Vladimir Menshov
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Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov is a Soviet and Russian
actor
and film director
. He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman
and working class
life in his films. Like many other Russian filmmakers, he studied acting and directing at the state film school VGIK, the world's oldest educational institution in cinematography. Although his output as an actor outnumbers his output as a director, he is best known for the five films he directed, the most famous of which is the 1979
melodrama
Moscow Does not Believe in Tears
, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
. Actress Vera Alentova
, who starred in the film, is the mother of Vladimir Menshov's daughter Yuliya Menshova
.
Russians
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actor
Actor
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and film director
Film director
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. He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman
Everyman
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and working class
Working class
Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...
life in his films. Like many other Russian filmmakers, he studied acting and directing at the state film school VGIK, the world's oldest educational institution in cinematography. Although his output as an actor outnumbers his output as a director, he is best known for the five films he directed, the most famous of which is the 1979
1979 in film
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melodrama
Melodrama
The term melodrama refers to a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions. It may also refer to the genre which includes such works, or to language, behavior, or events which resemble them...
Moscow Does not Believe in Tears
Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears
Moscow Does not Believe in Tears is a 1980 Soviet film made by Mosfilm. It was written by Valentin Chernykh and directed by Vladimir Menshov. The leading roles were played by Menshov's wife Vera Alentova and by Aleksey Batalov. The film won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in...
, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. Actress Vera Alentova
Vera Alentova
Vera Valentinovna Alentova is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actressmade famous for her leading role in the famous 1980 Soviet drama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears.-Awards:...
, who starred in the film, is the mother of Vladimir Menshov's daughter Yuliya Menshova
Yuliya Menshova
Yuliya Vladimirovna Menshova is a Russian actress and host of Ya sama TV show.-Biography:Yulia Menshova was born 28 July 1969 in Moscow, USSR ....
.
Director
- Rozygrysh, 1976
- Moskva slezam ne veritMoscow Does Not Believe In TearsMoscow Does not Believe in Tears is a 1980 Soviet film made by Mosfilm. It was written by Valentin Chernykh and directed by Vladimir Menshov. The leading roles were played by Menshov's wife Vera Alentova and by Aleksey Batalov. The film won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in...
, 1979 - Liubov i golubi,1984
- Shirli-MyrliShirli-MyrliShirli-Myrli is a 1995 farce comedy film of late post-Perestroyka era directed by Vladimir Menshov based on a screenplay by Vitali Moskalenko and Andrei Samsonov. Produced by Vladimir Dostal and Aleksandr Litvinov. Music by Timur Kogan, sound by Olga Ilyina. Cinematography by Vadim Alisov...
, 1995 - Zavist bogov, 2000
Actor
- Chelovek na svoyom meste, 1972
- Solyonyy pyos, 1973
- Poslednyaya vstrecha, 1974
- Ar-khi-me-dy!, 1975
- Sobstvennoye mneniye, 1976
- Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil, 1976
- Rozygrysh, 1976
- Fedia, 1978
- Gibloe delo, 1981
- Pod odnim nebom, 1982
- Yesli vrag ne sdayotsya..., 1982
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, 1983 - Lyubov i golubi, 1984
- Prosti, 1986
- Perekhvat, 1986
- God telyonka, 1986
- Kurer, 1987
- Gde nakhoditsya Nofelet?, 1987
- Kukolka, 1988
- Otche nash, 1989
- Gorod Zero, 1989
- Samoubiytsa, 1990
- Ivin A., 1990
- Abdulladzhan, ili posvyashchaetsya Stivenu Spilbergu, 1991
- Otdushina, 1991
- Depressiya, 1991
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, 1992 - Novyy Odeon, 1992
- V toy oblasti nebes, 1992
- Trotsky, 1993
- Russkiy regtaym, 1993
- Chtoby vyzhit, 1993
- Shirli-MyrliShirli-MyrliShirli-Myrli is a 1995 farce comedy film of late post-Perestroyka era directed by Vladimir Menshov based on a screenplay by Vitali Moskalenko and Andrei Samsonov. Produced by Vladimir Dostal and Aleksandr Litvinov. Music by Timur Kogan, sound by Olga Ilyina. Cinematography by Vadim Alisov...
, 1995 - Tsarevich Aleksei, 1996
- Sochineniye ko dnyu pobedy, 1998
- 8 ½ $, 1999
- Kitayskiy serviz, 1999
- Spartak i Kalashnikov, 2002
- Nochnoy dozorNight Watch (2004 film)Night Watch is a 2004 Russian supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. It is loosely based on the novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, and is the first part of a trilogy, followed by Day Watch and ending supposedly with Twilight Watch .-Plot:In the prologue, which...
, 2004 - Vremya sobirat' kamni, 2005
- Dnevnoy dozorDay WatchDay Watch , is a 2006 Russian dark fantasy action film marketed as "the first film of the year", opened in theatres across Russia on January 1, 2006, the U.S. on June 1, 2007 and the UK on October 5, 2007. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Night Watch, featuring the same cast...
, 2006 - Kod apokalipsisaThe Apocalypse CodeThe Apocalypse Code is a Russian action film. Apart from Russia, the filming took place in France, Italy, Norway, Malaysia and Ukraine. The crew spent 10 days shooting scenes in the stunning Alvøen Island and Aurland fjords.-Storyline:...
, 2007 - 07-y menyaet kurs, 2007
- Liquidation (miniseries), 2007
- Wow! (Generation P), 2009 (release date October, 2009) Based on the book, Generation "П", by Victor PelevinVictor PelevinVictor Olegovich Pelevin is a Russian fiction writer. His books usually carry the outward conventions of the science fiction genre, but are used to construct involved, multi-layered postmodernist texts, fusing together elements of pop culture and esoteric philosophies...