Irina Apeksimova

Irina Apeksimova is an actress and director, known for The Saint (1997), Bashnya (1987) and Mu-Mu (1998). She was previously married to Valeriy Nikolaev. She has a daughter, Dasha, with Valeriy Nikolaev

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The Saint (1997)

Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Noyce
CAST:  Val Kilmer  •  Elisabeth Shue  •  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Henry Goodman

Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Noyce
CAST:  Val Kilmer  •  Elisabeth Shue  •  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Henry Goodman

The Children Play Russian (1993)

A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the state of post-Cold War Russia. The filmmaker, though, subverts the project by stubbornly remaining in France and casting himself as the title character of Dostoyevsky's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard
CAST:  László Szabó  •  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Bernard Eisenschitz  •  André S. Labarthe

A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the state of post-Cold War Russia. The filmmaker, though, subverts the project by stubbornly remaining in France and casting himself as the title character of Dostoyevsky's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard
CAST:  László Szabó  •  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Bernard Eisenschitz  •  André S. Labarthe

Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (2010)

Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front-lines. His ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikita Mikhalkov
CAST:  Nikita Mikhalkov  •  Oleg Menshikov  •  Evgeny Mironov  •  Dmitriy Dyuzhev

Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front-lines. His ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikita Mikhalkov
CAST:  Nikita Mikhalkov  •  Oleg Menshikov  •  Evgeny Mironov  •  Dmitriy Dyuzhev

The Lonely Player (1995)

A married man needs a lot of money and he is trying to get them form a huge bet on horse-riding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Basov Jr.  •  Olga Basova
CAST:  Valeriy Nikolaev  •  Andrey Sokolov  •  Olga Mashnaya  •  Vladimir Ilin

A married man needs a lot of money and he is trying to get them form a huge bet on horse-riding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Basov Jr.  •  Olga Basova
CAST:  Valeriy Nikolaev  •  Andrey Sokolov  •  Olga Mashnaya  •  Vladimir Ilin

Mu-Mu (1998)

A modern adaptation of a famous classis Ivan Turgenev novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuri Grymov
CAST:  Aleksandr Baluev  •  Lyudmila Maksakova  •  Elena Korikova  •  Irina Apeksimova

A modern adaptation of a famous classis Ivan Turgenev novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuri Grymov
CAST:  Aleksandr Baluev  •  Lyudmila Maksakova  •  Elena Korikova  •  Irina Apeksimova

Red Serpent (2002)

A powerful drug cartel in Moscow wants to use American businessman Steve Nichols in a smuggling scheme and ensures his cooperation by kidnapping his daughter. So Nichols solicits the help of a former KGB agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gino Tanasescu
CAST:  Michael Paré  •  Roy Scheider  •  Oleg Taktarov  •  Irina Apeksimova

A powerful drug cartel in Moscow wants to use American businessman Steve Nichols in a smuggling scheme and ensures his cooperation by kidnapping his daughter. So Nichols solicits the help of a former KGB agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gino Tanasescu
CAST:  Michael Paré  •  Roy Scheider  •  Oleg Taktarov  •  Irina Apeksimova

The Book of Masters (2009)

A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a field. It transforms her heart into a stone and puts her under a queer curse. She is to be the evil Countess of Stones and live in a stone tower. If the greatest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vadim Sokolovsky
CAST:  Liya Akhedzhakova  •  Mariya Andreeva  •  Maksim Loktionov  •  Irina Apeksimova

A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a field. It transforms her heart into a stone and puts her under a queer curse. She is to be the evil Countess of Stones and live in a stone tower. If the greatest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vadim Sokolovsky
CAST:  Liya Akhedzhakova  •  Mariya Andreeva  •  Maksim Loktionov  •  Irina Apeksimova

October (1993)

Ira wanders around the streets of Moscow. She's pregnant with the child of Adrissa, an african student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abderrahmane Sissako
CAST:  Wilson Buyaya  •  Irina Apeksimova  •  Andrei Baratov  •  Klavdiya Belova

Ira wanders around the streets of Moscow. She's pregnant with the child of Adrissa, an african student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abderrahmane Sissako
CAST:  Wilson Buyaya  •  Irina Apeksimova  •  Andrei Baratov  •  Klavdiya Belova

What a Mess! (1995)

The story starts in a Siberia where world's biggest diamond was found. It is so valuable that it may not only pay off the enormous national debt, but also allow every Russian citizen to move to the Canary Islands. However, Mafia plans to steal the massive gem but a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Menshov
CAST:  Valeriy Garkalin  •  Vera Alentova  •  Inna Churikova  •  Leonid Kuravlyov

The story starts in a Siberia where world's biggest diamond was found. It is so valuable that it may not only pay off the enormous national debt, but also allow every Russian citizen to move to the Canary Islands. However, Mafia plans to steal the massive gem but a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Menshov
CAST:  Valeriy Garkalin  •  Vera Alentova  •  Inna Churikova  •  Leonid Kuravlyov

The Game of Truth (2013)

Four old friends decide to have a meeting in order to discover a hidden truth about themselves. Based on Filipp Lelush play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Shamirov
CAST:  Gosha Kutsenko  •  Dmitriy Maryanov  •  Irina Apeksimova  •  Konstantin Yushkevich

Four old friends decide to have a meeting in order to discover a hidden truth about themselves. Based on Filipp Lelush play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Shamirov
CAST:  Gosha Kutsenko  •  Dmitriy Maryanov  •  Irina Apeksimova  •  Konstantin Yushkevich

The Practice of Beauty (2011)

This movie is about life of ordinary people who simply love, walk, talk, play...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Shamirov
CAST:  Gosha Kutsenko  •  Konstantin Yushkevich  •  Kseniya Radchenko  •  Viktor Shamirov

This movie is about life of ordinary people who simply love, walk, talk, play...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viktor Shamirov
CAST:  Gosha Kutsenko  •  Konstantin Yushkevich  •  Kseniya Radchenko  •  Viktor Shamirov

Contrary to common sense (2008)

A successful landscape designer Marina is going to get married. Next Saturday, her high-ranking father will meet her fiancé Alexander. Just a day before the significant Saturday Alexander leaves the Marina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saido Kurbanov
CAST:  Irina Apeksimova  •  Eduard Martsevich  •  Boris Klyuev  •  Michael Khmurov

A successful landscape designer Marina is going to get married. Next Saturday, her high-ranking father will meet her fiancé Alexander. Just a day before the significant Saturday Alexander leaves the Marina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saido Kurbanov
CAST:  Irina Apeksimova  •  Eduard Martsevich  •  Boris Klyuev  •  Michael Khmurov

Drunk Company (2016)

Comedy mini-series about doctor who cures hangoversIn the center of the plot is the story of the former doctor Grigory Mikhailovich Shtuchny, who drinks heavily and works as a security guard in an outpatient clinic. Piece - the inventor of the prescription drug, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigory Konstantinopolsky
CAST:  Mikhail Efremov  •  Ivan Makarevich  •  Elizaveta Boyarskaya  •  Marat Basharov

Comedy mini-series about doctor who cures hangoversIn the center of the plot is the story of the former doctor Grigory Mikhailovich Shtuchny, who drinks heavily and works as a security guard in an outpatient clinic. Piece - the inventor of the prescription drug, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigory Konstantinopolsky
CAST:  Mikhail Efremov  •  Ivan Makarevich  •  Elizaveta Boyarskaya  •  Marat Basharov

The boundaries (1995)

When in 1977 these guys came to Moscow from Pyatigorsk, for two they had 160 rubles and a can of cornel jam. And Muscovites contemptuously called them the limit. Years passed, and the brilliant abilities of the young children were realized. Misha became a bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Evstigneev
CAST:  Vladimir Mashkov  •  Evgeny Mironov  •  Kristina Orbakayte  •  Maksim Sukhanov

When in 1977 these guys came to Moscow from Pyatigorsk, for two they had 160 rubles and a can of cornel jam. And Muscovites contemptuously called them the limit. Years passed, and the brilliant abilities of the young children were realized. Misha became a bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Evstigneev
CAST:  Vladimir Mashkov  •  Evgeny Mironov  •  Kristina Orbakayte  •  Maksim Sukhanov

Antisniper 2: Double Motivation (2008)

In the ranks of the investigating authorities was calculated "mole". All information about the progress of the investigation, testimony and operational measures through it came to the criminals. But the enemy is not neutralized, the game continues. The traitor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oleksandr Berezan
CAST:  Irina Apeksimova  •  Ilya Shakunov  •  Evgeniy Ganelin  •  Yuliya Beretta

In the ranks of the investigating authorities was calculated "mole". All information about the progress of the investigation, testimony and operational measures through it came to the criminals. But the enemy is not neutralized, the game continues. The traitor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oleksandr Berezan
CAST:  Irina Apeksimova  •  Ilya Shakunov  •  Evgeniy Ganelin  •  Yuliya Beretta

Antisniper (2007)

The tax service, together with the investigating authorities and special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is investigating major financial frauds, accompanied by a series of murders of people involved in the crime. “Orders” are executed, undoubtedly, by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oleksandr Berezan
CAST:  Ilya Shakunov  •  Irina Apeksimova  •  Evgeniy Ganelin  •  Stanislav Boklan

The tax service, together with the investigating authorities and special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is investigating major financial frauds, accompanied by a series of murders of people involved in the crime. “Orders” are executed, undoubtedly, by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oleksandr Berezan
CAST:  Ilya Shakunov  •  Irina Apeksimova  •  Evgeniy Ganelin  •  Stanislav Boklan
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