Acting
Elena Volskaya
Born August 30, 1923 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Died April 4, 1998 · aged 74
No biography available.
Known For
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears · 1980Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
★ 7.51980
MovieDramaComedy
Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.
Ballad of a Soldier · 1959Ballad of a Soldier
★ 8.01959
MovieDramaRomance
During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession · 1973Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
★ 7.91973
MovieComedyScience Fiction
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
Romance for Lovers · 1974Romance for Lovers
★ 5.21974
MovieRomanceDrama
A Marine's presumed death leads his fiancée to marry another, only for him to return, leading to a tragic, symbolic end for him despite his physical survival.
Front Without Flanks · 1975Front Without Flanks
★ 5.51975
MovieWarDrama
A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation of Russia during WWII. The film is set in August of 1941, when the Nazi forces invaded and occupied the European part of Russia. Major Mlynsky is in charge of the special group of partisans. His group is absorbing other small groups of Russian soldiers, who managed to survive from the attacks of the overwhelming Nazi forces. The Nazi Armies are advancing to Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazis, behind the enemy lines.
The Stepmother · 1973The Stepmother
★ 6.11973
MovieDrama
In Pavel Olevantsev’s family suddenly comes news that his daughter by another woman was orphaned. Pavel did not know about the existence of the girl, nor could his wife know about it... It is not easy to decide to take the child to his house. But it will be much more difficult to endear the girl to them, to return her the joy of childhood and the belief that she is not alone...
The Theater Is My House · 1987The Theater Is My House
★ 7.01987
MovieDramaHistory
A.N. Ostrovsky recalls the first period of his creative work (1849–1859), when he began collaborating with the Maly Theatre and with masters of the Russian stage such as L.P. Kositskaya, M.S. Shchepkin, and P.M. Sadovsky. Almost every character in this film is a real historical figure.
Speech for the Defence · 1977Speech for the Defence
★ 4.61977
MovieDrama
Valya supported her lover, denied herself everything, devotedly and sincerely loved him. He answered her with black ingratitude. Struck in the very heart, Valya decides to commit suicide with him.
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