Acting
Jul 18, 1960
Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Russia]
Vera Sotnikova
Acting
Biography
Vera Mikhailovna Sotnikova is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, TV presenter. Repeatedly she starred in television movies and television series. She graduated from Moscow Theater Actor's School under Oleg Yefremov and became a notable Soviet actress appearing in more than 40 movie productions between 1983 and 2008. She was involved with a Soviet rocker Vladimir Kuzmin for 7 years, producing a number of video clips for him. She is currently working in various theatres in Russia and is quite active in the movie business as well. She is a virtual unknown in the West, however, since all her movie and television work targeted Russian audiences.
Feature Films (29)
Ivan Miroshnikov, 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 mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
Messenger Boy
Katya and her husband Alexey had a quiet normal life until the picture of Katya suddenly made a magazine front cover.
Tango of Love
New Year's Eve 2006. Our days, the place is a certain town, where famous artists are brought by chance. The film is based on sketches from popular films.
First Express
An amazing story about how Tevye the Dairyman, a poor man burdened with a family, was suddenly made happy by an extraordinary event, one worthy of description. It is told by Tevye himself and passed on word for word.
Tevye the Milkman
In 1568, Saadi prince Abdelmalek is exiled from Morocco by his brothers, an event that is only the beginning of his adventures: fighting the Spanish Inquisition, taking part in the Battle of Lepanto, being incarcerated in Alicante prison, and assist in the Conquest of Tunis. Eventually, he returns to Morocco to fulfill his destiny.
Drums of Fire
The action of the movie is set in the late 11th century Constantinople during the time of the 1st Crusade. The crusaders need the help of the emperor Alexius to get to Jerusalem while the latter tries to do his best to get rid of the unwelcome guests. At the same time Caesar Nicephorus plays his own game and betrays his royal fiancée Anna Comnena while trying to win the heart of the beautiful countess Brigitta.
A Chivalrous Romance
Criminal Investigation Officer Sergei Voronin takes his position by vocation. He created a club of young friends of the police, in which the guys go in for sports and meet interesting people. But he is worried about the company of guys who fell under the influence of a cynical high school student Nikolai Boyko, who "confuses robbery with prank."
Plead Guilty
After a painful break up a journalist is traveling to the Elbrus mountains where he meets another woman.
Breakfast with a View to the Elbrus Mountains
After the war, the hero of the film comes to Moscow to take revenge on the scammer, through whose fault his father died in the 37th. He carries out his sentence and is ready to answer for it according to the law. His girlfriend becomes an involuntary participant in the drama
Ten Years Without Right to Write Letters
Двое приятелей Вова и Боб ограбили квартиру Нины - любовницы директора рынка. Всю вину молодчики свалили на бывшего любовника и сутенера Нины Стаса Шапкина. Шеф не стал впутывать в эту историю милицию, он поручил заняться этим делом своим людям. Бандиты пытают Стаса, требуют отдать пропавшую сумму. В конце концов, бедняге приходится занять деньги у всех своих проституток и отдать вымогателям.
Hunting for a Pimp
Television & Series (14)
Battle of the Psychics (Bitva Extrasenov) is a Russian-language TNT TV show based on Britain’s Psychic Challenge. Each season starts with 8-13 participants selected for their superior psychic abilities, but tries to expose them as frauds. Tasks in the beginning of the series are relatively simple, such as revealing the contents of a sealed box or what lies behind an impenetrable screen, and progressively become more difficult. One participant judged to be worst is eliminated each week, but all participants advance to the next round if the panel is unable to come to a decision.
Battle of the Psychics
XVI century. In France, there is a fierce struggle between Catholics and Huguenots. The reign of the Valois dynasty is nearing its end. Conspiracies, the elimination of rivals, the creation of secret and explicit coalitions are part of the daily life of the royal family and close associates. Love stories are woven into the canvas of palace intrigues that will affect the history of the world.
Queen Margot
Our time. A provincial town. Here, as everywhere, there are their intrigues, their heroes, their villains. And people live, of course, not only with work and household chores. People live with worries, disappointments, unexpected meetings. Once upon a time, three friends Pestrov, Suvorov and Chagin studied at the same institute, walked together, loved together. Time has passed, and youthful hobbies have grown into something more. Three friends became rivals in love. Rivals in life. Their destinies are connected by a single maze, through which they all wander, against the walls and corners of which they are thrown by love, hate, friendship.
