Mikhail Astangov
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Mikhail Fyodorovich Astangov , pseudonym of M.F. Ruzhnikov (Ружников) ( in Warsaw
– April 20, 1965 in Moscow
) was a Soviet actor
, and an acclaimed People's Artist of the USSR
(1955).
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
– April 20, 1965 in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) was a Soviet actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, and an acclaimed People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Nomenclature and significance :...
(1955).
Selected filmography
- Minin and PozharskyMinin and PozharskyMinin and Pozharsky is a 1939 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller, based on Viktor Shklovsky's novel "Russians at the Beginning of the XVII Century"....
(1939) - SuvorovSuvorov (film)Suvorov is a 1941 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller, based on the life of Russian general Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov , one of the few great generals in history who never lost a battle. It was released as General Suvorov in the USA...
(1941) - The Murderers are ComingThe Murderers are ComingThe Murderers are Coming is a 1942 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Yuri Tarich based on the play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich by Bertolt Brecht. The film was not allowed to screen by Soviet censors.-Cast:* Mikhail Astangov - Franz...
(1942) - The Young FritzThe Young FritzThe Young Fritz is a 1943 Soviet film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg based on a short satiric poem by Samuil Marshak. The film was banned by censors, never released, and is believed to be lost.-Cast:* Mikhail Zharov - Fritz...
(1943) - The Russian QuestionThe Russian QuestionThe Russian Question is a Soviet political drama by renown filmmaker Mikhail Romm. The film is an adaptation of a play of the same name by Soviet poet and journalist Konstantin Simonov.- Subject :...
(1948) - The Third BlowThe Third Blow-Plot:On April 1944, Joseph Stalin orders the Red Army to liberate the Crimea from the German occupiers. The Wehrmacht's local commanders beg Hitler to allow them to retreat from the vulnerable position, but he refuses...
(1948)