Vasili Merkuryev

Acting

Vasili Merkuryev

Born 1904-04-06 · Ostrov, Pskov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Pskov Oblast, Russia]

Acting credits

The Cranes Are Flying poster
7.9

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.

The Cranes Are Flying

1957

Faithful Friend Sancho poster
8.0

Ten year old Sancho arrives to Leningrad and starts looking for friends.

Faithful Friend Sancho

1974

Cherry Town poster
5.3

Lida Baburova, a tour guide of an architectural museum, unexpectedly receives a warrant for a two-room apartment in the new district of Zarechye, among the new settlers called "our Cheryomushki". Lida and her father go to inspect the apartment, but it turns out that it doesn't exist. The manager of the house, Barabashkin, conducted fictitious documentation, and the Baburovs' apartment merged with the neighboring one, owned by the head of the construction trust Drebednyov.

Cherry Town

1963

The Great Glinka poster
6.7

About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.

The Great Glinka

1946

Story of a Real Man poster
5.0

Alexey Meresyev was a fighter pilot during the war. One day he was shot down by Nazis, and because of his wounds both of his legs had to be cut off up to his knees. Because of his spirit and courage, Alexey was able to overcome his disability. He learned not only to walk on his artificial limps, but even dance and fly the plane again. Based on a real-life story.

Story of a Real Man

1948

The Highlight of the Program poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Highlight of the Program

1956

New Year's Calendar poster
NR

New Year's TV show with the participation of popular Soviet entertainers.

New Year's Calendar

1966

Professor Mamlock poster
6.0

Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappaport, the film tells with the story of an apolitical humanitarian Jewish doctor and his politically-aware, fascism-resisting son, an intern, as their lives become entangled with the Nazis’ rise to power in 1930s Germany, where they live and practice. Things come to a head when the Nazi organization takes control of their hospital, and place a rabid antisemitic physician in charge over Mamlock and his staff.

Professor Mamlock

1938

Be Happy, Ani! poster
8.5

Ani, a charming young girl, is a driver at Sofia Airport. She sends a letter to her boyfriend Boyan, a worker at a large construction site. The letter contains a single word "yes". Boyan starts preparing for a wedding. The Soviet pilot Andrey will soon return home after several years spent working with his Bulgarian colleagues. They arrange a farewell tour of Bulgaria for him on which Ani has to drive him. Because of mistaken jealousy, Boyan tears up his sweetheart's letter.

Be Happy, Ani!

1961

Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife poster
7.0

Fyodor and Kseniya for many years worked at various construction sites. They constantly moved from one hostel to another and dreamed of their own cozy nest. Their dream came true after fifteen long years, and this made them incredibly happy. Kseniya is pregnant, the characters will finally begin a new life and become a full-fledged family. Fyodor is convinced that his calling is to provide for his family. He works hard and rarely sees his family. Kseniya lacks his attention. The couple began to move away from each other.

Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife

1974

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

The Battle of Stalingrad poster
3.9

A 1949 two-part Soviet epic war film about the Battle of Stalingrad, directed by Vladimir Petrov. The script was written by Nikolai Virta.

The Battle of Stalingrad

1949

Mommy and Two Drones poster
NR

The new patisserie in the new building district immediately won the love of the townspeople: exemplary cleanliness, good food, and flowers. But if you take a closer look at the customers, you can see those who secretly pour vodka into their glasses. The cleaning lady receives empty dishes as a bribe for her assistance. During her lunch break, she puts the bottles in a bag, and her son and wife arrive in their own car to take away the accumulated bottles. Two idle men with higher education have been unemployed for four years, relying on their mother's side income...

Mommy and Two Drones

1963

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

First Day

1958

The Vow poster
4.0

The story of Stalin and the Soviet people.

The Vow

1946

A Nest of Gentry poster
5.7

Russian nobleman Fyodor Ivanovich Lavretsky returns to his estate after years in Paris, only to fall in love with his young cousin Liza, complicating his already troubled marriage and leading to a tragic, emotionally complex romance.

A Nest of Gentry

1969

True Friends poster
7.1

Alexander, Boris and Vasily are old friends, who now rarely see each other as they're busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the Volga river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens their friendship.

True Friends

1954

Moscow-Cassiopeia poster
6.3

Several children go on a lifelong space mission to Cassiopeia because they don't want to go to school.

Moscow-Cassiopeia

1974

Chronicle of Flaming Years poster
5.2

Once again, director Yulia Solnsteva directs a movie that her late husband Alexandre Dovchenko scripted but did not live long enough to shoot. In this wartime drama, the emphasis is on the heroics of both the civilians and the soldiers during times of severe stress in World War II. At the core of the action is one man in particular, whose sacrifices and heroics speak for a much larger group.

Chronicle of Flaming Years

1961

Proshchaniye s Peterburgom poster
6.0

A story about love between famous composer Johann Strauss and Russian beauty Olga.

Proshchaniye s Peterburgom

1971

The Unforgettable Year 1919 poster
5.5

A dramatization of the 1919 defense of Petrograd, focusing on Bolshevik leadership and the defeat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War.

The Unforgettable Year 1919

1951

Patriot poster
5.5

A story about the adventures of young boy Kolya Novikov who runs from his home in order to get to the border where his older brother was killed.

Patriot

1939

A Sleepless Night poster
7.3

Young engineer Pavel Kaurov goes to his first destination — to the port city of Sibirsk. He is appointed to lead a group of cranes: gantry and floating. After several troubles Pavel mastered the port work and received a serious assignment. Meanwhile, his fiancee Nina, an architect by profession, is arriving in Siberia. However, besides Pavel, fellow students came to the station to meet her — Petunin's brother and sister, in whose house she is staying. Soon Annushka, who has long loved Pavel, arrives. From that day on, he had trouble after trouble. After a crane accident, which happened through his fault, the hero pulls himself together and does everything to regain the confidence of the brigade...

A Sleepless Night

1960

People on the Bridge poster
6.7

The end of the 50s. The former head of the department Bulygin is sent from Moscow to Siberia to build a bridge across the Severnaya River. With him goes his family: his wife, son, daughter and his daughter's fiancé. Once an experienced builder, and now just an overbearing official, Bulygin cannot find common ground with the workers, and people begin to leave the construction site. However, after many experiences and mental trials Bulygin regains the features of a skillful leader.

People on the Bridge

1959