Acting
Pyotr Aleynikov
Born July 12, 1914 · Кривель, Могилёвская губерния, Российская империя
Died June 9, 1965 · aged 50
Born into poverty, Aleynikov lost his family at an early age, forcing him to street-life before transitioning to an orphanage in the early 1920s. He discovered a love of movies when a local film projectionist began training him in the craft. Following time in a Russian labor compound, Aleinikov studied drama in Leningrad and made his film debut in the 1932 film “Counter”. His talent for music a…
Known For
The Great Glinka · 1946The Great Glinka
★ 6.71946
MovieMusicHistory
About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.
A Great Life, Part 2 · 1946A Great Life, Part 2
★ 8.01946
MovieDrama
This is a dramatic story of the restoration of the mines after the liberation of Donbass from the Nazis during the Second World War.
Poet · 1956Poet
★ 6.01956
MovieDrama
Soviet propaganda film about communists plotting a violent attack on a Russian city. A local poet helps the communists and they glorify his poem about Lenin.
The Humpbacked Horse · 1941The Humpbacked Horse
★ 6.61941
MovieAdventureFamily
Surreal Soviet fantasy movie about a man whose love is kidnapped by the Tsar and he must save her with the help of a humpbacked horse.
High Water · 1963High Water
★ 6.01963
MovieDrama
The Miners of Donetsk · 1951The Miners of Donetsk
★ 7.31951
MovieDrama
A miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm.
In the Name of the Motherland · 1943In the Name of the Motherland
★ 5.01943
MovieDramaHistory
The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War.
The Girlfriends · 1936The Girlfriends
★ 6.71936
MovieWarDrama
Girlfriends Zoya, Natasha and Asya live in Petrograd. Before the Civil War, young heroines are aware of the social injustice of life. When the war begins, the girls are recorded by the orderlies of the working group to protect the Bolshevik Petrograd from the advance of the whites.















