Acting
Evgeniy Samoylov
Born April 15, 1912 · St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died February 17, 2006 · aged 93
Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin P…
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Waterloo · 1970Waterloo
★ 7.11970
MovieHistoryDrama
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
The Alive and the Dead · 1964The Alive and the Dead
★ 6.01964
MovieWarDrama
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man.
The Enchanted Desna · 1964The Enchanted Desna
★ 5.41964
MovieDramaWar
Based on the novel of the same name by Oleksandr Dovzhenko. About the childhood of the famous Ukrainian film director Oleksandr Dovzhenko, who was born on the ancient lands of Chernihiv, along the banks the Desna. The film consists of two parts. The first is the world shown through the impressions of the six-year-old Sashko. The second is the recollections and reasoning of Sashko, now an elderly colonel who liberates his native village during the war.
They Fought for Their Motherland · 1975They Fought for Their Motherland
★ 7.01975
MovieWarHistory
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.
The Stars Don't Fade · 1971The Stars Don't Fade
★ 9.01971
MovieDramaHistory
The film consists of several novels reproducing the most vivid pages of the biography of the first Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Azerbaijan Nariman Narimanov (1870-1925).
The Night of the Iguana · 1991The Night of the Iguana
1991
MovieTV MovieDrama
An American priest, Reverend Lawrence Shannon, is defrocked and travels to Mexico, where he becomes a tour guide. One day, his attention is drawn to the young Charlotte Goodall, who has slipped into a group of old maids. However, his complicated relationships with women don't end with this encounter...
Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa · 1980Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa
1980
MovieDramaTV Movie
Genoa, 1547. Count Fiesco di Lavagna is to lead an uprising against the ruler of Genoa, Count Doria. But in the chaos surrounding the struggle for power, innocent people perish...
Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich · 1981Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich
1981
MovieDramaTV Movie
Trying to stop the fratricidal bloodshed started by his father - John the Terrible, Tsar Fyodor gave away power and led Russia to turmoil.
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The Alive and the Dead · 1964The Alive and the Dead
★ 6.01964
MovieWarDrama
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man.
commander of the communist battalion
Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich · 1981Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich
1981
MovieDramaTV Movie
Trying to stop the fratricidal bloodshed started by his father - John the Terrible, Tsar Fyodor gave away power and led Russia to turmoil.
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