Acting

Alexandr Gromov

Born August 8, 1889 (age 137)

Aleksandr Gromov was a russian actor, producer and screenwriter.

Known For

The End of St. Petersburg · 1927

The End of St. Petersburg

★ 6.71927

MovieDrama

Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.

About the non-stop flight of three Soviet pilots around the globe on the stratoplane "Pobeda-1".

The action of the film takes place during the Russian Revolution of 1905 in Moscow. King Okhranka tries to disrupt the work of the illegal printing press of the Bolsheviks. The small typewriter “Amerikanka” plays the key role in the victory.

Gang of Batka Knysh · 1924

Gang of Batka Knysh

★ 4.81924

MovieCrime

Silent film set in 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army liberated a small town, but a unit of White Russians is still operating in the suburbs. A group of Red Army officers are posing as a gang of Batka Knysh to provoke the White Russians before the final blow.

About the fight against bureaucrats and saboteurs at a foundry under construction during the first five-year plan. Lost movie.

Based on the story by Arkady Gaidar "R.V.S." The film is silent and black-and-white. It has not survived completely.

The Girl from Distant River · 1928

The Girl from Distant River

★ 4.51928

Movie

The House on Trubnaya · 1928

The House on Trubnaya

★ 6.31928

MovieComedy

Life is short and full of oppression, but that doesn't mean Parasha can't find love and laughter when she leaves her country home to take a job as a maid in the overcrowded, overworked, and underpaid world in the big city.

Filmography

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The End of St. Petersburg · 1927

The End of St. Petersburg

★ 6.71927

MovieDrama

Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.

The Bald Revolutionary

About the non-stop flight of three Soviet pilots around the globe on the stratoplane "Pobeda-1".

Meeting moderator (uncredited)

Gang of Batka Knysh · 1924

Chairman

About the fight against bureaucrats and saboteurs at a foundry under construction during the first five-year plan. Lost movie.

Trubka, cast maker

Based on the story by Arkady Gaidar "R.V.S." The film is silent and black-and-white. It has not survived completely.

Vasiliy Shestipalov, worker and Dimka's father

The Girl from Distant River · 1928

The Girl from Distant River

★ 4.51928

Movie

The House on Trubnaya · 1928

The House on Trubnaya

★ 6.31928

MovieComedy

Uncle Fedya

Youth of the Poet · 1937

Youth of the Poet

★ 7.01937

MovieDramaHistory

Biographical film "Youth of the poet", dedicated to Pushkin-Lyceum student. At the 1937 world exhibition in Paris, the film was awarded a gold medal. The Director managed to accurately recreate the historic era, to convey the atmosphere of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum in the years of the formation of the poetic genius of Pushkin.

Foma

The Doll with Millions · 1928

The Doll with Millions

★ 6.61928

MovieComedy

The rich widow Madame Collie leaves the fortune to her lost niece Maria Ivanova. Two cousins of Maria go from Paris to Moscow in order to search her. They have to find a 17 year old girl with the birthmark on her right shoulder. The documents of the heiress are hidden in her doll.

Young man (uncredited)

A new design aircraft flies higher, farther and faster than all others. Enemy intelligence agents are trying to infiltrate the cottage of the inventor Professor Bogolyubov and steal the drawings of the aircraft.

At a military demonstration Red Imps: Misha, Duniasha and Tom Jackson bring a captured enemy, dangerous Makhno.

Paths of Enemies · 1935

Paths of Enemies

★ 7.01935

MovieDrama

In a Kazakh village at the beginning of Soviet power, a wealthy kulak (landowner) voluntarily denounces his opposition to the new regime and hands over his large home to be a new school for the children of the villagers. But three people in the village have difficulty believing that their class enemy is now their friend.

Onisim

The film is based on real events and reveals the tragic episodes from the life of the Austrian biologist scientist-materialist Paul Kammerer (1880-1926), hunted by regressive scientists and Catholic reactionaries who committed suicide.

Shtrombakh

The film tells about the class struggle in the countryside during the creation of the first collective farms. Only the first part has survived. Director Ivan Pyryev began work on the film. It has not been preserved in its entirety.

Don Diego and Pelagia · 1928

Don Diego and Pelagia

★ 4.71928

MovieComedyDrama

The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.

Registration and distribution official

Khokhlova, a girl-reporter on a Moscow newpaper, falls in love with factory manager Petrovsky. To her he's the epitome of manliness--virile, decisive, strong-minded. Conversely, she rejects the sensitive, diffident editor Vasilchikov, who's in love with her, as unmanly. Her infatuation affects her work, and she is fired.

No Entry to the City · 1929

No Entry to the City

★ 8.51929

MovieThrillerDrama

Directed by Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky.

Revolutionary

Sickle and Hammer · 1921

Sickle and Hammer

1921

MovieDrama

A down on his luck peasant goes to fight in World War I and returns home a hero. Partially lost.

Ivan Gorbov, poor peasant

In the Big City · 1927

In the Big City

★ 5.71927

MovieDrama

Two country boys move to Moscow. One becomes a construction worker who dreams of being an inventor, the other becomes a decadent poet.

Vasiliy Mikhailovich

Matros Ivan Galay · 1929

Matros Ivan Galay

★ 10.01929

MovieDrama

How a sailor on leave participated in the struggle of the village poor against the kulaks. Lost movie.

Village council chairman

And Quiet Flows the Don · 1931

And Quiet Flows the Don

★ 5.11931

MovieDramaHistory

The first screen adaptation of an epic Russian novel about a village of Cossacks on the Don River, covering the last days of peace on the riverside before the beginning of the First World War.

Petr Melekhov

Cell secretary

In the Frenzy of the New Economic Policy · 1925

In the Frenzy of the New Economic Policy

1925

MovieDrama

About the moral corruption of a good manager who fell under the influence of the NEP (New Economic Policy) environment. Partially lost.

(uncredited)