Acting
Pavel Massalsky
Born September 4, 1904 · Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died December 15, 1979 · aged 75
No biography available.
Known For
Ivan the Terrible, Part I · 1944Ivan the Terrible, Part I
★ 7.31944
MovieDramaHistory
Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first part of a three-part biopic of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, which was never completed due to the producer's dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's attempts to use forbidden experimental filming techniques and excessive cost overruns. The second part was completed but not released for a decade after Eisenstein's death and a change of heart in the USSR government toward his work; the third part was only in its earliest stage of filming when shooting was stopped altogether.
Circus · 1936Circus
★ 6.31936
MovieMusicComedy
An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love, and refuge in the USSR.
Scarlet Sails · 1961Scarlet Sails
★ 6.41961
MovieRomanceDrama
When Assol was a little girl, she met a wizard who foretold that it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail would arrive and the noble prince would take her away to the world of her dreams where she will be loved and happy. The neighbours joked about her, children teased her, but Assol chose to believe in miracles and wait for her prince.
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot · 1958Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
★ 7.31958
MovieHistoryDrama
This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.
The School of Scandal · 1952The School of Scandal
★ 10.01952
MovieComedy
Nowhere have they so deftly slandered and arranged intrigues, as in the salon of Lady Sniruel. Young lady Tizl quickly enters the taste of high life, taking the gentleman's wooing. She does not suspect that a serious test awaits her.
Elder Sister · 1967Elder Sister
★ 5.81967
MovieDramaRomance
A drama about a life of two sisters - Nadya and Lida, who both are dreaming about theater and actress career.
The Unforgettable Year 1919 · 1951The Unforgettable Year 1919
★ 5.51951
MovieDramaHistory
A dramatization of the 1919 defense of Petrograd, focusing on Bolshevik leadership and the defeat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War.
Now Let Him Go · 1963Now Let Him Go
★ 5.01963
MovieDrama
England. The old and sick artist Symonds Kendle, fleeing from the insistent claims of his children to his remaining paintings and drawings, goes with his granddaughter Felicity to another city to a friend. But on the way the artist falls ill and ends up in a small station hotel. Felicity and Stan, the son of the innkeeper, search for boxes of Simon's paintings that have fallen into another station.
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The Battle of Stalingrad · 1949The Battle of Stalingrad
★ 4.01949
MovieActionDrama
A 1949 two-part Soviet epic war film about the Battle of Stalingrad.
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