Mikhail Kononov
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (04.17.1989). People's Artist of Russia (11/22/1999). In 1963 he graduated from the Shchepkin Theater School and was accepted into the troupe of the Maly Theater. From August 1, 1963 to April 16, 1968 - actor of the Academic Maly Theater. Since 1968 - actor of the Gorky film studio. The actor played his first role, while still a student, in 1961 he made his debut in the film by Ivan Pyryev "Our mutual friend", where Kononov got the role of Vitka. The type played by him for a long time determined the role of the actor - "a guy from the people", charming and unsophisticated. Kononov did not work out with the theater. After graduating from the Shchepkin College in 1963, Mikhail Kononov came to the Maly Theater. At first, he seemed to fit into the theatrical environment. However, in the future, the attitude of the leadership of the Maly Theater to the young actor changed - there were rumors that the masters did not like that Kononov was making a career in cinema. Five years later, the actor left the theatrical stage forever. In 1969, the actor married a girl named Natalya. The couple lived 38 years in marriage, they did not have children. Natalia passed away in 2011. In 1997, Mikhail Ivanovich had to sell an apartment in the center of Moscow in order to buy a house in the Istra district, in the village of Butyrki (near Mozhaisk). For eight years, the building was being renovated at the end of the 19th century. So the Kononovs lived all this time, one might say, at a construction site and for the money from the sale of vegetables grown in his garden. A year before the death of Mikhail Kononov, they returned to Moscow. Since the late 1980s, the actor has appeared less and less on the screen. Often refused offers, with the new generation in the cinema he was not fundamentally friendly and rarely appeared in public. After returning to Moscow, he worked as the head of the marketing department. He wrote scripts, and in his own words, "looked for himself." The actor did not like those works that brought him popularity among the audience - “The Head of Chukotka”, “Big Break” or “Guest from the Future”. “If we talk about recognition in professional circles,” said the actor, “then Thomas’s small role in the film“ Andrei Rublev ”brought me greater success. One of his last works is that of Gleb Panfilov’s film“ In the First Circle ”(2006). he was filming when he was already very sick. "Misha said there so that his every word pierced his heart, but, unfortunately, none of the film critics noticed or noted this," says Inna Churikova, of whom Kononov was a partner in such legendary films like “Beginning” and “There is no ford in the fire.” Before his death, he wrote a book that he had nothing to publish. Despite his grave condition, in the last days of his life, the popularly beloved actor tried not to lose his presence of spirit. Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov He died on July 16, 2007 at 10:10 in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation unit of Moscow Clinical Hospital No. 20. "My friends and I raised a small amount to buy medicine for Mikhail Ivanovich," Kononova’s neighbor in the ward says. But it was too late, we were unable to save him. "The actor was buried in the columbarium of the Vagankovsky cemetery in Moscow (plot No. 1).
Andrei Rublev
as Фома, монахAn expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter...
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Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
as Giuseppe (russian voice)In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in...
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Siberiade
as Rodion KlimentovThe story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia...
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Station for Two
as NikolashaPlaton Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his...
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The Inner Circle
as VoroshilovLife changes for a Moscow worker when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot...
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Guest from the Future
as Krys, kosmicheskiy pirat6-grader Kolya Gerasimov discovers a time machine in a basement of an old house in Moscow and...
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1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time
as uncreditedThe czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and...
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The Long Recess
as Nestor Petrovich SeverovA young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of...
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The Beginning
as PavlikA talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress....
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Twenty Days Without War
as Pasha RubtsovWar correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He...
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The Chief of Chukotka
as Alexey BychkovYoung patriotic young man ends up in the on Chukotka right after the civil war, where he intends...
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Come Tomorrow...
as bus passenger (uncredited)"Come Tomorrow" (1963), directed by Yevgeny Tashkov, is a much-loved comedy about Frosya...
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Captain Nemo
as ConseilFor several years as a terrible sea monster drowns ships of the Navy. In a small number of ships...
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At War as at War
as Sanya MaleshkinThe film tells about the fighting everyday life of the crew of self-propelled guns during the...
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Ryaba, My Chicken
as отец НикодимIn Soviet days an old peasant woman's hen begins to lay golden eggs. Of course, everyone agrees...
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Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov
as Иван Силыч Тятин, заместитель БаркасоваThe protagonist of the film, engineer Barkasov, finds himself in ridiculous and anecdotal...
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No Path Through Fire
as AlyoshaA talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil...
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Adventures of Vasia Kurolesov
as Vasya Kurolesov (voice)A comic mystery about Vasia Kurolesov who is trying to become a detective.
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Finest, the Brave Falcon
as YashkaThis fairy tale film is dedicated to the memory of the great film director Alexander Row, the...
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Almanzor's Rings
as ZenziverThe queen of a magic kingdom is trying to marry her two daughters...
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Vasilisa the Beautiful
as prince Ivan (voice)Young prince meets a talking frog who turns out to be a beautiful but cursed princess. To remove...
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The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin
as KGB officerA dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin,...
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The White Weathervane
as Василий Васильевич Крутогоров (чекист)A story about the adventures of two teenage brothers helping ChK during twenties.
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Taiga Story
as AkimA hunter, returning to the Taiga forest, finds a dying girl in his cabin. He stoically nurses...
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First Encounter - Last Encounter
as Former detectiveThe story concerns the events in Saint Petersburg on the eve of the First World War. Private...
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The Fifteenth Spring
as German officerFifteen years old Sasha is dreaming about adventures, falling in love and doesn't know that WWII...
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Hello and Goodbye
as Митька ЯрмолюкA love story between a country policeman and a recently separated from her husband woman with...
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Burn, Burn Bright
as uncreditedMatch factory repairman Parfen Loktionov is offered to become a shift foreman. The new position,...
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The Royal Hunt
as KustovRussian general have to find and bring back to St. Petersburg girl claiming her right to the...
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The First Trolleybus
as KolyaSvetlana, young pretty girl, works as a trolleybus driver in a small town and almost all her...
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Memento Mori
as «Дермантин» (железнодорожник)Teenagers whose company broke up after the absurd death of one of their friends are afraid to...
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Comedy of mistakes
as Дромио Эфесский / Дромио СиракузскийTwo pairs of twins, once separated, find each other in the comedy finale. But before giving them...
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Boys
as uncreditedTwo stories about the life of a young boxer Sasha and his friends in Leningrad during a first...
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She Has a Broom, He Has a Black Hat
as The WizardA Baba Yaga's grand-daughter gets into the argument with the young son of Kashchey and decides...
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The Night Before Christmas
as uncredited"The Night Before Christmas" is a Russian puppet cartoon that was created by director Ekaterina...
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Tsarevich Aleksey
as uncreditedTsarevich Alexei was one of the smartest people in the state. His father Peter hoped that he...
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72 Degrees Below Zero
as Anton ZhmurkinAntarctic station "Vostok" threatens conservation due to lack of fuel. Volunteer squad is called...
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Hold on to the Clouds
as Соколовы (Дима и Костя)In 1919, in Petrograd, a pilot Sevastyanov was asked to help in training flight personnel for...
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Vasily and Vasilisa
as Vasiliy VologzhinWas have Vasily and Vasilisa seven children. They lived together, the village respected the...
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Discovery
as Сергей Юрышев (в молодости)This story is told by academician S. Yuryshev, Director of the Institute of applied...
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Goodbye, Boys!
as ViktorGoodbye, Boys! is the coming-of-age tale of three teenagers graduating from a Communist school...
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Argonauts
as Colchis warrior (voice, uncredited)A cartoon version of the voyage of the Argonauts (Greek Mythology) with the aim of getting the...
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Over the Rainbow
as Ivan IvanovichVery dreamy boy who is also a young poet, met a fairy who gave him the ability to do good in PE...
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Beautiful stranger
as uncreditedStrangers on a train. Late in 1916, a brave and idealistic Russian officer in his 20s comes to...
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Streak of Luck
as uncreditedPolosa vezeniya (literally) 'Streak of Luck' is the fifth film in a Mosfilm "youth" anthology...
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Alone and Unarmed
as Пётр (швейцар)1927. A retired Red Army commander Constantine Vorontsov is appointed a Criminal Investigation...
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Pavlik Morozov
as uncreditedThe film was based on the story of the same name by A. Yakovlev about the most famous pioneer of...
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Are You Kidding?
as uncreditedThe film almanac of VGIK's graduates, consisting of films for children: "Otherwise We Are Lost,"...
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Catch the Wind
as ВаськаA family of a private stud-farm head takes cover from a Civil War in a forsaken estate in Urals...
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Old Times Pranks
as uncreditedA bride decides to check her fiancé feelings by staging the kidnapping of herself.
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The Film That Went Wrong
as Archive footageIn 1993, Nikita Mikhalkov made a feature film “Remembering Chekhov”. After the footage was...
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Pages of Russian History. The Land of the Ancestors
as (voice)The history of Rus' since inviting of the Varangians, led by Rurik, to converting of Princess...
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Story of an Unknown Actor
as uncreditedThe of an actor in a provincial theatre.
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Andrey and Evil Wizard
as ЛешийYoung guy Andrey tries to save the daughter of Sun from the evil wizard.
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Port Arthur
as uncreditedBased on the play of the same name by I. Popov and L. Stepanov, staged by the State Academic...
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Broken Circle
as Пётр Царьков (зав. складом готовой продукции фабрики)A group of "friends" are trying to solve a mysterious death of a factory director - and find the...
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Love and Fury
as uncreditedAt the beginning of the First World War, Alexander Dragovich went to the front as a teenager....
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Sea Voyage of Solnyshkin
as uncreditedThe red-haired boy dreams of becoming a cabin boy, but for now he performs feats in his sleep.
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Shell
as uncreditedHow the Jerboa gave the Porcupine a shell in which the sea roared.
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Underground Crossing
as uncreditedAbout the funny adventures of a snake, a muskrat, a fox and a badger.
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Dunno on the Moon
as GrizzlThey are neither adults nor kids - somewhere in between, living in their separate boys and girls...
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Guest from the Future
as Krys - kosmicheskiy piratAlice Seleznyova, a girl from the future, finds herself 1984. Following her are the space...
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Captain Nemo
as KonselA Soviet three-part television miniseries directed by Vasily Levin loosely based on the novels...
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