Yuri Vasilyev Movies
- 1967
Yuri Aliabiev (Yuri Vasilyev) is a newspaper reporter who has been working in the letter-to-the-editor department for three years. He jumps at the chance to travel to a small town in the Ural region to substantiate the letters from a vitriolic female letter-writer named Anikina (Nadezhda Fedosova). Yuri learns that Anikina is full of hot air. He meets Djura (Galina Polskikh), a pretty and opinionated country girl who is the object of Anikina's scorn, and Yuri falls in love with Djura, but she spurns his amorous advances. Later, he is assigned to Geneva and Paris, where he is befriended by the Yank writer Barton (Anatoli Krishanski). Barton educates Yuri in the finer points of capitalism before he is transferred back to Moscow. He goes back to the small town to find Djura and finds she has been ostracized by the community because of her association with him. French singer (Mireille Mathieu) and actress (Annie Girardot) make appearances in the scenes in Paris. This socially conscious drama was seen by over 27 million people in the Soviet Union alone. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yuri Vasilyev, Galina Polskikh, (more)
- 1978
In this romance, which was enormously popular in the former Soviet Union, Klava (Galina Polskich) is a woman with a history of disappointment in love. She is divorced from her first husband, by whom she had her now teenaged son. Her second lover, who was married to a dying woman, gave her custody of his daughter but has now left her. She makes the acquaintance of a sailor who has come to her southern seaport town to bury his mother. Because he knows no one in town, she is able to help him a great deal. As they work together, handling these intimate details, they come to care for each other, but each is careful not to become too close, too soon. Klava is too busy dealing with her son's turbulent emotions as he embarks on his first love affair and taking care of her adopted daughter to have time for romance. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Galina Polskikh, Igor Ledogorov, (more)
- 1979
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Moscow of the late '50s is the initial setting for this movie of three young girls out for love -- the upwardly mobile Lyuda (Irina Muravyova), the secure Tonya (Raisa Ryazanova) and the head-over-heels Katya (Vera Alentova). The film re-engages the trio 20 years later, focusing on their varied life changes. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears received the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1980. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vera Alentova, Irina Muravyeva, (more)
- 1983
The Russian Jazzman (or more appropriately Jazzmen) is set in the '20s, when American jazz music was "not recommended" by Soviet ideologists. The film follows the misadventures of four street musicians who scratch out a meager living playing two-bit engagements here and there and dream of being a real jazz band. The picture is a loving and charming tribute to the first Russian jazz enthusiasts. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Igor Sklyar, Alexander Pankratov-Chyorny, (more)
- 1992
This entertaining satire by director Luigi Zampa, known for his comedic touch, is set in the years before World War II when fascism was on the rise in Italy. Taking up the theme found in Nikolai Gogol's well-known comedy of mistaken identity The Inspector General, this tale has a simple insurance salesman being mistaken for a bigshot fascist arriving in a small town to check out its political leanings. Naturally, the townsfolk react according to who they think he is. That reaction varies depending on whether they happen to be connected to the opposition, or just want to keep their jobs and stay on top of things, as in the case of the mayor. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Denis Karasev, Yelena Shevchenko, (more)
