Boris Smirnov

Boris Smirnov

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War and Peace 1968 (7.6)

A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
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Man of Music 1952 (4.3)

The young composer Mikhail Glinka performs his new work at a soiree at earl Vielgorsky's house. However, the public is accustomed to Western music, and reacts coldly to the creation of the composer. This makes him very sad, but soon he decides to go learn the art of music in Italy. After returning from Italy, he is full of desire to write national Russian opera. Vasily Zhukovsky proposes a subject: a feat of Ivan Susanin. Tsar Nicholas I change the name of the opera to A Life for the Tsar and assigns a librettist - Baron Rosen. Acquaintance with the future co-author shocked Glinka: Rosen speaks Russian with a noticeable German accent. The premiere was successful, but Glinka was still not entirely happy with the libretto: "False words were written by Rosen". When Nicholas I learned that Ruslan and Lyudmila was written on Pushkin's subject, he sees it as sedition. The bitter experience of the composer brighten his supporters.
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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky 1966 (7.6)

The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel. In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon.
Borys Smirnov

Borys Smirnov

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The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini 2009 (3.3)

After the deaths of d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis the Queen Anna of Austria has to ask for help of the heroes' sons. They, however, cannot fulfill her request on their own. The original musketeers have to literally return to live and embark on a new adventure.
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Paper Plane 2019 (6)

The Paper Plane is a poignant drama that takes place when a bandit called Roman comes to a small town, wanting to negotiate with local thugs and turn the city into a drug trafficking base. But the town is ruled by the local authority Lihach. He is not going to let strangers here. In the center of the bandit confrontation is a simple guy Pasha, who decided to leave the dying city with his bride. Pasha expects that his small savings will be enough for them at first in the capital. But his drunkard spends all the money. To fulfill his promise and not lose his bride, the guy agrees to Roman's proposal .... Selflessness and betrayal, feat and cowardice - all this shines extremely bright in extreme conditions.