Acting
Mykola Hrynko
Born May 22, 1920 · Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Died April 10, 1989 · aged 68
Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko or Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko (Ukrainian: Микола Григорович Гринько; Russian: Николай Григорьевич Гринько) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor. His film debut was in the role of a rebel in the film "Taras Shevchenko" by Igor Savchenko. He is best known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: "Ivan's Childhood", "Andrei Rubliov", "Solaris", "Mirror", and …
Known For
Stalker · 1979Stalker
★ 8.11979
MovieScience FictionDrama
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
Solaris · 1972Solaris
★ 7.81972
MovieDramaScience Fiction
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
Ivan's Childhood · 1962Ivan'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.
Andrei Rublev · 1966Andrei Rublev
★ 7.91966
MovieDramaHistory
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
Mirror · 1975Mirror
★ 7.91975
MovieDramaHistory
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
War and Peace · 1968War and Peace
★ 7.61968
MovieHistoryDrama
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors · 1965Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
★ 7.51965
MovieDramaRomance
In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart.
Twenty Days Without War · 1976Twenty Days Without War
★ 6.61976
MovieWarDrama
War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.
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Weeds · 1967Weeds
★ 7.01967
MovieDrama
David Motuzka, demobilized Red Army soldier, returns to his native village, hoping to see the changes caused by the revolutionary events. But he cannot see no improvement. The village is ruled by the kulaks and David's childhood friend Kornii Matiukha helps them.
Mironov, secretary of the Party Committee
One Chance in One Thousand · 1969One Chance in One Thousand
★ 4.31969
MovieAdventureWar
In German-occupied Crimea during WWII, a group of Russian soldiers employ unusual tactics to steal classified documents from their enemies.
Denis Korneyevich Prokhorenko
To Remember · 1993To Remember
★ 7.01993
SeriesDocumentary
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