4 Movies Starring Lyudmila Saveleva

Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy

Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-07-23

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

147 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (563 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Leo Tolstoy (novel)

Sergey Bondarchuk (screenplay)

Vasiliy Solovyov (screenplay)

Fullplot:

War and Peace

War and Peace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-04-28

Languages:

Russian, German, French

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

427 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (4410 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sergey Bondarchuk

Vasiliy Solovyov

Leo Tolstoy (novel)

Fullplot:

Eight-hour epic based on the book of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. The people of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. The 500,000 strong Napoleon's army moves through Russia and causes much destruction culminating in the battle of Borodino. The Russian army has to retreat. Moscow is occupied, looted and burned down, but soon Napoleon loses control and has to flee. Both sides suffer tremendous losses in the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.

Beg

Beg

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-01-14

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Soviet Union

Runtime:

196 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (583 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Aleksandr Alov

Mikhail A. Bulgakov (books)

Vladimir Naumov

Fullplot:

The defeat of the "White Army" in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called "White Russians". Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and Paris. The Russian Civil War and emigration is shown through the eyes of the defeated Tsarist Generals - Vrangel, Khludov, Charnota, as well as intellectuals and aristocracy. Amidst the chaos of emigration rough generals Khludov and Charnota become involved in the unfolding love story of professor Golubkov and Serafima. While General Khludov is having hallucinations about the Civil War, General Charnota is more tough and practical. He goes to Paris to frame a wealthy Russian tycoon Korzukhin to support his former wife Serafima and other suffering Russian emigrants.

Sunflower

Sunflower

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-09-24

Languages:

Italian, English, Russian

Countries:

Italy, France, Soviet Union

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1951 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Tonino Guerra (story)

Cesare Zavattini (story)

Giorgi Mdivani (in collaboration with)

Fullplot:

At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead. There's a flashback to their brief courtship near her hometown of Naples, his 12-day leave to marry her, ruses to keep from deployment, and the ultimate farewell. Some years after the war, still with no word from Antonio, Giovanna goes to Russia to find him, starting in the town near the winter battle when he disappeared. Armed with his photograph, what will she find?

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