Alisa Freyndlikh

Alisa Freyndlikh

Born: December 8, 1934
in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (Russian: Али́са Бру́новна Фре́йндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress, People's Artist of the Soviet Union.

Alisa Freindlich was born into the family of Bruno Freindlich, a prominent actor and People's Artist of the Soviet Union. She is of German and Russian ancestry. Her father and paternal relatives were ethnic Germans living in Russia for more than a century. In her childhood years, Alisa Freindlich attended the drama and music classes of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers. During the Second World War she survived the 900-day-long Siege of Leningrad and continued her school studies after the war.

In the 1950s she studied acting at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema, graduating in 1957 as actress. From 1957 to 1961 Alisa Freindlich was a member of the troupe at Komissarjevsky Theatre in Leningrad. Then she joined the Lensovet Theatre company, but in 1982, she had to leave it following her divorce from the theatre's director, Igor Vladimirov. Thereupon director Georgy Tovstonogov invited her to join the troupe of BDT in which she works to this day.

Although Freindlich put a premium on her stage career, she starred in several notable movies, including Eldar Ryazanov's enormously popular comedy Office Romance (1977), the long-banned epic Agony (1975) and Tarkovsky's sci-fi movie Stalker (1979). Another notable role was the Queen Anne of Austria in the Soviet TV series D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) and its later Russian sequels, Musketeers Twenty Years Later (1992) and Queen Anne's Secret or Musketeers Thirty Years Later (1993).

On her 70th birthday, Freindlich's apartment in St. Petersburg was visited by Vladimir Putin, who awarded her with state decoration of the Russian Federation. She also received a Nika Award in 2005.

Movies for Alisa Freyndlikh...

Strict Regime Parents
Title: Strict Regime Parents
Character: мать
Released: April 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Parents lock their son at home for re-education. He is 38 years old. He is the mayor.
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Alisa: Excitement
Title: Alisa: Excitement
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 2020
Type: Movie
The plot revolves around the rehearsal of the play “Excitement” in which Freindlikh is to play a famous American writer from New York. The actress and director have heated debates about the eccentric character. They discuss the process of creation, its mysterious mechanisms, the birth of a work of art in general. They also talk about the world around Alisa outside the theatre – her family, home, friends, interests and her beloved St. Petersburg. The film is meant to commemorate the great Russian actress’s 85th anniversary.
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BDT Digital: Excitement
Title: BDT Digital: Excitement
Released: April 19, 2020
Type: Movie
According to Vyrypaev’s idea, “Excitement” is a play about the “Author”. The action takes place in New York, in Manhattan, in the apartment of the famous American writer of Polish descent Ulie Richte, whose role is played by Alice Freindlich. A Polish journalist, Krzysztof Zelinsky, takes a very important interview from her, a closed and non-public person.
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Thawed Carp
Title: Thawed Carp
Character: Людмила Борисовна (соседка Елены)
Released: November 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Elena Mihailovna, having worked all her life in the only school of a provincial town, lives modestly in retirement. Unexpectedly she learns of a fatal diagnosis, which can at any moment end her life. Instead of an unbearable anticipation, she resolutely begins the preparation for her own death, in order to simplify the procedure for her son. She has not seen her only son for over five years because he worrks in the capital. Oleg is constantly busy, and he does not have time for his lonely mother. At the same time with all the new problems, the heroine receives as a gift a huge carp, which changes her life.
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The Bolshoi
Title: The Bolshoi
Character: Beletskaya
Released: December 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Young and extremely talented dancer Yulya Olshanskaya from a small mining town draws a “happy ticket”: she is noticed by a former ballet dancer Pototsky and he promises her a future of great ballerina, worthy of the main stage of the country. However, in order to become a diamond, anyone, even the most outstanding brilliant, needs to be cut, and the way to the legendary stage of The Bolshoi Theatre for Yulya lies through the walls of the ballet school, where the more capricious teacher Galina Mikhailovna Beletskaya takes custody of the rebellious provincial. Turning into a prima will require incredible self-denial, and Yulya herself will have to make sure that the big ballet is not only the whiteness of the packs, the gold of the boxes and the slip of silk ribbons. But no obstacles will stop the one who has the big dream.
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Martha's Line
Title: Martha's Line
Character: Марья Петрова
Released: January 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Moving to a new place of residence, to an old apartment in the slums of St. Petersburg, Olga and her daughter Natasha accidentally discover a letter from the distant blockade of the forty-second year. A letter from the boy Yura for the girl Martha, whom he unwittingly offended before he had time to confess his love… The search for Marta becomes Olga and Natasha's salvation from pain and true self-discovery...
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Voices
Title: Voices
Character: herself
Released: January 28, 2014
Type: Movie
The film is about what children and teenagers of besieged Leningrad survived. 14 surviving heroes and dozens of those for whom only lines of diaries and signatures for children's drawings can now speak, word by word, minute by minute, story after story, revive the siege of memory. What did people actually feel in the besieged city? Which of what we know about the blockade is true, and what is a myth, a stamp from a history textbook? The authors of the film with the help of video comparisons, reconstructions return modern St. Petersburg to the terrible time of the blockade, combining history with momentary.
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Title: The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini
Character: Queen Anne of Austria
Released: March 10, 2012
Type: TV
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The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini
Title: The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini
Released: February 5, 2009
Type: Movie
After the deaths of d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis the Queen Anna of Austria has to ask for help of the heroes' sons. They, however, cannot fulfill her request on their own. The original musketeers have to literally return to live and embark on a new adventure.
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A Room and a Half
Title: A Room and a Half
Character: Mother
Released: January 23, 2009
Type: Movie
A semi-fictional account of the life of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.
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Aleksandr Volodin. Gloomy Marathon
Title: Aleksandr Volodin. Gloomy Marathon
Released: April 24, 2006
Type: Movie
An almost unknown girl Frida accompanied Aleksandr Volodin to the front. When he returned, he married her. A sense of duty and gratitude bound them, but this did not prevent him from continuing to search for a female ideal... The name of the poet and playwright Aleksandr Volodin is familiar to everyone who loves russian cinema and theater. The films Elder Sister, Five Evenings, The Magician, Autumn Marathon, the famous performances of the Tovstonogov's BDT and Efremov's Sovremennik, staged according to his plays, were remembered for their unique intonation, the soft, not at all edifying voice of a person who knows something about life that we pass by without noticing. Most of Volodin's works are autobiographical, he writes about his generation, about the generation "scorched by war".
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Quartet
Title: Quartet
Released: November 29, 2005
Type: Movie
Former opera celebrities live in a nursing home. Four former idols whose lives were once filled with triumph live out their lives filled with memories. The Starkims are offered to perform a quartet from the opera Rigoletto at an upcoming concert. Before giving consent, each of them goes through painful memories of the past, confession of sins that no one knew about, discover the secrets of their lives and reflect on their sad present.
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On Upper Maslovka Street
Title: On Upper Maslovka Street
Character: Анна Борисовна
Released: November 3, 2005
Type: Movie
A story about a friendship between eighty years old sculptor and a way younger theater director.
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Katya Ismailova
Title: Katya Ismailova
Character: Irina Dmitrievna
Released: June 6, 1994
Type: Movie
A wife finds her life transformed after a torrid affair in this story of murder. Katia is a rather dull young woman who types manuscripts for Irina, her husband’s mother and successful writer of romance novels. Katia’s husband is a real momma’s boy. They go to Irina’s summer house to work. There Katia encounters the intense and sexy Serguei who creates passionate longings with in her. Overcome she and Serguei engage in vigorous love-making upon a windowsill where Irina sees them. Irina has a weak heart. Quiet Katia, having rediscovered the joys of sex, changes and becomes more assertive and flighty. Serguei quickly loses interest in her. Strange and deadly things begin happening at the summer house which calls the attention of a judge who is extremely familiar with Irina’s writing.
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Title: To Remember
Character: Narrator
Released: December 9, 1993
Type: TV
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The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
Title: The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
Character: Queen Anna
Released: June 6, 1993
Type: Movie
The 3rd part of the famous trilogy by Alexandre Dumas about d'Artagnan and his 3 friends Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
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Musketeers 20 Years Later
Title: Musketeers 20 Years Later
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
The new adventures of four musketeer friends... Based on Alexandre Dumas père novel "20 Years Later".
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Title: Musketeers Twenty Years Later
Character: Queen Anna of Austria
Released: December 31, 1992
Type: TV
In turbulent times for France and herself, the first minister of the Kingdom of France, Cardinal Mazarin, asked Queen Anne of Austria to give him the names of four friends who successfully helped her in the fight against Cardinal Richelieu. Under pressure from Mazarin, Queen Anne calls the name D'Artagnan, lieutenant of the royal musketeers. Mazarin calls D'Artagnan and orders him to find Athos, Porthos and Aramis in order to attract them to his service...
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Serafima Glyukina's Weekdays and Weekends
Title: Serafima Glyukina's Weekdays and Weekends
Character: Serafima Glukina
Released: January 14, 1988
Type: Movie
A woman living a difficult life suddenly finds love.
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Forgive Me
Title: Forgive Me
Released: November 1, 1986
Type: Movie
How can change your life if someone tells you that your husband is cheating on you?
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The Secret of the Snow Queen
Title: The Secret of the Snow Queen
Character: Snow Queen
Released: June 5, 1986
Type: Movie
When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him..
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A Simple Death
Title: A Simple Death
Released: March 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A Soviet film adaptation of Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich.'
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Success
Title: Success
Character: Zinaida Nikolayevna Arsenyeva
Released: June 6, 1984
Type: Movie
A drama about a complicated life of a director in a small provincial theater.
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A Cruel Romance
Title: A Cruel Romance
Character: Ogudalova
Released: June 6, 1984
Type: Movie
In the town of Bryakhimov, noble but poor widow Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova seeks to arrange marriages for her three daughters. She maintains an “open house”, hoping to attract gentlemen well-off enough to marry a dowry-less girl for love.
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Вместе с Дунаевским
Title: Вместе с Дунаевским
Released: January 30, 1984
Type: Movie
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A Canary Cage
Title: A Canary Cage
Character: Olesya's Mother
Released: October 10, 1983
Type: Movie
The film follows the chance encounter between two teenagers in crisis - Olesya and Victor. They both feel trapped and are looking for their way out. Olesya ran away from home and is waiting for her father to step off the train from Riga, while Victor desperately wants to get to Riga, or to some other place where people are truly good.
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Fifth Decade
Title: Fifth Decade
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A tired, naive librarian in her fourties, has experienced hard labor, chores, and failed love. Her brittle voice and childish naiveness add to her defenselessness. Despite her stubbornness, she maintains a strong spirit that helps her stay true to herself.
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A Dangerous Age
Title: A Dangerous Age
Character: Lilia Ivanovna Rodimtseva
Released: October 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A relations between man and woman become complicate after 20 years of marriage.
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Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Title: Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Character: Vyrubova
Released: September 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Russian monk Grigori Rasputin rises to power, which corrupts him along the way. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
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Сергей Иванович уходит на пенсию
Title: Сергей Иванович уходит на пенсию
Released: April 20, 1981
Type: Movie
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An Old-Fashioned Comedy
Title: An Old-Fashioned Comedy
Character: Lidiya Vasilyevna
Released: February 11, 1980
Type: Movie
Based on the play of the same name by Aleksei Arbuzov. The meeting between the chief physician of the sanatorium Rodion Nikolayevich and the patient Lydia Vasilievna begins with a conflict: the woman managed to break the sanatorium regime in the very first days of her stay. However, soon the acquaintance of two middle-aged people turns into friendship, and then into mutual sympathy...
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Separated
Title: Separated
Released: February 8, 1980
Type: Movie
A brother and sister are pulled apart by rich oligarchs named The Three Fat Men.
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Three Years
Title: Three Years
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Alexey visits his seriously ill sister and meets a nice young woman Julia. After a while, Laptev decides to marry her, but the relationship is not going to be simple.
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Title: D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
Character: Queen Anne of Austria
Released: December 25, 1979
Type: TV
The musketeers battle against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the treacherous Milady.
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Stalker
Title: Stalker
Character: Stalker's Wife
Released: May 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
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Office Romance
Title: Office Romance
Character: Людмила Прокофьевна Калугина
Released: October 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Anatoly Novoseltsev is a mousy single father and office stumblebum working at a statistics bureau in Moscow. In the hopes of being promoted, he is coaxed into charming his disagreeable and seemingly unfeeling boss, Ludmila Kalugina, or "Meany" as she's otherwise known by her subordinates. Helped by his colleagues Olya and Yura, Anatoly attempts to ease the yoke of Ms. Kalugina, and what follows in the wake of his graceless manoeuvres is completely unforeseen, as he awakens a side to her not yet known, even to herself..
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Blue Puppy
Title: Blue Puppy
Character: Blue Puppy (voice)
Released: November 28, 1976
Type: Movie
Blue Puppy is a 1976 Soviet animated film. The lyrics and screemplay were written by Yuri Entin, loosely based on the tale by Gyula Urban.
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The Princess and the Pea
Title: The Princess and the Pea
Character: Queen
Released: November 1, 1976
Type: Movie
In one of the realms, there was time for the prince to get married, but the bride would have to be a real princess. A sign was put up on the gates: “ A Princess Wanted”. But in response to it there appeared only a small girl, wet to the bones after the rain and bearing no resemblance to nobility. So the prince was obliged to venture off to other lands in search of a suitable match. Henceforth the prince’s adventures unfold. In one kingdom, he met a fat king, in another – a hospitable king. He also visited the kingdom of arts. He saw enough princesses, beautiful and clever. And yet, the real princess, the only one he longed for, proved to be the girl who had knocked at their door during a rainstorm…
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Always with me
Title: Always with me
Released: June 6, 1976
Type: Movie
The famous scientist, academician and art critic Andrei Ilyin, who survived with the Hermitage staff the harsh trials of the Leningrad blockade, returned to his hometown after many years. The whole life of Ilyin is connected with Leningrad. A life that in the distant years of World War II would have seemed to have no future, but which, despite the unbearable horror of hunger and devastation, continued only in the name of the future ...
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Extraordinary Sunday
Title: Extraordinary Sunday
Released: December 30, 1975
Type: Movie
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Anna and Commander
Title: Anna and Commander
Character: Anna
Released: November 28, 1975
Type: Movie
Researching for a script about a famous scientist who tragically passed away, a writer meets his wife Anna who's been struggling with the loss. A tale of the couple's life and love unfolds.
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Memorial Train
Title: Memorial Train
Released: April 24, 1975
Type: Movie
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The Executive
Title: The Executive
Released: July 22, 1974
Type: Movie
The film shows the daily life of an architecture studio, where a young student comes to work on his dissertation.
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The Straw Hat
Title: The Straw Hat
Released: June 6, 1974
Type: Movie
A musical comedy based on the classic play by Eugène Labiche.
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Melodies of the Vera Quarter
Title: Melodies of the Vera Quarter
Released: December 29, 1973
Type: Movie
This musical is based on old Georgian vaudevilles and plays. The early 20th century. Old Tiflis is in confusion and turmoil. A mysterious fairy is helping the poor Pavle’s family: real wood is burning in his old, neglected fireplace, wherein a pot with meat would suddenly appear. The good fairy is impersonated by laundress Vardo who helps not only the poor Pavle, but other families in this quarter as well. Vardo is known to many people in the town, but no one ever suspected that she was capable of performing miracles. The film’s colorful folk melodies, merry songs and fiery dances leave no viewer indifferent. Starring in the leading role is the great Georgian actress Sofiko Chiaureli.
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Моя жизнь
Title: Моя жизнь
Released: August 7, 1972
Type: Movie
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The Secret of the Iron Door
Title: The Secret of the Iron Door
Character: Mother
Released: December 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Every one of us dreams of finding a magic wand, matches or, at least, an enchanted flower that would make any wish come true. Well, we’re just dreaming, but a boy named Tolya Ryzhkov did find one, though, between us, he didn’t deserve such a good fortune. He was a pretty big liar and rascal, didn’t listen to his mother, hurt those who were weaker, and didn’t obey traffic regulations.On that ill-fated day when his incredible adventures began he behaved badly, as usual. He had even made a policeman mad! While running away from him, Tolya met a magician and forced a box of magic matches from him. To punish the boy, the evil magician (alas, there are such, too) had Tolya transported to his magic island. You will know how it all ended when you watch this humorous, fascinating adventure film.
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Family Happiness
Title: Family Happiness
Released: June 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Omnibus film featuring early works by Chekhov
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Yesterday, Today and Always
Title: Yesterday, Today and Always
Released: January 5, 1970
Type: Movie
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Вальс
Title: Вальс
Released: November 8, 1969
Type: Movie
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Great Cold
Title: Great Cold
Released: February 7, 1969
Type: Movie
The boy offended his mother and great colds came on the earth. And only when the boy realized his guilt and asked for forgiveness, everything bloomed again.
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To Love
Title: To Love
Character: Anya, tram conductor
Released: January 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.
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Adventures of a Dentist
Title: Adventures of a Dentist
Released: February 27, 1967
Type: Movie
This is story about a dentist with the talent of painlessly extracting teeth, and what happens to him as a result of being naturally good at his job.
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12 chairs
Title: 12 chairs
Character: Эллочка-Людоедочка
Released: December 31, 1966
Type: Movie
Who was the first to bring the great novel "12 Chairs" to the screen? You say "Leonid Gaidai" - and it will be a mistake. In our country, the first director was Alexander Belinsky (Leningrad television, 1966). Filming the favorite books of millions is a difficult task. The audience knows the plot in detail. Winged phrases have long gone to the people. Everyone has their own idea of ​​the main characters. In general, dissatisfied will be sure. So the version of "12 chairs", proposed by Alexander Belinsky, of course, will not suit everyone.
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First Visitor
Title: First Visitor
Character: Tanya
Released: October 31, 1966
Type: Movie
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Фро
Title: Фро
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
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Striped Trip
Title: Striped Trip
Character: Pomoshnitsa Shuleykina v bufete tsyrka
Released: June 6, 1961
Type: Movie
A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.
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The Story about Newlyweds
Title: The Story about Newlyweds
Released: June 6, 1959
Type: Movie
A drama about a complications in a newlyweds life.
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The City Turns the Lights On
Title: The City Turns the Lights On
Character: Pichikova
Released: July 21, 1958
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Viktor Nekrasov “In the Hometown”. Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has begun, it is necessary to restore the homeland. Nikolai finds the strength to continue living, enters a construction institute, meets Valya and begins a new happy life without war...
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Immortal song
Title: Immortal song
Released: August 4, 1957
Type: Movie
1920 year. Having been wounded, the Red Armyman Yusalov arrives in the Kuban village and organizes a music school here, learns the Internationale with his students, and sets up the first revolutionary performance. All this causes fierce hatred among the kulaks, they kill the Red Army. After many years, a new music school will be built in the village and named after the dead hero.
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Talents and Admirers
Title: Talents and Admirers
Released: January 31, 1956
Type: Movie