Larisa Burkova
Acting
Biography
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Born: October 15, 1940
Place of Birth: Kamen-na-Obi, Altaysky kray, RSFSR, USSR
Known For
The Zavyalov Weirdos
A film anthology featuring three stories: 1) “The Capron Christmas Tree” - Two men and a city dandy, courting a village girl, return home on New Year’s Eve, with the dandy’s nylon Christmas tree gift offending the men. 2) “A Ticket for the Second Showing” - Timofey, an elderly village swindler, regrets his life and prays to Saint Nicholas for a second chance. 3) “The Version” - A rural braggart recounts his city adventure with a restaurant manager, challenging disbelievers to join him on a repeat trip.
I Am Twenty
Having returned from the army, 20-year-old Sergei settles down at the thermal power station and merges into ordinary life. Every day he meets and spends time with childhood friends — the young family man Slava and the merry fellow Nikolai, and once at first sight he falls in love with a stranger on the bus. A lyrical story about a generation of young people entering adulthood, a reappraisal of values, life principles, traditions in culture and art.
There Is Such a Lad
A story about Pashka, a really decent, honest guy, even though he lies a lot, who is looking for happiness and love.
Born of Revolution
About the struggle between criminal investigators and the criminal world. Based on real events and documents, the film recreates the atmosphere of 1920s Russia, which was swept by a wave of violence... At the heart of the story is the fate and career of a young man who, together with his comrades, is about to make history in Soviet criminal investigation...
The Night Is Young
The day came when the heroine realized that her children had grown up and it was now time to think about herself. During the war, when she was just fifteen, Inna Kovaleva went to work at a factory, and she tied her entire life to it. So, when she was offered the position of a section supervisor, Inna agreed without hesitation...
Five From the Sky
The Soviet command has alarming information about the new invention of the enemy. According to intelligence, the Nazis delivered a batch of new chemical shells filled with gas of tremendous destructive power to one of the sections of the Eastern Front. The Nazis want to test them in combat conditions, and then apply them on a large scale.
The Strogovs
In the Siberian taiga village of Wolf's Burrows, the Strogov family lives — Matvey with his wife Anna and his parents. Through the fate of this peasant family, a picture of the life of the Siberian region during major historical events — the Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War is outlined.
Red Bees
In 1922, in a small town, the boys formed a pioneer squad and named it "Red Bees."
A Long Happy Life
A brief encounter between two strangers, Victor and Lena, who meet on a bus. Victor, a performer traveling with an acting troupe, and Lena, a young woman on her way to visit her father, spend a day together, drawn to each other despite their different paths.
Mama Got Married
A sublime, exceptionally well acted film about a single working class mother and her teenage son. She finds a man and marries him, her son is jealous and full of hot air at first but comes to understand her in the end. That's all. The simplicity of the story notwithstanding, this is one of the most sincere and lyrical films to have been produced in the 1960s-1970s Soviet Union. Very realistic, too, showing the life as it was then. Lyusyena Ovchinnikova is superb, it is this film that makes one realize what a wonderful and under-appreciated actress she was. Nikolay Burlyayev is very good as a lanky teenager, the final scene with him carrying a glass of carbonated water for his mother is stunning. Oleg Efremov is very convincing as a working class man who found his happiness at last.
Filmography
as Agrafena
as Ирина (роман «Версия»)
as Ustinya Pyankova
as Устинья Пьянкова
as баба на митинге в толпе погромщиков винных складов
as Darya
as Вера
as Fireman's Bride
as Катя Лизунова, разведённая
as Shura (uncredited)