Inna Churikova

Inna Churikova

Inna Mikhailovna Churikova (1943-2023) was a renowned Soviet and Russian actress celebrated for her extensive work in both film and theater. Born in Belebey, Bashkir ASSR, she moved to Moscow in the early 1950s. She studied at the Stanislavsky Theater's drama studio and graduated from the Shchepkin Theater Institute. Churikova gained fame with films like "No Path Through Fire" (1968) and "The Beginning" (1970), directed by her future husband Gleb Panfilov. Over her career, she appeared in more than 80 films. She received numerous prestigious film awards, including the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival and multiple Nika Awards. Her theater career was equally distinguished. She became a leading actress at the Lenkom Theatre. Some of her notable stage roles included Arkadina in Chekhov's "The Seagull," which earned her the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1996. She also received the Stanislavsky Award (2014) for her contributions to theatrical arts​. Inna Churikova passed away on January 14, 2023. Titles and Recognitions (by year): - Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1977) - For her contributions to Soviet theatrical art. - People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985) - For her contributions to Soviet theatrical art. - People's Artist of the USSR (1991) - For her significant contributions to Soviet theatrical art. - Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France) (2010) - Honored for her outstanding contributions to the arts. - Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts. Major Awards (by year): - Locarno International Film Festival Award (1969) - Best Actress for "No Path Through Fire". - Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival (1984) - For her role in "Wartime Romance". - Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1985) - For her role in the film "Vassa". Nika Award: - Best Actress for "Adam’s Rib" (1991). - Best Supporting Actress for "Bless the Woman" (2004). Golden Eagle Award: - Best Supporting Actress for "The Idiot" (2004). State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996) - For her role in Chekhov's "The Seagull". Stanislavsky Award (2014) - For her outstanding contributions to theater.

  • Title: Inna Churikova
  • Popularity: 4.416
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-10-05
  • Place of Birth: Belebey, Republic of Bashkortostan, USSR
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  • Also Known As: Inna Churikova, Инна Чурикова, Inna Tschurikowa, Інна Чурикова
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Inna Churikova Movies

  • 1965
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    Father Frost

    Father Frost

    6.3 1965 HD

    A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

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  • 1965
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    Thirty-three

    Thirty-three

    6 1965 HD

    The dentist of the provincial town of Upper Yamki made an unexpected scientific discovery by finding the thirty-third tooth in the patient’s...

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  • 1979
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    The Very Same Munchhausen

    The Very Same Munchhausen

    7.5 1979 HD

    A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. His crazy, yet very merriment, stories, views and behavior...

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  • 1990
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    Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

    5.4 1990 HD

    The film is based on the story of Anatoly Kurchatkin "House of Women". A tragicomedy about four women of three generations who lives in a tiny...

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  • 1967
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    The Elusive Revengers

    The Elusive Revengers

    7.1 1967 HD

    Dan'ka's and Ksanka's childhood in the village has been brutally ended when their father was killed by the White Guard officer in front of their...

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  • 2002
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    Casus Belli

    Casus Belli

    1 2002 HD

    A gentleman hires a female private detective to spy on his wife - and suddenly falls in love.

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  • 2019
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    Audience

    Audience

    1 2019 HD

    ...Every Tuesday, at six o'clock in the evening, the Queen of Great Britain gives an audience to the Prime Minister. No one and nothing obliges them...

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  • 2011
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    Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel

    Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel

    4.4 2011 HD

    The final part of Mikhalkov's trilogy about Divisional Commander Kotov finds him returning home during World War II having been betrayed, narrowly...

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  • 1964
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    Walking the Streets of Moscow

    Walking the Streets of Moscow

    7.2 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    Courier

    Courier

    7.5 1986 HD

    Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year...

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  • 1967
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    No Path Through Fire

    No Path Through Fire

    5.8 1967 HD

    A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation.

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  • 1981
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    Khalif the Stork

    Khalif the Stork

    7.1 1981 HD

    A rich caliph is leading a careless life. One day an evil wizard sells him a magic potion that can turn human into any animal he wants. The only...

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  • 1970
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    The Beginning

    The Beginning

    6.4 1970 HD

    A talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress. She plays the role of Baba Yaga in the amateur...

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  • 1993
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    The Delegation

    The Delegation

    3.2 1993 HD

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  • 2022
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    Peppermint Gingerbread

    Peppermint Gingerbread

    1 2022 HD

    "Peppermint Gingerbread" is two stories – two lives. One is extremely sweet and cloying, like a Christmas fairy tale, the second is scary to...

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  • 1995
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    What a Mess!

    What a Mess!

    6.7 1995 HD

    The story starts in a Siberia where world's biggest diamond was found. It is so valuable that it may not only pay off the enormous national debt, but...

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  • 2006
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    Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later

    Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later

    3 2006 HD

    The author's remake of the famous New Year's comedy is not an exact copy of the original. Festive mess in the same House of Culture, where they...

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  • 1966
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    The Cook

    The Cook

    4.2 1966 HD

    Based on the play of the same name by Anatoly Sofronov. In one of the Kuban collective farms, a new beauty-cook has appeared. Many began to look...

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  • 1994
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    The Year of the Dog

    The Year of the Dog

    3 1994 HD

    Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and...

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  • 1989
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    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    1 1989 HD

    TV performance of the famous work of Shakespeare.

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  • 2015
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    Lie for Salvation

    Lie for Salvation

    1 2015 HD

    The action of the play has been transferred to our time. Can a lie be a salvation? Is it possible to save a person by lying?

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  • 2013
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    Aquitaine Lioness

    Aquitaine Lioness

    8 2013 HD

    A TV play in two acts based on the play "The Lion in Winter" by James Goldman. King Henry II, in his declining years, must announce the name of the...

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  • 2003
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    Bless the Woman

    Bless the Woman

    5.7 2003 HD

    Tiny Soviet village by the sea, in the years before the Second World War... A very young girl, Vera, falls madly in love with an older military...

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  • 2023
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    Patient No. 1

    Patient No. 1

    5 2023 HD

    The end of the Soviet empire. The General Secretary lies in the government clinic. He is old and frail, but has a tight grip on power. "The power is...

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  • 1980
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    Valentina

    Valentina

    3.7 1980 HD

    A drama about an affair between 18 years old dinning-room waitress and much older police investigator.

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  • 1976
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    I Wish to Speak

    I Wish to Speak

    6.1 1976 HD

    The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge -...

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  • 1990
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    Mother

    Mother

    4.7 1990 HD

    The social ferment in late 19th century Russia which led to the 1917 Russian Revolution is movingly portrayed in this lengthy historical drama, which...

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  • 1967
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    Elder Sister

    Elder Sister

    5.6 1967 HD

    A drama about a life of two sisters - Nadya and Lida, who both are dreaming about theater and actress career.

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  • 1988
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    The Cat Who Walked by Herself

    The Cat Who Walked by Herself

    5.8 1988 HD

    Two parents put their child in his crib for the night and leave the room. The child starts crying, and the Cat comes into the room to keep him...

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  • 2015
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    Yankovsky

    Yankovsky

    10 2015 HD

    This film is not about Oleg Yankovsky in the usual sense: not a biography of a great actor, not a review of roles. And not the sharp facts from his...

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  • 1966
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    You Youth!

    You Youth!

    1 1966 HD

    A story about high school students preparing for New Year's Eve and what can happen if the wrong person takes over...

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  • 1961
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    Clouds Over Borsk

    Clouds Over Borsk

    4.4 1961 HD

    Tenth grader Olya Ryzhkova can't find understanding among the people around her.

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  • 1983
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    War-Time Romance

    War-Time Romance

    6 1983 HD

    This melodrama revolves around the post-war meeting reunion an intelligent front-line officer, now happily married, and a woman street vendor. This...

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  • 2009
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    Because It's Me

    Because It's Me

    1 2009 HD

    The cycle consists of four short stories ("Record", "Havana", "Close Embrace", "Uncle from Chicago") connected by a common idea - to present...

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  • 2015
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    No Borders

    No Borders

    5.7 2015 HD

    Few not connected novels about the love. Few couples falling in love in different places of post USSR: Moscow, Georgia, Armenia.

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  • 2009
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    Александр Абдулов. Роман с жизнью

    Александр Абдулов. Роман с жизнью

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Land of OZ

    The Land of OZ

    6.1 2015 HD

    In Yekaterinburg over the Christmas period, shop assistant Lenka Shabadinova experiences a number of incredible events and unexpected meetings.

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  • 2015
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    The Best Day Ever

    The Best Day Ever

    5.3 2015 HD

    For a successful Road Patrol Service officer time to start a family, but he lives with his mother. When Petia decides to propose Olya marriage, his...

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  • 1984
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    Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    6 1984 HD

    Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to obtain a large loan. He comes to a small...

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  • 1965
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    Where Are You Now, Maxim?

    Where Are You Now, Maxim?

    1 1965 HD

    A story of a young man who is returning to his home town after being evacuated as a boy during WWII.

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  • 1994
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    Ryaba, My Chicken

    Ryaba, My Chicken

    5.2 1994 HD

    In Soviet days an old peasant woman's hen begins to lay golden eggs. Of course, everyone agrees that she should share the wealth like a good citizen.

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  • 2015
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    Save My Speech

    Save My Speech

    1 2015 HD

    This is the story of the poet Osip Mandelstam, recreated at the intersection of the arts and genres: puppet theater, design, computer graphics,...

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  • 2007
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    Keep Forever

    Keep Forever

    1 2007 HD

    Diplomat Volodin is going to work in the States for a responsible job. But, having crossed the ocean, he immediately went over to the Americans. And...

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  • 2009
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    Marriage

    Marriage

    1 2009 HD

    About the hapless bridegroom Podkolesin, who escaped from the bride through the window, and the picky bride Agafya Tikhonovna, who can not choose the...

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  • 2008
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    Guilty Without Guilt

    Guilty Without Guilt

    1 2008 HD

    In a small provincial town, a famous actress comes on tour, who once fled from here from the shame of unhappy love. Many years ago, she was forced to...

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  • 1983
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    Vassa

    Vassa

    6.3 1983 HD

    Screen adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky "Vassa Zheleznova". Saga of the death of a merchant family. For many years, Vassa Zheleznova has been...

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  • 1979
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    The Theme

    The Theme

    5.3 1979 HD

    In search of inspiration and new topics, the famous metropolitan writer Kim Yesenin goes to the province. Unexpectedly for himself, he discovers that...

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  • 1988
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    I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman

    I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman

    5.7 1988 HD

    This glasnost-era documentary, which incorporates footage from films from the 1920s through the 1980s, looks at the history of women in Russian...

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  • 2016
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    Autumn Memories

    Autumn Memories

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2000
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    The Romanovs: A Crowned Family

    The Romanovs: A Crowned Family

    5.1 2000 HD

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  • 2016
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    Легенды кино

    Легенды кино

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    7.8 2003 HD

    The Idiot is a costume drama TV series produced by Russia TV Channel in 2003, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same title. The series'...

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  • 2005
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    Винтовая лестница

    Винтовая лестница

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2018
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    Dinosaur

    Dinosaur

    9.5 2018 HD

    The elderly criminal authority Semyon Timofeevich Babushkin, about whose thieving talent legends were made up at the time, has not left prison for...

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  • 2000
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    Secrets of Palace Coups

    Secrets of Palace Coups

    1 2000 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Moscow Saga

    The Moscow Saga

    1 2004 HD

    Moscow. The year is 1925. Professor Gradov, his wife Mary, their children Nina, Nikita and Kirill, and long-term friends at home, relatives from...

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  • 1984
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    Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    8.3 1984 HD

    Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to obtain a large loan. He comes to a small...

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