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Larisa Shepitko was born on 6 January 1938 in Bakhmut, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a director and writer, known for The Ascent (1977), Heat (1963) and You and Me (1971). She was married to Elem Klimov. She died on 2 July 1979 in near Redkino, Kalinin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR.- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Prokofiev was a multi-talented man and an innovative composer. He learned piano from his mother and chess from his father. He always had a chess set on his piano, and was able to play against the chess champions of his time. He studied music with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, graduated with highest marks from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (1914), and was rewarded with a grand piano. He emigrated from Russia after the revolution, and made successful concert tours in Europe and the U.S. In 1918 in New York he met Spanish singer Carolina Codina (Lina Llubera), they married in Paris, in 1923, and had two sons.
Prokofiev's radiant optimism and his childlike personality shines in his popular orchestral suite "Peter and the Wolf" and in the "Classical Symphony". His humorous irony and wit is popping up in piano pieces named "Sarcasms", also in his five piano concertos, ballets and film scores, all written in his instantly identifiable musical language. He wrote film scores for The Czar Wants to Sleep (1934), Alexander Nevsky (1938), Cinderella (1961), and the two-part Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944), directed by Sergei Eisenstein.
All of his music, that he created while outside of the Soviet Union, was sometimes criticized as cosmopolitan and anti-Soviet. Prokofiev divorced his wife in 1948. His ninth sonata, dedicated to Svyatoslav Richter, was welcomed warmly, but another official critic on his music and life started in 1948. He died in 1953, the same day of Joseph Stalin.- Véra Korène was born on 17 July 1901 in Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Café de Paris (1938), Sept hommes, une femme (1936) and La danseuse rouge (1937). She died on 20 November 1996 in Louveciennes, Yvelines, France.
- Nikolai Gritsenko was a notable Russian actor known for the role as Kareni in Anna Karenina (1967) by director Aleksandr Zarkhi, and as Nazi General in TV series 'Semnadtsat mgnovenii vesny' by director Tatyana Lioznova.
He was born Nikolai Olimpiyevich Gritsenko on July 24, 1912, in Yasinovataya, Donetsk province, Russian Empire (now Donetsk, Ukraine). In 1934 he graduated from Makeevka School of musical drama, then studied acting in Kiev. From 1937 - 1940 he studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical School of the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, graduating in 1940 as an actor.
From 1940 to 1979 Nikolai Gritsenko was a permanent member of the troupe at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. There his stage partners were such actors as Mikhail Ulyanov, Ruben Simonov, Boris Zakhava, Mikhail Astangov, Vladimir Etush, Varvara Popova, Irina Kupchenko, Natalya Tenyakova, Yuliya Borisova, Lyudmila Maksakova, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Marianna Vertinskaya, Nina Ruslanova, Nikolai Plotnikov, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Yuriy Yakovlev, Vyacheslav Shalevich, Andrei Abrikosov, Grigori Abrikosov, Boris Babochkin, Nikolai Timofeyev, Aleksandr Grave, and Evgeniy Karelskikh, among others. His most memorable stage performances were such roles as Fedor Protasov in "Zhivoy Trup" (1962) (aka.. The Living Corpse) after the eponymous novel by Lev Tolstoy, and the title role as Prince Myshkin in Dostoyevsky's "Idiot" (1958). Gritsenko created the role as Tartalya in 'Princess Turandot' (1963), and delivered many acclaimed performances in the legendary Vakhtangov's production of Carlo Gozzi's comedy.
Nikolai Gritsenko was designated People's Actor of the USSR (1964). He was awarded the State Prize of Russia for his stage work, and was awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1951) for his role in the film Dream of a Cossack (1951). He died of a heart failure on December 8, 1979, in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, and was laid to rest in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. - Writer
- Producer
Sam Spewack was born on 16 September 1899 in Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire. Sam was a writer and producer, known for My Favorite Wife (1940), Move Over, Darling (1963) and The Cat and the Fiddle (1934). Sam was married to Bella Spewack. Sam died on 14 October 1971 in New York City, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Serge Nadaud was born on 14 May 1906 in Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Tintin et le lac aux requins (1972), Maison de poupée (1954) and The Last Turning (1939). He died on 18 July 1995 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Actor
- Art Department
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anton Yevtikhov was born on 30 May 1996 in Soledar, Artemivsk Municipality, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine [now Soledar, Bakhmut Municipality, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Oblastnaya doroga (2016), The Coffee Translation (2016) and Errors in Geography: The Hit (2018).- Actor
- Director
Boris Sitko was born on 20 May 1914 in Gorlovka, Bakhmut uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950), Vysota (1957) and Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh, Pulkovskiy meredian (1974). He died on 10 August 1994 in Moscow, Russia.- Mark Reizen was born on 3 July 1895 in Zaitsevo, Bakhmut Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Aleko (1953), Intrigan (1935) and Khovanschina (1959). He died on 25 November 1992 in Moscow, Russia.
- Iosif Khmelnitsky was born on 29 June 1903 in Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now Donetsk oblast, Ukraine]. Iosif was a producer, known for The Fall of Berlin (1945) and Razgrom militaristkoy Japonii (1945). Iosif died on 21 April 1979 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].