Viktor Semenyuk
Directing
Biography
Soviet and Russian documentary filmmaker. In 1963 he graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Kharkiv State University, in 1975 — the workshop of Mikhail Romm and Leonid Christie at the directing Faculty of VGIK. One of the classics of the Leningrad Documentary Film School (Lendoc). Author and director of more than 50 documentaries, who has educated many students and followers. Founder of the Directing Department of the St. Petersburg University of Cinema and Television.
Known For
People travel in narrow train carriages across a vast and beautiful country. Villages, cities, cemeteries, forests and factories float past the windows... Who are all these people? Where is the train going, and is there a driver on it?
State Road
The film tells about the social activities of the world chess champion Anatoliy Karpov, his scientific work and hobbies, about the preparation for the 1981 World Cup. A dream of any chess spectator and greetings from 1980 to modern attempts to introduce elements of the show into the organization of super tournaments.
Karpov Plays with Karpov
The documentary film dedicated to the life of Nicholas II and his family was edited from chronicle of 1896-1916 from the funds of The Russian State Documentary Film & Photo Archive.
House of Romanov
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Фермеры
About the USSR national volleyball team, which became the world champion in 1978, and its senior coach Vyacheslav Platonov.
An Equation With Six Known
The emergence of private entrepreneurship during the years of perestroika. Bold market pioneers sell their simple products and argue with dissatisfied customers.
Entrepreneurs
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Smoke of the Fatherland
The film was shot in the year of the 975th anniversary of Yaroslavl. The painting is based on portraits of Yaroslavl residents from the distant past and Yaroslavl residents of the late twentieth century: workers, restorers, engineers, artists. The frame contains many recognizable places of the city, as well as courtyards, factories, and cultural institutions. This 10-minute film perfectly conveys the atmosphere of life in Yaroslavl in the mid-1980s.
Yaroslavl Portrait
About the development of the Tyumen North, the difficult living and working conditions in this harsh region.