Lyubov Orlova
Acting
Biography
Lyubov Petrovna Orlova (11 February 1902 – 26 January 1975) was a Soviet and Russian actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lyubov Orlova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: February 11, 1902
Place of Birth: Zvenigorod, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Known For
A Family
The film is about the Soviet People's patriotism and friendship.
Memories of the "Cow March"
Funny and entertaining story about the history of the film "Funny guys"by G. Alexandrov.
Volga - Volga
Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.
Jolly Fellows
Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin (Utyosov) is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta (Orlova) and plays the "star" for her. In a cascade of comic musical numbers he becomes the leader of a Jazz-Band and gives a hilarious show at the Odessa Music Hall. Now he is destined to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Circus
An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love, and refuge in the USSR.
Spring
A drab woman scientist, working on machine to harness solar energy, and a pert concert singer look-alike being courted to play her in a movie swap identities and find personal growth, professional success, love, and happiness.
The Artamonov Case
Fabrikant, Ilya Artamonov of the former serfs. His desire to strengthen and develop the business knows no obstacles. He is still associated with the peasants and craftsmen, but with his death, this relationship ends. Between Peter Artamonov, his son, who became the owner of the factory, and the workers grows a wall of enmity. The first political speeches are brewing. On the side of the proletariat becomes the heir artemovskogo case Ilya Artamonov, Jr.
Starling and Lyre
Soviet intelligence spouses — Lyudmila ("Lyre") and Fyodor ("Starling") Grekov at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War are tasked with settling in Germany. Personnel intelligence officers with vast experience are successfully introduced into German society and begin to work actively. At the end of the war, during the bombing of Berlin, fate separates them, but then they will meet in the new Germany and continue their work.
Petersburg Nights
A loose Communist adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel. The serf Egor Efimov, a talented violinist, dreams of true art. Released by his landlord, he goes to the capital. But cold, bureaucratic St. Petersburg quickly destroys his illusions.
Engineer Kochin's Error
Engineer-designer of the Moscow aviation plant Cochin took the secret blueprints home. He didn't know that foreign intelligence had long been hunting for these blueprints...
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as "Lyre"
as Varvara Komarova
as Ludmilla Ivanovna Glinka
as Yuliya Platonova
as Janet Sherwood, journalist
as Prof. Irina Petrovna Nikitina / Vera Giorgievna Shatrova
as Katya
as Paula Menotti
as Tatyana Ivanovna "Tanya" Morozova
as Kseniya Lebedeva
as Strelka Petrova
as Marion Dixon
as Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
as Grushenka