sailor and a naval officer who join the ranks of those fighting for the revolution.

Baltic Glory

1958

Soldiers Were Walking poster
7.0

October 1917. Russian and German soldiers, exhausted by three years of war, began to fraternize. But officers' bullets shot the fraternizers. The survivors - Ilya, Matvey, nurse Olga and German soldier Jakob - swore in front of the fallen soldiers to reach St. Petersburg and achieve peace for all.

Soldiers Were Walking

1959

Belinsky poster
5.9

A biopic based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951, but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin.

Belinsky

1953

Mussorgsky poster
5.4

Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has become a fixture there. He tells about the first opera he plans to compose. Then he goes to the country where he discovers the lowly conditions of the peasants and the bloody conflicts with the rich land owners. He works on Gogol's 'The Marriage', trying to render into music the natural accents of the play's naturalistic dialogue. But his efforts do not pan out. On the other hand, he starts writing his opera on the story of Boris Godunov. The Marinsky Theatre refuses to stage the work. The Five, and Mussorgsky among them, are libeled and the group starts disintegrating. When 'Boris Godunov' is finally performed in 1874, it is a popular success.

Mussorgsky

1950

Footprints in the Snow poster
10.0

The post-war years. Yakut hunter Bykadyrov discovers mysterious footprints in the taiga leading to a village where the head of a geological expedition has just been murdered. A group of state security officers arrives from Moscow to investigate the crime.

Footprints in the Snow

1955

Mikhail Lomonosov poster
7.5

A biopic about the life of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov - Russian polymath, scientist and writer.

Mikhail Lomonosov

1955

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

First Day

1958

1940s · 2 titles

1930s · 6 titles

Moonstone poster
5.5

Geological expedition is looking for a rare element in Pamir mountains.

Moonstone

1935

The Girlfriends poster
6.7

Girlfriends 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

The Mask poster
NR

A charity ball masquerade was held at a social club. In the midst of the festivities, an unknown man in a coachman's outfit and black mask caused a scandal. He shoved noble gentlemen out of the reading room and settled down at a table set for two ladies. Neither the club official's pleas nor the police officer's intervention had any effect on him. He only became more boisterous and mocked the outraged guests.

The Mask

1938

Great Citizen poster
4.6

A biography drama about Sergey Kirov, a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union.

Great Citizen

1938

Enemies poster
3.7

The eve of the 1905 Russian revolution was unquiet at the Skrobotova and Bardin factory. In response to the fair demand of the workers to dismiss the cruel and rude master, the masters close the factory and call in the troops. They shoot of one of the workers, who failed to restrain a rush of hatred towards the owners, ending Skrobotov's life. Gendarmes arrive at the factory. They succeed in uncovering the social democratic organization in the factory. The arrested workers oppose hysterical cruelty of gendarmes with calm, confident courage.

Enemies

1938

Man in a Shell poster
4.3

The Greek teacher Belikov, who works in a rural gymnasium, loved to keep things in cases, was afraid of everything and lived himself, as if in a case, on the principle: “no matter what happens”. By this principle, he literally "terrorized" the gymnasium and the villagers. Hope appeared when Varenka arrived in the village - “not a girl, but marmalade”, although she was already aged, and “did not mind being married, even if only to a teacher of the Greek language”.

Man in a Shell

1939

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