Martin Savage

biography:
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Martin Savage is a British film, stage and television actor.

He appeared in both seasons of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's television series Extras as camp scriptwriter Damon Beesley and in The Thick of It television series specials as Nick Hanway. Savage's film credits include a major role as the Victorian actor in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, George Grossmith, in the Mike Leigh film Topsy-Turvy, and also in Another Year as angry son-in-law Carl. He recently appeared in a small cameo as the performer Dan Leno in a BBC drama about music hall star Marie Lloyd & in the final Masterpiece Mystery Foyle's War.

His theatre credits include For King and Country (2009), A Respectable Wedding at the Young Vic (2007), Rupert Goold's Faustus (2004), an RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002), Svejk at the Gate Theatre, London (1999), and Two (1997).

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Family Guy

overview: Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

character: (voice)

original_name: Family Guy

character: London Silly Nannies Player (voice)

The Moorside

overview: In February 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews is reported missing. A frantic search quickly becomes a murder inquiry. Led by Julie Bushby, the community rallies around Shannon's grief-stricken mother Karen, determined to find her daughter and show that, although she's from a poor background, Shannon's life is as important as any other. As hope fades and doubts about Karen arise, Shannon is found — with a man her mother knows. Who is this man, and what is his connection to Karen?

character: Ian

original_name: The Moorside

Sherlock

overview: A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

character: Ivan

original_name: Sherlock

name: Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

overview: The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents.

character: Parslow

The Town

overview: Following a family tragedy, 30-year-old Mark Nicholas returns to the town where he grew up. After ten years away, coming home is harder than Mark could ever have imagined.

character: Steve

original_name: The Town

Suspicion

overview: Four ordinary Brits are accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent U.S. media mogul. They embark on a desperate race against time to prove their innocence, but will anyone believe them—and are they telling the truth?

character: Reuben Carson

original_name: Suspicion

Elizabeth I

overview: The reign of Elizabeth I of England and her relationships with the Earl of Leicester and the Earl of Essex.

character: Stubbs

original_name: Elizabeth I

Extras

overview: Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down the red carpet to pick up an Oscar. He remains optimistic however, as rubbing shoulders with the A-list on-set only serves to reinforce his belief that the big time is just a job or two away.

character: Damon Beesley

original_name: Extras

Foyle's War

overview: As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

character: Mark Griffiths

original_name: Foyle's War

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Martin Savage

biography:
Martin Savage ist ein britischer Film-, Bühnen- und Fernsehschauspieler.

Er spielte in beiden Staffeln der Fernsehserie „Extras“ von Ricky Gervais und Stephen Merchant den exzentrischen Drehbuchautor Damon Beesley und war in den Specials der Fernsehserie „The Thick of It“ als Nick Hanway zu sehen. Zu Savages Filmrollen zählen eine Hauptrolle als viktorianischer Schauspieler George Grossmith in Gilbert-und-Sullivan-Operetten, in Mike Leighs Film „Topsy-Turvy“ sowie als wütender Schwiegersohn Carl in „Another Year“. Zuletzt hatte er einen kurzen Gastauftritt als Künstler Dan Leno in einem BBC-Drama über den Music-Hall-Star Marie Lloyd sowie in dem letzten „Masterpiece Mystery“-Folge „Foyle’s War“.

Zu seinen Theaterengagements zählen For King and Country (2009), A Respectable Wedding am Young Vic (2007), Rupert Goolds Faustus (2004), eine RSC-Produktion von Ein Sommernachtstraum (2002), Svejk am Gate Theatre, London (1999) und Two (1997).

title: Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

overview: Witness the life and loves of Marie Lloyd, the music hall legend known for her bawdy songs and outrageous lifestyle, which included three marriages and an illegitimate child.

character: Dan Leno

title: Judy

overview: Thirty years after starring in 'The Wizard of Oz', beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.

character: Mr. Horowitz

original_title: Judy

title: Vera Drake

overview: Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

character: Det. Sergeant Vickers

original_title: Vera Drake

title: Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

overview: Elizabeth David is the most important cookery writer of the 20th century. David's public image was of an elegant, respectable and somewhat austere figure. In reality she was a deeply unconventional person with a profound passion for food, life and men.

character: George

original_title: Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

title: Another Year

overview: During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

character: Carl

original_title: Another Year

title: Station Jim

overview: At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes his mean master at the circus, and is soon befriended by station porter Bob and lonely orphan Henry. His performing feats soon become a local attraction, and before long he's in the middle of a battle to save the local orphanage.

character: Stanley

original_title: Station Jim

title: Hello, Friend

overview: A man working home slowly discovers that a computer enhancement Is controlling him and all his loved ones.

character: Subject

original_title: Hello, Friend

title: At Sea

overview: Em works with her Dad on his lobster boat, but her mother, acrimoniously separated from her father, wants to give her a chance for a different life.

character: Dad

original_title: Yn Mor

original_language: kw

title: Sixty Six

overview: A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.

character: Senior Doctor

original_title: Sixty Six

title: Rush

overview: In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.

character: McLaren Mechanic

original_title: Rush

title: Mr. Turner

overview: Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner  lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

character: Benjamin Robert Haydon

original_title: Mr. Turner

title: Britannic

overview: It was the sister ship of the infamous Titanic... and its final destiny was the same. Experience the true untold story of Britannic, a tumultuous, epic voyage of human passion, courage and betrayal aboard an ill-fated ocean liner bound for a shattering demise. With the world at war, an undercover British agent (Amanda Ryan), embarks the Britannic in search of a German spy believed to be on board to sabotage the ship. Posing as a governess, the undercover agent finds herself falling in love with the ship's chaplain (Edward Atterton). In a stunning discovery, the lovers suddenly find themselves enemies of war. And when a massive explosion deals a deathblow to the ship, their battle becomes one for their own survival. With a dynamic, international cast and a story line that hosts a chilling tale of espionage, politics and romance, Britannic brings one of history's most devastating events to riveting, new life.

character: Sweeney

original_title: Britannic

title: The Tailor of Panama

overview: A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.

character: Stormont

original_title: The Tailor of Panama

title: I Want Candy

overview: Two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. Frustrated by their arty film teacher, wannabe producer Joe and his talented but neurotic director friend Baggy head to London to sell what they know is a script made of gold.

character: Priest

original_title: I Want Candy

title: Dad's Army

overview: A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

character: Warden Hodges

original_title: Dad's Army

title: V for Vendetta

overview: In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

character: Denis

original_title: V for Vendetta

title: Born Romantic

overview: In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCormack) fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers, who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. A winning romantic comedy, Born Romantic is the second feature by British writer-director David Kane of This Year's Love fame.

character: Wayne

original_title: Born Romantic

title: The Exception

overview: Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.

character: Dirksen

original_title: The Exception

title: Topsy-Turvy

overview: For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

character: George Grossmith

original_title: Topsy-Turvy

title: Ahead of the Class

overview: Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: to improve the fortunes of St George's School in north west London which was facing closure after the notorious murder of its previous headmaster, Philip Lawrence, in 1995 as he was breaking up a fight between his pupils and those from a rival school.

character: Journalist

original_title: Ahead of the Class

title: Peterloo

overview: An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.

character: Magistrate Norris

original_title: Peterloo

title: All or Nothing

overview: Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

title: Dirty War

overview: After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack.

title: Scrubber

overview: Jenny, a young mother is looking for escape from her daily routine. After being let down by a babysitter she decides to leave her little girl with a neighbour and walk into the surrounding countryside. Here, whilst waiting by the side of the road, she is picked up by a stranger and together they drive into woodland where Jenny must choose between fantasy, escape and home.

title: F1

overview: Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.

title: The Final Curtain

overview: The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, ageing gameshow host played by O'Toole, who hires novelist Jonathan Stitch (Adrian Lester) to pen his biography, in the hope of sealing his immortality in the hearts and minds of the British public. This is made more difficult by his rivalry with fellow gameshow host Dave Turner (Aidan Gillen), and events from his past.

title: Judy

title: Vera Drake

title: Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

title: Another Year

title: Station Jim

title: Hello, Friend

title: At Sea

title: Sixty Six

title: Rush

title: Mr. Turner

title: Britannic

title: The Tailor of Panama

title: I Want Candy

title: Dad's Army

title: V for Vendetta

title: Born Romantic

title: The Exception

title: Topsy-Turvy

title: Ahead of the Class

title: Peterloo

title: All or Nothing

title: Dirty War

title: Scrubber

title: F1

title: The Final Curtain


Tracey Ullman

biography:
Tracey Ullman (born 30 December 1959) is a British-American actress, singer, dancer, screenwriter, director, and producer. Critics have lauded her ability to shift seamlessly in and out of character and accents, with many dubbing her the "female Peter Sellers".

Ullman began her career in the British soap opera Mackenzie (1980), playing Lisa Mackenzie. After an award-winning performance in the improvised play Four in a Million at the Royal Court Theatre, she branched out into comedy. She starred in the British television sketch comedies A Kick Up the Eighties (1981) and Three of a Kind (1981–1983), the latter winning her a BAFTA in 1984. After a brief singing career (which garnered three top-ten singles), she appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls on Top (1985) with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

Ullman emigrated from the United Kingdom to the United States. She would go on to star in her own network television comedy series, The Tracey Ullman Show (1987–1990), which also featured the first appearances of the long-running animated media franchise The Simpsons (1989–present). She later produced programmes for HBO, including Tracey Takes On... (1996–1999) garnering numerous awards. She has appeared in several feature films, including Plenty (1985) which earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.

In 2016, she returned to British television with the BBC sketch comedy show Tracey Ullman's Show (2016–2018) , her first project for the broadcaster in over 30 years. This led to the creation of the topical comedy series Tracey Breaks the News (2017–2018).

She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including twelve American Comedy Awards, seven Primetime Emmy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, four Satellite Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Ally McBeal

overview: Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish.  Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!

character: Dr. Tracey Clark

original_name: Ally McBeal

original_language: en

The Daily Show

overview: The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

character: Self

original_name: The Daily Show

The Tracey Ullman Show

overview: The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television variety show, hosted by British-born actress and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children (1987–1997), and ran until May 26, 1990. The show is produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show blended sketch comedy shorts with many musical numbers, featuring choreography by Paula Abdul. The show also produced The Simpsons shorts before it spun off into its own show, which was also produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television.

original_name: The Tracey Ullman Show

Girls On Top

overview: Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender, they barely manage to co-exist.

character: Candice Valentine

original_name: Girls On Top

The View

overview: ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.

original_name: The View

Tracey Takes On...

overview: Tracey Takes On... is a sketch comedy series starring actress Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned after the success of the comedy special Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993). Each episode focuses on a specific subject which Ullman and her cast of characters take on through a series of sketches and monologues.

character: Various

original_name: Tracey Takes On...

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

overview: Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

original_name: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Three of a Kind

overview:
Three of a Kind was a British comedy sketch show starring comedians Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry and David Copperfield. Three series were made by the BBC between 1981 and 1983.

The show bolstered the careers of Ullman and Henry, as well as being an outlet for young writers including Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, Ian Hislop and Nick Revell.

Ullman and Henry went on to greater success after the show, with Ullman initially launching a brief but successful pop career in 1983 before starring in the ITV sitcom Girls On Top in 1985 and then going on to a high profile career on American television. Henry was given his own BBC series The Lenny Henry Show in 1984 and he remains a semi-regular fixture on British television to this day. Copperfield, however, garnered less success and has been seen relatively little since the series ended.

character: Self / Various Characters

original_name: Three of a Kind

Will & Grace

overview: Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.

character: Ann

original_name: Will & Grace

Love & War

overview: A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical opinionated columnist.

original_name: Love & War

The Little Lulu Show

overview:
The Little Lulu Show is an animated television series, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic book character Little Lulu. The show was produced by CINAR Animation after Marge's death in 1993, and aired on HBO Family and Cartoon Network in the United States and on, CTV, and the Family Channel in Canada from 1995 to 1999. In Canada, reruns are currently being shown on both the English and French versions of Teletoon Retro. The series centered on the life and adventures of Lulu Moppet and Tubby Thompkins. Between stories, they showed stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted.

This show is not to be confused with Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, an anime TV series featuring the same characters made in 1976.

character: Louise "Little Lulu" Moppet (voice)

original_name: The Little Lulu Show

origin_country: CA US

Harty

original_name: Harty

Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

overview: Tracey Ullman's State of the Union is an American sketch-comedy series starring Tracey Ullman. The show takes a satirical look at a day in the life of America starring Tracey and her cast of characters.

original_name: Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

Where Are They Now?

overview:
Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre.

Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.

original_name: Where Are They Now?

V Graham Norton

overview:
V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 May 2002 to 26 December 2003. It featured celebrities who chatted with Graham and became involved in studio games which were usually laden with sexual innuendo. The studio games were later featured on the clip show Nortonland in 2007 on digital channel Challenge.

The show featured a 'webcam', a roving television camera which was randomly situated in a different place in the UK each week and which followed Graham's instructions and allowed him to interact with the public live. The feature was made technically possible using digital microwave link technology provided by Rear Window Television with the 'spontaneous' webcam feature always produced as a full quality Outside Broadcast, before being made to look like a traditional webcam at the studios.

original_name: V Graham Norton

The Frank Skinner Show

overview:
The Frank Skinner Show was a television chat show hosted by comedian Frank Skinner, which lasted nine series on British television between 1995 and 2005.

As well as celebrity interviews, the shows included an initial stand-up routine, various sketches throughout the episode and usually concluded with a comedic song featuring Frank and the guest stars. The Frank Skinner Show became notorious over the years for the unconventional nature of the interviews, including some shocking revelations from the guests. The programme ended in 2005 after nine series.

It was screened on BBC One from its first episode on 10 September 1995 until 3 June 1999.

In 2000, the show moved to ITV. The programme was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in 2001.

original_name: The Frank Skinner Show

A Kick Up the Eighties

overview: Comedy sketch show taking an irreverent look at life in the eighties, starring Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margolyes and Richard Stilgoe, plus Rik Mayall as Kevin Turvey.

original_name: A Kick Up the Eighties

Fantasy World Cup

overview: Comedy show spoofing some of the highlights of the 1998 World Cup in France. Includes interviews with celebrities and famous fans including Bridget Nielsen and John Lydon, as well as send ups of other famous football goals in history, etc. Stars UK comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel in their own lounge room set, along with their mate Statto who provides news headlines on the world cup play.

original_name: Fantasy World Cup

Curb Your Enthusiasm

overview: The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

character: Irma Kostroski

original_name: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Tracey Ullman's Show

overview: Tracey Ullman returns with her unique take on some of the extraordinary characters who make up the global hub that is the UK.

original_name: Tracey Ullman's Show

Howards End

overview: The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.

character: Aunt Juley Mund

original_name: Howards End

Wogan

overview: Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

original_name: Wogan

Tracey Breaks the News

overview: Tracey Ullman and her cast of characters take on current events.

original_name: Tracey Breaks the News

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

overview: After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

original_name: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

overview: Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.

character: Self - Presenter

original_name: Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

overview: Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

character: Self - Guest

original_name: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Mrs. America

overview: The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.”

character: Betty Friedan

original_name: Mrs. America

Sofia the First

overview: Set in the storybook world of Enchancia, this is the story of Princess Sofia, an adventurous little girl who is learning how to adjust to royal life after her mom marries the king and she becomes a princess overnight.

character: Marla (voice)

original_name: Sofia the First

How I Met Your Mother

overview: A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

character: Genevieve Scherbatsky

original_name: How I Met Your Mother

The Graham Norton Show

overview: Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

original_name: The Graham Norton Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

overview: Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.

original_name: Real Time with Bill Maher

Hi Octane

overview: Short-lived 4-episode Comedy Central TV show created by and starring Sofia Coppola, co-starring Zoe Cassavetes, and featuring Thurston Moore, as well as many celebrity guests

original_name: Hi Octane

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

overview: This series is presented by self-confessed Python nut Hugh Bonneville, each show with a group of five famous comedians remembering their favourite Python moments. Each guest chooses a sketch (or two) and it's played with their comments..

original_name: Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

The Simpsons

overview: Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

character: Emily Winthrop / Mrs. Winfield (voice)

original_name: The Simpsons

Women of the Night IV

overview: Host Tracey Ullman and six comediennes perform at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo. Included: Wendy Liebman, Kathy Buckley, Caroline Rhea, Diana Jordan, Henriette Mantel and Linda Smith.

character: Self - Host

original_name: Women of the Night IV

Parkinson

overview: Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.

The Last Leg

overview: Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.

Black Doves

overview: When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.

The Max Headroom Show

overview: The Max Headroom Show started life in the UK in 1985. The show featured actor Matt Frewer playing the role as computer-generated talk-show host Max Headroom.

Elsbeth

overview: After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.

A Cut Above

overview: Rise of a London hairdresser in the swinging sixties.

Have I Got News for You

overview: Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.

Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

overview: Two-part series with intimate interviews with Billy Connolly, providing unique insight into the early influences and motivations that made this comedy legend the man he is today.

Mackenzie

overview:
Mackenzie is a British drama television series written by Andrea Newman, based on her 1980 novel of the same name.

Charts the lives and relationships of three families, covering the years 1955 to 1974.

Saturday Night Live

overview: A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

overview: Directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio explore the life and legacy of Mel Brooks, one of the most enduring comedic voices of our time.

Late Night with David Letterman

overview: Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.

Screenplay

overview: This was a series of summer plays, one of which ("Waxwork") led to the popular series Cribb (1980).

Deutsch

biography:
Tracey Ullman (* 30. Dezember 1959 in Slough, England) ist eine britische Schauspielerin, Komikerin und Sängerin. Seit 2006 hat sie auch die amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft. Sie gilt als die kommerziell erfolgreichste britische Komikerin.

Ullman spielte im Film Eine demanzipierte Frau (1985) neben Meryl Streep, in der Komödie Ich liebe Dich zu Tode (1990) übernahm sie neben Kevin Kline eine der Hauptrollen. In der Fernsehserie Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (1992) war sie neben Michael Palin zu sehen. Von 1996 bis 1999 spielte sie die Hauptrolle in der Comedy-Fernsehshow Tracey Takes On ..., für die sie 1997 für den Golden Globe nominiert wurde. 1998 gewann sie den Golden Satellite Award, 1999 den Screen Actors Guild Award, 1998, 1999 und 2000 den American Comedy Award und 1996 den CableACE Award in zwei Kategorien. Außerdem war sie in den ersten drei Staffeln der Serie Ally McBeal als Therapeutin der Hauptfigur zu sehen. Für ihre Rolle im Film Schmalspurganoven, in dem sie neben Woody Allen spielte, wurde sie für den Golden Globe und für den American Comedy Award nominiert. Für ihre Hauptrolle im Fernsehfilm Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003) wurde sie für den Emmy nominiert.

普通话

特蕾西·乌尔曼

biography:
特蕾西·乌尔曼（Tracey Ullman，1959年12月30日-）是一位出生于英国的舞台和电视女演员、喜剧演员、歌手、舞蹈家、编剧和作家。

她早期出演的是英国电视小品喜剧节目《八十年代》（与里克·梅亚尔和米里亚姆·马戈利斯合作）和《三人行》（与莱尼·亨利和大卫·科波菲尔合作）。在短暂的歌唱生涯之后，她与 Dawn French 和 Jennifer Saunders 一起在 Girls On Top 中饰演 Candice Valentine。

1987 年至 1990 年，她从英国移民到美国，创作了自己的网络电视连续剧《特蕾西·乌尔曼秀》，1989 年《辛普森一家》从该剧中分离出来。她后来为 HBO 制作了节目，包括 Tracey Takes On......（1996—1999），她因此获得了无数奖项。她还出演了几部故事片。她的小品喜剧系列《特蕾西·乌尔曼的国情咨文》于 2008 年至 2010 年在 Showtime 播出。2016 年，她带着 BBC 小品喜剧节目《特蕾西·乌尔曼的秀》回归，这是她三十多年来为广播公司制作的第一个项目;这导致了 2017 年主题喜剧系列《特蕾西爆料》的创作。

她是第一位在英国和美国都拥有自己的电视小品节目的女性。

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特蕾西·烏爾曼

biography:
特蕾西·烏爾曼（Tracey Ullman，1959 年 12 月 30 日-）是一位出生於英國的舞台和電視女演員、喜劇演員、歌手、舞蹈家、編劇和作家。

她早期出演的是英國電視小品喜劇節目《八十年代》（與里克·梅亞爾和米里亞姆·馬戈利斯合作）和《三人行》（與萊尼·亨利和大衞·科波菲爾合作）。在短暫的歌唱生涯之後，她與 Dawn French 和 Jennifer Saunders 一起在 Girls On Top 中飾演 Candice Valentine。

1987 年至 1990 年，她從英國移民到美國，創作了自己的網絡電視聯續劇《特蕾西·烏爾曼秀》，1989 年《阿森一族大電影》從該劇中分離出來。她後來為 HBO 製作了節目，包括 Tracey Takes On. . . . . . （1996 — 1999），她因此獲得了無數獎項。她還出演了幾部故事片。她的小品喜劇系列《特蕾西·烏爾曼的國情諮文》於 2008 年至 2010 年在 Showtime 播出。2016 年，她帶著 BBC 小品喜劇節目《特蕾西·烏爾曼的秀》迴歸，這是她三十多年來為廣播公司製作的第一個項目; 這導致了 2017 年主題喜劇系列《特蕾西爆料》的創作。

她是第一位在英國和美國都擁有自己的電視小品節目的女性。

title: I Love You to Death

overview: Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.

title: Small Time Crooks

overview: A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.

title: Prêt-à-Porter

overview: During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

title: Corpse Bride

overview: In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

title: Jumpin' Jack Flash

overview: Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.

title: Panic

overview: Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.

title: Bullets Over Broadway

overview: After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

overview: Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.

title: Kronk's New Groove

overview: After his adventures with Kuzco, Kronk opens his own diner, but struggling business and the impending visit from his father push him to hatch a risky plan for success. When the scheme explodes—literally—Kronk must rely on his many personalities to rediscover that true happiness comes from staying true to himself.

title: Give My Regards to Broad Street

overview: When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath.

title: A Dirty Shame

overview: Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.

title: Plenty

overview: David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

title: Death to 2021

overview: This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer.

title: I Could Never Be Your Woman

overview: A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time.

title: Once Upon A Mattress

overview: Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince Dauntless marries. However, she has managed to sabotage every princess that come along. When Sir Harry and Lady Larken learn that they are going to be parents, wed or not, he goes off to the swamps and brings back Princess Winnifred ("Fred" to her friends).

title: The Cat That Looked at a King

overview: This short film is a combination of live-action and animation. It is done in the style of the chalk drawings seen in the original "Mary Poppins" film and was produced exclusively for the 40th Anniversary Special Edition DVD released in December of 2004. Julie Andrews and two children magically enter the animated world of the chalk drawings to experience this whimsical tale based on one of the chapters from the original series of "Mary Poppins" books.

title: Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

overview: Tracey Ullman and her wacky cast of characters take a bite out of the Big Apple.

title: What About Dick?

overview: The movie begins with the birth of a sex toy invented in Shagistan in 1898 by Deepak Rushdie Obi Ben Kingsley, and tells the story of the subsequent decline of the British Empire as seen through the eyes of a Piano. The Piano narrates the tale of Dick; his two cousins: Emma, an emotionally stunted English girl; her kleptomaniac sister Helena and their dipsomaniac Aunt Maggie who all live together in a large, rambling, Edwardian novel.  When the Reverend Whoopsie discovers a piano on a beach, a plot is set afoot that can be solved only by a private Dick, the incomprehensible Scottish sleuth Inspector McGuffin, who with the aid of Sergeant Ken Russell finally reveals the identity of the Houndsditch Mutilator.

title: Into the Woods

overview: In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

title: Four in a Million

overview: The offstage lives of four club performers who are staying in the same guest house and rubbing their illusions and disillusions together after-hours.

title: Happily Ever After

overview: In the aftermath of her more famous adventure, Snow White must team up with the dwarves' seven female cousins to battle the late Evil Queen's warlock brother and rescue the captured Prince.

title: The Tale of Despereaux

overview: Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.

title: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

overview: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.

title: The Actor

overview: Paul Cole finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he got here. As bits and pieces of his past slowly emerge, he attempts to find his way home, but time is slippery, appearances can't be trusted, and it's unclear which of his identities is real.

title: I'll Do Anything

overview: Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult way.

title: All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'

overview: John Waters and the cast and crew of "A Dirty Shame" discuss sex addiction, sexual terms and all things relating to filth and perversions in Dreamland.

title: Household Saints

overview: A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.

title: If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story

overview: Adrian Edmondson narrates a documentary chronicling the story of Stiff Records, a tiny independent that took music out of the boardroom and gave it back to the fans. Stiff's successes included Nick Lowe, the Damned, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Madness, Tracey Ullman and the Pogues. Contributors include Captain Sensible, Jonathan Ross, Suggs, Shane MacGowan and label founders Jake Riviera and Dave Robinson.

original_title: If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story

title: Happy Since I Met You

overview: A play by Victoria Wood. Frances is 28, single and happy, despite ritual interrogation from her family as to why she's not married. Then she meets Jim, and finds she has decisions to make.

title: Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

overview: A short series of 15 minute programmes, really expanded sketches, in which Tracey Ullman and Michael Palin play various roles satirizing the British class system.

title: The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show

title: The Many Miracles of Household Saints

overview: In keeping with the intergenerational magic of 'Household Saints', filmmaker Martina Savoca-Guay has crafted a compelling new documentary, 'The Many Miracles of Household Saints', revealing the improbable story behind the making of the film.

title: Tracey Breaks the News

overview: Tracey Ullman and her cast of characters react to the outcome of the 2017 British election.

title: Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed

overview: After inhabiting dozens of comical alter-egos over the course of her award-winning career, Tracey Ullman finally "takes on" the one role that spawned all of her characters — herself.

title: Zog

overview: Zog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the Dragon School. He is desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he is prone to accidents and he has to be helped by a kind young girl who patches up his bumps and bruises.

title: Onward

overview: In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

title: 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

overview: Hosted by Cary Elwes. It's a promotional piece that was intended to get the word out about the film while it was in production, but some of the behind the scenes material that appears here is amusing

original_title: 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

title: The Prom

overview: After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.

title: I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

overview: In this HBO special, comedian Martin Short appears in a series of sketches, vignettes and musical performances about Hollywood, featuring some of his classic characters like Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Lawrence Orbach and Troy Soren, and co-starring some of his colleagues from "SCTV" and "Saturday Night Live."

title: Death to 2020

overview: 2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a little something to add. This comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? The documentary-style special weaves together some of the world's most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage.

title: Searching for Debra Winger

overview: Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.

title: Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

overview: Comedy special spotlighting Tracey Ullman’s larger than life character Ruby Romaine from HBO's Tracey Takes On (1996–1999).  After an illustrious career, veteran Hollywood makeup artist Ruby has decided to call it quits.  Or has she?  In her makeup trailer, Ruby tells a series of hilarious tales and explains why she reconsidered her retirement.  With Debbie Reynolds, Jane Kaczmarek.

title: Women in Rock

overview: All the legendary women of rock 'n' roll are brought together in this stunning collage of artists and their music. Through a music-driven mix of rare historical footage, music videos, riveting live performances and personal interviews, the lives and times of the greatest women in rock history are revealed.

title: Rabbit Ears - Puss in Boots

overview: Claude a youngest son of Miller feels short-changed leaves him nothing more than an a tomcat. However, when Claude decides to do away with his feline inheritance, the cat devised a plan to transform his dim-witted owner into a prince.

title: The Best of Max Headroom

overview: Some of the best bits from 'The Max Headroom Show'.

title: Steve

overview: Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.

title: The Funny Side of Christmas

overview: Skits from: "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"; "The Les Dawson Show"; "Yes Minister"; "Only Fools and Horses"; "Three of a Kind"; "Last of the Summer Wine"; "Sorry!"; "Butterflies"; "Smith and Jones"; and "Open All Hours".

title: Meridian: The First Ten Minutes

overview: "Meridian - The First 10 Minutes" was a special program that launched the ITV franchise Meridian Broadcasting on January 1, 1993. It was a 10-minute preview of the station's programming, broadcast live from Winchester Cathedral. The show featured various celebrities wishing Meridian well, and introduced viewers to the new regional news service.

title: Ella McCay

overview: An idealistic young politician juggles familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the state’s longtime incumbent governor.

title: Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

overview: Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration is a special produced forSesame Street’s 25th anniversary. Released in a slightly different form on video as Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years in October 1993, the special was shelved for its broadcast premiere on PBS until 1994, during pledge drive season, and in many markets, aired as part of a marathon block with three show episodes. The special was a companion to the prime-time network special, Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

original_title: Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

title: The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!

overview: The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! is a documentary special that examined the "cultural phenomenon" of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

original_title: The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!

title: Hexed

overview: An impulsive and unconventional teenage girl named Billie discovers secret magical abilities which, once unleashed, hurtle her into a spectacle-filled journey out of suburbia and into a vast witch realm called Hexe. Forced to team up with her cautious mother, Alice, they uncover family mysteries that could change the world of witches forever.

title: Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

title: Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

title: Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

title: The Queen

overview: The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.

title: Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed

title: Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed

title: Tracey Breaks the News

title: I'll Do Anything

title: Household Saints

title: I Love You to Death

title: Small Time Crooks

title: Prêt-à-Porter

title: Corpse Bride

title: Jumpin' Jack Flash

title: Panic

title: Bullets Over Broadway

title: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

title: Kronk's New Groove

title: Give My Regards to Broad Street

title: A Dirty Shame

title: Plenty

title: Death to 2021

title: I Could Never Be Your Woman

title: Once Upon A Mattress

title: The Cat That Looked at a King

title: Tracey Ullman Takes on New York

title: What About Dick?

title: Into the Woods

title: Four in a Million

title: Happily Ever After

title: The Tale of Despereaux

title: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

title: The Actor

title: I'll Do Anything

title: All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'

title: Household Saints

title: Happy Since I Met You

title: The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show

title: Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

title: The Many Miracles of Household Saints

title: Tracey Breaks the News

title: Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed

title: Zog

title: Onward

title: The Prom

title: I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

title: Death to 2020

title: Searching for Debra Winger

title: Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

title: Women in Rock

title: Rabbit Ears - Puss in Boots

title: The Best of Max Headroom

title: Steve

title: The Funny Side of Christmas

title: Meridian: The First Ten Minutes

title: Ella McCay

title: Hexed

title: Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

title: Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

title: Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

title: The Queen

title: Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed

title: Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed

title: Tracey Breaks the News


Valery Todorovsky

biography:
Valery Petrovich Todorovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Петро́вич Тодоро́вский; Ukranian: Валерій Петрович Тодоровський; born 9 May 1962; Odessa) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer whose best known film is "Hipsters" (2008). He is the son of filmmaker Pyotr Todorovsky (1925-2013) and the father of the filmmaker Pyotr Todorovsky Jr. (1986).

Of his earlier films, The Hearse (Katafalk) won the Grand Prix at Mannheim (1990) and Love (Lyubov) received Ecumenical Prize at Cannes (1992), and won awards at Sozvezdie, Chicago, Geneva and Montpellier Film Festivals. Todorovsky made a name for himself with the crime melodrama set in Moscow, The Country of Deaf (Strana Glukhikh), scripted by actress-director-scriptwriter Renata Litvinova based on her own novella To Have and to Belong. The film was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival in 1998. In 1999 he was a member of the jury at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. His 2008 musical film Hipsters won the Golden Eagle Award and Nika Award for Best Film.

Valery Todorovsky also co-produced the Russian gangster TV series Brigada (2002) (which eventually received a cult popularity) and the 2005 TV adaptation of the Master and Margarita for Telekanal Rossiya. In 2013, Russian TV main channel "Channel 1" showed a serial The Thaw. It was Valeriy's debut on TV as a director. The ratings proved the serial was received with a great success. The serial is a melodrama about life in the Soviet Union during the early years of Nikita Khrushchev's era. In 2022, The Russian streaming service More.tv showed the drama In two, directed by Todorovsky, and starring Alexander Petrov, Danila Kozlovsky and Irina Starshenbaum.

The Thaw

overview: The series is set in 1961. Cameraman Viktor Khrustalyov is in a difficult situation; he is suspected of being involved in the death of his friend, talented screenwriter Kostya Parshin, who committed suicide during a drinking-bout. The authorities try to put Khrustalyov in prison by any means. Viktor needs to shoot the comedy "The Girl and the Brigadier" in order to get permission to make the film "Shards" after the wonderful scenario left from his deceased screenwriter friend. Young director Yegor Myachin wants to adаpt this screenplay. Khrustalyov arranges him as a trainee to the venerable director Krivitsky for a comedy. In the same film act Khrustalev's ex-wife Inga and his young sweetheart Maryana, with whom Yegor Myachin is also in love.

character: director

original_name: Оттепель

original_language: ru

The School for Scandal

overview: A talk show

original_name: Школа злословия

Brigada

job: Producer

overview: A quartet of childhood pals who create a business together find themselves at the core of a powerful Moscow gang in the aftermath of an unplanned murder.

department: Production

original_name: Бригада

The Idiot

overview:
The Idiot (Идиот) is a 2003 Russian costume drama television serial written by Vladimir Bortko, adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel of the same title.

In corrupt 19th-century St Petersburg, Christ-like Prince Myshkin becomes entangled in the lives of the self-destructive Nastasya Filippovna and the romantic Aglaya Epanchina.

original_name: Идиот

Particle of the Universe

overview: 2016, Russia, Cosmonaut Training Center. Another international crew (three Russian and two American cosmonauts), led by Commander Gennady Yashin, is preparing for launch to the ISS. During the preparation for the flight, it suddenly turns out that there is a psychological "time bomb" inside the crew, associated with serious difficulties in the family relations of the expedition participants and endangering not only the fulfillment of a mission of national importance, but also their lives.

original_name: Частица вселенной

Vocation

overview: The story of the film is based on real historical events. The most famous crimes from the mid-eighties of the last century to the present day have been used as the basis for the detective plots of the picture. The main character, Oleg Krainov, after serving in the army, comes to Moscow to enroll in the acting department at VGIK.

original_name: Призвание

Ladoga

overview: The Second World War. Leningrad was in blockade in the winter of 1941. The only way to deliver food and other supplies to the city is through the icy Lake Ladoga, the so-called “Road of Life”. The path itself passes through the ice of the lake. But the Nazis are preparing a diversion along the way, and their informant is most likely a truck driver. To deal with this situation entrusted to the captain of the NKVD Sergienko ...

original_name: Ладога

Men Don't Cry

overview: Fate turns a modest employee of the prosecutor's office of the city of Chebotaevsk named Sergey Ivanov into a real fighter against crime.

original_name: Мужчины не плачут

The Murderer's Diary

overview: Graduate students in the Historical Museum find a diary dated 1919. In the diary, the author confesses to the murder of five people. The terrible deeds of the past are the key to unraveling a number of crimes committed in our day.

original_name: Дневник убийцы

Red Chapel

overview: This 16 episode Tv soap opera is set in occupied Paris during WWII, with two top agents playing against each other.

original_name: Красная капелла

origin_country: LV RU

Queen Margot

job: Editor

overview: XVI century. In France, there is a fierce struggle between Catholics and Huguenots. The reign of the Valois dynasty is nearing its end. Conspiracies, the elimination of rivals, the creation of secret and explicit coalitions are part of the daily life of the royal family and close associates. Love stories are woven into the canvas of palace intrigues that will affect the history of the world.

department: Editing

original_name: Королева Марго

The Thaw

job: Writer

department: Writing

The Optimists

overview: The early 1960s. The Soviet Union is experiencing a bright Khrushchev-era, full of hope. A group of young diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs come face to face with world-changing global events. Before long, these wide-eyed idealists find themselves deep in the breathtaking world of spy games, mortal dangers, and brilliant political maneuvering.

original_name: Оптимисты

Bomb

overview: The brilliant scientist Mikhail Rubin ends up in the camp because of a personal conflict with the People's Commissar Beria. But suddenly Rubin is released: his best friend and colleague Kirill Muromtsev recommended Mikhail to a secret project to create a Soviet atomic bomb, and the physicist's candidacy was approved by academician Kurchatov. Mikhail returns to Moscow and finds out that while he was in the camp, his fiancee Anna Galeeva managed to become Kirill's wife. To fulfill the task of the state, young scientists will have to work together, despite the personal drama.

original_name: Бомба

The Master and Margarita

overview: The Master and Margarita is a Russian television production of Telekanal Rossiya, based on the novel The Master and Margarita, written by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov between 1928 and 1940. Vladimir Bortko directed this adaptation and was also its screenwriter.

original_name: Мастер и Маргарита

No One Will Know

overview: Eight friends, they are already in their forties, but in many ways they are still like children: in their free time from their successful careers, they play football, go to the cinema in a big company, live for their own pleasure. But when Igor's heart fails, and he loses consciousness right on the street, he decides at all costs to "give" his wife a child. There is only one catch: Igor cannot have children. However, a successful official will find a way to deal with this annoying misunderstanding, because he can cope with everything except his own feelings…

original_name: Никто не узнает

In Two

job: Director

overview: Two friends go to St. Petersburg on a business trip that will change them forever. Completely different, like ice and flame, guys fall in love with two Petersburgers equally strongly. Reliable and pedantic Kostya loses his head when he meets an eccentric Game. And the freedom-loving lovelace Sanya for the first time thinks about a real relationship, having met the mysterious cellist Nastya. Love turns the measured lives of Muscovites upside down — and none of them knows how to deal with this new feeling.

department: Directing

original_name: Надвое

Detective Agency Ivan da Marya

overview: Different as a plus and minus, the main characters intersect at first only for work, but soon a warm relationship arises between them. They have a different approach to investigating crimes, but the goal is the same. Sometimes it seems that they cannot exist side by side, but their agency successfully investigates a variety of cases – from spying on an unfaithful husband to solving crimes of national importance.

original_name: Детективное агентство Иван да Марья

The Actresses

overview: The series, like a stage play, is divided into three acts, with a three-year period between each of them and tells a story that will shatter viewers' perceptions of the actors' lifestyle and offer a glimpse into their reality with all their fears, desires, and goals. It will become clear how those whom everyone is used to consider carefree live and work when the stage lights go off. And how actors, more so than any other professionals, can hit rock bottom despite being on their peak the day before.

original_name: Актрисы

Law

overview: The life of a small provincial town was stirred up by a series of terrible and inexplicable crimes. Circumstantial evidence pointed to the involvement of a well-respected television presenter of a popular religious program in the gang's affairs. He is opposed by Ivan Sklyar, a brave and experienced judge, an irreconcilable "lawyer-cracker" who firmly believes in the inevitability of punishment.

original_name: Закон

Adults

overview: Lisa, Sonya and Yana have been friends since childhood and grew up in the same cottage. Usually, a girl has already graduated from college at the age of 25, has work experience and several novels behind her back. Someone even manages to get married and have a child. But Lisa, Sonya and Yana are not going according to plan. They don't know who they want to be yet and haven't found the love of their life yet. They are growing up, they want to be happy, and each is looking for their own way.

original_name: Взрослые

Women in a Game Without Rules

overview: The story is about why people's destinies are intertwined, how they influence each other and how this changes the world around us.

original_name: Женщины в игре без правил

origin_country: BY RU

Tango

overview: Nora is a successful businesswoman with a steely grip not only on her work, but also on her family relationships. Her perfectly constructed system of life collapses when her beloved husband Vanya suddenly dies. The news of his death is accompanied by no less shocking information: Vanya had a "second life". Not only was he cheating on his wife, but he was also secretly practicing the tango, a passionate dance that is the exact opposite of a clear and structured life with Nora. Trying to make sense of what happened, Nora herself goes to the tango school, which at first seems to her to be a meeting place for people with low social responsibility. But in the end it is this colorful world that changes Nora beyond recognition: she will go from a woman with an iron grip to a free and soft dancer.

original_name: Танго на осколках

Fathers and Sons

overview: In 19th-century Russia, two young men start to question their worldview after it gets challenged by people from the older generation.

original_name: Отцы и дети

Sea Wolf

job: Screenplay

overview: Humphrey Van-Weyden, a young literary man, decides to visit a friend. On the ferry “Martinez” he sails from San Francisco to the other side of the bay. In the fog, the ferry collides with a large vessel and sinks in minutes. Finding himself in the water, Humphrey quickly became exhausted. Salvation came unexpectedly. A passing schooner happened to spot a man in the water. So Humphrey found himself on board the fishing schooner “Ghost”, commanded by the captain “Wolf” Larsen…

original_name: Морской волк

Охотники за иконами

original_name: Охотники за иконами

Women in a Game Without Rules

original_name: Женщины в игре без правил

Tango

original_name: Танго на осколках

Pусский

Валерий Тодоровский

biography: Окончил сценарный факультет ВГИКа (1984, мастерская К. Парамоновой и И. Кузнецова). Будучи школьником снялся в фильме «Странная женщина» (1977). Автор сценариев фильмов: «Двойник» (1986, с А. Колбергсом), «Человек свиты» (1987), «Гамбринус» (1990), «Морской волк» (тв, 1990), «Бич божий» (1988, с Олегом Фиалко), «Отдушина» (1991), «Циники» (1991, с Дмитрием Месхиевым), «Три светильника», «Над темной водой» (1993) и др. Финалист программы «Номинация. Кино. ХХI век.» на кинофоруме в Ялте-94 с фильмом «Любовь». Победитель программы «Номинация. Кино. ХХI век.» на кинофоруме в Сочи-98 с фильмом «Страна глухих». Член правления Киностудии Горького. Главный продюсер РТР по кинопоказу (с 2000 года).

also_known_as:
Valeriy Todorovskiy
Valery Petrovich Todorovsky
Валерий Петрович Тодоровский

title: PG 16...

overview: Kir, Leya, Dasha and Max are student. Almost every experience is for a first time to them - first love, first disappointment, first betrayal...

title: Yankovsky

overview: This film is not about Oleg Yankovsky in the usual sense: not a biography of a great actor, not a review of roles. And not the sharp facts from his personal life. Although it's all in the film: a dramatic fate, unknown pages of biography. Like any great actor, he possessed a secret - he did not tell both in the movies and in life. But his main gift was not even acting. Yankovsky was talented at making people fall in love with him. I wanted to look at him again and again: that's why they loved him and still love him.

title: ВГИК100. Признание в любви

original_title: ВГИК100. Признание в любви

title: A Strange Woman

overview: Irina Kupchenko stars in this psychological drama by the renowned director/writer team of Yuli Raizman and Yevgeny Gabrilovich. In the story, she is the entirely respectable wife of a career diplomat, with a teenaged son. Suddenly one day, she decides to leave her marriage and go live with her lover.

original_title: Странная женщина

title: Into_nation of Big Odesa

overview: In the world, there is a city-port Odesa, which was specially created as a refuge for people of different nationalities and religions. Humor is a special language that helps people from Odesa to communicate and get along with each other. Legends are spreading about Odesa's humor and accent. But - a paradox - people are constantly leaving it. It is loved, but it is left as a child leaves his mother. On the example of this city and its inhabitants, we wanted to understand - why people flee from their cities. We tried to find the answer taking pictures of Odesa citizens in Germany, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, France and other places. Michael Zhvanetskij, Roman Kartsev, Leonid Barats and Rostislav Khait  Victor Loshak,  Oksana Fandera, Valerij Todotovskij, Mikhail and Anatoly Kontush and many others are telling their stories and giving their opinions on what is the phenomenon of the city by the Black Sea.

original_title: INTO_нация Большой Одессы

title: A Room With a View of the Lights

overview: One day, Anna was betrayed by everyone she sincerely loved and considered her loved ones. Her husband, colleagues, and friends turned away from the unhappy woman overnight. Desperate, the heroine wrote a suicide note, indicating in it the names of all those who brought her to this state, and decided to commit suicide. However, the doctors managed to save the patient...

original_title: Комната с видом на огни

title: My Step Brother Frankenstein

overview: One day Pavel, a young man wounded in the war, suddenly shows up at the home of a Moscow scientist name Krymov and claims to be his illegitimate son. Krymov denies this, but out of compassion he helps arrange a necessary operation for Pavel. Then certain things begin happening which suggest to Krymov that he may have a psychologically unstable fellow on his hands.

original_title: Мой сводный брат Франкенштейн

title: Joke

overview: Lyudochka Salnikova belongs to a rare type of happy women who are absolutely satisfied with how their lives have turned out. Timur's loving husband, caring father — what more could you wish for? One day Mila and her husband go on vacation to the village. A fire breaks out in the house where they are staying, after which the young woman disappears. Relatives, unable to find her, believe that Luda died in the fire… In fact, the heroine managed to survive. After a long ordeal, she arrives in Moscow and ... finds Timur in the arms of his father's young wife. The shocked woman discovers the bitter truth: her husband only pretended to love her, and her death did not upset him at all. The only goal of the faithful is to get Lyudmila's father to receive an inheritance. What remains for a woman who has lost all illusions overnight? Only take revenge on your abusers, restoring violated dignity and justice!

title: Nine Days Until Spring

overview: The major of special forces Ilya is young, beautiful and, we can say, happy! He marries, and for him it is a profitable party — his wife is not beautiful, but the daughter of rich parents. However, on the wedding day begins a nightmare. Yana Yanovskaya — the former mistress of Ilya who came to congratulate him is killed, and he is suspected of murder.  The investigation begins, during which it turns out that Ilya is innocent. However, the shadow of suspicion still hanging over him, and, wishing to prove that he is innocent, Ilya begins his own investigation. He finds the real killer — and this discovery will stun him…

original_title: Девять дней до весны

title: The Road Leading to Happiness

overview: After witnessing a car accident, Victor falls into a deep depression.  To get out of it, he finds the daughter of the driver who died in the incident - Lenochka.  They immediately develop sympathy for each other.  But the place next to Lenochka is occupied - a friend and peer of the deceased father supports the girl in grief, becoming the closest person to her.  Viktor gently steps aside.  At home - a seriously ill mother, the father left them, unable to cope with the burden of guilt.  Victor takes care of his mother on his shoulders.  And about a completely alien person to him - a nurse.  But Lenochka, not wanting it herself, cannot forget Victor.  She is looking for a date.

original_title: Дорога, ведущая к счастью

title: Life on Loan

overview: Denis Komarov, who was raised in an orphanage and never knew his real parents, accidentally met the Adamov family. These people treated him kindly and began to invite him to visit them. Communication was a great pleasure for everyone.

original_title: Жизнь взаймы

title: Countdown

overview: There will be an explosion exactly in 48 hours in Moscow. The information was provided by an agent who was killed this very second. All departments of special ops work on it, but the only hope is for recently organized independent team. They are a hacker girl who once broke thru Pentagon servers, a former special ops officer who enjoys speed and adrenalin, psychologist, a lady whose beauty outshines her intelligence and her rank of major, and a blind field engineer whose sense of smell and intuition substitute for his eye sight... And the Chief who got them all together and learned how to control them. Only this team is able to figure it out WHO, and most importantly WHERE, by knowing just WHEN...

original_title: Обратный отсчет

title: Lady for One Day

overview: What should I do if life has failed? What should I do if my daughter's happiness depends on the future visit of the groom — the heir of the Spanish grandee? What should I do if the groom's father is obsessed with titles and wealth? The only way out is to turn into a rich lady for the day. Street vendor Ani, with the help of her many friends and acquaintances, cannot help but cope with this task. A brothel owner and a young conman, a judge and the mayor of New York himself are involved in an incredible cycle of events. They play out a whole performance in front of the groom and his father against the backdrop of skyscrapers, cars with horns, women's lace umbrellas and incendiary jazz melodies, and in this gala performance Anya plays the role of a real socialite…

original_title: Леди на день

title: Tartarin of Tarascon

overview: Tartarin is the local hero in the small provincial town of Tarascon. He shows off about imaginary adventures in Africa, where he has never been, as a Lion Hunter, which he is only in his imagination. But one day he becomes a real hero...

original_title: Тартарен из Тараскона

title: Kandahar

overview: A docudrama about the escape of Russian pilots after being taken hostage by the Taliban in 1996.

title: Vice

overview: The film follows Denis, a young aspiring DJ who, although poor, has everything else in his favor: a calling in life as a musician, good friends and a faithful companion. Denis's fall from grace begins with a drug deal, which he agrees to out of the need for money. The decision leads to deadly consequences for almost everyone else around him, as Denis is subsequently forced to work as a drug dealer for a mafia boss and as an informer for the police chief of his city. Despite his attempts to “work off his sins”, Denis cannot escape the world of drugs and violence...

title: Vice

title: Vice

title: Hipsters

overview: In this hit Russian musical, a group of friends flaunts Soviet authority in 1950s Moscow by embracing jazz. When Communist Mels falls for Polly, a free-spirited jazz fan, he risks losing his party membership by associating with her rebellious crew.

title: Hipsters

title: The Lover

overview: This is a remarkably subtle film–a character study that focuses on Mitya’s attempts to cope with each new startling phase of discovery. At first he mourns for his dead wife, but then he discovers that he didn’t really know her.

title: Country of the Deaf

overview: Strana Glukhikh is about an unusual relationship between two women, one of them a deaf-mute dancer and the other on the run from the mafia. Yaya, the deaf girl, offers to hide Rita whose boyfriend, Alyosha owes gambling debts to the mafia, but in return she wants her to leave the young man and run off with her to an imaginary paradise where material values do not exist.

original_title: Страна глухих

title: Love

overview: Two Moscow students are mostly concerned with scoring with women but their lives change radically when one of them falls for a Jewish girl whose family is being persecuted by anonymous anti-Semites and is preparing to emigrate to Israel.

title: Katya Ismailova

overview: A wife finds her life transformed after a torrid affair in this story of murder. Katia is a rather dull young woman who types manuscripts for Irina, her husband’s mother and successful writer of romance novels. Katia’s husband is a real momma’s boy. They go to Irina’s summer house to work. There Katia encounters the intense and sexy Serguei who creates passionate longings with in her. Overcome she and Serguei engage in vigorous love-making upon a windowsill where Irina sees them. Irina has a weak heart. Quiet Katia, having rediscovered the joys of sex, changes and becomes more assertive and flighty. Serguei quickly loses interest in her. Strange and deadly things begin happening at the summer house which calls the attention of a judge who is extremely familiar with Irina’s writing.

original_title: Подмосковные вечера

title: The Vaccine

overview: Mysterious and terrible events take place at the Russian Pearl beauty contest from year to year. The first winner of the contest tragically died, the second was splashed with boiling resin in her eyes. And now the participant who reached the semifinals, Natasha Titrova, who came from Tomsk, has disappeared without a trace and mysteriously.

title: Gambrinus

overview: The beginning of the 20th century. Everyone knows the pub "Gambrinus" in the southern seaside town. Here you can always get a mug of fresh beer, meet your friends, have a quick word with the hostess Madame Ivanova and, of course, listen to the inimitable playing of violinist Sasha.

title: The Last Bottomhole

overview: A drama about a life of ordinary people in a small mining town.

title: The Last Bottomhole

title: The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

overview: Victor Sluzhkin signs on as a teacher of geography in a secondary school in his native Perm (in the Urals) and gets lost in a haze of hard vodka, desperate love for a nymphet-like student and the stress of educating teenagers. Geographer, as the students immediately dub Sluzhkin, attempts to escape from the grueling, dull, stultifying reality of Russia's provincial life in a rafting tour to the Urals. Accompanied by wild, adventure-seeking adolescents, faced with the numerous grim surprises of the nature, Geographer is poised to find himself and his own truth.

original_title: Географ глобус пропил

title: Scourge of God

overview: After leaving prison, 40 years old Lyashenko robbed a man at the station and, along with the money, stole a passport. Realizing that he had robbed his childhood friend, Lyashenko decided to return the stolen goods. A night conversation between the tramp Leonid Lyashenko and the successful official.

title: Country of the Deaf

original_title: Страна глухих

title: S.S.D.

overview: On TV a new reality show, "Pionerlager", has started. Following the results of a casting, five young men and five girls, led by young TV presenter Alice Ten, go to the thrown pioneer camp. The rules state that every week someone would be eliminated from the show. The last one remaining will win the main prize: one million roubles. But suddenly game rules change: the invisible observer declares that it is life, not money, that will be the award for the winner. The maniac hiding behind the mask of a horse, begins a hunt for the participants. Children's horror stories which he once listened to in pioneer camp, revive and become a plot of its own murders.

original_title: ССД: Смерть Советским Детям

title: The Source of Snakes

overview: Provincial story, beautifully played out in the spirit of the sinister detective. Dina, the student of Pedagogical Institute, comes to the practice to the little town paralyzed with fear. A series of mysterious murders seemingly dissimilar girls forcing residents to think that it is a work of a maniac.

original_title: Змеиный источник

title: Vice

title: Seven Booths

overview: What, it would seem, could be more innocent than a women's toilet being renovated? In his booths you can hide from the bustle of the big city, discuss lovers, drink, cry, sleep, smoke and have sex... And you can also hide in it what no one should find.  An unknown beauty leaves a disc with information in the toilet. Two gangsters come to collect theirs and 7 stalls in the closet of a fashionable nightclub become the stage for one of the most unexpected stories of our time.

original_title: Семь кабинок

title: Cracked

overview: A movie producer tries to find a double for a diva with drug problems.

title: The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

original_title: Географ глобус пропил

title: The Count of Montenegro

overview: Andrey inherits a map to his great-grandmother's treasure, a gift from her lover, and hidden since the early 19th century. He and Mikhail, the descendant of his great-grandmother's lover, follow the map's clues to Montenegro.

title: PG 16...

title: Piranha Hunt

overview: Agent of special department "Piranha" Kirill Mazur and his colleague Olga go to the far north with the assignment to liquidate an underwater secret weapon lab in the guise of a mutual vacation. All of a sudden, they find themselves in the world where civilization laws are forgotten, and this deadly weapons are kept by gangsters who are controlled by a new "master of taiga" Prohor, whose leisure time is spent hunting at humans. Mazur didn't know that he would have to trade his familiar gun for a hand-made bone knife, and save his companion and himself instead of saving the world. For them, this safari in northern forests would be no less dangerous as for the live targets.

original_title: Охота на пиранью

title: Swing

overview: The life of a characters of this movie can be described as a swing - up and down, up and down; each day, each week...

title: A Real Dad

overview: Roman Shilo, a known criminal, suddenly must deal with his fourteen years old daughter and not only with her but with her little stepbrother and stepsister as well.

original_title: Реальный папа

title: Hipsters

title: Jolly Fellows;)

overview: The beginning musician Kostya Potekhin, in order to win the favor of a beautiful girl, agrees to participate in a musical television contest. But you only need to participate with your musical group, which he does not have. Within a few days, he will have to assemble his group, find reliable friends and meet real love.

original_title: Весёлые ребята;)

title: The Iron Ivan

overview: He was called the Champion of Champions. The strength and strong-willed character Poddubniy composed legends. And 50 great fighter effortlessly overcame young athletes, and questions of honor and justice did not know compromises. And only love could put Russian Heroes on both blades

title: Over the Dark Water

overview: Leningrad; 60th years; white nights. Walking on Neva Embankment, the charming provincial has met three friends: poet, artist and film director. And each of young people has suggested to marry him.

original_title: Над темной водой

title: Butterfly Kiss

overview: He is the genius of industrial espionage. She is a Chinese. She has nothing, she does not even have a name. They love each other madly, but they belong to the system. Go away from the system can only be to the madhouse, or to the grave.

original_title: Поцелуй бабочки

title: PickUp: With no Rules

overview: Three young guys are spending their days and nights trying to pick up as many girls as possible.

original_title: Пикап: Съем без правил

title: Woman's Own

overview: A student is trying to build a career in theater using not his talent but looks and sexuality.

original_title: Женская собственность

title: The Bolshoi

overview: Young and extremely talented dancer Yulya Olshanskaya from a small mining town draws a “happy ticket”: she is noticed by a former ballet dancer Pototsky and he promises her a future of great ballerina, worthy of the main stage of the country. However, in order to become a diamond, anyone, even the most outstanding brilliant, needs to be cut, and the way to the legendary stage of The Bolshoi Theatre for Yulya lies through the walls of the ballet school, where the more capricious teacher Galina Mikhailovna Beletskaya takes custody of the rebellious provincial.  Turning into a prima will require incredible self-denial, and Yulya herself will have to make sure that the big ballet is not only the whiteness of the packs, the gold of the boxes and the slip of silk ribbons. But no obstacles will stop the one who has the big dream.

title: Tutor

overview: The 17-year-old Savva is getting ready to enrol at university. His parents go on vacation, conferring the responsibility for preparing the entrance exams onto the son. Savva finds a foreign literature teacher on the Internet site “Your Tutor”.

original_title: Ваш репетитор

title: Sea Wolf

overview: Humphrey Van-Weyden, a young literary man, decides to visit a friend. On the ferry "Martinez" he sails from San Francisco to the other side of the bay. In the fog, the ferry collides with a large vessel and sinks in minutes. Finding himself in the water, Humphrey quickly became exhausted. Salvation came unexpectedly. A passing schooner happened to spot a man in the water. So Humphrey found himself on board the fishing schooner "Ghost", commanded by the captain "Wolf" Larsen...

original_title: Морской волк

title: Cynics

overview: 1918, Petrograd. The young historian Vladimir meets Olga, the daughter of the wealthy parents who have emigrated from the country after the first decrees of the Soviet power. Olga both hates revolution, and is fascinated by her.

title: Odessa

overview: Odessa, August 1970. A heat wave. The city is full of tourists. Boris, a journalist and foreign affairs specialist, and his eight-year-old son Valeri arrive from Moscow to visit Boris’ in-laws, Grigori Iosifovich and Raisa Irovna Davidov. But on the day of their arrival, Odessa declares a quarantine due to a cholera outbreak, and the city is closed off. Having come for a few days, the son-in-law is plunged into a world changed by serious danger. Family secrets will be disclosed, improbable events happen, and a great forbidden love starts.

title: Hypnosis

overview: Teenage boy Misha attends hypnosis sessions with psychotherapist Volkov to recover from sleepwalking. As a result, Misha falls under the influence of a hypnologist to such an extent that he ceases to understand where reality is and where illusion is. After the mysterious death of one of Volkov’s patients, Misha decides to conduct an investigation to get to the bottom of the truth. But what if the dream and reality merged into one, and in the end he becomes the main suspect?

title: The Frenchman

overview: In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow — not just the traditional one, but the underground one as well. During his year in Russia’s capital Pierre lives an entirely different life than what he’s used to. But the internship and the experience of the Soviet people’s way of life are not the only things Pierre is after. He’s searching for his father, White officer Tatishchev, who was arrested in the 1930s.

title: Odessa

title: Hypnosis

title: Payback for Love

overview: Masha is coming from the city to help hold a village wedding. During the celebration for her rude stick host club and the local rich semen. Girl rescues Sasha, working on Seeds.  Sasha accompanies Masha home, and soon their tender friendship grows into a real strong feeling. But semen does not leave the desire to take revenge on an opponent for a story on the wedding. He is stalking the younger sister Sasha Vika and kills her, leaving the corpse near the cell phone, which Sasha gave to Mary. All the evidence against Masha! The court gives her a cruel sentence…

original_title: Расплата за любовь

title: The Admirer

overview: Parents of thirteen years old Lena just got divorced. Lena wants to prove that they live nicely even with her mother alone and that she is independent. The girl goes to work at post office utilizing there her resourcefulness and charm. At work everyone talks about a serial killer who keeps the entire region in terror. One night a stranger defends Lena from some hooligans and as Lena thinks, he continues assisting her incognito. The girl is ready to believe and convince others that her protector is that horrible maniac. At first, these relationships with her odd admirer seem as a gamble for Lena, but then she gets convinced that this game became deadly dangerous...

title: Love the Healing Power

overview: Anya has a great joy — she wins the beauty contest. It would seem that a great reason for happiness, but there is bad news: taking advantage of the circumstances, Rita's friend decides to get the groom Ani Andrew.  Rita's plan is only partially fulfilled, but it is enough for Anya and Andrei to part. Anya went to Moscow, Andrew accepts a job offer and should also be in the capital. And at a time when it seems that each of them has found a new soul mate, fate pushes them together again.

original_title: Любви целительная сила

title: Katafalk

overview: What you won't do for the happiness of your only daughter! Successfully get rid of the "beloved child" and not go broke at the same time - that's the only dream of a punchy mother.  An old car - once a chic symbol of well-being - will be given as a dowry to the simpleton who agrees to go down the aisle. But love makes its own corrections.

title: Love as a Motive

overview: Dina’s mother moves to live with her daughter and almost immediately tension and conflicts arise between her and her son-in-law Pasha. Mother is trying to open Dina’s eyes on her husband, but she does not want to listen to anything. Mother decides to go to the country and asks her son-in-law to help transport things. But she immediately returns and admits that by accident ... she killed Pasha. Now Dina and mother live in constant fear that everything will open. And at the same time, they gradually learn more and more unpleasant and mysterious details about Pasha. And when it is not known why the mother is dying, and Vedernikov’s operas come to the apartment, Dina is already on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

original_title: Любовь, как мотив

title: Pobochnyy Effekt

overview: At a social event, Pavel Grichikhin, a journalist and editor-in-chief of the online publication for women who have been subjected to domestic violence, sees a fragile, pale girl who whispers to him with one lips: “Help ...” Then she, taking some medications under the watchful supervision of her husband . Pavel understands that there is some kind of secret and decides, no matter what, to get to the bottom of the matter and save the girl ...

original_title: Побочный эффект

title: Danube

overview: The introvert Russian girl Nadia goes on holiday to Belgrade, inhabited by extrovert Serbians. She lives according to a plan, while the Belgraders live for joy. At first, Nadia is involved with the local guy Nesha, and then with his relaxed, semi-vagrant way of life. She takes the impulsive decision to give up her dull job and Moscow for the sake of love, freedom and Belgrade. Both this love, and this freedom must undergo the test of reality, which is always more difficult than our expectations.

title: The Bolshoi

title: The Bolshoi

title: Distraction for the Soul

overview:
Based on the novel by same name by Vladimir Makanin.
 A cabinetmaker falls in love with a poetess who is courted by a university professor. The cabinetmaker has a wife and two high school sons. He is confronted with a difficult choice between family and beloved woman...

title: A Man of a Retinue

overview: According to the story of the same name by Vladimir Makanin.  Mitya Rodiontsev, a young employee of the research institute, for some time now became one of those who were in the close circle of the secretary of the director Aglaya Andreyevna and felt well protected from the vicissitudes of fate. Having become a “retinue”, Mitya was no longer engaged in science, but was busy for those who needed him, openly respected him and saw him as a future leader. But once Rodiontsev was not invited to the director’s office for a weekly tea party...

title: Odessa

title: Oxygen

overview: Two people play out a story of love and desperation that's enacted through music in this drama from writer and director Ivan Vyrypaev. Sasha (Alexei Filimonov) is a man in his twenties who lives in the small town of Serpukhov and has fallen in love with a woman who is also named Sasha (Karolina Gruszka).

title: The Double

overview: A man sees his picture on a 'Most Wanted' board and after going to police he meets someone who looks suspiciously similar to him.

title: Styx

overview: Investigator Mukaev is found severely beaten in the park. He completely lost his memory. Back at work, Mukaev learns that he was hunting a serial killer before the attack. Shortly before this incident, Mukaev had suspended everyone from conducting the case and only he had all the information about the case. Resuming the search for the maniac, the investigator learns that all the victims were once his mistresses...It soon turns out that someone is deliberately setting him up, planting evidence confirming his guilt. The atmosphere in the investigation team is heating up... The circle narrows, and then the hero realizes that he is at the center of suspicion, and it is better not to return to his past life...

title: Love

title: Love

title: PG 16...

title: Yankovsky

title: ВГИК100. Признание в любви

original_title: ВГИК100. Признание в любви

title: A Strange Woman

original_title: Странная женщина

title: Into_nation of Big Odesa

original_title: INTO_нация Большой Одессы

The School for Scandal

original_name: Школа злословия

title: A Room With a View of the Lights

original_title: Комната с видом на огни

title: My Step Brother Frankenstein

original_title: Мой сводный брат Франкенштейн

title: Nine Days Until Spring

original_title: Девять дней до весны

title: Life on Loan

original_title: Жизнь взаймы

title: Joke

title: The Road Leading to Happiness

original_title: Дорога, ведущая к счастью

title: Countdown

original_title: Обратный отсчет

title: Lady for One Day

original_title: Леди на день

title: Tartarin of Tarascon

original_title: Тартарен из Тараскона

title: Kandahar

title: Vice

title: Vice

title: Vice

title: Hipsters

title: Hipsters

title: The Lover

title: Country of the Deaf

original_title: Страна глухих

title: Love

title: Katya Ismailova

original_title: Подмосковные вечера

title: The Vaccine

title: Gambrinus

title: The Last Bottomhole

title: The Last Bottomhole

title: The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

original_title: Географ глобус пропил

title: Scourge of God

title: Country of the Deaf

original_title: Страна глухих

title: S.S.D.

original_title: ССД: Смерть Советским Детям

title: The Source of Snakes

original_title: Змеиный источник

title: Vice

title: Seven Booths

original_title: Семь кабинок

title: Cracked

title: The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

original_title: Географ глобус пропил

title: The Count of Montenegro

title: PG 16...

title: Piranha Hunt

original_title: Охота на пиранью

title: A Real Dad

original_title: Реальный папа

title: Swing

title: Hipsters

title: Jolly Fellows;)

original_title: Весёлые ребята;)

title: The Iron Ivan

title: Over the Dark Water

original_title: Над темной водой

title: Butterfly Kiss

original_title: Поцелуй бабочки

title: PickUp: With no Rules

original_title: Пикап: Съем без правил

title: Woman's Own

original_title: Женская собственность

title: The Bolshoi

title: Tutor

original_title: Ваш репетитор

title: Sea Wolf

original_title: Морской волк

title: Cynics

title: Odessa

title: Hypnosis

title: The Frenchman

title: Odessa

title: Hypnosis

title: Payback for Love

original_title: Расплата за любовь

title: The Admirer

title: Love the Healing Power

original_title: Любви целительная сила

title: Katafalk

title: Love as a Motive

original_title: Любовь, как мотив

title: Pobochnyy Effekt

original_title: Побочный эффект

title: Danube

title: The Bolshoi

title: The Bolshoi

title: Distraction for the Soul

title: A Man of a Retinue

title: Odessa

title: Oxygen

title: The Double

title: Styx

title: Love

title: Love

Particle of the Universe

original_name: Частица вселенной

Men Don't Cry

original_name: Мужчины не плачут

The Murderer's Diary

original_name: Дневник убийцы

Red Chapel

original_name: Красная капелла

Queen Margot

original_name: Королева Марго

The Master and Margarita

original_name: Мастер и Маргарита

No One Will Know

original_name: Никто не узнает

Detective Agency Ivan da Marya

original_name: Детективное агентство Иван да Марья

Women in a Game Without Rules

original_name: Женщины в игре без правил

Tango

original_name: Танго на осколках

Sea Wolf

original_name: Морской волк

Охотники за иконами

original_name: Охотники за иконами

Women in a Game Without Rules

original_name: Женщины в игре без правил

Tango

original_name: Танго на осколках