Irma Raush
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irma Yakovlevna Raush (Russian: Ирма Яковлевна Рауш; born 21 April 1938) (aka Irina Yakovleva and Irina Tarkovskaya) is a Russian actress and the first wife of film director Andrei Tarkovsky. She is best known for her role as Durochka in Andrei Rublev and as Ivan's mother in Ivan's Childhood. Irma Raush was born in Saratov on 21 April 1938 into a Volga German family. In 1954 she began to study at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) under Mikhail Romm. She was in the same class as Andrei Tarkovsky, whom she married in April 1957. On 30 September 1962 their son Arseny Tarkovsky was born. They divorced in June 1970. Irma Raush played several roles in Tarkovsky's early films. She played Ivan's mother in Ivan's Childhood in 1962 and Durochka in Andrei Rublev. For the latter role she was awarded the Étoile de Cristal in 1970 for best foreign actress. The Étoile de Cristal was a French film award and predecessor to the César Award. In 1970 she became a film director for the Gorky Film Studio. After finishing her film career she began to write children's books.
Known For
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
Andrei Rublev
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
Ivan's Childhood
A propaganda film about the fate of a peasant son Kostya.
The Peasant's Son
October 1941. The young surgeon Vera Treshnikova is forced, in the name of saving many lives, to become the head of a German hospital for civilians, where she continued her underground struggle against the Germans. And now, after the liberation of the city, she is suspected of aiding and abetting the Nazis.
Doctor Vera
At the peak of the harvesting season, when there is a shortage of machinery and the new one needed adjustment, the chairman of the collective farm entrusts the combine harvesters to the Steppe Squadron of high school students. Only two of them run away from the hard work, the rest carry the labor watch under Sergey Lotarev till the very end with honor. Having learned that his favorite girl betrayed him and began to openly accept the advances of a visiting student, Lotarev decides to leave for the city, but suddenly a hurricane struck the village - and the hero rushes to the aid of his underaged brigade....
Steppe Squadron
A story based on the tales "The Marble Heart" and "The Spessart Inn" by Wilhelm Hauff.
A Fairy Tale Told at Night
The first part "Zhenya" tells about a boy Zhenya, who goes to kindergarten. The story tells about his relationship with his peers and how he was unfairly punished. Will he be able to act manly in this situation? The second part "Buba" is about a 11-year-old musician from a Georgian village, who one day is given a chance to prove himself among adult musicians - he is offered to replace one of the members of an amateur orchestra.
How to Become a Man
A funny story based on series of books about Neznayka by Nikolai Nosov. Directed by Irma Raush with the pseudonym Irina Yakovleva.
Neznayka from our Yard
The 1974 Irina Tarkovskaya Russian family romantic melodrama starring Tengiz Archvadze, Tatyana Batrokova, Valentin Bogdanov, Pyotr Cherkashin, and Vera Golovina.