Mikhail Papava

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Mikhail Papava

Born October 24, 1906

Died January 27, 1975 · aged 68

No biography available.

Known For

Ivan's ChildhoodIvan's Childhood · 1962
Ivan's Childhood
★ 7.81962
MovieDramaWar
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
The Great Warrior SkanderbegThe Great Warrior Skanderbeg · 1953
The Great Warrior Skanderbeg
★ 6.41953
MovieActionHistory
A biography of George Kastriot Skanderbeg widely known as Skanderbeg, a 15th-century Albanian lord who defended his land against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades.
The Enchanted DesnaThe Enchanted Desna · 1964
The 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.
Torrents of SteelTorrents of Steel · 1967
Torrents of Steel
★ 10.01967
MovieWesternWar
The victorious path of the Taman army through areas occupied by the white army in the last days of the civil war.
The Garnet BraceletThe Garnet Bracelet · 1965
The Garnet Bracelet
★ 6.81965
MovieDramaRomance
The story of a sublime unrequited love of a petty official for a young socialite.
I Am His BrideI Am His Bride · 1969
I Am His Bride
★ 7.01969
MovieDramaCrime
The court undeservedly passes a harsh sentence on a young worker Volodya Kharlamov. His girlfriend Valya, whom Volodya once saved from hooligans, and the people's assessor Mitrokhin actively insist on a review of the case. In the end, they are joined by others who knew Kharlamov well, but who were significantly hindered by simple human qualities - fear, selfishness and indifference.
The Yellow StorkThe Yellow Stork · 1950
The Yellow Stork
★ 4.81950
MovieAnimation
The film is based on an ancient Chinese fairy tale about the simple people of China who despite of heavy work and oppression, did not lose belief in life and love to freedom
On the Same PlanetOn the Same Planet · 1966
On the Same Planet
★ 7.71966
MovieDrama
Tired of watching the total collapse of the army on the fronts of World War I, left without his scattered squad, Lieutenant Reshetov goes to Petrograd to kill the main culprit of the tragedy of Russia — Vladimir Lenin.

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Madmen's TrialMadmen's Trial · 1961
Madmen's Trial
★ 5.51961
MovieDrama
Germany, the 1930s. A young scientist, Professor Johannes Werner discovers rays of life-giving power. The scientist refuses to give up his invention for military use and, breaking the equipment, runs to the USA, where he hides for a long time under the name of Martini. One day, after being invited to a military industrial concern to see a new European invention, Werner meets his former pupil Huber. Huber, a traitor and fascist, has restored the professor's apparatus according to stolen plans and is demonstrating it as his own invention. Werner rejects the proposal for joint cooperation and, at a meeting in the hall of scientific associations, reveals his real name and resolutely reveals the criminal intentions of the revanchists.

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Ivan PavlovIvan Pavlov · 1949
Ivan Pavlov
★ 9.01949
MovieDramaHistory
Russia, 1875: In Riazan’, Dr Pavlov is summoned to a landowner who refuses to accept the inevitability of his death; to Pavlov’s dismay, he orders the destruction of a beautiful apple orchard. 1894: Experimenting on dogs, Pavlov tries to comprehend the interaction between nerves and external signals governing digestion. In 1904, he formulates the principles of conditional reflexes. When Zvantsev, an opponent of Pavlov’s materialist worldview, leaves the laboratory, the scientist hires Varvara Ivanova who becomes his most reliable assistant. 1912: Pavlov receives an honorary doctorate from Cambridge University. 1917: Despite Pavlov’s political scepticism, the Bolshevik administration treats him with great respect.

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