Vasili Vanin

Siberian Patrol (1931)

The story of a British POW who converts to communism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yakov Protazanov
CAST:  Ivan Chuvelyov  •  Nikolai Bogolyubov  •  Viktor Kulakov  •  Vladimir Uralsky

The story of a British POW who converts to communism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yakov Protazanov
CAST:  Ivan Chuvelyov  •  Nikolai Bogolyubov  •  Viktor Kulakov  •  Vladimir Uralsky

Wings of Victory (1941)

The film is based on the biography of Valeri Chkalov (1904 - 1938), a Russian pilot, who set several long distance flight records. Chkalov and his co-pilots Baidukov and Belyakov together had accomplished several non-stop long-distance flights. In June of 1937 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Kalatozov
CAST:  Vladimir Belokurov  •  Mikhail Gelovani  •  Semyon Mezhinsky  •  Kseniya Tarasova

The film is based on the biography of Valeri Chkalov (1904 - 1938), a Russian pilot, who set several long distance flight records. Chkalov and his co-pilots Baidukov and Belyakov together had accomplished several non-stop long-distance flights. In June of 1937 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Kalatozov
CAST:  Vladimir Belokurov  •  Mikhail Gelovani  •  Semyon Mezhinsky  •  Kseniya Tarasova

Lenin in October (1937)

Commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, Lenin in October was the first of Russian director Mikhail Romm's tributes to the Marxist visionary who helped orchestrate the insurrection of October, 1917.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Romm  •  Dmitriy Vasilev
CAST:  Boris Shchukin  •  Nikolai Okhlopkov  •  Vasili Vanin  •  Nikolai Arsky

Commissioned by Josef Stalin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Revolution, Lenin in October was the first of Russian director Mikhail Romm's tributes to the Marxist visionary who helped orchestrate the insurrection of October, 1917.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Romm  •  Dmitriy Vasilev
CAST:  Boris Shchukin  •  Nikolai Okhlopkov  •  Vasili Vanin  •  Nikolai Arsky

Честь (1938)

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DIRECTION:  Evgeny Chervyakov
CAST:  Osip Abdulov  •  Oswald Glazunov  •  Vasili Vanin  •  Ivan Pelttser

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DIRECTION:  Evgeny Chervyakov
CAST:  Osip Abdulov  •  Oswald Glazunov  •  Vasili Vanin  •  Ivan Pelttser

Lenin in 1918 (1939)

Historical-revolutionary film about Lenin’s activities in the first years after the Great October Revolution in Russia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Romm
CAST:  Boris Shchukin  •  Nikolai Okhlopkov  •  Aleksandr Shatov  •  Vasiliy Markov

Historical-revolutionary film about Lenin’s activities in the first years after the Great October Revolution in Russia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Romm
CAST:  Boris Shchukin  •  Nikolai Okhlopkov  •  Aleksandr Shatov  •  Vasiliy Markov

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DIRECTION:  Iosif Kheifits  •  Aleksandr Zarkhi
CAST:  Vera Maretskaya  •  Vasili Vanin  •  Nikolay Kryuchkov  •  Ivan Nazarov

The District Secretary (1942)

A story about a Secretary of the Communist Party District Committee who is leading partisans in their fight with the Nazis during WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Pyryev
CAST:  Vasili Vanin  •  Marina Ladynina  •  Viktor Kulakov  •  Mikhail Astangov

A story about a Secretary of the Communist Party District Committee who is leading partisans in their fight with the Nazis during WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Pyryev
CAST:  Vasili Vanin  •  Marina Ladynina  •  Viktor Kulakov  •  Mikhail Astangov

The Invasion (1945)

A Russian village struggles through the German occupation during World War II in this tense drama from the Soviet Union. As the town doctor finds his home has been taken by German troops, his daughter becomes involved in the anti-Axis resistance, and his son -- ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abram Room
CAST:  Vladimir Gremin  •  Olga Zhiznyeva  •  Oleg Zhakov  •  Lyudmila Glazova

A Russian village struggles through the German occupation during World War II in this tense drama from the Soviet Union. As the town doctor finds his home has been taken by German troops, his daughter becomes involved in the anti-Axis resistance, and his son -- ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abram Room
CAST:  Vladimir Gremin  •  Olga Zhiznyeva  •  Oleg Zhakov  •  Lyudmila Glazova

Liberated Earth (1946)

After the liberation of the Kuban by the Soviet Army troops, farmers return home and begin to restore the destroyed economy. Under the leadership of the young chairman, Nadiezdha Pritulyak, growers are working with great enthusiasm.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Medvedkin
CAST:  Vasili Vanin  •  Emma Tsesarskaya  •  Sergei Kalinin  •  Aleksandr Khvylya

After the liberation of the Kuban by the Soviet Army troops, farmers return home and begin to restore the destroyed economy. Under the leadership of the young chairman, Nadiezdha Pritulyak, growers are working with great enthusiasm.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Medvedkin
CAST:  Vasili Vanin  •  Emma Tsesarskaya  •  Sergei Kalinin  •  Aleksandr Khvylya

Sons (1946)

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DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Ivanov
CAST:  Oleg Zhakov  •  Lidiya Smirnova  •  Vasili Vanin  •  Vasili Merkuryev

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DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Ivanov
CAST:  Oleg Zhakov  •  Lidiya Smirnova  •  Vasili Vanin  •  Vasili Merkuryev

Diamonds (1947)

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DIRECTION:  Ivan Pravov  •  Aleksandr Olenin
CAST:  Vsevolod Sanayev  •  Vasili Vanin  •  Nina Alisova  •  Eugeny Agurov

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DIRECTION:  Ivan Pravov  •  Aleksandr Olenin
CAST:  Vsevolod Sanayev  •  Vasili Vanin  •  Nina Alisova  •  Eugeny Agurov

Kotovsky (1943)

Kotovsky, who went a long revolutionary way and became the recognized military commander of the cavalry troops: commander, brigade commander, commander. Six times he escaped from prison, was sentenced to death, and again escaped to become one of the most ardent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Faintsimmer
CAST:  Nikolai Mordvinov  •  Nikolay Kryuchkov  •  Vera Maretskaya  •  Vasili Vanin

Kotovsky, who went a long revolutionary way and became the recognized military commander of the cavalry troops: commander, brigade commander, commander. Six times he escaped from prison, was sentenced to death, and again escaped to become one of the most ardent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Faintsimmer
CAST:  Nikolai Mordvinov  •  Nikolay Kryuchkov  •  Vera Maretskaya  •  Vasili Vanin

Soldiers of the Swamp (1938)

This story of the Nazi prison camps in the 1930s deals with the attempts of the Nazi guards to break the spirit of the Communists in concentration camps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Macheret
CAST:  Oleg Zhakov  •  Ivan Kudryavtsev  •  Semyon Mezhinsky  •  Aleksandr Zrazhevsky

This story of the Nazi prison camps in the 1930s deals with the attempts of the Nazi guards to break the spirit of the Communists in concentration camps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Macheret
CAST:  Oleg Zhakov  •  Ivan Kudryavtsev  •  Semyon Mezhinsky  •  Aleksandr Zrazhevsky

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DIRECTION:  Iosif Kheifits  •  Aleksandr Zarkhi
CAST:  Oleg Zhakov  •  Galina Kozhakina  •  Pavel Kadochnikov  •  Vasili Vanin

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DIRECTION:  Boris Babochkin  •  Vasili Vanin
CAST:  Yevgeniy Agurov  •  Marina Kuznetsova  •  Olga Viklandt  •  Boris Smirnov