Acting
Boris Shlikhting
Born November 24, 1890 · Russian Empire
Died September 15, 1966 · aged 75
No biography available.
Known For
The Girl from Distant River · 1928The Girl from Distant River
★ 4.51928
Movie
Gang of Batka Knysh · 1924Gang of Batka Knysh
★ 4.81924
MovieCrime
Silent film set in 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army liberated a small town, but a unit of White Russians is still operating in the suburbs. A group of Red Army officers are posing as a gang of Batka Knysh to provoke the White Russians before the final blow.
Jimmy Higgings · 1928Jimmy Higgings
★ 10.01928
MovieHistoryAdventure
Jimmy Higgings is a worker of the plant making weapons for the Tsarist Russia and the German Empire. During World War I, Jimmy speaks at a spontaneous rally against the war. He is arrested. When released, he becomes unemployed. He is happy to hear the news about the revolution; he volunteers into the American expeditionary force thinking that having the weapons he can fight against Germans – the enemies of the Russian revolution. However, finding himself in Russia, Jimmy soon realises that the expeditionary force of American volunteers fights not against the Germans, but against the young Socialist Russia. Without any hesitations, he takes the path of revolutionary struggle, he spreads propaganda among the American soldiers and distributes Bolshevik leaflets. Captured by the American military police, Jimmy Higgings does not betray his friends. He is sentenced to twenty years in a military prison. Jimmy cannot stand it and loses his mind. Lost movie.
A Man Changes its Skin · 1960A Man Changes its Skin
★ 7.21960
MovieDramaMystery
The construction of the Vakhsh Canal, one of the largest new buildings of the first five-year plan, is underway. Two Americans are coming here under contract. A seasoned spy, Colonel Bailey, who introduced himself as the harmless traveler Mr. Murry, would later be caught red-handed and exposed. And Mr. Clark, who came to the "make money" channel, will gradually become convinced that work and politics are not such different concepts. Not accepting socialism, he quite sincerely sympathizes with the enthusiasm of the Soviet people. Love for the translator - Komsomol member Maria Polozova - helps Clark to comprehend what is happening.
Professor Mamlock · 1938Professor Mamlock
★ 6.01938
MovieDrama
Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappaport, the film tells with the story of an apolitical humanitarian Jewish doctor and his politically-aware, fascism-resisting son, an intern, as their lives become entangled with the Nazis’ rise to power in 1930s Germany, where they live and practice. Things come to a head when the Nazi organization takes control of their hospital, and place a rabid antisemitic physician in charge over Mamlock and his staff.
Treasure of the Wrecked Vessel · 1935Treasure of the Wrecked Vessel
★ 7.01935
MovieAdventure
A group of divers are trying to bring up the wrecked ship from the Black Sea bottom.
Bed and Sofa · 1927Bed and Sofa
★ 6.31927
MovieComedyDrama
Life changes for a Moscow couple after they allow an old friend of the husband’s to move in.
Sniper · 1932Sniper
★ 6.01932
MovieWarDrama
During World War 1 a Russian soldier serves in Russian Expeditionary Force in France where he is chosen for his marksmanship and trained as a skilled sniper. After the Russian revolution the soldier returns home while his commander fights against the Soviet Russia. In 1930 the former soldier works on a factory and also he is the instructor in shooting club. Once the town that is near the Soviet border is attacked by foreign troops (the hostile state isn't named but the uniform of the soldiers resembles Finnish). The character meets againt with his former commander who serves in invading forces.
Filmography
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The Girl from Distant River · 1928The Girl from Distant River
★ 4.51928
Movie
Nepman (uncredited)
The Traitor · 1926The Traitor
★ 5.21926
MovieDrama
An agent working for the Tsar fools a group of Bolshevik sailors but is captured and punished after the revolution.
Souteneur at the brothel (uncredited)
The Case of the Three Million · 1926The Case of the Three Million
★ 6.11926
MovieComedyAdventure
History of theft and double crossing when two thieves fall out over the theft of the money of the proceeds of the sale of a house by a banker to a religious community.
Chief of the police (uncredited)
Маска · 1938Маска
1938
MovieComedy
Officer (uncredited)
Loss of Feeling · 1935Loss of Feeling
★ 4.91935
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his invention co-opted by the military-industrial complex.
Guest at the restaurant (uncredited)







