Borys Bezhin

Acting

Borys Bezhin

Born August 11, 1907 · Petrovtsy, Poltava, Russian Empire [now Petrivka, Poltava, Ukraine]

Died January 25, 1957 · aged 49

No biography available.

Known For

Behind the Monastery WallBehind the Monastery Wall · 1928
Behind the Monastery Wall
1928
MovieDrama
The old nunnery owns the best lands. Nuns rent out the land to local rich men, and exploiting peasants they have a wealthy life. The peasants live in misery. Especially, the family of the peasant named Levin. He is forced to give away his last horse, his son Andrii is imprisoned, his daughter Nastia becomes a maid of a rich landlord. Trying to prevent the master’s harassment, Nastia escapes and gets to the nunnery. She can see the other life of the nuns who manufacture false relics, drink alcohol and kill children. Nastia ends up in the basement for resisting one of the “spiritual pastors.” Meanwhile, her brother Andrii escapes from prison. He stirs up a rebellion and saves his sister. The film is lost.
Jimmy HiggingsJimmy Higgings · 1928
Jimmy Higgings
10.01928
MovieHistoryAdventure
Jimmy Higgings is a worker of the plant making weapons for the Tsarist Russia and the German Empire. During World War I, Jimmy speaks at a spontaneous rally against the war. He is arrested. When released, he becomes unemployed. He is happy to hear the news about the revolution; he volunteers into the American expeditionary force thinking that having the weapons he can fight against Germans – the enemies of the Russian revolution. However, finding himself in Russia, Jimmy soon realises that the expeditionary force of American volunteers fights not against the Germans, but against the young Socialist Russia. Without any hesitations, he takes the path of revolutionary struggle, he spreads propaganda among the American soldiers and distributes Bolshevik leaflets. Captured by the American military police, Jimmy Higgings does not betray his friends. He is sentenced to twenty years in a military prison. Jimmy cannot stand it and loses his mind. Lost movie.
Bohdan KhmelnytskyiBohdan Khmelnytskyi · 1941
Bohdan Khmelnytskyi
3.81941
MovieDramaHistory
648. Ukraine under the oppression of Poland. Polish nobility committing outrage, burning villages one after another. Hetman of Zaporozhian Cossacks Bohdan Khmelnytskyi gathers the army of defenders of the motherland.
Trypillian TragedyTrypillian Tragedy · 1926
Trypillian Tragedy
1926
MovieDrama
The story of a tragic death of a Komsomol detachment in a fight with the Greens during the Civil War.
Rich BrideRich Bride · 1946
Rich Bride
6.51946
MovieRomanceComedy
A comedy about the happy life of Ukrainian collective farmers. Harvesting in one of the Ukrainian collective farms. The tractor driver Pavlo and the best collective farmer Marinka work perfectly. They love each other. I like not only Paul. The official and adventurer Kovynko has long been yearning for the Marinka and building all sorts of intrigues to the Komsomol members.
Pigs Will Be PigsPigs Will Be Pigs · 1931
Pigs Will Be Pigs
4.51931
MovieComedy
At the "Pupky" station, an opportunity occurs: two illegal passengers - guinea pigs - have to be disembarked from one of the trains, since animals cannot be transported in a general carriage. The head of the station Pryvychkin tries to help the animals, but the situation is beyond his control. The audit committee sets out to investigate the unpleasant incident... This witty satirical comedy, in which bureaucracy, bourgeoisie and provincialism are mocked, continued the development of the domestic comedy genre in Ukrainian Soviet cinema.
ContactContact · 1930
Contact
1930
MovieDrama
The film is about the industrial relations between the old and young generations of workers. The old master Korzhov hides his professional knowledge from the youth. This provokes criticism from the young worker Pavel. The relationship deteriorates after Korzhov's daughter secretly marries Pavel...
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto · 1954
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
7.51954
MovieActionMystery
The Soviet steamer Bogatyr delivers construction materials and rafts with timber to the earthquake-stricken city of Marto. However, foreign intelligence is preparing a sabotage operation on the Bogatyr...

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Jimmy HiggingsJimmy Higgings · 1928
Jimmy Higgings
10.01928
MovieHistoryAdventure
Jimmy Higgings is a worker of the plant making weapons for the Tsarist Russia and the German Empire. During World War I, Jimmy speaks at a spontaneous rally against the war. He is arrested. When released, he becomes unemployed. He is happy to hear the news about the revolution; he volunteers into the American expeditionary force thinking that having the weapons he can fight against Germans – the enemies of the Russian revolution. However, finding himself in Russia, Jimmy soon realises that the expeditionary force of American volunteers fights not against the Germans, but against the young Socialist Russia. Without any hesitations, he takes the path of revolutionary struggle, he spreads propaganda among the American soldiers and distributes Bolshevik leaflets. Captured by the American military police, Jimmy Higgings does not betray his friends. He is sentenced to twenty years in a military prison. Jimmy cannot stand it and loses his mind. Lost movie.

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