Konstantin Sorokin Movies
- 1968
When a pregnant girl watches her lover die after he has stepped on an old World War II mine, the woman tries to give her unborn child his name. The unmarried girl encounters resistance from the father's parents, who refuse to lend their name to the child or ever believe the two wished to be married. She becomes the talk of the town for trying to marry a dead man. Undaunted, the woman has her baby and gives it her lover's name. Five years later, she returns triumphantly on a horse cart with her son, named after his father, for all the town to see in this sentimental story of a mother's love. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Valentina Telichkina, Vladimir Safronov, (more)
- 1965
This drama is adapted from Chekhov's famous play and chronicles the dreary lives of a late Russian colonel's three daughters as they struggle to survive during the early 1900s. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lyubov Sokolova, Margarita Volodina, (more)
- 1964
This Russian operetta chronicles the exploits of a professor and her father who become elated when they finally have the opportunity to move from their cramped apartment to a more spacious abode. Two more couples are also slated to move into the bigger apartments, but upon their arrival at the new building, they are dismayed when the super refuses to give them their keys. The angry tenants begin investigating and discover that he is covering up for a greedy petty official who has been allowed to expand his apartment at the expense of theirs. The angry group then enlists the aid of more friends and eventually they are given their new homes. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Olga Zabotkina, Vladimir Vasilyev, (more)
- 1958
Produced on a truly gargantuan scale, Aleksa Dundic represents the first major Russian-Yugoslavian co-production. Played by Branko Plesa, the title character is the fabled Yugoslav freedom fighter who proved indispensable to the Soviet cause during the October Revolution. Seemingly indestructible, Aleksa Dundic is felled in battle only after his mission in life is fulfilled. But, as the film's stirring finale indicates, he will live on eternally in the hearts of dedicated communists everywhere. It is fascinating to watch Hollywood "myth-making" movie techniques being applied to so anti-Hollywood a subject. One critic accurately summed up Aleksa Dundic as a communist western. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Branko Plesha, Vladimir Troshin, (more)
- 1955
The Russian Tiger Girl is set against a colorful circus background. The title character is Lena (Lena Kasatina), daughter of a circus employee. Enjoying a rapport with the troupe's wild animals, Lena soon becomes a top attraction. Sailor Petya Mokin (L. Bykov) wants to take Lena away from the sawdust trail, but she's in love with daredevil motorcyclist Fyodor (Peter Kodochnikov). The romance is resolved in a totally predictable fashion, though the actors are appealing and their performances convincing. Unusual for a Russian picture of the mid-1950s, Tiger Girl contains next to none of the usual Soviet propaganda. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lyudmila Kasatkina, Pyotr Kadochnikov, (more)
- 1954
Heroes of Shipka was the first solo effort for Soviet director Sergei Vasilyev, who had previously collaborated with his late brother Georgi. As head of the Leningrad Film Studios, Vasilyev was obliged to traffic in propaganda, but he never forgot how to make his material entertaining. The film is set in 1887 during the pivotal battle between the Russians and the Turks at the Shipka Pass. Stressing the solidarity of the Soviet states, tribute is paid to the courageous Bulgarian volunteers who helped the Russians fend off their mutual enemy. American critics were impressed by Heroes of Shipka, but felt that the film would have been twice as effective had it been lensed in Cinemascope rather than "standard aspect." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ivan Pereverzev, Viktor Avdyushko, (more)
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