Liliya Gritsenko Movies
- 1985
At the request of his ill mother, Kim goes on a journey to search for the grave of his father who died during WWII somewhere near Vyazma. This is a journey which takes him all over the Soviet Union. His search begins at a military base where records of wartime burials are stored. Meeting with different people helps Kim to get to know himself better and to restore the memory of his father. Aficionadas of Soviet films may find it interesting to know that the well-known director Kira Muratova (Dolgiye Provody), whose own works had been shelved by the Soviet censors, worked as a supervising editor on this film. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vyacheslav Bogachev, Zinaida Sharko, (more)
- 1984
In a surreal puzzler, this story of a fantasy lived by a disparate group of four men captures the visual imagination with its images and leaves a large question mark in the meantime. The men first get together when called up for military maneuvers in the equivalent of a civilian reserve corps. Since their training is only periodical, two years go by before they are called up again. During this season's maneuvers, they end up being "killed," and so get some time off before they have to go home, and that is when the strange occurrences start. First the men visit a town of beautiful women and go swimming in the buff, then they land on a deserted island, and later, they find themselves with a group of elderly people, one of whom may -- or may not -- have a connection to one of the men. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Oleg Borisov, Sergei Shakurov, (more)
- 1955
Previously filmed by V. I. Pudovkin in 1926, the Maxim Gorky novel Mother was again adapted for the screen in 1956 under the title '1905'. The title, of course, refers to the occasion of the first, abortive Russian revolution. The film explores the effects this political upheaval has on a typical family. The central character, family matriarch Vera Maretskaya, must first suffer the death of her husband (N. Kolofidin), then the exile of her son (A. Batalov) when the boy takes up the cudgel of the Russian working class. While Pudovkin's Mother was a classic, '1905' is less so, due to the cumbersome direction of Mark Donskoy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vera Maretskaya, Alexei Batalov, (more)
- 1954
Like many Russian films of the mid-1950s, True Friends sings the praises of collectivism. V. Merkuryev stars as Nestratov, who while rising to success as an architect becomes an insufferable boor -- and even worse, an individualist. Two of his old friends, one a surgeon and the other a horse trainer for the state, show Nestratov the folly of his ways. In the end, our hero is more than happy to embrace the edicts of working together for the common good. Saving True Friends from wallowing in its own propagandas are the engaging performances of its cast and the sprightly direction by Mikhail Kalatozov. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vasily Merkuryev, Boris Chirkov, (more)
- 1952
The life of Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, previously hoked up by Hollywood as Song of Scheherezade, is afforded more reverential treatment in this Soviet production. Grigori Belov stars as Rimsky-Korsakov, here portrayed as a pre-Leninist revolutionary whose music inspires the proletariat to offer defiance against the Czar. Naturally, most of Rimsky-Korsakov's most famous compositions are given ample screen time. Particularly well staged is L. Griasenko's interpretation of the title character in the opera Snow Maiden. The orchestrations were provided by the Kirov Opera Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of B. Haikin. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Grigoriy Belov, Nikolai Cherkasov, (more)
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