Yuriy Tsapnik
Acting
Biography
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Born: November 21, 1945
Place of Birth: станция Даурия, Забайкальский район, Читинская область, РСФСР, СССР
Known For
I'm Offering My Hand and Heart
After becoming a widower and retiring, former teacher Nikolai Chmutin moved in with his daughter, who, together with her husband, decided to marry him off. In their search for a suitable candidate, the characters find themselves in comical situations time and time again, until a bride is finally found...
The Burglar
With a brother dedicated to punk rock stardom at any cost and a drunken father who chases skirt between robotic dancing lessons from the TV, young Senka stands as much chance of nurture as the hero of Truffaut's 400 Blows. The amazing thing about Ogorodnikov's film is that it was made in Russia. Clearly, plenty of Soviet teenies share the nihilistic feelings of their Western counterparts, and the extensive footage of safety-pin chic at concerts perhaps points to a sound export instinct on the director's part. Senka's brother Kostya is under pressure from Howmuch, a very heavy rocker, to steal a synthesiser from the Community Centre, so to protect him Senka steals it himself. The story occupies little more space than the music, but the performances are splendid enough to lodge Senka's predicament in the heart.
Prishvin's Paper Eyes
TV director Pavel Prishvin is filming with his friend-filmmaker, whose film talks about Stalinism