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Erast Garin
Erast Pavlovich Garin (russian: Эра́ст Па́влович Га́рин; – 4 September 1980) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter. He was, together with Igor Ilyinsky and Sergey Martinson, one of the leading comic actors of Vsevolod Meyerhold's company and of the Soviet cinema. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1977. __NOTOC__ Garin was born in Ryazan as Erast Gerasimov. He started his acting career in 1919 in an amateur theatre of the Ryazan military district. In 1926 he finished his education in the experimental theatrical workshops of the People's Commissariat for Education. He always looked up upon Meyerhold and Michael Chekhov as his mentors, rejecting naturalistic acting techniques propagated by Konstantin Stanislavski and paying utmost importance to voice and gesture. Garin worked with Meyerhold in his theatre until its dissolution in 1936. Among his triumphs was the part of Khlestakov in the 1926 production of ''The Government Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding (1944 Film)
''The Wedding'' (russian: Свадьба, Svadba) is a 1944 Soviet comedy film directed by Isidor Annensky. The film, created by the eponymous vaudeville of Anton Chekhov, the stories of ''The Wedding with General'', ''Before the wedding'', the novel in two parts of the ''Marriage of convenience'' skit ''Bride and papa'' is a caustic satire on the mores of the middle class philistine pre-revolutionary Russia. Plot The burgess Zhigalov family who have a marriageable daughter Dasha, learn to their horror that the official Aplombov (Erast Garin) who dined with them every day and established himself as a groom, is not going to marry her at all. With great difficulty Dasha's father manages to persuade the ambitious groom to propose. The groom agrees, putting the condition of compulsory attendance of the General at the wedding. And then finally the wedding takes place. At the festive moment the chief guest has arrived—the General. A scandal erupts at the peak of merriment when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twelve Chairs (1971 Film)
''The Twelve Chairs'' (russian: 12 стульев, Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a 1971 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. It is an adaptation of Ilf and Petrov's 1928 novel ''The Twelve Chairs''. Plot Ostap Bender, shortly after arriving in Stargorod, meets Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov, a Marshal of Nobility who's looking for a set of 12 chairs that belonged to his mother-in-law, who on her deathbed confesses of hiding diamonds in one of them. However, the confession is overheard by Father Fyodor, who is also looking for them. Ostap and Kisa decide to go on the search together, traveling all around Russia and having a series of misadventures. Cast * Archil Gomiashvili as Ostap Bender (voiced by Yuri Sarantsev; singing voice by Valeri Zolotukhin; in some scenes speaks in his own voice) * Sergey Filippov as Ippolit Matveyevich "Kisa" Vorobyaninov * Mikhail Pugovkin as Father Fyodor, priest * Natalya Krachkovskaya as Madame Gritsatsuyeva * Igor Yasulovich as Ernest Shchukin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Days Of Miracles
''Two Days of Miracles'' (russian: Два дня чудес, Dva dnya dlya chudes) is a 1970 Soviet fantasy film, fantasy comedy film directed by Lev Mirsky based on the play ''Simply Awful!'' by Yuri Sotnik. Plot Young undereducated fairies Daisy and Violet from the Institute of Good Wizards after an unsuccessful exam go among people to get real-life practice and perform a "good miracle". After materializing on a boat, the fairies overhear the conversation of the head of the therapeutic department of the polyclinic Vadim Leonidovich, his wife and their son, who are returning from vacation. The fairies offer to change their places, and turn the mother into a girl. Vadim Leonidovich does not take the offer seriously and jokingly agrees. The fairies, rejoicing at the opportunity to perform a "good miracle", cast a spell and turn the father into a son, the son into father, and mother ... into a cactus. At the same time, two other female sorceresses from the Institute of minor mischief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Little Frog Is Looking For His Father
''A Little Frog Is looking for His Father'' (russian: Лягушонок ищет папу) is a 1964 Soviet stop-motion Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames i ... animated film by Roman Kachanov, produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio. Plot summary The Little Frog is looking for, but can not find a dad, who can protect him and play with him. He runs into various animals and asks them to become his dad. All these animals are larger than The Little Frog, and those animals did not want to become the frog's dad. But suddenly, The Little Frog sees a little grasshopper crying, who also has no father. So, The Little Frog says to The Little Grasshopper, "Do not cry. I'll be Your Dad...". Creators External links *Little Frog Is looking for His Father (en)''at Animator.ru''The Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kain XVIII
''Cain XVIII'' (russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' play, ''Two friends''. The Soviet film industry reported that 21.7 million spectators saw the film. Plot A famous inventor ("The Professor") creates an extra-powerful weapon—an explosive mosquito. King Cain XVIII dreams of conquering the world and marrying the princess, but she is also loved by Yan, a vagrant musician. Yan's love leads him to surmount many obstacles and simultaneously thwart the insidious plans of the king. Cast * Erast Garin as King Cain XVIII * Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Queen Vlasta * Mikhail Zharov as Minister of War * Yuri Lyubimov as First Minister * Alexander Demyanenko as Ian * Stanislav Khitrov as Jean * Rina Zelyonaya as Foreign Governess * Alexandr Beniaminov as Professor * Bruno Freindlich as Chief of Secret Police * Georgi Vitsin as Freelance Hangman * Boris Chirkov as Lavatory Worker * Igor Dmitriev as General * Glikeriya Bogdano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Optimistic Tragedy (film)
''Optimistic Tragedy'' (russian: Оптимистическая трагедия, translit. ''Optimisticheskaya tragediya'') is a 1963 Soviet film directed by Samson Samsonov. It is based on the play ''An Optimistic Tragedy'' by Vsevolod Vishnevsky. Plot During Russian Revolution of 1917, the Marine squad, led by anarchist leader Vozhak starts the revolt. The Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party sends a woman Commissar to form Red Army battalion from the marines to take part in the Russian Civil War. Cast * Margarita Volodina as Commissar * Boris Andreyev as Vozhak * Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Aleksey * Vsevolod Sanayev as Sipliy * Erast Garin as Vozhachok * Vsevolod Safonov * Oleg Strizhenov as First officer * Gleb Strizhenov * Valentin Belokhvostik * Ivan Bondar Production The film ''Optimistic Tragedy'' is based on the 1933 play ''An Optimistic Tragedy'' by Vsevolod Vishnevsky, set during the Russian Revolution. Samson Samsonov directed the film. It was shot in So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Buratino (1959 Film)
''The Adventures of Buratino'' (russian: Приключе́ния Бурати́но; tr.:''Priklyucheniya Buratino'') is a 1959 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by the "patriarch of Russian animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, along with Dmitriy Babichenko and Mikhail Botov. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy’s ''The Golden Key, or Adventures of Buratino. Plot The film tells about the adventures of a small wooden puppet whose youngest viewers are familiar with the book where Carlo Collodi tells the adventures of Pinocchio. In fact, Burattino is a puppet in the first version of the novel. English dubs In 1984, an English dub of the film was recorded at Jim Terry Productions (the same people behind the first English dub of the Pinocchio anime). This dub was released on subsequent VHS tapes throughout the 80s and early 90s. A second attempt at an English dub commenced in 1990, and a third in 1995 by Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beloved Beauty
''Beloved Beauty'' (russian: Краса́ ненагля́дная, Krasa nenaglyadnaya) is a 1958 feature-length stop motion-animated film from the Soviet Union. The film, which was made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio, is based on Russian folk tales. Plot Once upon a time there were the tsar with the tsaritsa also there was at them a son Ivan-Tsarevich. And everything would be good if Ivan parents didn't come one morning and didn't tell them about the Beloved Beauty about which to it nurses sang, and now every day dreams. Also he wants to go in this world to look for to Beloved Beauty. Ivan-Tsarevich went, and to him the robber Bulat who became a sworn brother on the way. They began to look for Beauty. And it appeared that Koschei the Immortal who didn't want to obey him in any way. Here Ivan-Tsarevich with Bulat won to Koschei, and Beloved Beauty and Mar'yushka, Koschei's servant, got out. They were then also brought to the Tsar's chambers, and the Tsar organized two weddings an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Without An Address
''The Girl Without an Address'' (russian: Девушка без адреса, Devushka bez adresa)) is a 1957 Soviet romantic comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and written by Leonid Lench. It stars Svetlana Karpinskaya and Nikolai Rybnikov. Plot Young builder Pasha Gusarov meets on the train a girl of a quarrelsome nature, Katya Ivanova. At the beginning, their relationship does not go well, but by the end of the trip they become attached to each other. Nevertheless, fate makes its own adjustments. Coming out of the carriage through different doors, they do not meet at the station in Moscow. The only thing that Pasha hears from Katya, as she is going away on a bus, is the beginning of her street name. Pasha and his friend Mitya start searching for the girl in Russia's capital. Cast * Svetlana Karpinskaya as Katya Ivanova *Nikolai Rybnikov as Pashka Gusarov *Erast Garin as Grandfather * Vasili Toporkov as Cloakroom attendant *Yuri Belov as Mitya * Svetlana Shcherbak as Olya * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twelve Months (1956 Film)
''The Twelve Months'' (russian: Двенадцать месяцев; ''Dvenadtsat mesyatsev'') is a 1956 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by the "patriarch of Russian animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the fairy-tale play of the same name by Samuil Marshak. The scene of action in the animated film isn't specified, but on a picture it is clear that action happens in the West (in the original of the story of Marshak — in Bohemia, then part of the Austrian empire) at the turn of the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. The animated film plot quite precisely reflects story events, thus the particular emphasis is placed on ridiculing the shortcomings of an absolute monarchy. The film's sound and image were restored in by Krupnyy Plan, who released it on video and DVD in Russia in 2005. An English-subtitled edition of the Russian-language version has not been released. However, Films by Jove releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enchanted Boy
''The Enchanted Boy'' (russian: Заколдованный мальчик, ''Zakoldovanyy malchik'') is a 1955 Soviet/Russia traditionally animated feature film directed by Vladimir Polkovnikov and Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya. The film is an adaptation of ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' by Selma Lagerlöf. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film's image and sound were recently restored by the Russian company Krupnyy Plan, which released it on video and DVD packaged together with Cipollino', a 1961, 40-minute feature film directed by Boris Dyozhkin. No English-subtitled version has been released. Plot The naughty boy Nils, who delights in torturing animals, is bewitched by a ''tomte''. Now shrunken to a small size and able to talk to animals, he flies across Lapland on the backs of wild geese. During these dangerous travels he does many noble deeds, and, at the same time, searches for the ''tomte'' who would take the spell away. Creators Video In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |