''Tamer of Tigers'' (released in English as ''Tiger Girl'', russian: Укротительница тигров, Ukrotitelnitsa tigrov) is a 1955 Soviet-era

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released by

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, directed by

Nadezhda Kosheverova Nadezhda Nikoleyevna Kosheverova (); 10 September 1902 22 February 1989) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter who specialized in children's films. Life Kosheverova was born in St. Petersburg to Nikolai Kosheverov, a merchant with a house ...

and

Aleksandr Ivanovsky Aleksandr Viktorovich Ivanovsky (; November 29, 1881 – January 12, 1968) was a screenwriter and film director in Soviet Union. He was awarded the USSR State Prize, Stalin Prize in 1941, for his work on the 1940 film ''Musical Story''. His 1944 o ...

. It was billed as a "lyrical and eccentric comedy". This film was the debut of Soviet actress

Lyudmila Kasatkina Lyudmila Ivanovna Kasatkina (russian: Людмила Ивановна Касаткина; 15 May 192522 February 2012) was a Soviet and Russian actress who starred in a string of war-related films directed by her husband Sergey Kolosov.

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on 11 March 1955. The film deals with the romantic intrigues and longings of a small Russian circus family and those around them. Ludmila Kasatkina

Plot

Lena Vorontsova is the daughter of circus performers. Having fallen in love with the circus, for the incredible atmosphere that reigns in the arena and behind the scenes, she dreams of becoming a tamer. But so far she only cares for animals. The director invites motorcycle racer Fyodor Ermolaev to display an incredibly spectacular show number, right under the circus cupola. Lena is to assist him. The sailor Pyotr Mokin is hopelessly in love with Lena. But the girl’s heart belongs to Fyodor. He is also not indifferent to her but prefers to hide his feelings. The tamer Almazov is fired for addiction to alcohol and violation of discipline. Now the place of the tamer is vacant, and Vorontsova can make her cherished dream come true. Overcoming her fear, she starts to work, and tigers submit to her strong character to become obedient. She has to choose between a timer's career and touring with a loved one as his assistant. Lena decides to follow an old dream. Ermolaev rents a room with an accountant, his daughter Olga dances in a circus corps de ballet, and her parents want to marry her to an artist. She takes the position of an assistant on tour, instead of Vorontsova. Fyodor can't overcome his longing from Lena. He regrets not revealing his feelings to Lena. The motorcycle racer finds out that at the next performance Lena will show her number with the tigers. He hurries to confess her love, just in time. The couple gains long-awaited happiness.

Cast

Main roles

— Yelena "Lena" Vorontsova * Pavel Kadochnikov — Fyodor Nikolayevich Yermolayev *

Leonid Bykov Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, uk, Леонід Федорович Биков; 11 December 1928, in Znamenka village, Artemivsk Okruha of Ukrainian SSR – 11 April 1979, in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, U ...

— Petya Mokin *Pavel Suhanov — Nikita Antonovich *Konstantin Sorokin — Ferapont Ilyich, father of Olechka (Olga) *

Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova Glikeriya Vasilyevna Bogdanova-Chesnokova (russian: Глике́рия Васи́льевна Богда́нова-Чесноко́ва) (born 13 (26) May 1904 Saint Petersburg 17 April 1983 Leningrad) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film act ...

— Matiya Mikhailovna, mother of Olechkа (Olga) * Nina Urgant — Olechka (Olga) *

Tatyana Pelttser Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (russian: Татья́на Ива́новна Пе́льтцер; german: Tatjana Peltzer; June 6, 1904 in Moscow – July 16, 1992 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of t ...

— Emmy Styepanovna Vorontsova, mother of the main heroine *Alexander Alexandrovich Orlov — Vasiliy Valiliyevich Vorobtsov, father of the main heroine *

Sergey Filippov Sergey Nikolayevich Filippov (russian: Сергей Николаевич Филиппов, 24 June 1912— 19 April 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor and comedian, best known for his parts in films ''Adventures of Korzinkina'' ...

— Kazimir Almazov *Anatoliy Korolkevich — Mogikan *Nikolay Trofimov — Myshkin

Supporting roles and substitutions

Names of the following persons mentioned on the cine-film: *Pyotr Lobanov — Uncle Vasya *Mikhail Ivanov — guitar player on the tug boat * Margarita Nazarova — stunt double for Kasatkina in the scenes with tigers *Vladimir Tsvetkov — the ringmaster

Accolades

''Tamer of Tigers'' received a Diploma at the Second

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, under its English name, ''Tiger Girl.''Беккер, Александр Михайлович >> Признание и награды
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References

External links

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