
Acting
Stefaniya Stanyuta
Born 1905-04-30 · Minsk, Russian Empire
Acting credits
6.3Elem Klimov's tribute to his late wife, director Larisa Shepitko, killed in a car accident a year earlier. Features excerpts from all of her films, and archival audio of her discussing life and art.
Larisa
1980
5.2Spring of 1942. A train with evacuated children from the Dvinsky orphanage falls under the bombing of the Nazis. After the raid, the children find themselves in the occupied territory in the area of operations of the Belarusian partisan detachment. To find the people's avengers, the Nazis decide to use children.
Deer Hunting
1982
6.2Adaptation of 'Prince Serebrenni' by A. K. Tolstoy.
Tsar Ivan the Terrible
1991
NRThe action takes place in the Ukrainian Carpathians in the First World War. The plot - twists and turns of life's journey of the traveler, adventurer, traveling actor and philosopher Ivan Kalita.
Tales about Ivan
1991
10.0After fifteen years of wandering, Ivan Shalnev returned to his native village for the summer. Autumn arrived quickly. He hadn't managed to accomplish everything he had planned. But he realized where his happiness lay, and he stayed forever...
A Family Affair
1980
8.5Egor is a peasant by vocation, a family man. But in search of earnings, he leaves both his land and his family. Both breakups are hard for him, it's even hard to figure out which is bigger.
The House and the Host
1968
8.5Based on an authentic story, and in the pure tradition of Soviet cinema, the tragic fate of a family of Polish Jews during World War II.
Exile
1992
7.5The film's heroine, the director of a large scientific and industrial association, one day comes to the conclusion that her personal life has not worked out…
The Only Man
1981
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Wisdom Meter
1988
NRReturning to his native village at the end of his military service, Victor (Yuri Sarantsev) brought his bride into the house - and soon they got married. Victor works on the collective farm with great enthusiasm, he is appointed a foreman, but the happiness of old Danila, Victor’s father, is overshadowed by dirty gossip - as if Victor’s father is not he, but Shandybovich, whose unseemly deeds were recently exposed by Victor.
Happiness Must Be Protected
1958
Anna loses her son and husband to war. Her grief-stricken life undergoes a sudden change when three children, tasked with helping the elderly in the city, begin visiting her.
Sail Away, Little Ship...
1983
6.8A funny story about Fyodor - the oldest person in the village - and his three sons.
White Dew
1984
6.0A sequel to the well-known story about a Little Red Riding Hood (Krasnaya Shapochka). This time, a family of a slain wolf decides to avenge his death. So they falsely inform Little Red Riding Hood that her grandma is sick and prepare to eat her on her way.
About the Little Red Riding Hood
1977
NRBased on L. Yelisieieva’s short story "Far Away". In the 1920s–30s, a girl named Liolia grows up in poverty after her father is killed in the so-called “Civil War.” Her mother’s new marriage brings fear and violence into the home, so Liolia is sent to live with her grandmother, where she finds peace—though only briefly.
Primrose
1986
NRIn the beginning of WWII a group of five brave children are fighting the Nazis in Belarus.
Five Brave
1971
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Let's Talk, Brother...
1979
6.5Matyora is a small village on a beautiful island with the same name. The existence of the village is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam. This is the story of the inhabitants of Matyora and their farewell to their homeland.
Farewell
1983
8.0The villagers dreamed of the happy days to come, but the war came and the men went to defend their land.
Spring
1982
NRThe war is ending. In the Belarusian village of Pokolyubichi, liberated from the Germans, there are only women and old people, so teenagers have to work on an equal basis with adults. The boys Sanka and Ivan are constantly drawn to feats. When there were rumors in the village that some kind of ghoul was hiding in the forest, the guys decided to catch him and become famous for it. It's good that the district police officer came to their aid in time. After all, Afonka, a former policeman armed with a German machine gun, turned out to be a ghoul...
We Are Tenacious Lads
1974
NRThe film consists of three novellas that tell about the happy and joyful lives of Soviet children.
Little Dreamers
1963
5.0Based on the real letters of Veronika, a young girl in partizans squad during WWII.
Letters for the Living
1965
NRA film about the Belarusian publisher and educator Francis (Georgy) Skaryna, who lived in the first half of the 16th century, the founder of the first Belarusian printing house in Vilnius and the author of fundamental research in the field of linguistics.
Me, Francysk Skaryna
1970
NRRetired army general decides to return to his home land and help people to build a better future.
There is No Third
1980
10.0A drama about tragical events which happened in remote village and were caused by jealousy.
Sunday Night
1977