Actor: Zhanna Prokhorenko

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Birthday: 1940-05-11
Born in: Poltava, USSR (Ukraine)
Biography: Zhanna Prokhorenko (11 May 1940 – 1 August 2011) was a Soviet actress, best known for her role in Grigory Chukhray's film Ballad of a Soldier. She was awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1988. She was also a recipient of the Order of the Badge of Honour and of the Medal "For Labour Valour".

Known for

Ballad of a Soldier

During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.
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Ballad of a Soldier

1959

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Attack and Retreat

Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.
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Attack and Retreat

1964

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Sokolovo

The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.
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Charlotte Necklace

While investigating a murder KGB detectives discover a criminal group which transfers a stolen artworks abroad .
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Charlotte Necklace

1984

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The Red Snowball Tree

A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.
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The Red Snowball Tree

1974

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The Marriage of Balzaminov

Based on the trilogy of Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Moscow, XIX century. A small official Misha Balzaminov lives in a small house. He, like his mother, sees his happiness in marrying a rich bride. Misha images in dreams and fantasies that he is a general or even a king — rich and domineering. And in reality, poor Balzaminov is haunted by setbacks...
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The Marriage of Balzaminov

1964

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Golden Mine

The film is set in the 1970s Leningrad, Russia. Fugitive Brunov is a dangerous criminal, who escaped from jail. He is after the treasure that was hidden by him years ago at his former country-house. He is having plastic surgery to hide his identity, while preparing for his next crime. He is trying to kill another man, who is also after the same treasure. Investigators Zarubin, Kromkin and Lebedeva are untangling the case.
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Golden Mine

1977

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One Chance in One Thousand

In German-occupied Crimea during WWII, a group of Russian soldiers employ unusual tactics to steal classified documents from their enemies.
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One Chance in One Thousand

1968

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Point, Point, Comma...

A lyric comedy about eight-graders, their life and first love...
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Point, Point, Comma...

1972

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Point, Point, Comma...

A lyric comedy about eight-graders, their life and first love...
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Point, Point, Comma...

1972

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