Evgeniy Samoylov

Evgeniy Samoylov

Acting

April 15, 1912 — February 17, 2006
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
42 movies

Biography

Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was also the father of actress Tatiana S...

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Boris Godunov
5.8

Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original heir to Ivan the Terrible had died. At first, things went well for Godunov (played by Bondarchuk), but when the Russian people began to believe he had killed Ivan the Terrible's son in order to gain the throne, an alliance sprang up against the new Czar. Events continued to spin out of control as a young monk was presented as the son Godunov had supposedly killed. Now he was openly accused of failing an assassination attempt, which seems to be even worse than succeeding. In addition to these woes, Boris Godunov began to suffer serious health problems. So much for the joys of kingship.

Boris Godunov

1986
Taras Shevchenko
4.8

Growing up in a Ukrainian peasant family, knowing all hardships of serf life, young artist and poet Taras Shevchenko in the years of study clearly identifies the meaning of true art, which is to serve the interests of the people. The poems of Shevchenko are imbued with love for the common people. Fiery freedom-loving creativity of Taras Shevchenko is known throughout Russia. Nicholas I exiles the poet to the distant Caspian fort where he is to serve as an ordinary soldier and is banned from writing or drawing. In the poet's difficult days he has the support of Ukrainian soldier Skobelev, Polish revolutionary Sierakowski, captain Kosarev and the commandant of the fortress, Uskov. For the sake of his release Chernyshevsky and Dobrolyubov are hard at work. And so, the sick and aged Shevchenko is finally free. Together with Chernyshevsky and Dobrolyubov, he dreams of a bright future of the motherland, when the Russian and Ukrainian peoples throw off the chains of slavery.

Taras Shevchenko

1951
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