Sergey Vasilev
1900 - 1959Герои Шипки
Sergey Vasilev
Ivan Pereverzev, Viktor Avdyushko
Heroes of Shipka was the first solo effort for Soviet director Sergei Vasilyev, who had previously collaborated with his late brother Georgi. As head of the Leningrad Film Studios, Vasilyev was obliged to traffic in propaganda, but he never forgot how to make his material entertaining. The film is set in 1887 during the pivotal battle between the Russians and the Turks at the Shipka Pass. Stressing the solidarity of the Soviet states, tribute is paid to the courageous Bulgarian volunteers who helped the Russians fend off their mutual enemy. American critics were impressed by Heroes of Shipka, but felt that the film would have been twice as effective had it been lensed in Cinemascope rather than "standard aspect."
Heroes of Shipka
Чапаев
Sergey Vasilev, Georgi Vasilyev
Boris Babochkin, Leonid Kmit
This film is based on the book about Vasili Ivanovich Chapaev (1887 - 1919) who was in real life the Commander of the 25th Division of the Red Army. Chapaev is an uneducated peasant and a decorated hero in the World War I and later in the Russian Civil War, that followed the Russian revolution. This man of action is fighting on the side of the poor people. His troops consist of peasants, just like him. Unable to write, he can brilliantly demonstrate various battle tactics by moving potatoes on the table. He is street smart. He never lost a battle against the experienced Generals of the Tzar's Army.
Chapayev
Личное дело
Sergey Vasilev, Georgi Vasilyev
Konstantin Nazarenko, Nikolai Khodotov
Лучший звонарь церкви Федор Кузьмич Штуков становится передовиком производства на судостроительном заводе. Коммунисты и комсомольцы пытаются уговорить Федора забыть про церковь, но напрасно. Дочь Анна смеется отцу в лицо — и тоже напрасно. Но когда заводу позарез понадобился дефицитный металл, Штуков, с болью раздумывая о родном заводе, поддержал предложение одного из рабочих отлить заготовку из церковного колокола, и судно было в срок подготовлено к спуску.
Личное дело
Оборона Царицына
Sergey Vasilev, Georgi Vasilyev
Mikhail Gelovani, Nikolai Bogolyubov
Propaganda film enhancing the role of I.V. Stalin in the defense of the city of Tsaritsyn (subsequently Stalingrad, at present Volgograd) by the red army during the Russian civil war.
Defense of Tsaritsyn
