Anatoliy Ignatiev Movies
- 1969
After receiving an award, Russian poet Olga Bergholtz (Alla Demidora) recalls the struggle of the siege of Leningrad. She flashes back to her idyllic childhood, heartened by the new changes in government after the Russian Revolution. Olga inspires the people of Leningrad with words of encouragement on radio broadcasts during the terrible ordeal of the Nazi invasion. She recalls the inexorable ties between the human spirit, the religion and the history of a country plagued throughout antiquity by invasions. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alla Demidova, Andrei Popov, (more)
- 1962
In this Russian war drama, set in the latter half of WW II, a postal worker's devoted fiancee patiently waits in her post office for the war to end. While she waits, she does all she can to help defeat the Nazis. Sometimes she works on a newspaper. When the post office is temporarily used as a hospital, she works as a nurse. Her hard work earns her a medal. Eventually she and her lover are happily reunited. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Larisa Luzhina, Sofya Pilyavskaya, (more)
- 1957
The Russian Malwa is based on a Maxim Gorky yarn. The title character, played by Zidra Ritenbergs, is the restless wife of a provincial village fisherman. Unwilling to dedicate herself to her husband, Malwa seeks out love from every man she meets. This results in a romantic triangle that is at once disarmingly simplistic and intensely dramatic. Malwa was the final directorial effort of Vladimir Braun, who died in 1957. Star Zidra Ritenbergs won a "Best Actress" award at the Venice Film Festival; co-stars Pavel Usovicenko and Anatoll Ighnaliev also earned praise for their realistic performances. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dzidra Ritenberg, Anatoliy Ignatiev, (more)
- 1953
Originally titled Vozvrachenia Vassilya Bortnikov, Vassili's Return was the last directorial effort by the great V.I. Pudovkin, who died in June of 1953. Like many of Pudovkin's later works, the film was diluted by interference from communist party officials; what remains, however, is well worth having, if miles removed from the brilliance of his earlier Mother, End of St. Petersburg and Storm over Asia. Based on a novel by G. Nikolayeva, the story centers upon a Russian named Vassili (Serge Lukynaov), who leaves his wife to do battle against the Germans in WW II. When Vassili is reported to have been killed in battle, his wife Avodtya (Natalya Medvedeva) marries another man. Per the film's title, Vassili returns, only to find his wife ostensibly out of his reach. Vassili and his former spouse eventually reunite as friends if not lovers, working side by side on a state-approved collective farm. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sergei Lukyanov, Natalya Medvedeva, (more)
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