Valentin Smirnitskiy — Actor (6)
The Scoundrel, or Running On the Spot (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Прохиндиада, или Бег на месте
other title: Прохиндиада, или Бег на месте / A Rogue's Saga
Comedy of manners with elements of grotesque. The hero of the tape - an employee of a solid research Institute San Sanych lubomudrov - an extraordinary personality. Charming trickster and subtle psychologist, he is fluent in the art of communicating with the "right" people.
The Children of Iron Gods (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Дети чугунных богов
other title: 生鐵神祗的兒女 / 生铁神祗的儿女
The films hero is a metal worker named Ignat who is as strong and tough as the steel that his sprawling factory produces in the Ural Mountains. Its a great cheerless environment; life is arduous and dangerous; conditions at the plant are nearly subhuman. The only excitement in the grimy industrial town is provided by robbing a train at gunpoint or stealing sheep from the Bashkiri tribe. The most renowned diversion, however, is the annual fist fight between the strongest metal worker and the strongest miner from the region. Against his better judgment, but with the support of his co-workers, Ignat decides to take part in this perilous venture.
The Artist from Gribov (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Артистка из Грибова
other title: Артистка из Грибова / Artist from Gribov
The film is about a movie actress who has arrived to conquer Moscow from a distant village. Started career doesn't add up. To the bad luck in the profession added disorder of personal life. Trying to do away with the unfortunate past, the heroine decides to return to her village. Keeping charm and vitality, she follows her own desires. As a result, her intentions are truly rewarded...
The Execution (2021) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Казнь
other title: 死刑 / Казнь
Like Fritz Lang, David Fincher or Bong Joon Ho before him, talented debut filmmaker Lado Kvataniya uses the concept of police detective vs serial killer for an excitingly stylised, macabre and haunting narrative, that ultimately revolves around the identity of an era: in this case, the late 1980s Soviet Union. With Glasnost and the end of communist rule, the West also learned of the (unsurprising) fact that there were serial killers in Russia too – the most notorious case probably that of Andrei Chikatilo, nicknamed the Rostov Ripper, or the Russian Hannibal Lecter.
Based on these and many other sources, Kvataniya and screenwriter Olga Gorodetskaya constructed an immersive psychological puzzle, jumping back and forth in time, to reveal ever new-possible motives for the actions of all the protagonists. It all starts in 1990, when Detective Issa Davydov is celebrating his promotion and receives a call, reporting a crime that looks precisely like the ones of the serial killer that he famously captured some years before ...
Gentlemen, Good Luck!‎ (2012) [Movie] Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
Джентльмены, удачи!
director: 亚历山大·尼·巴拉诺夫 / Dmitriy Kiselev actor: 谢尔盖·别兹鲁科夫 Sergey Bezrukov / 戈沙·库岑科
other title: 幸运先生2012 / Джентльмены, удачи!
The remake of the soviet classic with a modern setting. Troshkin, a children's party entertainer, uncannily resembles the notorious criminal "Smilik". After the thief steals a valuable artifact, Troshkin is forced to act as his dead ringer in order to restore his reputation and good name.