Acting
Yelena Izmailova
Born September 23, 1920 · Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Dnipro, Ukraine]
Died March 13, 2005 · aged 84
No biography available.
Known For
Lullaby · 1959Lullaby
★ 4.51959
MovieDrama
Pilot Losev, who lost his family during the war, learns that his daughter Aurika was saved during the bombing, and sets off in search of her. The former pilot will survive many fates and stories before a familiar chorus of a lullaby helps him to recognize his daughter in a random fellow traveler.
Man of Music · 1952Man of Music
★ 4.71952
MovieHistoryMusic
The young composer Mikhail Glinka performs his new work at a soiree at earl Vielgorsky's house. However, the public is accustomed to Western music, and reacts coldly to the creation of the composer. This makes him very sad, but soon he decides to go learn the art of music in Italy. After returning from Italy, he is full of desire to write national Russian opera. Vasily Zhukovsky proposes a subject: a feat of Ivan Susanin. Tsar Nicholas I change the name of the opera to A Life for the Tsar and assigns a librettist - Baron Rosen. Acquaintance with the future co-author shocked Glinka: Rosen speaks Russian with a noticeable German accent. The premiere was successful, but Glinka was still not entirely happy with the libretto: "False words were written by Rosen". When Nicholas I learned that Ruslan and Lyudmila was written on Pushkin's subject, he sees it as sedition. The bitter experience of the composer brighten his supporters.
A Thousand Souls · 1971A Thousand Souls
1971
MovieDramaTV Movie
Based on the eponymous novel by A.F. Pisemsky. A play about the all-powerful influence of money and the morals of the bureaucratic world that destroy everything honest, good, and humane.
Secret Agent · 1947Secret Agent
★ 5.61947
MovieThrillerWar
Soviet agent Fedotov is air-dropped into Nazi occupied land. He changes over into Mr. Ekhert, a German entrepreneur wishing to take advantage of eastern worker slave labor in occupied Ukraine. Ekhert (Fedotov) enters into a partnership with a German entrepreneur who's son, Willie, is a high ranking Nazi. Together they go to Vinnitsa, Ukraine and start a factory. Fedotov begins seeking contacts with headquarters, but faces problems when a Ukrainian Nazi collaborator manages to infiltrate the Soviet partisans.
A Captain at Fifteen · 1946A Captain at Fifteen
★ 5.71946
MovieAdventureFamily
A classic movie based on a famous "Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen" novel by Jules Verne.
The Bourgeois Gentleman · 1977The Bourgeois Gentleman
1977
MovieTV MovieComedy
A recording of the Vakhtangov Theatre’s production of the play by Jean-Baptiste Molière.
"The Bourgeois Gentleman" is a brilliant, sparkling comedy by the great French literary classic Jean-Baptiste Molière. The attempts of an uneducated, ignorant, and coarse man with a great deal of money to present himself as a refined nobleman are nothing short of laughable.
Main Avenue · 1956Main Avenue
1956
MovieDrama
Richard III · 1982Richard III
★ 10.01982
MovieDrama
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
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Lullaby · 1959Lullaby
★ 4.51959
MovieDrama
Pilot Losev, who lost his family during the war, learns that his daughter Aurika was saved during the bombing, and sets off in search of her. The former pilot will survive many fates and stories before a familiar chorus of a lullaby helps him to recognize his daughter in a random fellow traveler.
Employee of the Department of investigation (uncredited)
Main Avenue · 1956Main Avenue
1956
MovieDrama
Olga Gritsenko





