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Thereupon, Konchalovsky filmed adaptations of Ivan Turgenev's A Nest of Gentle Folk (1969) and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1970), with Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the title role. In 1979 he was a member of the jury at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival . [ 10 ]
His Russian-French co-production House of Fools (2002) - a story set in an asylum that stands on the border between Russia and Chechenya during the war in Chechenya - was warmly received in Europe and won an honor at the 2002 Venice Film Festival. However the film antagonized the critics in Russia. In the very beginning of his career he was ...
- January 1, 1
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Sep 12, 2014 · Konchalovsky claimed his own first Venice gong last weekend with a Best Director prize. The Postman’s White Nights, his victorious film, is a marvel: a low-budget digital video “docudrama ...
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- The Story of Asya Klyachina (1967) This movie was shelved for 20 years. The love story of modest collective farm girl Asya and a good-for-nothing driver named Stepan was considered to be anti-Soviet - it was impossible (according to the censors) for people in Soviet Russia to be unhappy.
- Uncle Vanya (1970) The movie, based on the celebrated play by Anton Chekhov, brought Konchalovsky his first success abroad - a prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, a prize at the Festival of Soviet Films in Sorrento and a prize at the International Film Festival in Milan.
- House of Fools (2002) This movie received awards in Venice and was nominated (representing Russia) for an Oscar but, at the same time, it was for a long time fiercely accused of being opportunistic.
- The Postman’s White Nights (2014) This movie depicts tiny villages on the shores of a lake, out in the sticks somewhere, whose inhabitants are essentially cut off from civilization.
In 2014, Konchalovsky was awarded a Silver Lion at the 71st Venice Film Festival for 'The Postman's White Nights', the true story of Aleksey Tryaptisyn, a real-life postman based in a remote Russian village surrounding the Kenozero lake.
- August 20, 1937
Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (Russian: Андре́й Серге́евич Михалко́в-Кончало́вский; born 20 August 1937, Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, producer and theater, TV director, who works in Russia and USA. His father was the writer Sergey Mikhalkov (1913) and the brother of Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), who is also a well known ...
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Feb 18, 2021 · Alberto Testone stars as Michelangelo in 'Sin,' a biographical drama about the Renaissance artist directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.
