Andrei Popov

  • Igor Talankin – Dnevnye zvyozdy AKA The Stars of the Day (1968)

    1961-1970DramaIgor TalankinUSSR

    Dnevnye Zvyozdy (“The Stars of the Day”, 1966) was based on poetess Olga Berggolts’s autobiography. She was a difficult figure for the authorities: though she stayed in Leningrad during the siege making inspirational radio broadcasts, her more personal work was suppressed, even after her death. Suspended strangely between interior monologue, poetic recitation, exterior action and memory, it won an award at the Venice Film Festival. It also introduced Talankin to the actress Alla Demidova, who appeared in most of his subsequent films.Read More »

  • Sergei Yutkevich – Otello (1955)

    1951-1960DramaSergei YutkevichUSSRWilliam Shakespeare

    The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.

    Review by The Little Songbird @IMDb:
    I have always loved the poetry and intensity of Shakespeare’s dialogue in Othello, and I have also found the play one of his more dramatically concise ones. This Othello from Russia is excellent, and very interesting as well. It is handsome to look at, the photography flows nicely and the locations are splendid. The symbolic palette to emphasise Othello’s contrasts between physical and temperamental is also interestingly used. The film is smartly written and intelligently adapted and it is directed beautifully by Sergei Yutkevitch.Read More »

  • Grigori Aronov & Aleksey German – Sedmoy sputnik aka The Seventh Companion (1968)

    1961-1970Aleksey GermanDramaGrigori Aronov and Aleksei GermanUSSR

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    From imdb:

    The film is set in St. Petersburg, Russia after the Russian revolution of 1917. Based on the eponymous book by Boris Lavrenev. Maj. General Yevgeni Pavlovich Adamov (Popov) was a lawyer in the Tzar\’s Army and a professor of law at the Military Academy before the Russian Revolution. In the fall of 1918 he was arrested on false accusations and suffered the loss of all his property and honors. During the turbulent times of Revolution he managed to use all his experience and professionalism to prove his innocence. He was released from prison and all charges against him were dropped. He became a free man, but the reality is changed, and his adaptation to the post-revolutionary life was not easy. Written by Steve Shelokhonov

    The film is based on a novel by Boris Lavrenev.Read More »

  • Aleksandr Borisov – Krotkaya aka The Meek One (1960)

    1951-1960Aleksandr BorisovDramaRomanceUSSR

    Based on the short story “A Gentle Being” by Dostoievski.

    “St. Petersburg. The capital. Hardly any other place could influence a man’s soul in such dark, harsh and mysterious ways … like St. Petersburg does it. Now, see for yourselves what is happening in those big black dusky houses of St. Petersburg. Look closer. And see for yourselves – what kind of life this is.”
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