Vladimir Vesnovsky
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 1931, 2h 15m • as отец Кольки
The first Russian talking picture which won a prize at the 1st Venice IFF. The action is set in 1923. The USSR is struggling with hunger and economic ruin. It is a story of homeless teenagers for whom a work commune is set up with the idea of uniting and reforming them.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • as Foreign soldier
The First World War, the Russian-Austrian front in March 1917. Hungarian soldier Janos becomes acquainted with Bolshevik ideas and helps a Russian prisoner of war escape.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • as Train conductor
Educational film on why corporal punishment is unacceptable in children's upbringing and is a relic of the past.
Movie - 1936, 2h 15m • as Akim Ivanovich, city patrolman
The film covers the events of 1896-1905 - from the first revolutionary gatherings to the armed Moscow uprising of workers at Krasnaya Presnya, later called Bloody Sunday. St. Petersburg students Alexander Mikhailov and Yevgeny Svetlov and a peasant girl Varvara Postnikova arrive in Moscow and follow the complicated path of underground revolutionaries.