Yuriy Shevchuk
Birthday: 1957-05-16
Place of Birth: Yagodnoe, Magadanskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Biography: Yuri Shevchuk (Russian: Юрий Юлиа́нович Шевчу́к; born 16 May 1957) is a Soviet and Russian rock musician, songwriter, poet, actor, artist, producer and public figure. Founder, leader and the only permanent member of DDT band. Founder and leader of LLP "DDT Theatre". He is best known for his distinctive gravelly voice. His lyrics detail aspects of Russian life with a wry, humanistic sense of humor. He is also famous for opposing pop music culture (especially playback performances) for many years. He is often accredited with being the greatest songwriter in present-day Russia.
Movies
Once There Was a Woman
A chronicle of the life of an illiterate Russian peasant woman between 1909 and 1921, focusing on he...
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Night of the Long Knives
A criminal-political pamphlet deals with a coup d'état. A young man with a rifle equipped with an op...
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DDT: Inside & Out
The Band's 15th anniversary live show held on June 26, 1995 at the Petrovsky Stadium in St. Petersbu...
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DDT: Thaw
The Russian Rock Legends DDT performing live at VI Leningrad Rock Festival of 1988...
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DDT: Old Road
The film is shot during the band's 10th anniversary live performance in St. Petersburg....
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DDT: Born In USSR
The film is based on live show of the band in Minsk, Belarus in 1994 and shooting at DDD Studios in...
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City
A young Surrealist artist arrives in Leningrad to enter the Academy of Arts. In search of like-minde...
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Rock
Documentary — featuring both interviews and live footage — about underground rock music in Russia, d...
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Yura The Musician
A film about the legend of Russian rock, the founder and the undisputed leader of the group "DDT" Yu...
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Vovochka
Little Vovochka is not a hero of jokes, Little Vovochka is a real 10-year-old boy, direct and restle...
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Whit Monday
Ivan Khristoforov discovers the strange property of foreseeing explosions. Trying to understand the ...
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DDT: Black Dog Petersburg
A concert film taken from concert album of the same name by russian rock band DDT....
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Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
A documentary film about the life and early death of Russian singer and songwriter Aleksandr Bashlac...
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Antonina Turned Around
The main character of this one - Antonina - a wife, mother, mistress of the house, wakes up after an...
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ШпионоВания
The film tells about the former journalist of the Kommersant and Vedomosti newspapers, adviser to th...
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Vovochka
This light, hilarious story, sparkling with good-natured humour, will amuse both children and their ...
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