Boris Godunov (2010)

Actors: Andrey Konchalovskiy (miscellaneous crew), Modest Mussorgsky (composer), Alessandra Marianelli (actress), Orlin Anastassov (actor), Vladimir Vaneev (actor), Ian Storey (actor), Peter Bronder (actor), Vladimir Matorin (actor), Gianandrea Noseda (actor), Pavel Zubov (actor), Evgeny Akimov (actor), Vasily Ladjuk (actor),

Genres: Music,

Ivan Groznyy (2009)

Actors: Boris Tokarev (actor), Andrey Eshpay (composer), Yevgeniya Simonova (actress), Chulpan Khamatova (actress), Vyacheslav Baranov (actor), Sergey Yushkevich (actor), Vladimir Dostal (producer), Sergey Dreyden (actor), Gennadiy Garbuk (actor), Evgeniy Tsyganov (actor), Aleksey Shevchenkov (actor), Aleksandr Lapshin (writer), Vasiliy Bochkaryov (actor), Vladislav Vetrov (actor), Mikhail Filippov (actor),

Genres: Drama, History,

Boris Godunov (1990)

Actors: Steve Eveleigh (editor), Alexander Pushkin (writer), Humphrey Burton (director), Andrei Tarkovsky (miscellaneous crew), Herbert Chappell (producer), Robert Lloyd (actor), Sergei Leiferkus (actor), Modest Mussorgsky (writer), Olga Borodina (actress), Larissa Diadkova (actress), Vladimir Ognovenko (actor), Stephen Lawless (miscellaneous crew), Vladimir Solodovnikov (actor), Ludmilla Filatova (actress), Yevgeny Boitsov (actor),

Genres: Drama, Music,

Boris Godunov (1987)

Actors: Alexander Pushkin (writer), Derek Bailey (director), Sian Busby (miscellaneous crew), Robin Scott (producer), Yevgeni Nesterenko (actor), Leonid Lavrovsky (miscellaneous crew), Modest Mussorgsky (writer), Vladislav Pyavko (actor), Vladislav Pyavko (actor), Vladislav Pyavko (actor), Aleksandr Vedernikov (actor), Leonid Baratov (miscellaneous crew), Artur Eizen (actor), Juri Mazurok (actor), Raisa Kotova (actress),

Genres: Drama, Music,

Boris Godunov (1986)

Actors: Alexander Pushkin (writer), Olegar Fedoro (actor), Anatoli Romashin (actor), Irina Skobtseva (actress), Sergey Bondarchuk (director), Sergey Bondarchuk (writer), Georgiy Burkov (actor), Roman Filippov (actor), Boris Khimichev (actor), Fedor Bondarchuk (actor), Marian Dziedziel (actor), Sergey Bondarchuk (actor), Ivan Lapikov (actor), Anatoliy Vasilev (actor), Yuriy Sherstnyov (actor),

Genres: Drama, History,

Russia (1986)

Actors: Winston Churchill (actor), Lev Durov (actor), Olegar Fedoro (actor), Adolf Hitler (actor), Kaiser Wilhelm II (actor), V.I. Lenin (actor), Franklin D. Roosevelt (actor), Joseph Stalin (actor), Andrei Tolubeyev (actor), Tsar Nicholas II (actor), Peter Ustinov (actor), Peter Ustinov (writer), Vyacheslav Molotov (actor), Yuriy Orlov (actor), Tsarina Alexandra (actress),

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History, Sport, War,

Quotes:

Himself - Host: Mister Dostoyevsky, a short time ago you made a speech at the unveiling of the monument to Pushkin. It was a wonderful speech, it was of evident sincerity and colossal power and you said the Russia's destiny was to revitalize the world by the example of it's selflessness and the brotherly love expressed in the Orthodox Church, and people acclaimed you as a prophet, as a saint.::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: What is sincere one moment may be suspect the next. There are times when rational people become wildly enthusiastic, and a day later they'll forget all about it.::Himself - Host: Well, at the risk of shocking you I might say the same about Jesus Christ or his followers like Peter, Doubting Thomas?::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: People are the same today as they were then - they hailed all sorts of insignificant hotheads as prophets. Jesus Christ is the only sure thing in an inconsistent world. We believe that because we must believe in something. It's a human need. It's a human need to be sure about at least one thing. And what better example than Jesus Christ.::Himself - Host: [smiles] And on his own level?.. Dostoyevsky?::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [angry] Now you shock me!... I'm a believer, at least at this moment, as I reply to you that only the Russian people understand that suffering is the only way to future happiness. Suffering purifies everything. Every moment of happiness must be paid for in the coin of misery.::Himself - Host: [disagrees] Well, I don't think that is entirely true.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [firmly] Nothing is always true. A few things are always untrue.::Himself - Host: Mr. Dostoyevsky, when you were younger you were led out into a public square in order to be shot as a revolutionary. In the last moment there was a reprieve and you were sentenced to four years in Siberia and eight further years in the army. Don't you sometimes resent those 12 wasted years of your life?::Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [passionately] No! They gave me everything. My literature, my characters, my understanding, my compassion. Why should I resent a superficial injustice? So, I am grateful, even thankful to the fools, the idiots who sentenced me to be shot.::Himself - Host: [conciliatory] Well, I must say... your speech at the Pushkin memorial was quite something. It was. But I think in light of his opinions about Pushkin, I don't think our friend Tolstoy would even have accepted the invitation to speak there.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Poor Lev Nikolaevich - so aristocratic, so balanced. He tries so hard to pretend to be insane - at times quite without success... While I... who have traces of insanity... try desperately to look normal - to be understood... There's Russia for you, my friend.

Boris Godunov (1982)

Actors: Dennis Hedlund (producer), Yevgeni Nesterenko (actor), Irina Arkhipova (actress), Galina Kalinina (actress), Valery Yaroslavtsev (actor), Aleksei Maslennikov (actor), Glafira Korolyova (actress), Vladislav Piavko (actor),

Plot: Universally acknowledged as the greatest of all Russian operas, this is a faithful and often dazzling production of the standard Rimsky-Korsakov version taped "live" at the Bolshoi in 1978. As Boris, the renowned Yevgeni Neterenko is as justifiably identified with the role in his generation as Chaliapin, London and Kipness were in theirs. Nesterenko gives a remarkably vivid, human portrait of the tormented half-crazed Tsar, and is supported by a first rate ensemble in a richly designed and costumed production that represents opera at its grandest. Particularly outstanding are Vladislav Piavko as the Pretender, Valery Yaroslavtsev as Pimen, Irina Arkhipova as Marina (a role generally associated with Vishnevskaya), Galina Kalinina as Xenia, and Alexsei Maslennikov as the Simpleton.

Genres: Music,

Az ne zhiveya edin zhivot (1981)

Actors: Mirella Freni (actress), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nikola Korabov (writer), Nikola Korabov (director), Piero Cappuccilli (actor), Radka Ivanova (miscellaneous crew), Trayko Ivanov (producer), Todor Georgiev (actor), Kapka Mihaylova (editor),

Genres: Biography, Documentary, Music,

Kontsert masterov ukrainskogo iskusstva (1953)

Actors: Boris Barnet (director), Boris Barnet (writer), Mikhail Romanov (actor), Semyon Artemovsky (composer), Mikhail Grishko (actor), I. Patorzhinsky (actor), M. Litvinenko-Volgemut (actress), Anatoli Svechnikov (composer), A. Belov (actor), Yelizaveta Chavdar (actress), L. Rudenko (actress), V. Bronsky (miscellaneous crew), V. Piradov (miscellaneous crew), S. Sergeyev (miscellaneous crew), N. Apukhtin (actor),

Genres: Documentary, Music,

Mastera stseny (1949)

Actors: Maxim Gorky (writer), Anton Chekhov (writer), Angelina Stepanova (actress), Mikhail Bolduman (actor), Aleksei Tolstoy (writer), Boris Dobronravov (actor), Aleksandr Cheban (actor), Ivan Moskvin (actor), Vasili Kachalov (actor), Klavdiya Yelanskaya (actress), Vladimir Yurenev (director), Vladimir Yurenev (writer), B.V. Asafyev (composer), Olga Knipper-Chekhova (actress), V.A. Orlov (actor),

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