Aleksandr Proshkin

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Aleksandr Proshkin

Born January 1, 1940 · Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (age 86)

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Known For

Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago · 2006
Doctor Zhivago
5.42006
Movie
Russian TV miniseries of Boris Pasternak's classic novel.
To See Paris and DieTo See Paris and Die · 1992
To See Paris and Die
3.01992
MovieDrama
In Russia in the late 1960s, Elena will do anything to see that her son Yuri succeeds as a pianist: she longs for him to win a competition that will send him to Paris. To ensure his success, she denies her love for an iconoclastic painter for whom she models, prostitutes herself to a Party figure, encourages her son to break with his true love because the girl is a Jew, and, in general, behaves in paranoid ways, believing, for example, that a new lodger, Evgeny, is a KGB spy. She also has her own family secrets, which she will go to any length to keep her son from learning.
The Incident at the HotelThe Incident at the Hotel · 1967
The Incident at the Hotel
1967
MovieDramaTV Movie
A group of young men bursts into a hotel where several guests are already staying, not long after they had run over a motorcyclist and his passenger with their car. Brandishing a knife, they demand that the guests give them a car.
ParadiseParadise · 2015
Paradise
5.72015
MovieDrama
A powerful life takeoff. A career breakthrough. A renewed passion in a relationship with a wonderful, smart, beautiful wife. Moving to the elite quarter, to the "thickets" of the local provincial paradise. Victor is showered with gifts of fate, he is happy to an incredible extent. Why is it so difficult for him to accept these gifts?
The Cold Summer of 1953The Cold Summer of 1953 · 1988
The Cold Summer of 1953
7.31988
MovieActionCrime
In 1953, the year Stalin died, many prisoners (some political, but mostly common criminals) were released from the Soviet Gulags. This is the story of a remote settlement which was under attack by a bunch of these recently-released blood-thirsty thugs in the summer of 1953, and the townspeople, along with a two political prisoners, who try to stop them.
Back to the Sarmatian SteppeBack to the Sarmatian Steppe · 2020
Back to the Sarmatian Steppe
3.02020
MovieDrama
A mosaic of unusual destinies of our contemporaries. People shoot, speed forward in Jeeps, gallop on horseback… Strong men and beautiful women, enmity and quest for one’s roots… And all this amidst the beautiful and impressive nature: the steppes of Orenburg, the southern edge of Russian borderline between Europe and Asia, between settlements and nomads, between the familiar and the incredible.
A Small Giant of Big SexA Small Giant of Big Sex · 1993
A Small Giant of Big Sex
6.01993
MovieComedy
Based on the story "Oh, Marat!" by Fazil Iskander. The main character of the movie, Marat, lives in a coastal town near the Black Sea, he works as a photographer at the beach and is an editor at the local newspaper. But he is known for an entirely other reason: no woman can resist him. Making love is a serious thing for Marat, although his adventures will make the viewers die with laughter...
And in the Morning They Woke UpAnd in the Morning They Woke Up · 2003
And in the Morning They Woke Up
5.32003
MovieDramaComedy
Eight men, eight stories about the morning after party...

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Russian RiotRussian Riot · 2000
Russian Riot
3.92000
MovieDramaRomance
The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III of Russia. Under the banner of the Pretender embarked detachments of Cossacks, fugitive serfs, and many spirited people. In these troubled times in the God-forsaken Belogorsk young officer Pyotr Grinyov meets his first love - Masha, the daughter of Captain Mironov. Recklessly passionate love with each other did not want to notice the signs of impending trouble. They did not know that soon they will be an ordeal. They could not imagine how bizarre way their fates intertwined with the fate of the self-proclaimed king, and what an incredible effort will be worth it to save their lives and feelings in the bloody chaos of Russian riot.

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