The Life of Klim Samgin (Russian: Жизнь Клима Самгина, romanized: Zhizn Klima Samgina) is a 14-part[1] 1988 Soviet TV series by director Viktor Titov, based on the eponymous novel (1927—1936) by Maxim Gorky. The series premiered on television in March–April 1988.[2]
| The Life of Klim Samgin | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Based on | Novel by Maxim Gorky |
| Written by | Viktor Titov Alexander Lapshin |
| Directed by | Viktor Titov |
| Starring | Andrey Rudensky |
| Music by | Nikolai Martynov |
| Country of origin | Soviet Union |
| Original language | Russian |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Ilyin |
| Editor | Anna Babushkina |
| Running time | 960 minutes |
| Production company | Lenfilm |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1988 |
Plot
editThe film describes the life of the Russian intellectual, reluctant revolutionary, in the background Klim Samgin grandiose panorama of Russian life from 1877 to 1917.[3]
Cast
edit- Andrey Rudensky as Klim Ivanovich Samgin[4]
- Leonid Gorelik as Klim Samgin (in childhood)
- Yelena Solovey as Vera Petrovna, mother of Klim
- Ernst Romanov as Ivan Akimovich Samgin, father of Klim
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Timofei Stepanovich Varavka, stepfather of Klim
- Sergey Koltakov as Dr. Konstantin Makarov, friend of Klim
- Svetlana Kryuchkova as Lyubov Somova
- Mikhail Gluzsky as Yakov Akimovich Samgin, uncle of Klim
- Natalya Gundareva as Marina Petrovna Zotova (Premirova)
- Andrei Boltnev as gendarme Colonel Popov
- Larisa Guzeeva as Elizaveta Spivak
- Yevgeniya Glushenko as Maria Ivanovna Nikonova
- Alexander Kalyagin as Ivan Mitrofanov / Yakov Kotelnikov, an agent of the secret police
- Igor Vladimirov as Andrey Sergeyevich Prozorov
- Sergei Makovetsky as Dmitri Samghin, brother of Klim
- Andrey Kharitonov as Igor Turoboev
- Victor Kostetskiy as Georgy Gapon
- Valentin Gaft as Valery Trifonov, officer-drunk
- Vladimir Soshalsky as Valentin Bezbedov
- Vsevolod Shilovsky as Zahar Petrovich Berdnikov, businessman
- Aleksei Loktev as Grigory Popov
- Irina Rozanova as Tosya
- Lyubov Sokolova as Anfimovna
- Viktor Bychkov as beekeeper
- Irina Kupchenko as lady on reception at the lawyer
- Aleksandr Galibin as Diomidov; Nicholas II of Russia
- Andrejs Žagars as Kutuzov
Awards
edit- Honorary Diploma Manson special 4th episode of Province. 1886 at the International Film Festival in Monte Carlo (1989).
- Professional Award Lenfilm studio in 1988 the artist Yuri Pugach (1989).[5]
References
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