Mark Zakharov

Directing

Mark Zakharov

Born — Died

1933-10-13 — 2019-09-28

Place of birth

Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Directing

Credits

44 titles

Mark Zakharov (1933-2019) was a Soviet and Russian theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor at the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS). Born in Moscow, USSR, Mark Zakharov's father was a Red Army soldier during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920, and his mother was an actress. Zakharov was raised in Moscow, where he was encouraged by his mother in his persistent efforts to become an actor. He was admitted after several attempts and graduated from the acting school of the State Theatre Institute in 1955. Zakharov helped create an ensemble of actors who worked with him at Moscow's Lenkom Theatre, including: Inna Churikova, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Yankovsky, Aleksandr Abdulov, Nik…

Known for

Legends of Cinema poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Legends of Cinema

2016

Schweik in World War II poster
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Based on the satirical anti-war comedy of the same name by B. Brecht.

Schweik in World War II

1969

The Cherry Orchard poster
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Television version of the performance by the "Lenkom" Theatre. Based on the comedy by A.P. Chekhov.

The Cherry Orchard

2011

The Sannikov Land poster
6.3

A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to deal with all the consequences.

The Sannikov Land

1973

The Heavenly Wanderers poster
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A stage fantasy by Mark Zakharov based on the works of Aristophanes and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.

The Heavenly Wanderers

2014

For Better and for Worse poster
5.8

In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...

For Better and for Worse

1975

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Schweik in World War II poster
NR

Based on the satirical anti-war comedy of the same name by B. Brecht.

Schweik in World War II

1969

The Cherry Orchard poster
NR

Television version of the performance by the "Lenkom" Theatre. Based on the comedy by A.P. Chekhov.

The Cherry Orchard

2011

The Sannikov Land poster
6.3

A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to deal with all the consequences.

The Sannikov Land

1973

The Heavenly Wanderers poster
NR

A stage fantasy by Mark Zakharov based on the works of Aristophanes and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.

The Heavenly Wanderers

2014

For Better and for Worse poster
5.8

In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...

For Better and for Worse

1975

Formula of Love poster
7.4

A young aristocrat, Aleksei Fedyashev, is languishing in his family's country estate, spending his days reading poetry and confessing his love... to a statue. Upon hearing that famous Count Cagliostro is touring Russia and has created quite a buzz in high society with his "magic", he decides to ask the Count to bring the statue to life...

Formula of Love

1984

All In poster
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Based on the play "The Last Victim" by Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky.

All In

2004

The Barbarian and the Heretic poster
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Based on the novel The Gambler by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.

The Barbarian and the Heretic

2005

Juno and Avos poster
5.4

The story how he will never see her and she will never forget him.

Juno and Avos

1983

Juno and Avos poster
NR

The year is 1806. He is 45, she is 15. He is from Russia, she is from America. He is Orthodox, she is Catholic. They love each other… But fate has prepared a harsh trial for them…

Juno and Avos

2004

The Royal Games poster
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The story of the relationship between King Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn.

The Royal Games

2005

The Seagull poster
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Based on A. Chekhov's comedy.

The Seagull

1994

Peer Gynt poster
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A parable about the right of an individual to freedom, the cost of that freedom, and the choice of one's own path.

Peer Gynt

2012

Peer Gynt poster
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A parable about the right of an individual to freedom, the cost of that freedom, and the choice of one's own path.

Peer Gynt

2012

Marriage poster
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A new production of Gogol by Lenkom. This is an absolutely incredible event and an endlessly funny and touching story about unsuccessful suitors and a young woman who has stayed too long in the role of a bride-to-be.

Marriage

2012

I Have the Honor poster
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Gendarmes arrest Vyacheslav, a free-thinking student. His friend Kirill gives his word of honor that he will release Vyacheslav from the dungeons of the Okhrana, but for this he will have to create a combat squad and engage in a deadly battle with the Black Hundreds - ruthless supporters of the monarchy.

I Have the Honor

1987

Mad Day or Figaro Wedding poster
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Based on the comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais. Television version of the performance by the Moscow Theatre "Lenkom".

Mad Day or Figaro Wedding

2005

The Wise Man poster
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The story of the adventures of a young man – overly ambitious and cynical, who wanted to make a career but ended up failing.

The Wise Man

2004

Lad from Our Town poster
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The young officer Sergei Lukonin faced severe trials: the war in Spain, an injury, escape from captivity, and the battles at Khalkhin Gol. Yet, he overcomes all hardships, showing courage and conviction in the justice of the cause he is fighting for.

Lad from Our Town

1978

Hurry to Build a House poster
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A young girl suddenly became famous after her picture was published in a national magazine. What will she do with all the attention?

Hurry to Build a House

1971

Ordinary Miracle poster
7.4

A wizard invents characters who all come to life and start to arrive at his house: a King, his servants, a princes, a bear trapped in a man's body - the usual lot. The Plot mainly rotates around the bear, who the wizard had turned into a man. The Bear, who wishes to be a bear once again, can turn into his old self if he were to kiss a princess. It gets complicated when he falls in love with that princess, that arrived at the wizard's house. For how can they be together, if a single kiss will destroy their love?

Ordinary Miracle

1978

Ordinary Miracle poster
7.4

A wizard invents characters who all come to life and start to arrive at his house: a King, his servants, a princes, a bear trapped in a man's body - the usual lot. The Plot mainly rotates around the bear, who the wizard had turned into a man. The Bear, who wishes to be a bear once again, can turn into his old self if he were to kiss a princess. It gets complicated when he falls in love with that princess, that arrived at the wizard's house. For how can they be together, if a single kiss will destroy their love?

Ordinary Miracle

1978

Balakirev the Jester poster
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The court jester Ivan Balakirev is not afraid to speak out to the fearsome monarch about things that others remain silent about. Becoming involved in the festivities and jests encouraged by the ruler, he inadvertently gets entangled in court intrigues and the complex relationships within the family of Peter the Great.

Balakirev the Jester

2011

Three Girls in Blue poster
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Three women in their thirties live in the summer with their young sons in the dacha. Svetlana, Tatiana and Ira are third cousins, and they raise their children alone. The women quarrel, finding out who owns half of the dacha, whose son is the offender and whose son is the offended... Svetlana and Tatiana live at the dacha for free, but the ceiling leaks on their half. Ira rents a room from Fedorovna, the owner of the other half of the dacha, but she is not allowed to use the toilet belonging to her sisters.

Three Girls in Blue

1988

Пир во время чумы poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Пир во время чумы

1974

To Kill a Dragon poster
7.1

Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only win, if all people become free from fear, that is feeding the Dragon's power. Dragon's multiple personalities, ranging from a "dragon" to a "samurai" to a "Nazi", scare the hell out of all people, except Lancelot. Finally Dragon drops all his masks, to become the most dangerous of his incarnations - "himself". And the battle begins

To Kill a Dragon

1988

To Kill a Dragon poster
7.1

Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only win, if all people become free from fear, that is feeding the Dragon's power. Dragon's multiple personalities, ranging from a "dragon" to a "samurai" to a "Nazi", scare the hell out of all people, except Lancelot. Finally Dragon drops all his masks, to become the most dangerous of his incarnations - "himself". And the battle begins

To Kill a Dragon

1988

The Very Same Munchhausen poster
7.7

A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. His crazy, yet very merriment, stories, views and behavior is what sets him apart from others. He becomes alienated from the society that failed to grasp his brilliance. In fact, his brilliance is what underlines the faults with the society itself. It's a beautiful yet tragic story that is filled with dense and intellectual dialogue.

The Very Same Munchhausen

1979

Wake Up and Sing poster
9.0

Dyula, the son of four Orbak, is a young man, like everyone at his age looking for love and at the same time dreaming of complete freedom. He loves parents, but he is terribly tired of notations and teachings. And by and large, like many young people, they themselves do not know very well what they want ...

Wake Up and Sing

1974

The Prisoner of If Castle poster
6.9

A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him

The Prisoner of If Castle

1989

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Plan and the Dummy

1966

The House That Swift Built poster
5.7

An immaculate, vivid and breathtaking implementation of Swift's romanticism.

The House That Swift Built

1985

The Train Stops for Two Minutes poster
7.0

A doctor arrives from work in a provincial town from Moscow. At first, he yearns for the capital and friends. In addition, there are no patients. Igor decides to return to Moscow, but getting to know the locals, and even more the feeling that arose between him and nurse Alyona, forces him to change his decision.

The Train Stops for Two Minutes

1972

The Train Stops for Two Minutes poster
7.0

A doctor arrives from work in a provincial town from Moscow. At first, he yearns for the capital and friends. In addition, there are no patients. Igor decides to return to Moscow, but getting to know the locals, and even more the feeling that arose between him and nurse Alyona, forces him to change his decision.

The Train Stops for Two Minutes

1972

Balakirev the Jester poster
4.5

Pyotr's jester Ivan Balakirev is caught up in complicated family relations of Russian emperor and palace intrigues of his court.

Balakirev the Jester

2001

Two Comedies of Branislav Nušić poster
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Teleplay based on comedies by Serbian playwright Branislav Nušić and combined with songs by Andrey Mironov

Two Comedies of Branislav Nušić

1969

Spring of the Twenty-Ninth poster
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Follows the builders of the first five-year plan. The hero of the film is the director of construction of the tractor plant Grigory Guy, a man of inexhaustible energy, selflessly devoted to the cause, who managed to rally the team for early completion of construction.

Spring of the Twenty-Ninth

1976

Marriage poster
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About the hapless bridegroom Podkolesin, who escaped from the bride through the window, and the picky bride Agafya Tikhonovna, who can not choose the right one, Mark Zakharov saw the story of a man who wants to change something in his life, but is not capable of doing anything.

Marriage

2007

Memorial Prayer poster
5.5

The action takes place in pre-revolutionary Russia, during the period when persecution of Jews began. Tevye's already difficult life is further complicated by a series of events that test his faith. Will he be able to withstand all of these difficult blows? It is difficult to say how much a person can endure, but it becomes clear that faith helps a person not to break down in the most difficult moments of life.

Memorial Prayer

1993

Dictatorship of Conscience poster
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Performance of the Lenkom Theater based on the play by M. Shatrov.

Dictatorship of Conscience

1988