Acting
Ervin Knausmyuller
Born January 31, 1912 · Linz, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Died January 4, 2000 · aged 87
Erwin Knausmüller (1912-2000) was a Soviet stage and film actor of Austrian origin. In 1932 he graduated from the Academy of Trade in Graz, Austria. He took part in anti-fascist activities. From 1936 he lived and worked in Moscow. Member of the World War II in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Honored with Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class. He made his film debut in 1959 in the film by Ilya Gurin T…
Known For
War and Peace · 1968War and Peace
★ 7.61968
MovieHistoryDrama
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Attack and Retreat · 1964Attack and Retreat
★ 6.71964
MovieDramaHistory
Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky · 1966War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
★ 7.61966
MovieHistoryRomance
In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against General Napoleon Bonaparte. Part one of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.
Anna Karenina · 1967Anna Karenina
★ 5.41967
MovieDramaRomance
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Tchaikovsky · 1970Tchaikovsky
★ 5.21970
MovieDramaMusic
The film is dedicated to the great Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). It tells of the last twenty years of the great master’s life, of his friendship with Baroness von Meck, an outstanding woman of her time, who for many years was Tchaikovsky’s guardian angel. The film also includes retrospections of the composer’s childhood and adolescent years, with Tchaikovsky’s life poetically recounted against the background of fragments from his operas and ballets performed by the best Russian musicians.
Battle of Moscow · 1985Battle of Moscow
1985
MovieWarHistory
The Battle of Moscow is a 1985 Soviet multi-part war narrative, presenting a dramatized account of the 1941 Battle of Moscow and the events preceding it. The battle was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War.
Peace to Him Who Enters · 1961Peace to Him Who Enters
★ 5.91961
MovieDramaWar
Pregnant German woman is trapped behind Russian lines. When she goes into labor, three Soviet soldiers deliver her to a field hospital: a newly graduated officer, an affable truck driver, and a soldier shell-shocked into muteness. The dangerous trip to the hospital ends up a rite of passage for all concerned.
Chicherin · 1986Chicherin
★ 9.01986
MovieDrama
Chicherin - Russian revolutionary, Soviet diplomat, first People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR and the USSR. Member of the USSR Central Executive Committee of 1-5 convocations, member of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party. Musicologist, author of a book about Mozart. In memory of Chicherin.
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