Gennady Myasnikov won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for what film adaptation of an 1869 novel of the same name?
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Gennady Myasnikov Gennady Myasnikov (Russian: Геннадий Алексеевич Мясников ; September 12, 1919 – 1989) was a Soviet production designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on the epic film "War and Peace" (1967). He was born in Sosnovka (now Perm Krai).
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War and Peace (film series) War and Peace (Russian: "Война и мир" , trans. Voyna i mir) is a 1966-67 Soviet war drama film written and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and a film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel "War and Peace". The film, released in four installments throughout 1966 and 1967, starred Bondarchuk in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, alongside Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Ludmila Savelyeva, who depicted Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova.
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The Return of Vasili Bortnikov The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (Russian: Возвращение Василия Бортникова , "Vozvrashshyeniye Vasiliya Bortnikova") is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin based on the novel "The Harvest" by Galina Nikolayeva.
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The Golden Rooster The Golden Rooster (Ոսկի աքաղաղ Voski ak’aghagh) is an 1870 Armenian language novel by the novelist Raffi. The novel was adapted into a play by the Hamazgayin Theatre. Its English translation by Donald Abcarian was published in 2008 by the Taderon Press of the Gomidas Institute in London.
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A Gentle Creature (film) A Gentle Creature is a 2017 drama film directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Film was created as a co-produciton of France, Germany, Netherlands and Lituania. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The film is inspired by the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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The Right Hand of the Grand Master The Right Hand of the Grand Master (Georgian: დიდოსტატის კონსტანტინეს მარჯვენა , "The Right Hand of the Grand Master Constantine"), also published as The Hand of the Great Master is a historical novel by 20th century Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, who first published it in 1939 in a literary magazine "Mnatobi". Subtitled "knightly novel" by the author, the book received much critical acclaim in Georgia and in Soviet Union as a whole, selling 700,000 copies of 12 publications of its Russian-translated version in the author's lifetime alone. A two-episode feature film "The Right Hand of the Grand Master" based on the novel and directed by Vakhtang Tabliashvili and Devi Abashidze was premiered in 1969.
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Adaptations of Anna Karenina This is a list of adaptations of "Anna Karenina", the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
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A Common Story A Common Story (Обыкнове́нная исто́рия, Obyknovennaya istorya) is a debut novel by Ivan Goncharov written in 1844–1846 and first published in the 1847 March and April issues of "Sovremennik" magazine.
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The Palace and the Fortress The Palace and the Fortress (Russian: Дворец и крепость , "Dvorets i krepost " ) is a 1924 Soviet silent biopic directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky.
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Crime and Punishment (1956 film) Crime and Punishment (French: "Crime et Châtiment" ) is a 1956 French crime film based on the eponymous novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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Viktor Klyushnikov Viktor Petrovich Klyushnikov (Russian: Виктор Петрович Клюшников , born 22 March 1841, village Leksianovka, Gzhatsk region, Smolensk Governorate, Imperial Russia, - 19 November 1892, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia) was a Russian writer, editor and journalist, whose debut novel, "Marevo" (Марево, Haze, "Russky Vestnik", 1864), was considered by contemporary Russian critics to be one of the four 'great anti-nihilist' novels of the time, alongside "Troubled Seas" by Alexey Pisemsky, "No Way Out" by Nikolai Leskov and "Demons" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Both Ivan Turgenev and Alexey K. Tolstoy reacted positively, hailing the arrival of the original, even if erratic literary talent, "who [was playing] with his gift in acrobatic fashion," according to Tolstoy.
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Russian: Бра́тья Карама́зовы , "Brat'ya Karamazovy", ] ), also translated as The Karamazov Brothers, is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing "The Brothers Karamazov", which was published as a serial in "The Russian Messenger" from January 1879 to November 1880. The author died less than four months after its publication.
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Neglected People Neglected People (Oboydyonnye, Обойдённые) is a 1865 novel by Nikolai Leskov.
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Tchaikovsky (film) Tchaikovsky (Russian: Чайковский ) is a 1970 Soviet biopic film directed by Igor Talankin. It featured Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the role of the famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was nominated for the 1971 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the Academy Award for Original Song Score and Adaptation.
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Film adaptations of Crime and Punishment There have been at least 30 film adaptations of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment".
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The Moon and Sixpence (film) The Moon and Sixpence is a 1942 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name. Dimitri Tiomkin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
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All Fall Down (novel) All Fall Down is a 1960 novel by James Leo Herlihy, which was adapted into a 1962 film of the same name directed by John Frankenheimer.
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Masons (novel) Masons (Russian: Масоны ) is a novel by Alexey Pisemsky started in the late 1878 and first published in 1880 in "Ogonyok" magazine (Nos. 1-6, 8-43). Pisemsky who regarded the Freemasonry as a progressive force in Russia of the 1820s and 1830s based the narrative upon his personal childhood memories of the people he knew (among them his uncle Yury Bartenev) who belonged to the lodge.
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By Plume and Sword By Plume and Sword or By Pen and by Sword (Russian: "Пером и шпагой") is a novel by the Soviet writer Valentin Pikul, written in 1963 and first published in 1972. It describes secret diplomacy during the Seven Years' War and the reign of Elizabeth of Russia. Its central character is the Chevalier d'Eon.
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The Stationmaster (1972 film) The Stationmaster (Russian: Станционный смотритель , "Stantsionnyy smotritel " ) is a 1972 drama film based on the short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.
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The State Counsellor (film) The State Counseller (Russian: Статский советник , "Statskiy sovetnik " ) is a 2005 Russian film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel of the same name featuring detective Erast Fandorin. Directed by Filipp Yankovsky, it was one of the most expensive films ever made in Russia.
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The Man Who Laughs The Man Who Laughs (also published under the title "By Order of the King") is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title "L'Homme qui rit". It was adapted into a popular 1928 film, directed by Paul Leni and starring Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin and Olga Baclanova. It was recently adapted for the 2012 French film "L'Homme Qui Rit", directed by Jean-Pierre Améris and starring Gérard Depardieu, Marc-André Grondin and Christa Theret.