Sofiya Perovskaya (film)
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Sofiya Perovskaya is a 1967 Soviet
drama film
directed by Lev Arnshtam
. The film is based on the life of Sofiya Perovskaya, member of Narodnaya Volya, executed for taking part in planning the successful assassination of Alexander II of Russia
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Cinema of Russia
The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed under the Soviet and in the years following the fall of the Soviet system, the Russian film industry would remain internationally recognised...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Lev Arnshtam
Lev Arnshtam
Lev Oskarovich Arnshtam was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1936 and 1967.-Filmography:* Girl Friends * Friends ...
. The film is based on the life of Sofiya Perovskaya, member of Narodnaya Volya, executed for taking part in planning the successful assassination of Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
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Cast
- Aleksandra Nazarova - Sofiya Perovskaya
- Viktor Tarasov - Andrei ZhelyabovAndrei ZhelyabovAndrey Ivanovich Zhelyabov , Russian revolutionary, member of the Executive Committee of Narodnaya Volya....
- Boris KhmelnitskyBoris KhmelnitskyBoris Alexandrovich Khmelnitsky was a Russian theatre and movie actor.He worked many years in the Taganka Theatre in Moscow. In cinema, he was known for many of his roles in Soviet adventure films. He played Robin Hood, Prince Igor, Captain Grant and many other characters...
- Nikolai KibalchichNikolai KibalchichNikolai Ivanovich Kibalchich was a Russian revolutionary, taking part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II as the main explosive expert for Narodnaya Volya , and also a rocket pioneer... - Georgi TaratorkinGeorgi TaratorkinGeorgi Georgievich Taratorkin is a Soviet and Russian theatrical and cinema actor who appeared in 25 films since 1967.-Filmography:* Sofiya Perovskaya * Crime and Punishment * A Very English Murder...
- Ignaty Grinevitsky - Vladislav Strzhelchik - Alexander II of RussiaAlexander II of RussiaAlexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
- Yefim KopelyanYefim KopelyanYefim Zakharovich Kopelyan was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, one of the legendary masters of the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama . He performed the bright characteristic roles in the films The Elusive Avengers, Intervention, Eternal call, Straw cap, read author's text in the television series...
- Mikhail Loris-MelikovMikhail Tarielovich Loris-MelikovCount Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov was a Russian-Armenian statesman, General of the Cavalry, and Adjutant General of H. I. M. Retinue....