Gleb Panfilov
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Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov ' onMouseout='HidePop("28729")' href="/topics/Magnitogorsk">Magnitogorsk
) is an internationally acclaimed Russia
n film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife, Inna Churikova
:
In the 1980s Panfilov, a chemist by profession, moved to theatre directing, but also found time to adapt for the screen Alexander Vampilov
's play Valentina (1981), as well as Maxim Gorky
's Vassa Zheleznova (1983) and Mother
(1989). Vassa won the top prize of the Moscow International Film Festival
and Russia's State Prize
.
He won the Golden Bear
at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival
for the film The Theme
.
Despite the hardships of the 1990s, Panfilov was committed to directing The Romanovs: The Crowned Family, an epic story of the Romanov martyrdom
. The film, finally released in 2000, was a sort of family project involving his wife as well as children. It was also his first movie not starring Churikova
.
In January 2006, RTR TV aired Panfilov's miniseries
based on Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel The First Circle
. The Nobel Prize-winning author helped adapt the novel for the screen and narrated the film.
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk is a mining and industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Population: 418,545 ;...
) is an internationally acclaimed Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife, Inna Churikova
Inna Churikova
Inna Mikhailovna Churikova is a Soviet Russian film and theatre actress.-Biography:...
:
In the 1980s Panfilov, a chemist by profession, moved to theatre directing, but also found time to adapt for the screen Alexander Vampilov
Alexander Vampilov
Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov was a Russian playwright. His play Elder Son was first performed in 1969, and became a national success two years later. Many of his plays have been filmed or televised in Russia...
's play Valentina (1981), as well as Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known as Maxim Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.-Early years:...
's Vassa Zheleznova (1983) and Mother
Mother (1989 film)
Mother is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Inna Churikova* Viktor Rakov* Liubomiras Lauciavicius* Aleksandr Shishonok - * Dmitri Pevtsov...
(1989). Vassa won the top prize of the Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1995....
and Russia's State Prize
State Prize of the Russian Federation
State Prize of the Russian Federation is a state honorary prize established in 1992 as the substitute for the USSR State Prize. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates and the status of the award was significantly changed making them closer to such awards as Nobel Prize or the Soviet Lenin...
.
He won the Golden Bear
Golden Bear
According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival
37th Berlin International Film Festival
The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987.-Jury:* Klaus Maria Brandauer * Juliet Berto* Kathleen Carroll* Callisto Cosulich* Victor Dyomin* Reinhard Hauff* Edmund Luft* Jiří Menzel...
for the film The Theme
The Theme
The Theme is a 1979 Soviet film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It tells the story of an egotistical playwright who thinks of himself as an artist, but who allows the system to make him write conformist plays....
.
Despite the hardships of the 1990s, Panfilov was committed to directing The Romanovs: The Crowned Family, an epic story of the Romanov martyrdom
Romanov sainthood
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei are saints of the Orthodox Church...
. The film, finally released in 2000, was a sort of family project involving his wife as well as children. It was also his first movie not starring Churikova
Inna Churikova
Inna Mikhailovna Churikova is a Soviet Russian film and theatre actress.-Biography:...
.
In January 2006, RTR TV aired Panfilov's miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
based on Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel The First Circle
The First Circle
In the First Circle is a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn released in 1968. A fuller version of the book was published in English in 2009....
. The Nobel Prize-winning author helped adapt the novel for the screen and narrated the film.
Director
- Narodnaya militsya (1958)
- Vstavay v nash stroy! (1959)
- Nina Melovizinova (1962) (TV)
- Ubit ne na voyne (1962) (TV)
- Delo Kurta Klauzevitsa (1963) (TV)
- V ogne broda net (1967)
- Nachalo (1970)
- Proshu slova (1975)
- TemaThe ThemeThe Theme is a 1979 Soviet film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It tells the story of an egotistical playwright who thinks of himself as an artist, but who allows the system to make him write conformist plays....
(1979) - ValentinaValentinaValentina may refer to:* Valentina , a female given name* Valentina , Valentina Nicholaevna Sanina Schlee, Russian fashion designer* Elizabeth Miklosi aka Valentina, American professional wrestler...
(1981) - VassaVassaVassa , also called Rains Retreat, or Buddhist Lent, is the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada practitioners...
(1983) - GamletHamlet (1964 film)Hamlet is a 1964 film adaptation in Russian of William Shakespeare's play of the same title, based on a translation by Boris Pasternak. It was directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Iosif Shapiro, and stars Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Prince Hamlet.-Background:...
(1989) - Mat'Mother (1989 film)Mother is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Inna Churikova* Viktor Rakov* Liubomiras Lauciavicius* Aleksandr Shishonok - * Dmitri Pevtsov...
(1989) - Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (2000)
- V kruge pervomThe First CircleIn the First Circle is a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn released in 1968. A fuller version of the book was published in English in 2009....
(2006) (TV mini-series)
Writer
- Ubit ne na voyne (1962) (TV)
- Delo Kurta Klauzevitsa (1963) (TV)
- V ogne broda net (1967)
- NachaloNachaloNachalo was a Russian Marxist monthly magazine published in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1899.-Origins:When Novoye Slovo, the flagship magazine of the Saint Petersburg-based Legal Marxists, was suppressed by the Czarist government in December 1897, their leaders began planning a new magazine...
(1970) - Proshu slova (1975)
- Chelovek, kotoromu vezlo (1978)
- TemaThe ThemeThe Theme is a 1979 Soviet film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It tells the story of an egotistical playwright who thinks of himself as an artist, but who allows the system to make him write conformist plays....
(1979) - Vstrecha (1979)
- ValentinaValentinaValentina may refer to:* Valentina , a female given name* Valentina , Valentina Nicholaevna Sanina Schlee, Russian fashion designer* Elizabeth Miklosi aka Valentina, American professional wrestler...
(1981) - VassaVassaVassa , also called Rains Retreat, or Buddhist Lent, is the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada practitioners...
(1983) - MatMother (1989 film)Mother is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Inna Churikova* Viktor Rakov* Liubomiras Lauciavicius* Aleksandr Shishonok - * Dmitri Pevtsov...
(1989) - Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (2000)