Vasily Katanyan

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Vasily Katanyan

Born February 21, 1924

Died April 30, 1999 · aged 75

Of Armenian origin, Katanyan grew up in Tiflis (now Tbilisi). He was the director of the first Soviet panoramic film, "Spring Road" (1959). He is the son of Vasily Abgarovich Katanyan.

Known For

Anna KareninaAnna Karenina · 1967
Anna Karenina
5.41967
MovieDramaRomance
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
The Bath HouseThe Bath House · 1962
The Bath House
7.81962
MovieAnimation
Inventor Chudakov builds a time machine. All that remains is to interest the technical innovation officials and receive authorization to continue the experiment. And it turns out that's the hardest part! The end point in this inventor's struggle will only be set by a "phosphoric woman" arriving from a wonderful future...
Arkadiy RaykinArkadiy Raykin · 1967
Arkadiy Raykin
1967
MovieDocumentary
Earth in SpaceEarth in Space · 1945
Earth in Space
1945
MovieDocumentaryAnimation
The film tells about the position of Earth in outer space. Modern scientific knowledge is contrasted with ancient ideas about the structure of the world.
Maya PlisetskayaMaya Plisetskaya · 1964
Maya Plisetskaya
1964
MovieDocumentary
In the Far Eastern SeasIn the Far Eastern Seas · 1955
In the Far Eastern Seas
1955
MovieDocumentary
About the work of fishing vessels of the Okhotsk expedition.
Sakhalin IslandSakhalin Island · 1955
Sakhalin Island
1955
MovieDocumentary
Stars Meet in MoscowStars Meet in Moscow · 1959
Stars Meet in Moscow
1959
MovieDocumentary
Documentary essay about the First Moscow International Film Festival, held in August 1959, about its participants and guests - Soviet and foreign actors, directors who came to the film forum.

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Cinerama's Russian AdventureCinerama's Russian Adventure · 1966
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
5.81966
MovieDocumentary
Following an introduction by Bing Crosby, the Cinerama screen widens for scenes of landscapes, cities, peoples, and entertainments of the Soviet Union. Highlights include the historic buildings and churches of Moscow, as the Kremlin; its subway and streets, a spring carnival, the seaside resorts on the Black Sea, a trip down the Volga River, skiers, a troika racing along a snow-covered road, a helicopter view of the North Pole, an Antarctic whale hunt, the capture of a wild boar in the Moyun-Kum of Central Asia, a race by reindeer-drawn sleds, divers in the Sea of Okhotsk, battling an octopus, the capture of antelopes, rafting logs down the Tisza River, and the development of new towns in Siberia. Other scenes include a visit to the Moscow Circus, where the renowned clown Oleg Popov performs, the dancing of the Moiseyev and Piatnitsky companies, and excerpts from the repertoire of the Bolshoi Theater Ballet.

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