Nikita Bogoslovsky

Nikita Bogoslovsky (Ники′та Влади′мирович Богосло′вский, (May 22, 1913, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Empire, – April 4, 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a prominent Soviet/Russian composer, author of more than 200 songs (many of which, like Shalanda and Dark Night were hugely popular), 8 symphonies (1940–1991), 17 operettas and musical comedies, 58 soundracks, 52 scores for theater productions. Among many of his honorary titles and State awards were People's Artist of the USSR (1983), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971), Order of the Red Star (1946).^[1]

Select filmography

• Treasure Island (Остров сокровищ, 1937)
• Puss in Boots (1938)
• A Little Lier (Лгунишка, 1938)
• Three Musketeers (1939)
• A Major Life (Большая жизнь, part 1, 1939)
• Fighters (Истребители, 1939)
• Galya (Галя, 1940)
• Mother (Мать, 1941)
• A Mystery Island (Таинственный остров, 1941)
• Alexandr Parkhomenko (Александр Пархоменко, 1942)
• Two Fighters (Два бойца, 1943)
• Fifteen Year Old Captain (Пятнадцатилетний капитан, 1945)
• It Happened in the Donbass (Это было в Донбассе? 1945)
• A Major Life (Большая жизнь, 1946, part 2)
• Oleco Dundich (Олеко Дундич, 1958, USSR-Yugoslavia)
• Leon Garros Is Looking for a Friend (Леон Гаррос ищет друга, 1961)
• Dog Named Barbos and One Extraordunary Cross-country Race (Пес Барбос и необычный кросс, 1960)
• Moonshiners (Самогонщики, 1960)
• A Free Kick (Штрафной удар, 1963)
• An Easy Life (Легкая жизнь, 1964)
• No and Yes (Нет и да, 1966)
• Mysterious Monk (Таинственный монах, 1966)
• A Man With a Green Glove (Человек в зеленой перчатке, 1967)
• Golden Watch (Золотые часы, 1968)
• Fleeting Wonder (Факир на час, 1972)
• The Headless Horseman (Всадник без головы, 1973)
• A Woman Stranger (Незнакомка, 1979)

Video

• Dark Night, Nikita Bogoslovsky's song, sung by Mark Bernes in The Two Fighters (1943) film.

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