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Russian film director Andrei Konchalovsky has many films to his credit. He is a representative of several professions: director, actor, producer. His whole life is connected with cinema, he invests in it to the maximum, which can be seen from the masterpieces he created. Andrei Konchalovsky was born on August 20, 1937 in the family of the writer S. V. Mikhalkov and the poetess-translator N. P. Konchalovskaya. The Mikhalkov-Konchalovskys have roots going back to the XNUMXth century. Great-grandfather of Andrei Konchalovsky — artist Vasily Surikov, master of large-scale historical canvases.
As you can already understand, Andrei Konchalovsky — a difficult person, he was brought up according to the traditions of the family. His life experience, of course, was transferred to the cinema, which we can watch with great pleasure. This list contains the best works of Andrei Konchalovsky — if you are a movie buff, you should definitely add them to your collection!
10 Shy people (1987)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 7 of 10 Duration: 118 minutes.
“Shameful people”, perhaps the best work of Konchalovsky in his entire career. Before us is a heartfelt family drama, but if you wish, you can also notice political overtones that show what happened in our country and even predict the future.
A journalist from New York with her spoiled daughter flies to work in a remote area surrounded by impenetrable swamps. The journalist’s sister is waiting for them on the island — the woman has four children, but she pays attention only to three, because the fourth has long turned into an outcast. He went to the city, and for this family the city — evil.
Interesting fact: Barbara Hershey and the younger brother of the famous actor Patrick Swayze played in the movie Shameful People — Don.
9. First Teacher (1965)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 7.5 of 10 Duration: 102 minutes.
It is hard to believe that this strong film was not only Andrei Konchalovsky’s first, but was also his graduation work at VGIK. The picture, based on the novel by Chingiz Aitmatov, has little in common with the book.
Movie action “First teacher” takes us back to 1923. The civil war has just ended. Yesterday’s teacher Duishen came to work in a distant Kyrgyz village on a Komsomol ticket. He decides to return to his life’s work and become a teacher again. However, he must face harsh realities…
Will he be able to get through the difficulties and keep the love for his work?
8. In Siberia (1978)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 8 of 10 Duration: 200 minutes.
Сюжет “Sibiriad” addictive, so make sure you’ve done your homework before watching. It’s impossible to break away! Several generations of the Ustyuzhanin family are shown, how they were influenced by life in Russia from the beginning to the 70s of the 20th century.
Two families live in the small Siberian village of Yelan. There has been a feud between them for a long time. They have no idea that one day they will have to intermarry … Fate will connect them again and again. Families will intertwine in hate and love.
What tragic bloody events await them?
7. House of Fools (2002)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 6.8 of 10 Duration: 104 minutes.
Painting by Andrei Konchalovsky 2002 “House of Fools” tells not about a psychiatric hospital, but about the world in which we live! The film is filled with metaphors and reminiscences, sometimes opportunistic, sometimes tendentious, but at the same time causing laughter and tears, and even such a bright feeling as love.
Somewhere in Chechnya there is a clinic for the mentally ill. A war breaks out in the distance, but gradually it gets closer… One day, the clinic staff, along with the head doctor, disappears somewhere, and the patients get a chance to do what they please… But a Chechen detachment suddenly appears and puts things in order, and the next day they come Russian troops.
How will the sick perceive the madness of war?
Interesting fact: “House of Fools” won the Grand Prix at the Venice Film Festival — prestigious high level award.
6. White Nights of Postman Alexey Tryapitsyn (2014)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 6.9 of 10 Duration: 90 minutes.
“White Nights of the Postman Alexei Tryapitsyn” — The movie is not meant to be seen “once”. You will definitely want to return to it again. The film touches the soul, telling about the measured life in the village, which is fundamentally different from life in the city.
People in the villages live as if in isolation from the state. In such places they do what they please, and often in these parts remote from cities, the representative of the state is the postman. It connects the villagers with civilization. One of these postmen became the central character in Konchalovsky’s painting.
5. Uncle Vanya (1970)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 7.8 of 10 Duration: 104 minutes.
The issue covered in the picture “Uncle Ivan”, as old as the world. The main character is in love with a woman, and she loves another. This is a film about ordinary people who sit at the table while their destinies are falling apart … The film is based on the play by the great A.P. Chekhov. Surprisingly, the play, like the film, is still relevant today.
At the center of history — Russian provincials, whose life, it seems, did not take place as desired. They are tormented by the feeling that all the best is already behind … For Uncle Vanya, the situation is aggravated by the light feeling for the woman that came to him. He is unrequited in love.
How can a person live when he feels doomed?
4. Dear comrades! (2020)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 7 of 10 Duration: 116 minutes.
“Dear comrades!” — A new film by Andrei Konchalovsky about the secret execution of a peaceful demonstration of workers in Novocherkassk in 1962. Director’s task — to show that even after 60 years nothing has changed in the country, people have remained the same.
In 1962, there was a strike at a factory in Novocherkassk, where people demanded lower food prices and higher wages. Workers from other enterprises also go on strike, so the army soon arrives on the scene.
An employee of the party committee is sure that she is building a communist society and is angry at those who cause confusion. But when her young daughter goes missing, the world collapses…
3. Odyssey (1997)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 8.1 of 10 Duration: 172 minutes.
If you’re looking for a film that instills true values and showcases a light love story, take a look. “Odysseus”. In 1997, those special effects that are shown in the film were new, but it is not computer graphics that are striking, but the acting and the fabulous love story.
For years the Greeks fought under the walls of Troy. Thousands of desperate warriors died. No one understood who the gods supported … But the cunning king came up with a plan on how to get into Troy. After 10 years of siege, they won, and Odysseus, proud, challenged the gods. But this offended Poseidon, now Odysseus will never be able to see his wife and son …
2. Paradise (2016)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 6.8 of 10 Duration: 131 minutes.
Get ready for what “Paradise” will grab you alive. No one can argue with the fact that Konchalovsky — genius. Everyone should see this film, it collected about two dozen prizes at festivals from Venice to Chicago. Vysotskaya sacrificed her hair for the role.
Olga — Russian aristocrat. During a Nazi inspection, she was arrested for hiding Jewish children. In prison, she has a chance to live by less strict rules, because a collaborator falls in love with her … Olga is ready to enter into an intimate relationship with him, if only to survive. Olga finds herself in a concentration camp and meets a German SS officer who was once in love with her. A strange painful relationship develops between them.
1. Sin (2019)
Rating on KinoPoisk: 6.9 of 10 Duration: 136 minutes.
Sin of greed, vanity, pride — we are all sinful in some way … Konchalovsky’s painting was released in a limited edition. “sin” 100% historical renaissance film. It was filmed in Italy and featured Italian actors. What is it about? About the great sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti.
The picture tells what trials the artist-sculptor had to face on the way to creative success. The film turned out to be very colorful and bright, and the views of Italy are stunning in their beauty! The main role was played by Alberto Testoni, and he did it very convincingly.