Kirill Lavrov Movies
- 1981
This film covers the five war-torn years between 1914 and 1919, unfortunately at the rate of about forty-five minutes per year, with ponderous historical detail, large crowd scenes, and hundreds of period costumes. As the legends of Polish history during this time share their moments with Lloyd George, Lenin, Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson, the war crunches to an inevitable close against a backdrop of parliamentary debates, battle scenes, and secret meetings. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Krzysztof Chamiec
- 1978
Ilya Averbakh was considered to have been one of the better directors of film romances in the former Soviet Union. This story of a writer's love spans many decades. An elderly writer (Yuri Bogatyryov) is visiting his wife (Ewa Szykulska) at a medical establishment to give her a copy of his latest book. As he travels, he remembers how they met during the chaos surrounding the Russian Civil War (1918-21). She came to the door of his apartment looking for a room and was carrying her infant son with her. He took her under his wing, but his job of conveying the meaning of the revolution frequently sent him on trips which placed him in danger. The two of them married, but around the beginning the Second World War, his wife left him following the accidental death of her then-teenaged son. On an assignment to the front, he meets an injured publisher who tells him about her life since she left him -- her affairs and so on -- before he dies of his wounds. After the war, he returns to his apartment, which the two of them shared together for so many years, and he finds her sitting there in a darkened room. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yuri Bogatyrev, Ewa Szykulska, (more)
- 1977
No relation to the 1985 British film of the same name, the Russian The Shooting Party was based on an Anton Chekhov story. Most of the film takes place on the estate of Count Volsky, where the lovely Olga is forced into a loveless marriage with Volsky's overseer. Standing wistfully on the sidelines is provincial magistrate Petroff, who loves Olga but dares not speak up. Petroff's inability to express himself at the right time, coupled with Olga's inevitable fall from respectability, results in tragedy. The Shooting Party was previously filmed in Hollywood in 1944, under the title Summer Storm. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Galina Belyayeva, Oleg Yankovsky, (more)
