Semyon Aranovich

Directing

Semyon Aranovich

Born — Died

1934-07-23 — 1996-09-08

Place of birth

Derazhnya, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

Known for

Directing

Credits

30 titles

Known for

Series credits

Behind the camera

Torpedo Bombers poster
5.9

In 1944 a Soviet marine air force unit stationed near Murmansk is fighting off the German bombers attacking the British navy convoys supplying the Soviet Union with war materials under the lend-lease agreement.

Torpedo Bombers

1983

The Broken Horseshoe poster
7.5

French aeronaut Jules Ardan, traveling in a hot air balloon, accidentally finds himself in Reval. Here he meets Dr. Peterson and his daughter Leida. The gendarmes are hunting for Leida's fiance. The banker's son is being murdered in the city. Suspicion falls on Peterson. Jules Ardan takes over the investigation of the crime.

The Broken Horseshoe

1973

Meeting on the island poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Meeting on the island

1979

Meeting on the island poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Meeting on the island

1979

Summer Trip to the Sea poster
6.3

A story about a group of Arkhangelsk kids during 1942.

Summer Trip to the Sea

1978

Leningrad poster
NR

A chronicle-poetic film about St. Petersburg-Leningrad from the Italian television documentary series "Cultural Capitals of Europe" (seventh film).

Leningrad

1983

People of Earth and Sky poster
8.5

The heroic romance of the profession is in the story about the life of test pilot Yuri Garnaev, who tragically died with his crew while extinguishing forest fires in France in 1967.

People of Earth and Sky

1969

No artwork available
NR

Besieged Leningrad. Employees of the Soviet state security agencies are intensively preparing Vera for an extremely demanding task. In fact, this mission is a real feat, and even Vera herself is clear that she will not return alive. But suddenly it turns out that the girl is pregnant, and her twin sister named Nika will act as a hero instead. But fate is inexorable to Faith...

Agnus Dei

1994

The Year of the Dog poster
3.9

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Vera does not leave him. At that moment three looters come to the territory.

The Year of the Dog

1994

The Year of the Dog poster
3.9

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Vera does not leave him. At that moment three looters come to the territory.

The Year of the Dog

1994

Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola poster
5.4

The life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitriy Shostakovich is presented in this documentary through rare images and audios from many archives, at one time censored by the Soviet government. A brief take on his life, from his transition as an early prodigy to a first rate artist, his celebrated compositions and the final years with a declining health.

Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola

1981

The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes poster
8.0

A film about the destruction of the Jewish intelligentsia - from the defeat of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee to the “Doctors’ Plot.”

The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes

1991

The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes poster
8.0

A film about the destruction of the Jewish intelligentsia - from the defeat of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee to the “Doctors’ Plot.”

The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes

1991

Pavlovsk poster
NR

A concert film about the Pavlovsk Palace near Leningrad. Music from the 18th and 19th centuries is featured. Ballet dancers from Leningrad theaters participated in the filming.

Pavlovsk

1977

Pavlovsk poster
NR

A concert film about the Pavlovsk Palace near Leningrad. Music from the 18th and 19th centuries is featured. Ballet dancers from Leningrad theaters participated in the filming.

Pavlovsk

1977

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

Confrontation poster
8.5

In 1979, in one of the northern Soviet cities, the police are investigating the murder of a man who was on his way home from the gold mines. The detectives track down the main suspect, Grigory Milinko. But the further the case progresses, the more complicated it becomes, as it turns out that the real Milinko died during the war. So someone stole his name. The criminal is declared wanted throughout the Soviet Union, but the crimes continue.

Confrontation

1985

Gorky's Friend — Andreyeva poster
NR

The love story of writer Maxim Gorky and actress Maria Fedorovna Andreeva.

Gorky's Friend — Andreyeva

1966

The Anna Akhmatova File poster
6.3

A documentary about the life of one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century, her battles with and tragedies under the Soviet regime.

The Anna Akhmatova File

1989

The Anna Akhmatova File poster
6.3

A documentary about the life of one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century, her battles with and tragedies under the Soviet regime.

The Anna Akhmatova File

1989

No artwork available
NR

The TV movie is based on several dramatic episodes from the life of the red diplomat Leonid Krasin.

The Red Diplomat

1971

...And Other Officials poster
5.7

The plot structure of the film is based on a commonplace situation from the practice of foreign trade organizations - the conclusion of a trade agreement with a foreign company.

...And Other Officials

1976

No artwork available
NR

Movie-lesson observations in the classroom teacher of the Leningrad Conservatory honored artist of the RSFSR N..The Serval. Forty physical steps from the Leningrad Conservatory to the Kirov (Mariinsky) theatre - the way of the artist, overcome, physically and emotionally exhausting rehearsals. Great camera work.

Forty Steps

1968

I Worked For Stalin poster
8.0

Gain an inside look into the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin's reign of terror through eyewitness testimonies, archival photographs and rare film footage, which reveal the real-life backstabbing and power plays among Stalin's inner circle. This documentary follows the stories of such high-ranking officials as Andrei Zhdanov, Nikita Khrushchev and Georgy Malenkov as they battled to secure their place in history by becoming Stalin's successor.

I Worked For Stalin

1990

I Worked For Stalin poster
8.0

Gain an inside look into the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin's reign of terror through eyewitness testimonies, archival photographs and rare film footage, which reveal the real-life backstabbing and power plays among Stalin's inner circle. This documentary follows the stories of such high-ranking officials as Andrei Zhdanov, Nikita Khrushchev and Georgy Malenkov as they battled to secure their place in history by becoming Stalin's successor.

I Worked For Stalin

1990

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard poster
5.0

This controversial documentary created a storm in Russia by taking the cloak off a violent, repressive period of Soviet history. Filmmaker Semyon Aranovich found the last surviving personal bodyguard of Joseph Stalin, Alexey Robin, who began working for the dictator in the 1930s.

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

1989

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard poster
5.0

This controversial documentary created a storm in Russia by taking the cloak off a violent, repressive period of Soviet history. Filmmaker Semyon Aranovich found the last surviving personal bodyguard of Joseph Stalin, Alexey Robin, who began working for the dictator in the 1930s.

I Was Stalin's Bodyguard

1989

The Premiere is Tonight poster
NR

A documentary on the staging of Georgi Tovstonogov's acclaimed production of The Three Sisters at the Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater, from the first table read to the opening night.

The Premiere is Tonight

1965

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NR

It was banned from showing in 1968 and remained "on the shelf" for almost 20 years. In 1987, he was among the first films to be awarded the Nika National Film Award.

Maxim Gorky. Recent years

1967