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Taurus (Russian: Телец, romanized: Telets) is a 2001 Russian biographical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov, portraying Vladimir Lenin.It is the second film in a trilogy by director Aleksandr Sokurov that began with Moloch about Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler and continued with The Sun about Japanese emperor Hirohito. [1]
In fall 1914, the German ambassador in Switzerland, Freiherr Gisbert von Romberg (Linnar Priimägi) informed his government about "an Estonian, Alexander Kesküla, who made a proposal to use Lenin in our plans against Russia." German intelligence clarified that Kesküla indeed had access to Bolshevik inner circles and to Lenin himself (as in ...
My Best Friend, General Vasili, the Son of Joseph Stalin (Russian: Мой лучший друг генерал Василий, сын Иосифа, romanized: Moy luchshiy drug, general Vasiliy, syn Iosifa) is a 1991 sports comedy-drama film, directed by Viktor Sadovsky and starring Boris Shcherbakov and Vladimir Steklov.
According to the memoirs of Alexander Gorodnitsky, his father Moisei described that "in the film October there were almost no professional actors. Lenin, for example was played by Nikandrov, a cement factory worker who had with him a portrait likeness. For him a suit, coat and hat were sewed, and a bald spot was shaved on his head.
Moloch (Russian: Молох) is a 1999 Russian biographical film, directed by Alexander Sokurov. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Yuri Arabov and Marina Koreneva. It portrays Adolf Hitler living life in an unassuming manner during an abrupt journey to the Bavarian Alps .
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The Ulyanov family, 1879 (Aleksandr standing in the middle, Vladimir sitting to the right). Aleksandr Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Улья́нов; 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1866 – 20 May [O.S. 8 May] 1887) [1] was a Russian revolutionary and political activist who was executed for planning an assassination against Alexander III of Russia.
At the time, Lenin's elder brother Alexander, whom he affectionately knew as Sasha, was studying at Saint Petersburg University. Involved in political agitation against the absolute monarchy of the reactionary Tsar Alexander III, Alexander studied the writings of banned leftists and organised anti-government protests. He joined a revolutionary ...