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Acting
Anton Klimenko
No biography available.
Known For
Foreigner · 1937Foreigner
★ 7.01937
MovieDramaFamily
A small river separates Soviet lands from the territory of one of the capitalist powers. On the other side, the girl Pebble lives with her peasant father. One morning, after running after a cow across a river, the girl crossed to the Soviet side. She only spends one day in the kindergarten of the border post, but this day remains in her memory for the rest of her life. Seeing the bright, spacious rooms, the beautiful clothes of the children, delicious plentiful food, and many toys, the girl remembers with bitterness her dilapidated hut, where there is not always bread for dinner. Caressed by the Soviet people, in a new dress, with a bunch of donated toys, Pebble goes back home. A rude shout from a gendarme officer brings the girl back to bitter reality.
Vasya, the Reformer · 1926Vasya, the Reformer
★ 7.01926
MovieComedyDrama
Lost film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (his first film) and Favst Lopatynskyi. It is a satire of the NEP period. Vasia, the son of a factory’s worker, is attracted by the romance of adventures. And he goes to look for them. He saves a drowning drunkard who tries to beat him. Vasia escapes from him in a vehicle parked on the shore. However, the vehicle belongs to a superintendent who, when he does not find it, stages its theft. Meanwhile, Vasia exposes priests in the church. As a result, the church is turned into a cinema, and the priest becomes a cinema technician. And finally, Vasia’s last deed is catching a criminal at home and denouncing him to the militia.
The Diplomatic Pouch · 1927The Diplomatic Pouch
★ 4.71927
MovieThrillerDrama
The Soviet embassy in England sends two couriers with diplomatic mail to Leningrad. The inspector of security police, White, and a group of policemen attack the Soviet diplomatic couriers at night. The documents get to an English trackman, who gives them to his son, a sailor in Portsmouth.
In the Clutches of the Soviets · 1926In the Clutches of the Soviets
1926
Movie
Day in and day out, factory worker Wolfer enjoys his luxurious life. But one day he wakes up after another night of drinking and is horrified to learn that the October Revolution has taken place. It took away the manufacturer's luxurious life. Wolfer's mansion, jewelry, and excess clothes were requisitioned. In the end, the manufacturer has to sweep the streets. He flees to Paris, where he finds a job in a circus with great difficulty.
Mariika · 1926Mariika
1926
MovieDrama
In the first years of NEP, one of the committees Relief for Starving evacuates an orphan girl Mariika from a starving village into a city. Mariika runs away on the way over.
Blown Up Days · 1930Blown Up Days
★ 9.01930
MovieDrama
The year 1929. A “shock worker” from a tractor plant visits a film studio premises and is furious to see fake stage designs for a kitsch production about a Soviet life. He refuses to help the crew with his tractor, but is happy to ask one of the cameramen to go with him to visit an actual Soviet village. There they witness the birth of the kolkhoz and the dekulakization of wealthy villagers. Then they are transported to the future, to the year 1932, when the first five-year plan is done and the commune-sovkhoz is established. Movies can move faster than time, but the pace of change in Soviet society is even faster than that.
Black Skin · 1931Black Skin
★ 9.01931
MovieDrama
A Black American worker travels to the USSR and experiences the racial solidarity of Soviet life.
The Big Sorrow of a Small Woman · 1929The Big Sorrow of a Small Woman
1929
MovieDrama
Lost movie.
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Black Skin · 1931Black Skin
★ 9.01931
MovieDrama
A Black American worker travels to the USSR and experiences the racial solidarity of Soviet life.
Sailor (uncredited)
The Big Sorrow of a Small Woman · 1929The Big Sorrow of a Small Woman
1929
MovieDrama
Lost movie.
Pavel Kovalchuk
Fresh Wind · 1927Fresh Wind
1927
Movie
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