Alexis Chesnakov
Know for: Acting
Born: 1894-09-26
Place of birth: Russia
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No Smoking (1955)
A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance...
The Scent of Fear (1959)
Aboard a BOAC plane departing an unnamed Iron Curtain country, a stowaway has convinced a flight attendant to conceal him so he can defect on arrival...
Operation Diplomat (1953)
A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.
A Night to Remember (1958)
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the...
The Third Man (1949)
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he...
The Demi-Paradise (1943)
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking...
Never Let Me Go (1953)
An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.
The Love-Girl and the Innocent (1973)
A BBC television adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel. The prisoner Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of...
State Secret (1950)
While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and...
The Pursuers (1961)
A group of former concentration camp prisoners has formed an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders, who are still on the loose. At a secret...
The World of George Orwell: 1984 (1965)
Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king...
The Love Lottery (1954)
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he...
Uncle Vanya (1963)
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.