Boris Khmelnitsky

Acting

Boris Khmelnitsky

Born June 27, 1940 · Voroshilov, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR

Died February 16, 2008 · aged 67

Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Arm…

Known For

Savage Hunt of King StakhSavage Hunt of King Stakh · 1979
Savage Hunt of King Stakh
★ 5.61979
MovieThrillerDrama
A mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends…
The Red TentThe Red Tent · 1969
The Red Tent
★ 6.11969
MovieAdventureDrama
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
The Eve of Ivan KupaloThe Eve of Ivan Kupalo · 1968
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
★ 7.01968
MovieDramaFantasy
Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. The mischievous demon Basavriuk, offers a deal, enticing Petro into crime for the sake of fortune.
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras BulbaIron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba · 2009
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
★ 5.12009
MovieDramaHistory
Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.
Jonathan of the BearsJonathan of the Bears · 1995
Jonathan of the Bears
★ 5.91995
MovieActionWestern
A young boy witnesses his parents' murder. Later, as he grows up, he befriends a bear in the wilderness and the chief of a local Indian tribe, and he stays with the Indians, but makes an enemy of the chief's son. As he enters adulthood he sets out to find the men responsible for his parents' deaths.
The Ballad of the Valiant Knight IvanhoeThe Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe · 1983
The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe
★ 6.51983
MovieAdventure
Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favor with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart. The story is set in 1194, after the failure of the Third Crusade, when many of the Crusaders were still returning to their homes in Europe. King Richard, who had been captured by Leopold of Austria on his return journey to England, was believed to still be in captivity.
InterceptionInterception · 1986
Interception
★ 4.51986
MovieActionAdventure
A top American spy is in charge of a delicate mission. The USA plans to infiltrate several U-boats in the sea of Vladivostok, however they need the soviet surveillance satellite to stay 'blind' for a couple of hours, so this spy is sent to damage the antenna for the satellite. Everything was planned accurately. But the CIA never counted on the relentless pursuit of a frontier guard who sees the spy's parachute on landing.
A Story of the Forest: MavkaA Story of the Forest: Mavka · 1980
A Story of the Forest: Mavka
★ 5.91980
MovieDramaFantasy
Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The spirit of the forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love breaks the spell, but Kilina curses the nymph, transforming her into a weeping willow. This beautiful and tragic story is based on a play written in 1912 by Lesya Ukrainka, a Ukrainian poet, writer and political, civil and female activist, and includes mythological characters taken from Ukrainian folklore.

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