Robert Ross
Robert Ross was a Soviet film actor of African American descent. He emigrated from the USA to the Soviet Union in 1928. Ross was the first black man to become a citizen of the USSR. He was one of two African-American actors employed at Mosfilm (the other was Weiland Rodd). He played a number of roles in Soviet films between 1936 and 1971. In the 1930's he was an physical instructor at the The Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports, Youth and Tourism at the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow.
Boxers
as uncreditedThe young boxer Kirill Kochevanov in the training battle of the qualifying rounds with the...
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Treasure Island
as РедретBased upon the story by R. L. Stevenson, the film shows Orson Welles as Long John Silver, pirate...
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Mysterious Island
as NebBased on Verne's book The Mysterious Island, five POWs escape from a camp in a balloon during...
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Nasreddin in Bukhara
as SlugaSmart Man Nassredin easily penetrates into Bukhara Emir inner circle posing as Wise Man from...
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Black Sun
as uncreditedThe life and death of Robert Moussombe, the leader of an unnamed African state. Moussombe is a...
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The Trial of Madmen
as JohnnyGermany, the 1930s. A young scientist, Professor Johannes Werner discovers rays of life-giving...
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