Sergey Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 — 20 October 1994) was a Soviet director, actor, and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1952). Academy Awards winner (War and Peace, 1969). BAFTA winner (Waterloo, 1971). His directorial debut was Fate of a Man, a WWII classic where he portrayed the main role. Bondarchuk is considered a master of big scale pieces with epic battle scenes that involved thousands of extras (War and Peace, Waterloo). He often starred star in his films, as well as cast his family, notably his wife, actor Irina Skobtseva (e.g. War and Peace, Vybor Tseli, Molchanie Doktora Ivensa). In late 1980s-early 1990s Bondarchuk started his long-term passion project – an adaptation of an epic novel “And Quiet Flows the Don,” together with the UK and Italy; however, the work couldn't be finished before the actor-director passed away in 1994. His son, actor-director Fyodor Bondarchuk, finished the piece in 2006.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9146 |
| Birthday | 1920-09-25 |
| Place of Birth | Belozerka, Kherson Governorate, Ukrainian SSR |
| Also Known As | Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук, Sergei Bondarchuk, Sergej Bondartschuk, Сергій Бондарчук, Serguéi Fiódorovich Bondarchuk, Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk, Sergueï Fiodorovitch Bondartchouk, |
1976
The Peaks of Zelengore
6.4/5
During the Battle of Sutjeska, partisan troops must endure 24 hours of big and heavy attacks on German units Ljubino grave, to the main Partisan units...
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The Peaks of Zelengore
1969
Making 'War and Peace'
0/0
Produced in 1969 by Mosfilm, this documentary details the filming and editing of "War and Peace."
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Making 'War and Peace'
1977
Old Times in Poshekhonye
0/0
The film consists of three short stories: 'The Unhappy Matryonka', 'Brother Fedos' and 'Vanka-Cain'.
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Old Times in Poshekhonye
1980
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4.667/3
Vyacheslav Tikhonov's roles are discussed by his colleagues.
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1969
The Battle of Neretva
6.804/56
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia....
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The Battle of Neretva
1960
A Summer to Remember
5.725/20
Based on the Vera Panova book about a complicated relationship between an 8-year-old boy and his new stepfather.
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A Summer to Remember
1968
War and Peace
7.565/154
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invad...
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War and Peace
1992
Thunder Over Rus'
8/1
Two-part adaptation of A. K. Tolstoy's novel "Prince Serebriany a tale of unrest and intrigue under the rule of Ivan the Terrible.
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Thunder Over Rus'
1979
¡Qué Viva México!
6.731/54
Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.
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¡Qué Viva México!
1975
They Fought for Their Motherland
6.927/62
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the re...
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They Fought for Their Motherland
1960
Escape by Night
7.023/22
In Nazi-occupied Rome, a beautiful bootlegger, to the chagrin of her lover, gives sanctuary to three escaped POWs: an American pilot, a Russian sergea...
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Escape by Night
1959
Fate of a Man
7.55/90
The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent...
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Fate of a Man
1948
The Young Guard
5.469/16
In 1942, local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance in the city of Krasnodon during the Nazi occupation of Russia. The teens manage to...
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The Young Guard
1966
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
7.558/77
In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, join...
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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
1974
Silence of Doctor Ivens
5.1/10
In the surreal aftermath to a plane crash at sea Dr. Iven an eminent scientist is the only survivor to be taken into the confidence of the alien rescu...
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Silence of Doctor Ivens
1953
Attack from the Sea
6/12
The historical and biographic movie about the glorified Russian naval commander Ushakov. France begins aggressive wars. The Russian and allied troops...
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Attack from the Sea
1953
Admiral Ushakov
6.143/14
Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Tur...
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Admiral Ushakov
1951
Taras Shevchenko
4.8/10
Growing up in a Ukrainian peasant family, knowing all hardships of serf life, young artist and poet Taras Shevchenko in the years of study clearly ide...
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Taras Shevchenko
1948
Story of a Real Man
5.042/12
Alexey Meresyev was a fighter pilot during the war. One day he was shot down by Nazis, and because of his wounds both of his legs had to be cut off up...
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Story of a Real Man
1956
Ivan Franko
10/1
Historical and biographical film about the life and work of Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko.
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Ivan Franko
1978
Father Sergius
3.4/5
A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.
The main character of the film is Prince Stepan Kasatsky, an officer, an ardent, prou...
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Father Sergius
1955
The Grasshopper
5.222/9
Osip Dymov, the titular counselor and the doctor of thirty one years, serves in two hospitals at the same time: intern and anatomist. From nine o'cloc...
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The Grasshopper
1955
Unfinished Story
5.3/10
The local doctor Yelizaveta Maksimovna is a beautiful woman and a wonderful sympathetic person. She is lonely, although she is cared for by a confiden...
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Unfinished Story
1985
One Day of Mosfilm
0/0
The film tells about the main stages of the history of the country's largest studio "Mosfilm", about the work of the creative team, introduces the vie...
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One Day of Mosfilm
1980
The Gadfly
5.125/8
The movie set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of tumultuous revolt and uprisings. The story centers on the life of the protagoni...
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The Gadfly
1990
Drums of Fire
6.1/10
In 1568, Saadi prince Abdelmalek is exiled from Morocco by his brothers, an event that is only the beginning of his adventures: fighting the Spanish I...
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Drums of Fire
1955
Othello
5.269/13
Othello, a celebrated Moorish general, secretly marries Desdemona, angering her noble father and inciting the envious Iago’s hatred. Sent to Cyprus, O...
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Othello
1954
It Can Not Be Forgotten
8/1
The story unfolds in a post-war town in Western Ukraine. The enemy agents are trying to subvert communist writer Aleksandr Garmash using ideological d...
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It Can Not Be Forgotten
1986
Boris Godunov
5.778/18
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushk...
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Boris Godunov
1959
Stars Meet in Moscow
0/0
Documentary essay about the First Moscow International Film Festival, held in August 1959, about its participants and guests - Soviet and foreign acto...
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Stars Meet in Moscow
1978
Velvet Season
7/1
In the fall of 1938, three former fighters of the international brigade — russian Shukhov, frenchman Henri and american Liz — fall into a resort town...
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Velvet Season
1970
Uncle Vanya
6.793/29
Serebryakov, a retired professor and his beautiful, much younger second wife, Yeléna, visit their country estate, which funds their urban lifestyle. V...
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Uncle Vanya
1966
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
7.087/69
As 1809 nears its end, Natasha attends her first ball, where Andrei falls in love with her with the intent of marriage. However, as her father demands...
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War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
1967
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
7.532/62
In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pie...
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War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
1967
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
7.402/56
As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also An...
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War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
2006
Quiet Flows The Don
4.292/12
With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthl...
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Quiet Flows The Don
1951
Dream of a Cossack
5.625/8
Soviet filmmaker Yuri Raisman once more combines political dogma with solid entertainment values in Dream of a Cossack (aka Cavalier of the Golden Sta...
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Dream of a Cossack
1971
The Golden Gates
6.5/4
The film-remembrance of the creative fate of the Ukrainian Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko, shot on his diaries.
It has his statements about...
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The Golden Gates
1978
The Steppe
5.5/10
A boy in Russia, circa 1900, makes a daunting trip from his home village to a school in the city.
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The Steppe
1966
Woina i Mir
0/0
A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of "War and Peace," from conceptual sketches and costume design to cameras rolling.
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Woina i Mir
1979
Take-Off
9/1
A biographical film about the life of the great Russian scientist, inventor of rocket technology and the founder of theoretical astronautics — Konstan...
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Take-Off
1949
Michurin
5.591/11
About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in...
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Michurin
1983
Interviews with Filmmakers: Sergey Bondarchuk
0/0
A short documentary on the director, presumably made for Russian TV, that mixes interview with footage of the director at home and at work, extracts f...
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Interviews with Filmmakers: Sergey Bondarchuk
1959
Soldiers Were Walking
7/1
October 1917. Russian and German soldiers, exhausted by three years of war, began to fraternize. But officers' bullets shot the fraternizers. The surv...
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Soldiers Were Walking
2021
Bondarchuk. Battle
0/0
The new film about Sergei Bondarchuk is not a traditional description of the life of a famous director and not a biopic timed to coincide with a round...
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Bondarchuk. Battle
1979
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
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The story of VGIK teachers and students about the acting profession.
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VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1975
Choice of Purpose
8/1
A story of Igor Kurchatov - a father of Soviet nuclear weapons.
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Choice of Purpose
1975
The Mountain Woman
0/0
After Asiat refuses to marry a much older rich man to whom she was betrothed since childhood, her father kicks her out of the house. She leaves for Ma...
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The Mountain Woman
1974
Such High Mountains
8/1
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Such High Mountains
1952
Andriesh
8/1
A short diploma film based on a fairy tale by Yemelian Bukov and directed by Sergei Parajanov. The film was made in 1952, since that moment it was con...
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Andriesh
1982
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
4.5/15
The second part of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk's epic biography of John Reed. It is October 1917 and the American journalist has found himself...
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Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
Sergey Bondarchuk
0/0
About the work of the Soviet film director S. F. Bondarchuk.
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Sergey Bondarchuk
2015
Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик
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Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик
2023
Георгий Данелия. Любовный марафон
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