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Karina Smirnoff was born on 2 January 1978 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Dark Feathers (2024), Shall We Dance? (2004) and Tango Shalom (2021).- Director
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- Cinematographer
Mstyslav Chernov was born in 1985 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for 20 Days in Mariupol (2023), Frontline (1983) and Moderated by Matt (2022).- Actor
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Sergej Onopko is a German Actor, born and raised in the 80's in former Soviet Union. He attended an art school in his native city of Kharkiv, in which he practiced latin dance, painting and performance art & competed in latin & standard dance nationally for 5 years.
He took part in several international film productions, since 2012 where he had his very first appearance in the action film "A Good Day to Die Hard" ever since he has appeared in more than 35 TV films, Short Films, TV series and feature films.- The brother of actress Tamara Shayne, he was to join the Moscow Arts Theatre, but World War I intervened, and then he fought with General Pyotr Wrangel and the White Armies. Although he received few significant roles, he was outstanding in None But the Lonely Heart (1944) as Ike Weber, and in The Stranger (1946) as Gen. Meinike, where his character dominates the first 15 minutes of the film. His performance in Danny Kaye's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) is also highly regarded. His performance in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) was considered outstanding, but was cut from the release print. Not an ambitious actor, Shayne was dedicated to his family, including his second wife, Marjorie.
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- Composer
Lyudmila Gurchenko was a popular actress in the Soviet Union during the 1950s - 1980s, she was best known for Carnival Night (1956), Five Evenings (1979) and Siberiade (1979).
She was born Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko on 12 November 1935, in Kharkov, Ukrainian Soviet Republic of the USSR. She studied acting at the VGIK (Soviet State Institute for CInema), graduating from the class of Sergey Gerasimov in 1956. That same year she shot to fame in the Soviet Union, aftr delivering a stellar performance as singer Lenochka Krylova in Carnival Night (1956), by director Eldar Ryazanov.
Gurchenko's film partners were such Russian stars, as Oleg Borisov, Sergei Shakurov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Basilashvili, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Igor Ilyinsky, Yuriy Nikulin, Armen Jigarhanian, Oleg Tabakov, Stanislav Lubshin, Andrey Mironov and Aleksandr Mikhaylov among others.
Lyudmila Gurchenko was married five times and had one daughter with her first husband, Boris Andronikashvili. She died of a pulmonary failure on 30 March 2011, at age 75, and was laid to rest in Moscow, Russia.- Andrei Chikatilo was one of the world's most prolific and barbaric serial killers. Born on October 16, 1936, in the Ukraine, he witnessed the devastation of his country at the onset of World War II. His mother Anna repeatedly told him of an older brother, Stephan, who had been murdered and cannibalized during the Ukrainian famine in the 1930s, in which it is estimated that several million died.
Although he was extremely tall and attractive, Chikatilo was always shy with girls and believed himself to be impotent. However, in 1963 his younger sister Taytana introduced him to a friend of hers named Fayina. Things clicked, and he and Fayina married that same year. They had two children, a daughter Ludmilla in 1965 and a son Yuri in 1969. Chikatilo graduated from Rostov University and became a teacher for a brief time, but he was eventually caught molesting some students, which led to his expulsion from the profession. By the end of 1978 Chikatilo had murdered his first victim, Lena Zakotnova, in Shankty, Russia. He didn't kill again for three years, but over the next nine years he tortured, murdered and cannibalized at least 51 more women and children. Russian authorities at first refused to believe that a serial killer could operate in their midst -- that sort of thing only occurred in degenerate capitalist societies -- but Chikatilo's victims began turning up so often and in so many places that the authorities finally were forced to admit that a monster was indeed loose among them. A task force consisting of the best homicide detectives in the country was assigned to hunt down and capture the killer (although they had no idea it was Chikatilo). He was finally captured on November 20, 1990, when a policeman noticed him acting suspiciously at a railroad station, detained him, and further investigation revealed that he had just committed three murders. Chikatilo confessed to 55 killings -- although due to the initial indifference and incompetence of the authorities it's been estimated that he likely committed at least twice that many before he was finally caught -- but was charged with only 53.
His trial opened on April 14, 1992, with victims' relatives screaming for retribution. Chikatilo acted like a raving maniac throughout the trial, rolling his eyes, moving back and forth, contorting his face and hurling curses at spectators and the judge, among others. On October 14, 1992, Andrei Chikatilo was convicted of 52 murders -- one charge was dropped for lack of evidence -- and five counts of child molestation. The next day he was given 52 death sentences and taken to Novocherkassk Prison in the Rostov-on-Don region of Russia. Sixteen months later, on February 14, 1994, his death sentence was carried out in the manner prescribed by Russian law -- a single bullet to the back of the head. - Art Director
- Production Designer
- Director
Russian-born French art director and director who gained a significant reputation, particularly as a collaborator with director Jean Renoir. At the age of sixteen, Lourié went to Paris where he studied painting and stage design. He designed sets and costumes for various ballet companies before turning his attention to film. After working as co-art director on a few films, including two for Renoir, Lourié took over as sole art director for Renoir's The Grand Illusion (1937). Lourié worked steadily with Renoir, and went to America with him in 1941. He also was art director for Charles Chaplin's last American film, Limelight (1952). He branched into directing, specializing in, of all things, giant-monster films, often art directing and doing special effects on them as well. He continued as a respected art director into the 1980's. Following a series of strokes, Lourié died of heart failure at the reported age of 89, although most reference works list a birth year of 1905, which would have made him approximately 86. He was survived by his wife Laure and a daughter.- Inna Gulaya was born on 9 May 1940 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for When the Trees Were Tall (1962), Vremya, vperyod! (1965) and Dolgaya schastlivaya zhizn (1966). She was married to Gennady Shpalikov. She died on 27 May 1990 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia].
- Lyubava Greshnova was born on 5 July 1988 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for The Nurse (2018), Mamo, ya lotchyka lyublyu (2012) and Ya podaryu tebe pobedu (2019).
- Natalya Fateeva was born on 23 December 1934 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Gentlemen of Fortune (1971), Vagonchik moy dalniy (2013) and Korolyov (2007). She was previously married to Boris Yegorov and Vladimir Basov.
- Igor Vovchanchyn was born on 6 August 1973 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine].
- Ivan Koval-Samborsky was born on 16 September 1893 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926), Men on Wings (1935) and The Girl with the Hat Box (1927). He died on 10 January 1962 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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- Additional Crew
Born in Russia, stage director Alan Schneider worked primarily in the U.S., and was best known for interpreting the plays of Samuel Beckett. Schneider made very infrequent ventures into cinema, the best-known being Film (1965), an experimental silent movie written by Beckett, made in 1964 with Buster Keaton. Schneider corresponded with Samuel Beckett for many years; ironically, and tragically, he was struck and killed by a motorcycle in London while crossing the street to post a letter to Beckett.- Producer
- Actor
- Visual Effects
Oleksandr Novichenkov is an independent film producer with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. He has a large body of experience in big projects having worked on successful, award-winning and commercially successful productions, he knows how to organize all processes of production from beginning to end, including maintaining the ability to supervise team members in all areas of pre, production, and post-. Oleksandr is always following new technologies and helping to adapt it, creating new, never-before-seen or heard of ideas and original contributions that ultimately end up being an incredible asset to film industry. Oleksandr showed himself to be a brilliant producer of colorization as the person responsible for art design in black and white movies being colorized. He has worked with some of the top filmmakers in the industry including Oliver Stone, Timur Bekmambetov, Price Pethel, etc. In 2021, he partnered with Wonderfilm providing technical and post production supervising skills.- Elza Radzina was born on 10 February 1917 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Teatris (1978), King Lear (1970) and Tayna chyornykh drozdov (1983). She died on 18 August 2005 in Riga, Latvia.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Michel Vitold was born on 15 September 1914 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Judex (1963), Quentin Durward (1971) and The Affairs of Messalina (1951). He was married to Christiane Lénier, Michèle Sayanoff Dufour and Mireille Paparella. He died on 14 June 1994 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Halina Gryglaszewska was born on 13 June 1917 in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russia [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Double Life of Véronique (1991), Wsciekly (1980) and Birth Certificate (1961). She died on 18 June 2010 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Justine Pasek was born on 29 August 1979 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She has been married to Dan Joelson since 8 August 2009.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Aleksandr Alov was born on 26 September 1923 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Assassination Attempt (1981), Mir vkhodyashchemu (1961) and Bereg (1984). He died on 12 December 1983 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Olga Krasko was born on 30 November 1981 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for The Turkish Gambit (2005), Valeriy Kharlamov. Dopolnitelnoe vremya (2008) and The Signpost to Destiny (2007).
- Aleftina Evdokimova was born on 6 October 1939 in Osnova, Kharkov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Maltiyskiy krest (2008), Ekipazh (1980) and Courier (1986).
- Aleksandra Danilova was born on 3 December 1918 in Krasnokutsk, Bogodukhov uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic [now Krasnokutsk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Alexander Nevsky (1938), Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) and Shestvie zolotykh zverey (1979). She died on 20 April 2004 in Moscow, Russia.
- Writer
- Actor
Anton Makarenko was born on 13 March 1888 in Belopolye, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer and actor, known for Road to Life (1931), Pedagogicheskaya poema (1969) and Zacínáme zít (1952). He was married to Galina Stahievna Makarenko. He died on 1 April 1939 in Golizyno, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Kirill Pletnev was born December 30th 1979 in Kharkov. He spent his early years in Leningrad where his family moved shortly after he was born; there he went first to primary and then â" to secondary school. In the year of 1996 he entered SPGATI (St Petersburg State Academy of Theatrical Arts) to become a student of Vladimir Petrov's course. Upon graduation in the year 2000 he had occasionally worked in a number of Moscow theaters. Later on Kirill joined in the company of Moscow Drama Theatre headed by Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and moved to the Russian capital. In the spring of 2003 he left the theatre and started to collaborate with stage director Irina Kerutchenko. Since 2001 Kirill has been filming a lot.- Valentina Chepiga was born on 27 April 1962 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for The Interplanetary Surplus Male and Amazon Women of Outer Space (2003).