Lev Prygunov

Acting

Lev Prygunov

Born

1939-04-23 (87)

Place of birth

Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Almaty, Kazakhstan]

Known for

Acting

Credits

79 titles

Known for

The Sum of All Fears poster
6.4

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

The Sum of All Fears

2002

The Saint poster
6.1

Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.

The Saint

1997

K-19: The Widowmaker poster
6.6

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

Beyond Death poster
8.4

Few days before his retirement, an experienced chief investigator gets assigned a new case, where a corpse mysteriously disappears from the morgue. The mortician swears that the man, killed by a train while saving a woman’s life, just got up and left. The woman happens to be a well-connected neuroscientist and she wants to know what happened to her rescuer. The elderly detective and the young doctor make an unlikely duo and their terse relations often get in the way of the investigation. But to get to the truth they have to work together. Intricate plot lines mix three different stories that unravel the mysteries of hundreds of WWII soldiers’ deaths, and even a terrorist plot.

Beyond Death

2018

Godunov poster
6.1

The TV show is about the Godunov family, which covers the period from the reign of Ivan the Terrible to the accession of Mikhail Romanov to the throne.

Godunov

2018

The Dead Lake poster
6.9

Experienced Moscow police officer Maksim Pokrovskiy is sent to Northern Russia to investigate the murder of the local Oligarch's daughter.

The Dead Lake

2019

Film credits

2000s · 12 titles

The Sum of All Fears poster
6.4

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

The Sum of All Fears

2002

K-19: The Widowmaker poster
6.6

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

The Interceptor poster
4.1

The film tells a story of an agent betrayed by his partner when transporting new psychic weapon. Believed to be dead, he escapes and takes new identity so he can live in peace far away. But later he is forced to return to Moscow to confront a secret organization, led by his former partner, that attempts to use the dangerous weapon in order to take control over the country. Now he is a key figure in the battle between forces of darkness and light.

The Interceptor

2009

Street Racer poster
3.7

Stepan and Doker are street racers. They love cars and speed. But there is a difference between them which brings them to face each other in a deadly race.

Street Racer

2008

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story poster
4.8

True story about the cat and mouse game between the FBI trying to find a Soviet mole in their ranks and Robert Hanssen, one of the top FBI agents and said mole

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

2002

In the Service of My Country poster
6.5

Somewhere in the Middle East, undercover agent Victor Bystroletov arrives in one of the oil kingdoms posing as an international journalist. His true goal is to contact a former terrorist named Javad. It has been several years since the holy warrior lay down his weapons and disappeared. Interpol is looking for him, as are his former jihad brothers, who have put a death sentence on his head for betrayal.

In the Service of My Country

2003

The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga poster
0.5

The first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Tells the story of pagan Rus' during the time of Prince Igor, his murder by the Drevlyans, Olga's revenge, Olga's repentance and adoption of Christianity.

The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga

2004

Why did you leave? poster
NR

After her divorce from her husband, circumstances are favorable for the heroine. She begins a new, different life, a different rhythm. She's trying to live on her own. Becomes a journalist, she gets into the hands of dirt on a large businessman, she quickly and successfully conducts a journalistic investigation... Accidentally she meets a close friend of her husband and realizes that all these events in her life were planned in advance…

Why did you leave?

2008

Indigo poster
3.1

This story takes place in Moscow during 2006. The film is about new generation of kids, called Indigo, who have more mental and spiritual abilities than others. A company of such kids gather together in hidden places. Each of them can do unbelievable things, such as : reading other people thoughts, communicating with animals, breaking computer codes. They are different from ordinary people and they are happy with each other. But some adults want to use their talents for old-time perverted purposes...

Indigo

2008

Everybody Dance Now! poster
NR

A musical retro drama. The story of the heroes of the film "Everyone is Dancing!" is inspired by the poetry of Leningrad lyricists of the 50s and 60s and partly by the motives of Fazil Iskander's story "Retribution". The film tells about the Ligovka district of St. Petersburg, known to every resident of St. Petersburg as a place where punks live.

Everybody Dance Now!

2006

The Confrontation poster
1.0

Moldavia, 1944. An elite squad of Red Army scouts is sent to stop an equally elite squad of Germans soldiers committing war crimes behind Soviet lines.

The Confrontation

2006

Stereoblood poster
4.5

The life of the main character Maria, a talented scientist-pharmacist, abruptly changes the chain of mysterious events. First, the husband goes missing, and then the murders begin in the city. Three weeks later, the heroine finds her husband, but, alas, it is not so pleased with her — she recognizes a loved one in the sketch of a homicidal maniac. Despite the support of friends, Mary is on the verge of despair…

Stereoblood

2002

1990s · 8 titles

The Saint poster
6.1

Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.

The Saint

1997

Bullet to Beijing poster
5.2

When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He'll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it's being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone's really on.

Bullet to Beijing

1995

Midnight in Saint Petersburg poster
5.2

Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov, ex-CIA agent Craig, and ex-KGB Colonel Gradsky. They take on the job of finding 1000 grams of weapons-grade plutonium stolen from the Russian government, though they do not know the identity of their client.

Midnight in Saint Petersburg

1996

Stalin poster
5.3

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film traces the rise of the Bolshevik tyrant from Lenin’s return from exile to his brutal struggle with Trotsky, the creation of his feared secret police and the merciless inner workings of his regime. As Anna recounts her grandfather’s life, viewers gain an intimate, personal perspective on the paranoia and purges that left even his closest circles living in constant fear.

Stalin

1992

Hellfire poster
6.3

Gabriella finds an unfinished symphony that was written by her late uncle Octave Barron who found inspiration through murder. Thrilled by it's possibilities she hires Marius (Ben Cross) to complete the symphony. As he begins work on the piece he finds himself stuck in a bizarre murdering cycle handed down from the original composer.

Hellfire

1995

Exodus poster
NR

At first they bullied her for a long time and in a sophisticated way. Then they killed her. In the courtroom, it became clear to her father that there was no evidence against the bastards and he would have to decide the trial himself...

Exodus

1991

The Criminal Quartet poster
5.6

Mafia kidnaps an investigator's little son after he discovers massive thefts on a local shoe factory. With the help of his three old friends, two cops and a newspaper reporter he struggles to rescue his son and close the case at the same time.

The Criminal Quartet

1990

Chyornyy Okean poster
8.5

Russian and American Navy are working together in a sea rescue operation, trying to prevent a major ecological catastrophe. The disaster may be caused by the nuclear reactor, that was smuggled out of Russia and then dropped into the Pacific Ocean from exploded cargo airplane.

Chyornyy Okean

1998

1980s · 14 titles

Defeat poster
NR

A 4-part made-for-television feature film. Two young physicists, engaged in the problems of atmospheric electricity and the study of thunderstorm phenomena, both disciples of Professor Dankevich, a talented, straightforward, incorruptible man, unwavering in his principles. Dankevich endeavoured to instil this uncompromising fight for honesty in science to the young scientists. And one of them, Sergey Krylov, lives up to the professor's expectations by continuing his work...

Defeat

1987

Love You. Waiting. Lena poster
9.0

The former paratrooper, and now the worker of the geological party Sergey Krutov, hurries to the station to meet a stranger girl and take a note from her for his friend - Having delivered the cherished message, he gladly learns about the arrival of the one he was thinking about, saving someone else's love.

Love You. Waiting. Lena

1983

For No Apparent Reason poster
7.0

1921. Three seemingly unrelated terrible events took place in a provincial Siberian town. But Chekist Kamchatov is convinced that there are links between the murders and, moreover, that in the last case, the suicide of a young security guard was, in his opinion, clearly staged...

For No Apparent Reason

1982

Shot In The Back poster
7.5

First, there was a visit by a famous writer to his old friend, who then, in order to get rid of a random witness, killed him. Envy and money. Isn't that a motive for a crime? The police opened a criminal case, and the search for the perpetrator began. It turned out that there were many witnesses. But the weapon used to kill the writer has not yet been found...

Shot In The Back

1980

Battle of Moscow poster
NR

The Battle of Moscow is a 1985 Soviet multi-part war narrative, presenting a dramatized account of the 1941 Battle of Moscow and the events preceding it. The battle was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War.

Battle of Moscow

1985

Auction poster
8.5

During the war, the Germans exported breeding horses from Russia, among which was Ermakov’s favorite. After the war, he managed to find her and return her to Russia, but the tribal certificate was lost. And now, forty years later, the granddaughter of this horse - the magnificent race mare Secunda - is being sold for pennies at an international auction to a certain Baron von Ritter. Ermakov guesses about the true owner of the “lost” document and, in the end, returns it to himself.

Auction

1983

The Garden of Desires poster
5.2

The film is set during the last summer before the Great Patriotic War. Three sisters are coming to stay with their grandmother in the village. They imagine the world as a vast and charming "Garden of desires" and all members of the household are waiting for Asya's birthday. Asya has a sense of foreboding regarding the impending grief. Guests come to visit but none of them are her parents. She still does not know that her father was declared an enemy of the people, that tomorrow she will not see her mother and that the war is approaching.

The Garden of Desires

1988

Dangerous Friends poster
6.5

The cruel laws of the zone, whose inhabitants are divided into hierarchical clans, dictate their own conditions of behavior. The head of the institution, Major Kalinin, sees prisoners not so much as criminals, but as people who have stumbled in life, and tries to give everyone a chance to improve. But not everyone accepts his position...

Dangerous Friends

1980

The Sparkling World poster
5.4

In the circus of the city Zurbagan a mysterious stranger with the ability to fly. Many present at this performance, however, few people think about what is happening.

The Sparkling World

1984

Against the Current poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Against the Current

1981

June, the Beginning of Summer poster
NR

Varya Gracheva's husband left her. During these difficult days, a chance acquaintance, a television technician named Mitya Paramonov, comes to her aid. He helps Varya sort out her feelings and tries to reconcile her with her husband. However, Varya is still unable to forgive the betrayal...

June, the Beginning of Summer

1983

Charlotte Necklace poster
6.7

While investigating a murder KGB detectives discover a criminal group which transfers a stolen artworks abroad .

Charlotte Necklace

1984

Honest, Smart, Unmarried... poster
7.0

After serving in the army, working at BAM and earning himself the authority and fame of a pioneer, the hero took a leave of absence and came home to his friends and beloved. But at home he could not find anything to do and, without waiting for the end of his vacation, he left again for BAM...

Honest, Smart, Unmarried...

1981

Persecution poster
10.0

20s south of Kyrgyzstan. Platoon commander Abysh Isaev arrives at the military garrison. His task, together with the red commander Valentin Ugryumov, is to stop the bloodshed and destruction perpetrated by Shaanazar’s Basmach detachment, and to return the farmers to their homes.

Persecution

1989

1970s · 13 titles

Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow poster
6.0

This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern front campaign.

Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow

1971

Intern poster
6.0

Muscovite Sasha Trofimov returns home after serving in the army. In the absence of his father, his uncle, who works as a photographer, helps him decide on his profession. He takes the boy on as an intern, meaning that he will follow in his footsteps. Sasha, who has shown a great interest in photography, does not like his mentor's way of life very much, and he seriously thinks about "what to do?".

Intern

1977

Lützower poster
5.5

During the Napoleanic Wars, members of the Prussian Lützow Free Corps steal a French war chest from the house of collaborator Kerstinn, but their captain Friesen is captured and sentenced to death. But Friesen is saved by French Sergeant Fleuron and they flee the occupied city together. Kerstinn's daughter Marie is disgusted by her father's disloyalty and has also fallen in love with Friesen. When she learns about a trap that is being set for Lützow Free Corps, she sets out to warn them with the help of her father's clerk Püttchen, a Lützow sympathizer.

Lützower

1972

Catch the Wind poster
7.5

A family of a private stud-farm head takes cover from a Civil War in a forsaken estate in Urals steppe. Once an old family friend Victor, lieutenant of White Guard, shows up in the estate and claims that he wants to come out of action and live according to the laws of God. The old man marries his daughter and Victor, but that is the end of peace in this house, taking into account that the white Cossacks are getting nearer

Catch the Wind

1979

A Step from the Roof poster
7.0

Funny adventures of fifth-grader Vitka Paramonov across different times and places.

A Step from the Roof

1970

No artwork available
7.0

The partisan Welichko is given the task of rescuing four Russian prisoners of war who are in one of the freight cars of a German train.

Four Men in a Boxcar

1970

The Lost Expedition poster
5.4

An expedition of a few geologists is going to Siberia in order to found a gold sources during 1918.

The Lost Expedition

1975

B For Singing poster
NR

A fascinating journey through the native land of a schoolboy Ermek, who went to visit his uncle during the summer holidays.

B For Singing

1973

The Devil's Dozen poster
8.0

XVIII century. In the town square of Lviv, Ukrainian city under the Austrian yoke, there is a trade in humans. This displeases Cossacks led by student Maxim Zaruba, for which the rioters arrested. Showing ingenuity and resourcefulness, heroes seize the ship, attacking the fortress and freed slaves.

The Devil's Dozen

1970

No Margin for Error poster
6.5

A criminal story which happened in a small Russian town.

No Margin for Error

1975

Soviel Lieder, soviel Worte poster
5.0

This film musical is a romantic comedy of mistaken identities set at the 10th World Festival in Berlin. Alexej from Moscow meets and is attracted to Mascha, right before he leaves for Berlin. Mascha also travels to Berlin to perform with her cultural ensemble. While there, she boards with the Krüger family, whose son Hans is attracted to her.

Soviel Lieder, soviel Worte

1976

Pyotr Ryabinkin poster
NR

Based on the novel of the same name by V. Kozhevnikov. The film is about the heroism of Soviet workers, clearly manifested during the WWII.

Pyotr Ryabinkin

1973

My Zero Hour poster
6.1

Germany in 1943. The Berlin worker Klaus Hartung is deployed as a soldier to the Eastern front during World War II. During a tour, he is captured by a Russian patrol. While in captivity, Hartung comes to the conclusion that he has to come through and actively take part in the effort to end the war. He consents to abduct a German officer together with two Russian soldiers. During their adventurous mission, the men who at first had been enemies, become sincere friends.

My Zero Hour

1970

1960s · 11 titles

Attack and Retreat poster
6.7

Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.

Attack and Retreat

1964

I Am Twenty poster
7.3

Having returned from the army, 20-year-old Sergei settles down at the thermal power station and merges into ordinary life. Every day he meets and spends time with childhood friends — the young family man Slava and the merry fellow Nikolai, and once at first sight he falls in love with a stranger on the bus. A lyrical story about a generation of young people entering adulthood, a reappraisal of values, life principles, traditions in culture and art.

I Am Twenty

1965

Three Days of Viktor Chernyshyov poster
6.6

Mid 20th century. Industry is developing rapidly and the need for workers in factories is growing. After graduating from the tenth year, Viktor Chernyshyov, now a city dweller, did not bother to continue his education and went to the plant as a turner. He considered it quite normal that the guys enthusiastically listened to the stories of his peer Kolya, a lounger who boasted of victories over women, and participated in his dubious amusements. Only one of them, Pyotr — a real worker, a doctor, tried to reason with Kolya and the others.

Three Days of Viktor Chernyshyov

1968

Sasha-Sashenka poster
NR

A young painter Sasha is dreaming to become an actress...

Sasha-Sashenka

1967

The Search poster
8.3

The young architect Severin Sereda receives a telegram with a message about his father’s serious illness. But he does not intend to go. Zhenya, his beloved girl, is outraged by such callousness, however, Severin explains that he gave the word to his deceased mother to never see his father who left her. Nevertheless, Zhenya manages to persuade Severin. He goes, but he doesn’t catch his father alive ...

The Search

1967

Going Inside a Storm poster
4.5

Sergei Krylov and Oleg Tulin, are promising young physicists in the field of thunderstorms. They dream of weather control. But later their ways in science parted - Oleg is ready to tradeoff his standpoints for personal success, but Sergei knows that the truth is more critical.

Going Inside a Storm

1965

Morning Trains poster
7.5

The film is about the working youth of a giant factory in Moscow - the story of a young girl Asya, who had to endure a lot of disappointments before she found true friends

Morning Trains

1963

The Tunnel poster
5.0

Romania, 1944. Six intelligence agents, Russians and Romanians, at the cost of their own lives, prevented the Nazis from destroying a strategically important object — a tunnel on the path of the Soviet Army.

The Tunnel

1966

Bonivur's Heart poster
5.8

A young Komsomol member Vitaly Bonivur is fighting for Soviet power in the Far East and Primorye. Red underground workers are not the first day want to arrange an escape of their fellow prisoners. And the brave Bonivur takes part in the organization of the getaway, but for counterintelligence he remains elusive. Vitaly Bonivur's aspiration for justice, heroism and determination — courage and bravery of a young man who fights for a bright future.

Bonivur's Heart

1969

Children of Don Quixote poster
7.4

A film about the large family of the head of a maternity hospital. Living by very strict moral standards and nicknamed Don Quixote for this, he brings up his sons in the same spirit. And the sons turn out to be worthy of their father, although they often have to overcome various, both serious and comic, difficulties in life.

Children of Don Quixote

1966

Shore Leave poster
5.7

A sailor spends only one day on a shore but during this day he meets a lot of people and even meets a girl who is going to wait for him.

Shore Leave

1962

Series credits

Beyond Death poster
8.4

Few days before his retirement, an experienced chief investigator gets assigned a new case, where a corpse mysteriously disappears from the morgue. The mortician swears that the man, killed by a train while saving a woman’s life, just got up and left. The woman happens to be a well-connected neuroscientist and she wants to know what happened to her rescuer. The elderly detective and the young doctor make an unlikely duo and their terse relations often get in the way of the investigation. But to get to the truth they have to work together. Intricate plot lines mix three different stories that unravel the mysteries of hundreds of WWII soldiers’ deaths, and even a terrorist plot.

Beyond Death

2018

Godunov poster
6.1

The TV show is about the Godunov family, which covers the period from the reign of Ivan the Terrible to the accession of Mikhail Romanov to the throne.

Godunov

2018

The Dead Lake poster
6.9

Experienced Moscow police officer Maksim Pokrovskiy is sent to Northern Russia to investigate the murder of the local Oligarch's daughter.

The Dead Lake

2019

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story poster
NR

True story about the cat and mouse game between the FBI trying to find a Soviet mole in their ranks and Robert Hanssen, one of the top FBI agents and said mole

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

2002

Archangel poster
6.3

Fluke Kelso, a dissipated, middle-aged former Oxford historian, who is in Moscow to attend a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives, receives in his hotel a very unexpected visitor.

Archangel

2005

Офицеры poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Офицеры

2006

Conscience poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Conscience

1974

The Third World War poster
NR

About the tragic love story against the backdrop of the Caribbean crisis. According to the plot of the film, after the aggravation of relations between the two superpowers in different regions of the Soviet Union, military training for reservists was organized. In a quiet village located somewhere in central Russia, they don’t know anything about the lofty goals of the political leadership of the USSR and the USA. But when men of draft age begin to receive subpoenas from the military registration and enlistment office, the villagers understand: a new war has begun...

The Third World War

2013

Born of Revolution poster
6.7

About the struggle between criminal investigators and the criminal world. Based on real events and documents, the film recreates the atmosphere of 1920s Russia, which was swept by a wave of violence... At the heart of the story is the fate and career of a young man who, together with his comrades, is about to make history in Soviet criminal investigation...

Born of Revolution

1974

And Still, I Love… poster
4.4

Moscow, the 1970s. Vera, who has come to the capital on a limited work permit, meets the love of her life. But what can she do when their feelings are opposed by her lover’s influential, high-ranking family and her own surroundings? Vera’s pregnancy only makes the already tangled web of circumstances and contradictions even more complicated. Young, naïve, and far from home, she finds herself facing it all alone. Will she be able to survive in a big, hostile city with a child, prove her innocence, and defend her right to love? What will happen to Rita — the daughter of Vera and Vadim — whom he refused to believe was his for many years? And what fate awaits the girl when she is left completely alone?..

And Still, I Love…

2008

Morpekhi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Morpekhi

2011

In the Service of My Country poster
NR

Intelligence officer Viktor Bystroletov arrives in one of the countries of the oil basin under the guise of an international journalist. His goal is to establish contact with a former terrorist named Javad. It has been several years since Javad retired and disappeared in an unknown direction…

In the Service of My Country

2003

Roads of Fire poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Roads of Fire

1979

Picture poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Picture

1985

Under a Deluge of Bullets poster
NR

In Crimea, Ukraine, in 1942, the tide of war seems to be turning, and the Red Army, which had been on the verge of defeat, is gradually gaining ground against the Wehrmacht, which is now in retreat. Then a lieutenant who has escaped from German forced labor, and who according to Stalin's orders should be shot as a traitor, reports on a German secret weapon located close to the front line. A special commando unit, consisting of comrades of the condemned man, investigates and finds children believed to be dead.

Under a Deluge of Bullets

2006

Игра на выбывание poster
8.0

Inhabitants of an elite Moscow house get involved in a game of a terrorist threatening to kill them one by one if they don't pay them a large amount of money.

Игра на выбывание

2004

Клетка poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Клетка

2001

Слепой poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

Слепой

2004

Bonivur's Heart poster
NR

A young Komsomol member Vitaly Bonivur is fighting for Soviet power in the Far East and Primorye. Red underground workers are not the first day want to arrange an escape of their fellow prisoners. And the brave Bonivur takes part in the organization of the getaway, but for counterintelligence he remains elusive. Vitaly Bonivur's aspiration for justice, heroism and determination — courage and bravery of a young man who fights for a bright future.

Bonivur's Heart

1969