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Three Fat Men (film)
Three Fat Men (russian: Три толстяка, Tri tolstyaka) is a 1966 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksey Batalov and Iosif Shapiro based on the eponymous novel by Yury Olesha. Cast * Lina Braknytė as Suok (in some scenes voiced by Alisa Freindlich) * Pyotr Artemyev as Tutti * Aleksey Batalov as Tibul * Valentin Nikulin as Gaspar * Aleksandr Orlov as August * Rina Zelyonaya as Ganimed *Roman Filippov as Prospero * Sergei Kulagin as Fat Man #1 * Yevgeny Morgunov as Fat Man #2 * Boris Khristoforov as Fat Man #3 * Pavel Luspekayev as Gen. Karaska (half-voiced by Grigory Gai) *Boris Ardov as Capt. Bonaventura *Nikolai Valyano as Chancellor (voiced by Nikolay Trofimov) *Nikolai Kornoukhov as balloon seller *Viktor Sergachyov as Razdvatris *Andrei Kostrichkin as Fat Men's courtier * Aleksei Smirnov as Fat Men's confectioner *Irina Zarubina as Razdvatris' accompanist (uncredited) *Valeri Zolotukhin Valeri Sergeevich Zolotukhin (russian: link=no, Валерий Серге ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Batalov
Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Влади́мирович Бата́лов; 20 November 1928 – 15 June 2017) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, film director, screenwriter and pedagogue acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1989. Life and career Batalov was born on 20 November 1928 in Vladimir, into a family associated with the theatre. His uncle Nikolai Batalov starred in Vsevolod Pudovkin's classic ''Mother'' (1926). The Modernist poet Anna Akhmatova was a family friend, and he painted a well-known portrait of her in 1952. Batalov joined the Moscow Art Theatre in 1953 but left three years later to concentrate on his career in film. During the Khrushchev Thaw he was one of the most recognizable actors in the Soviet Union. '' The Cranes Are Flying'' (1957) is his best-regarded film of the period, and the one which won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Luspekayev
Pavel Borisovich Luspekayev (russian: Па́вел Бори́сович Луспека́ев) (20 April 1927, Luhansk — 17 April 1970, Moscow) was a Soviet actor who is best known for his role of Vereschagin in the classic Russian movie ''White Sun of the Desert''. Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1997, posthumously). Biography Pavel Luspekayev was born in Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR in 1927. His father Bogdasar Luspekyan was an Armenian butcher from a village near Nakhichevan-on-Don (Russian city founded by Armenian settlers). His mother Seraphima Kovaleva came from Don Cossacks. During the Great Patriotic War he joined the Soviet partisans at the age of 16 and fought shortly after with the 3rd Ukrainian Front. When his feet suffered severe frostbite, he had to be demobilised in 1944. Luspekayev's lower limbs never fully recovered. In 1945 Luspekayev became student in the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in Moscow. After finishing the school in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Fantasy Films
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s Fantasy Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Films
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. '' A Man for All Seasons'' won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films North America The top ten 1966 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Outside North America The highest-grossing 1966 films in countries outside North America. Events * October 19 - Gulf and Western Industries acquire Paramount Pictures. * November - Seven Arts Productions reach agreement to acquire Warner Bros. for $32 million, later forming a new company Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * December 15 - Entertainment pioneer Walt Disney, best known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, breakthroughs in the field of animation, filmmaking, theme park design and other achievements, dies at the age of 65. He died while he was producing ''The Jungle Book'', ''The Happiest Millionaire'', and ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day''; the last three films under his personal supervision. Awards Academy Awards: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeri Zolotukhin
Valeri Sergeevich Zolotukhin (russian: link=no, Валерий Сергеевич Золотухин, 21 June 1941 – 30 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian stage and cinema actor who performed at the Taganka Theatre which he also headed between 2011 and 2013. He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1987. Biography Zolotukhin was born in the Bystry Istok village (modern-day Bystroistoksky District of the Altai Krai, Russia) into a peasant family just one day before the Great Patriotic War started. He was one of the three sons of Sergei Illarionovich Zolotukhin, the head of the local kolkhoz who left for the frontline the next day. Valeri spent war years with his mother Matryona Fedoseyevna Zolotukhina. At the age of seven he survived osteomyelitis of one of his legs, spent three years in bed and had to learn to walk again. He remained lame by the time he decided to enter a theatre institute and had to hide it. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Smirnov (actor)
Aleksei Makarovich Smirnov (russian: Алексей Макарович Смирнов; 28 February 1920 in Danilov – 7 May 1979 in Leningrad) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He performed in more than fifty films between 1959 and 1977. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1976). Early life Aleksei Smirnov was born on 28 February 1920, in the town of Danilov, Yaroslavl Oblast, to the Smirnov family: Makar Stepanovich Smirnov and Anna Ivanovna. In the mid-1920s they moved to Leningrad. After her husband's early death Anna Ivanovna had to raise her two children on her own - Aleksei had a younger brother Arkady. The Smirnovs resided in a communal apartment at 44 Petr Lavrov str. As a pupil, Aleksei Smirnov began acting in the school amateur theatre. In 1940 he graduated from the Leningrad Music Comedy Theater school and was admitted into the troupe. Smirnov only acted in one part there - Black Eagle in the operetta ''Rose-Marie'' - before the Great Patriotic War began. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Kostrichkin
Andrei Aleksandrovich Kostrichkin (russian: Андрей Александрович Костричкин; 24 August 1901 – 28 February 1973) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1925 and 1971. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1935). Wife actress Yanina Zhejmo. Kostrichkin's daughter Yanina works on duplicating films. Selected filmography * '' Mishki versus Yudenich'' (1925) * ''The Devil's Wheel'' (1926) * ''The Overcoat'' (1926) * '' The Club of the Big Deed'' (1927) * '' Little Brother'' (1927) * '' Somebody Else's Coat'' (1927) * ''The New Babylon'' (1929) * ''The Black Sail'' (1929) * ''Our Girls'' (1930) * ''Twenty Two Misfortunes'' (1930) * '' Cities and Years'' (1930) * ''Dead Soul'' (1930) * '' Alone'' (1931) * ''A Man from Prison'' (1931) * ''The Fugitive'' (1932) * ''Three Soldiers'' (1932) * ''Conquerors of the Night'' (1933) * ''The First Platoon'' (1933) * '' Lieutenant Kijé'' (1934) * ''Annenkovshina'' (1934) * ''Ian Knuck's Wedding'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Trofimov
Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Трофи́мов; January 21, 1920, Sevastopol — November 7, 2005, St. Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Nikolay Trofimov was born into a working-class family. Stage career began in 1934. During the Great Patriotic War he served in the navy. On the stage Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater played more than 40 roles. In the cinema, Nikolai Trofimov played mostly small roles. Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov died on the night of November 7, 2005 in the St. Petersburg Alexandrovsky hospital from the consequences of a stroke. He was buried on November 14 at the Literary Sheds of Volkovskoye Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' Pirogov'' (russian: Пирогов, 1947) as ''pieman'' * '' Belinsky'' (Белинский, 1951) as ''typographic worker'' * ''Tamer of Tigers'' (Укротительница тигров, 1954) as ''Myshki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Morgunov
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Morgunov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Моргуно́в; April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Merited Artist of Russian SFSR (1978). Early life He started out as a worker in a Moscow factory, but - "a little naive and obsessed with becoming an actor" - he wrote a letter to Joseph Stalin about his dream. Morgunov reportedly received a reply from Stalin that said that a place was allocated for him in the acting class at the State Institute of Cinematography. Morgunov launched his film career while still a student. Career Yevgeny Morgunov was one of Russia's leading comic actors.''Soviet-Era Comic Screen Legend Dies.'' Valeria Korchagina. The Moscow Times. No. 1738. June 29, 1999. "Plump and bald," Morgunov often "represented a traditional character of Soviet satire - Byvaly, or Experienced, a slightly dull, strong-built drunk whose attempts to commit petty crimes alw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Fat Men
''Three Fat Men'' (Три толстяка) written in 1924, by Yury Olesha, was published in 1928. It was the first revolutionary fairy tale in Soviet literature. The critical reaction at first was varied. V. Boichevsky in an article "How Stories For Children Should Not Be" saw it as a "sugarcoated" presentation of revolution. Anatoly Lunacharsky, however, saw in it "heart-felt apologetics by the artistic intelligentsia accepting the revolution". Konstantin Stanislavki and the Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ... premiered a dramatic version of the story in May 1930. A ballet version with music by V. Oransky was presented in 1935. It has also been turned into an opera (composer, V. Rubin, 1956), a film, cartoon movies, diafilm (filmstrip), severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
