Personal Info
Birth date
1923-06-28 (102 Years)
Day of death
1987-09-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Urazovo, Kurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Also known as
Vladimir Basov
Владимир Басов
V.P. Basov
V. Basov
V.Basov
В. Басов
Vladimir Basov
Biography
Soviet film director, screenwriter, actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (03.17.1964). People's Artist of the RSFSR (7.01.1977). People's Artist of the USSR (10/14/1983). Vladimir Basov went to the front in July 1941. First, the lieutenant of the quartermaster’s service, Basov served as the head of the club of the 4th Separate Rifle Brigade, for the excellent organization of amateur performances in combat conditions, he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". And then his military fate makes a sharp turn and Vladimir Basov becomes a mortar man. A lot of feats were made by the mortar battery of senior lieutenant Basov, he was wounded on February 23, 1945, returned to service after being wounded. The war ended with the rank of captain and as deputy chief of the operational department of the 28th separate artillery division of the breakthrough of the reserve of the High Command. In 1947 he entered the directing department (workshop of Yutkevich and Romm). Member of the CPSU (b) since 1948. Since 1952 - director of the Mosfilm film studio. In 1952, after graduating from VGIK, as an assistant director, he participated in the filming of the film "Przhevalsky" (the director of the film was his teacher Sergei Yutkevich). The first directorial work was a film adaptation of the performance of the Theater Studio of the film actor "The Workman" (1953, together with Mstislav Korchagin). As a film actor he made his debut in his film School of Courage (1954). He starred in more than 80 films. Vladimir Basov is a brilliant character and comedian. One of the best directorial work of Vladimir Basov was the film "Shield and Sword" (1968). Vladimir Basov died on the morning of September 17, 1987 from a second stroke in his Moscow apartment. He was buried at the Kuntsevsky cemetery in Moscow.
Filmography
The Shield and the Sword
6.6
Overview:
The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. The Russian military command suspects hostile intent from Germany and so arranges for its spies to infiltrate ranks of the German military and the SS. Alexander Belov is a Russian spy, who travels from Soviet-held Latvia to Nazi Germany under an alias of Johann Weiss. His mastery of the German language, steel nerves and an ability to manipulate others help him to use his connections in the SS to ascend the ladder of the German intelligence. He uses his position to identify sympathetic Germans, who help him to procure vital intelligence, and to help local resistance movements in their collective fight against Nazism.The Adventures of the Electronic
7
Overview:
A Soviet scientist creates a brilliant robot. This is a boy who is able to solve any mathematical problems, he writes the best essays and sings perfectly! And he is also an exact copy of schoolboy Seryozha Syroezhkin. A clever boy quickly shifts all his duties to an electronic double. He does his homework for him, goes to school and does household chores that his parents entrust to Syroezhkin...Captain Nemo
6.5
Overview:
A Soviet three-part television miniseries directed by Vasily Levin loosely based on the novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.The Days of the Turbins
8
Overview:
A soviet propaganda film about the Bloshevik coup of Kyiv. Winter of 1918-1919. The power in the city passes from the hetman to the Directorate of Ukraine, then from Petliura to the Bolsheviks. Turbins and their acquaintances have to make their choice. Colonel Alexei Turbin and his brother Nicholas remain loyal to the White Movement and bravely defend it, without worrying about their lives. Elena's (née Turbin) husband, Vladimir Talberg flees shamefully from the city with the retreating German troops. In this troubled time, the family and close friends gather and celebrate the New Year. A strange and slightly ridiculous person comes to visit them, a distant relative of the Turbins: Larion SurzhanskyOperation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
7.5
Overview:
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. "Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures" was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.Afonya
7.883
Overview:
The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his life partying with "buddies", many of whom he doesn't even remember after nights of heavy drinking. His wife leaves him, his boss places him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. Afonya met Katya at a dance club, yet didn't pay her much attention. But she is the one, who can save him... In this movie Daneliya achieves a perfect balance of satire and drama. Quotes from the movie gained a cult status in USSR.Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
7.623
Overview:
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...Mimino
7.541
Overview:
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.The Adventures of Buratino
6.65
Overview:
A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.Walking the Streets of Moscow
7.1
Overview:
On a stopover in Moscow, a young writer Volodya makes friends with Kolya, who is returning home from a hard night shift. Just as Kolya is about to take a rest, he is met by his old friend Sasha, who wants help getting a deferral from military service so that he can get married.Thirty-three
6.023
Overview:
The dentist of the provincial town of Upper Yamki made an unexpected scientific discovery by finding the thirty-third tooth in the patient’s oral cavity, Ivan Sergeyevich Travkin. Travkin, exhausted from pain, was taken to Moscow. Ivan Sergeyevich first becomes a patient of a madhouse (thanks to envious persons), and then — a hero of a scientific international conference and, finally, a patient of a dentist professor Bruk.The Flight
5.6
Overview:
The film is about a group of people who in other times wouldn't have anything in common, some of them innocent bystanders, some moral criminals. But nothing is straightforward and simple. From Russia "the run" continues to Constantinople, to Paris, back to Russia. Some of them have understood that they can't live outside Russia and go back maybe to be happy, maybe not, some go back to face sure death for their crimes, some don't go back and know that are going to miss homeland forever, some are comfortably well off (are they?) in exile. Sentimental without syrup, tragic and comical at the same time.Crime and Punishment
5.708
Overview:
Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-law student, kills an old pawnbroker and her sister, perhaps for money, perhaps to prove a theory about being above the law. He comes to police attention through normal procedures (he was the victim's client), but his outbursts make him the prime suspect of the clever Porfiry. Meanwhile, life swirls around Raskolnikov: his mother and sister come to the city followed by two older men seeking his sister's hand; he meets a drunken clerk who is then killed in a traffic accident, and he falls in love with the man's daughter, Sonia, a young prostitute. She urges him to confess, promising to follow him to Siberia. Will he accept responsibility?Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram
4
Overview:
The film tells about the life of the Soviet country in the 30s of the twentieth century, based on the feuilletons and notebooks of famous writers Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov…100 grams for Bravery
5.917
Overview:
The movie consists of three short stories that share a common satirical theme: alcoholism and drunkenness. The stories are "Such an imprudence!," "According to the laws of hospitality," "100 grams for bravery".Domestic Circumstances
7.3
Overview:
Multiply love stories are going around the young family including the newlyweds parnts and even... a grandmother.Teheran '43
6.232
Overview:
This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world leaders in order to undermine the Allied forces. He commissioned the German agent Max Richard to carry out his plan, but it failed miserably due to the quick action and thinking of Andrei. While in Teheran, Andrei met a French woman, Marie Louni, living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair. Nearly four decades later, the Nazi officer has been captured - but not for long. Freed by terrorists, the officer is hunting down the German agent who failed to carry out the planned assassinations. Max lives at Françoise, a young French woman, who hides him.Look for a Woman
7.2
Overview:
The story begins when Alice Postique, who had to stay late at work, discovers her boss Roche with a knife in his back. When the police detective arrives, Alice recognizes him as her old friend.Days of the Turbins
5.9
Overview:
Masterfully done re-telling of Bulgakov's brilliant play (itself a version of the novel, "White Guard"), "Days of the Turbins".Be My Husband
6.925
Overview:
The children's doctor is sent on leave to the south where its services in quality "husband" were necessary for young and very beautiful woman.The Adventures of Prince Florisel
6.2
Overview:
A mostly comical tale of all-powerful and wealthy Bavarian prince adventures that started when prince was seeking to deal with the boredom. Joining the Club of Suicide society, he uncovered the mastermind criminal behind it, and vowed to get rid of him by any means necessary, following deaths of several servants when dreaded president of club makes dashing escape. During that point, story changes into nearly second movie, as prince has to uncover yet another crime.Vacation at Your Own Expense
5
Overview:
A young girl from the Siberian province arrives in Moscow for her beloved, whom she met during his business trip. He is a test designer for buses and will be on a business trip to Hungary. It was at this point that Katya set her vacation time. But it seems that they didn’t really wait for her... However, a meeting with László changes all her plans...Acting
2016Легенды кино (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2005Как уходили кумиры (1 Episode) as Himself / ArchiveFootage
1984Time and the Conways as Ernest Beevers in maturity
1984First Cavalry as Unknown
1984Comet as Unknown
1983The Story of the Voyages as Barrister
1983The Trust That Has Burst as Pseudo John Perpoint Morgan
1983The Trust That Has Burst (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1983Ищите женщину (2 Episodes) as Monsieur Jacques-Pierre Antoine
1982The Circus Princess as Pelikan
1982Premonition Of Love as дядя Вася
1982Look for a Woman as Monsieur Jacques-Pierre Antoine
1982Urgent... Secret... CheKa as Unknown
1982Never Guessed and Didn't Expect as Disinfector
1982The Boatswain and The Parrot as (voice)
1982New Year's Song of Father Frost as Unknown
1982The Imp N13 as Teacher / Учитель
1982Saturday and Sunday as Unknown
1982Vacation at Your Own Expense as Evdokimov
1981Facts of the Past Day as Vereschagin
1981Silva as генерал фон Ронсдорф
1981Teheran '43 as taxi driver
1981Be My Husband as пляжник
1981The Woman in White as Louis, Sir Fairlie's Footman
1980The Adventures of the Electronic (3 Episodes) as Стамп
1980The Evening Labyrinth as Unknown
1980The Adventures of the Electronic as Stump
1980Pani Mariya as фотограф
1980Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears as Anton Kruglov
1980Punchy Man as изобретатель
1980Open Book (1 Episode) as Пётр Николаевич Власенков
1979The Grandmothers Told in Two... as Unknown
1979Pena as Кочевряжкин
1979Поездка через город as Unknown
1979Schedule for the Day After Tomorrow as Unknown
1979The Adventures of Prince Florisel as Инспектор Трентон
1978Волшебный голос Джельсомино (2 Episodes) as король Джакомон
1978The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel as Block Silent
1978Funny People! as Авдиесов, дьякон
1978While the Dream is Mad as Unknown
1978Poslednyaya nevesta Zmeya Gorynycha as Zmey (voice) / Змей Горыныч
1978Live in Joy as «Дипломат» (Виталий Гаврилович Марципанов, жулик)
1978Legends of Peruvian Indians as (voice)
1978Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street... as контролёр (новелла «Комод»)
1978A Dog Was Walking on the Piano as Unknown
1977About the Little Red Riding Hood as худой волк
1977Nose as Unknown
1977Domestic Circumstances as Unknown
1977Chefs Came to Competition... as Владислав Константинович - учитель танцев
1977Domestic Circumstances as Unknown
1977The Miracle Voice of Gelsomino as King Giacomon
1977Mimino as Rodion Vasilievich Sinitsin - the opera singer
1977100 grams for Bravery as Ruzhevsky
1977Tom Thumb as Landowner (voice)
1977Ivan and Colombina as кладовщик
1976A Sentimental Romance as Gorodnitskiy's father
1976Days of the Turbins as Виктор Викторович Мышлаевский, штабс-капитан
1976The Days of the Turbins (3 Episodes) as Myshlaevsky
1976Ау-у! (Киноальманах) as Андрей Степаныч/король («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
1976Slashing Fellow as Unknown
1976Captain Nemo (1 Episode) as Ruaye
1976Afonya as Владимир Иванович Беликов, сотрудник ЖЭКа
1976The Sun, the Sun Again as Ван Ваныч
1976Приключения Буратино (2 Episodes) as Дуремар
1975The Adventures of Buratino as Duremar / Дуремар
1975Step Forward as Streshnikov
1975Войникът от обоза as Johann
1975Captain Nemo as Royer
1975Under the Roofs of Montmartre as Unknown
1975Vassilissa Mikulishna as Tsar Vladimir (voice)
1973Cipollino as Prince Lemon
1973Nylon 100% as адвокат Василий Киреев
1973Hopelessly Lost as Pap Finn
1973Country House as Unknown
1973The Long Recess (4 Episodes) as фотограф
1972Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram as Passazhir tramvaya / nachalnik otdela
1972The Long Recess as photographer
1972Dangerous Corner as Charles Stanton
1972Back to Life as Unknown
1971The Love of Three Oranges as маэстро Дапертутто
1971The Flight as Артур Артурович ("Тараканий царь")
1971The Roundabout as Smychkov
1970Crime and Punishment as Luzhin
1970Bridges Over Oblivion as Bandit 1
1970Чудный характер as Unknown
1969In the Thirteenth Hour of the Night as Studio Director
1968The Shield and the Sword (1 Episode) as Bruno
1968The Magician as Asrtist
1965Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures as суровый милиционер, новелла «Напарник»
1965Thirty-three as director of the regional museum
1964Walking the Streets of Moscow as Floor Polisher
1960Queen of Spades as (voice)
1956Первые радости as Unknown
Writing
1990Mousetrap ... Screenplay
1986Seven Screams Across the Sea ... Screenplay
1984Time and the Conways ... Writer
1981Facts of the Past Day ... Writer
1976Days of the Turbins ... Writer
1976The Days of the Turbins (3 Episodes) ... Writer
1973Nylon 100% ... Screenplay
1972Dangerous Corner ... Writer
1972Back to Life ... Writer
1968The Shield and the Sword (4 Episodes) ... Screenplay
1964The Blizzard ... Writer
1964Silence ... Writer
Crew
1990Mousetrap ... In Memory Of
Directing
1986Seven Screams Across the Sea ... Director
1984Time and the Conways ... Director
1981Facts of the Past Day ... Director
1980Little Stork ... Director
1978Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street... ... Director
1976Days of the Turbins ... Director
1976The Days of the Turbins (3 Episodes) ... Director
1973Nylon 100% ... Director
1972Dangerous Corner ... Director
1972Back to Life ... Director
1968The Shield and the Sword (4 Episodes) ... Director
1964The Blizzard ... Director
1964Silence ... Director
1961Battle on the way ... Director
1959Life Has Passed By ... Director
1958The Incident at Mine No. 8 ... Director
1957An Unusual Summer ... Director
1956Первые радости ... Director
1955Wreck of the Emirate ... Director
1954Courage School ... Director
1953The Parasite ... Director
Creator
1968The Shield and the Sword ... Creator