Stepan Shkurat

Acting

Stepan Shkurat

Born January 8, 1886 · Kobeliaky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Poltava Oblast, Ukraine]

Died February 26, 1973 · aged 87

Stepan Yosypovych Shkurat was a Ukrainian Soviet theater and film actor. Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1935). People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1971).

Known For

ViyViy · 1967
Viy
★ 6.91967
MovieDramaFantasy
A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.
IvanIvan · 1932
Ivan
★ 4.81932
MovieDrama
A young farmer Ivan and his lazy father Stepan try to help with the construction of the Dniprohes, but he learns that strength is not enough for a worker and joins the Communist party.
AerogradAerograd · 1935
Aerograd
★ 5.01935
MovieDramaAction
A Russian outpost in Eastern Siberia comes under threat of attack by the Japanese. Aerograd is a new town with a strategically located airfield of vital interest to the government. Work on the new outpost is complicated when tensions develop between workers and a religious sect. Relations between the two countries are further strained in the days before World War II, dating back to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.
EarthEarth · 1930
Earth
★ 6.71930
MovieDrama
During the agrarian collectivization process in the Soviet Union, Vasyl, a peasant member of the youth division of the Communist Party, gets a tractor with the help of a local party organization and plows private boundaries on kulak fields. However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
ChapayevChapayev · 1934
Chapayev
★ 6.01934
MovieDramaHistory
An account of the peasant turned mythical military hero Vasily Chapayev, charting his campaign in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
Fata MorganaFata Morgana · 1931
Fata Morgana
1931
MovieDramaHistory
Based on the Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi’s novel. At the distillery farmers begin to strike. Local rich men without punitive detachment begin reprisals from rebels. Punitive detachment of dragoons, who called from the city, only completes the massacre.
May NightMay Night · 1938
May Night
★ 7.01938
MovieFantasy
By Nikolai Gogol's "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden". Son of a stubborn mayor can not get his father's agreement to marry an ordinary peasant girl. Unexpectedly he gets the help from an "evil force"
Natalka PoltavkaNatalka Poltavka · 1936
Natalka Poltavka
★ 7.01936
MovieMusicRomance
The trials and tribulations of Natalka and Petro. The sweethearts plan to get married, however, Natalka's father does not approve of the marriage because Petro's not affluent enough to keep Natalka in the manner he thought that she should be kept. Petro goes off to earn the required fortune. With no news from Petro for five years, Natalka succumbs to her mother's wishes and finally accepts her next offer of marriage, which happens to come from an old, but relatively wealthy government official.

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