Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping period dramas, including War and Peace (1966-67), his internationally acclaimed four-part film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, and for Waterloo (1970) a Napoleonic War epic.
Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897, and first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski.
Andrei Sergeyevich KonchalovskyOZO is a Russian filmmaker. He has worked in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian cinema. He is a laureate of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", a National Order of the Legion of Honour, an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters, a Cavalier of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and a People's Artist of the RSFSR. He is the son of writer Sergey Mikhalkov, and the brother of filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov.
Vanya on 42nd Street is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Louis Malle, written by Andre Gregory, and starring Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore. The film is an intimate, interpretive performance of the 1899 play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov as adapted by David Mamet.
Yelena Alekseyevna Koreneva is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, writer, film director, and screenwriter.
Irina Konstantinovna Skobtseva was a Soviet and Russian actress and second wife of Sergei Bondarchuk.
Uncle Vanya is a 1963 British film adaptation of the 1899 play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. The film was directed by Laurence Olivier and Stuart Burge. It was a filmed version of the Chichester Festival Theatre production, starring Laurence Olivier as Astrov, Michael Redgrave as (Vanya), Rosemary Harris as (Elena), and Joan Plowright as (Sonya).
Fate of a Man, also released as A Man's Destiny and Destiny of a Man is a 1959 Soviet World War II film adaptation of the short story by Mikhail Sholokhov, and also the directorial debut of Sergei Bondarchuk. In the year of its release it won the Grand Prize at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.
Aleksei Valeryevich Serebryakov, PAR, HOR is a Russian stage and film actor. He started acting at 15, and is one of the most popular and highly paid Russian actors. He has appeared in Leviathan and McMafia.
The Wood Demon or Leshy is a comedic play in four acts by Anton Chekhov.
Irina Petrovna Miroshnichenko was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1988).
Serebryakov or Serebriakov is a Russian masculine surname originating from the word serebryak, meaning silversmith; its feminine counterpart is Serebryakova or Serebriakova. Notable persons with the surname include:
"A Misfortune", sometimes translated "Misfortune", is an 1886 story by Anton Chekhov. First published in Novoye Vremya, the story concerns Sofya Petrovna, the young wife of a country notary, whose attempts to turn away a suitor only expose her own desire for him and drive her toward an affair. The main theme is sexual enthrallment, a frequent concern in Chekhov's work during this period.
Vasily Vasilyevich Luzhsky was a Russian, Soviet stage actor, theatre director and pedagogue, associated with the Moscow Art Theatre.
"Fate of a Man" is a short story written by Soviet Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov in 1956.
Fairytale.Is is a 2012 Russian children's-fantasy-anthology film.
Gloss is a 2007 Russian satirical melodrama directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The picture opened the 2007 Kinotavr film festival, and was part of the competition program.
Invasion, also known as Attraction 2, is a 2020 Russian science fiction action film directed and produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk's company - Art Pictures Studio and Vodorod pictures. The film is a sequel to Attraction (2017), and its plot directly continues the events from the previous film. The film stars Irina Starshenbaum, Rinal Mukhametov, Alexander Petrov, Yuri Borisov, Oleg Menshikov, and Sergei Garmash.
Into Invisible Light is a 2018 Canadian romantic drama film directed and co-written by Shelagh Carter and starring co-writer Jennifer Dale. Carter's third feature is an independent film loosely based on characters from Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, Dale's character being based on Yelena, and Keleghan's on Dr. Astrov. The film features an original score by Shawn Pierce.
Escape is a 2005 Russian crime thriller film directed by Egor Konchalovsky. The film tells about the successful man Yevgeny Vetrov, whose wife suddenly died. All the evidence was against Vetrov. He was convicted and he decides to escape.
