Vasili Merkuryev

Vasili Merkuryev

Born: April 6, 1904
Died: May 12, 1978
in Ostrov, Pskov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Pskov Oblast, Russia]

Movies for Vasili Merkuryev...

The Great Tamer
Title: The Great Tamer
Character: Vasily Vasilyevich
Released: December 25, 1974
Type: Movie
In one small provincial town lives Savva Kulikov. In ordinary life, he is an exemplary Soviet citizen and an up-and-coming economist, but Kulikov has an unusual hobby — he trains his own pets, teaching them many amusing stunts. Among the "pupils" Savva already have a dog, a cat and even a parrot. One day the chimpanzee gets into Savva's hands. The animal was easy to train, with dexterity performing all the tricks of Kulikov, and he decided that his hobby should go to a new, more serious stage - performance in public. Circus friends help Savva break into the circus arena. The main character performs with his monkey in a local circus and the show was an incredible success, breaking a storm of applause from a grateful public.
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Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife
Title: Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife
Character: personnel manager
Released: December 23, 1974
Type: Movie
Fyodor and Kseniya for many years worked at various construction sites. They constantly moved from one hostel to another and dreamed of their own cozy nest. Their dream came true after fifteen long years, and this made them incredibly happy. Kseniya is pregnant, the characters will finally begin a new life and become a full-fledged family. Fyodor is convinced that his calling is to provide for his family. He works hard and rarely sees his family. Kseniya lacks his attention. The couple began to move away from each other.
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Faithful Friend Sancho
Title: Faithful Friend Sancho
Released: November 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Ten year old Sancho arrives to Leningrad and starts looking for friends.
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Moscow-Cassiopeia
Title: Moscow-Cassiopeia
Character: академик Благовидов
Released: September 23, 1974
Type: Movie
Start of interstellar expedition equipped by "pioneers"(soviet scouts).
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Here Is Our House
Title: Here Is Our House
Released: February 4, 1974
Type: Movie
A young and ambitious engineer comes into conflict with old-fashioned structures that don't acknowledge his honesty.
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Farewell to Sankt Petersburg
Title: Farewell to Sankt Petersburg
Released: December 25, 1971
Type: Movie
A story about love between famous composer Johann Strauss and Russian beauty Olga.
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Late Child
Title: Late Child
Released: February 11, 1971
Type: Movie
A boy suffers from excessive care of his family, cause he wants them to reckon with him as an adult, just like his older sister's groom.
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The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
Title: The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
Character: Vasiliy Lukyanov
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
After a photo of Konstantin Zbruyev got published in the magazine he got a lot of letters. So now it's a time for travel across the country in order to find a bride.
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A Nest of Gentry
Title: A Nest of Gentry
Character: Gedeonovsky
Released: August 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s. After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretsky returns back home. Everything in his estate is so familiar and dear to his heart. On his first visit to his neighbors, the Kalitins, he meets Lisa. He forgets his wife, left in Paris, forgets all his past. He desires only one thing – to always be with Lisa who is so unlike the women he used to know.
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Exam for Rank
Title: Exam for Rank
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Roll call
Title: Roll call
Released: April 4, 1966
Type: Movie
General Zhuravlev fought on the fronts of World War II, and is now designing spacecraft. Sending a rocket with astronaut Borodin on the flight, he recalls the namesake of the astronaut - a young tankman whom he had the chance to meet on the roads of war ...
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Новогодний календарь
Title: Новогодний календарь
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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The Whistle Stop
Title: The Whistle Stop
Character: Pavel Pavlovich
Released: November 24, 1963
Type: Movie
Moscow academician Pavel Pavlovich comes to a picturesque village on the seashore to calmly spend his vacation here. Whiling away the time for sketches, he manages to get acquainted with the local guys, the restless Grishka and the daughter of the foreman Nyuska. Together they build a stove, repair a sewing machine, and reconstruct a telephone switchboard. When Pavel Pavlovich suddenly falls ill, all the villagers take care of him. When the time comes to leave, Pavel Pavlovich understands that in this village far from the capital, he leaves a piece of his heart.
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I Accept the War
Title: I Accept the War
Released: July 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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Be Happy, Ani!
Title: Be Happy, Ani!
Character: Andrey Petrovich
Released: January 7, 1963
Type: Movie
Ani, a charming young girl, is a driver at Sofia Airport. She sends a letter to her boyfriend Boyan, a worker at a large construction site. The letter contains a single word "yes". Boyan starts preparing for a wedding. The Soviet pilot Andrey will soon return home after several years spent working with his Bulgarian colleagues. They arrange a farewell tour of Bulgaria for him on which Ani has to drive him. Because of mistaken jealousy, Boyan tears up his sweetheart's letter.
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Cherry Town
Title: Cherry Town
Character: Drebednyov
Released: October 25, 1962
Type: Movie
Lida Baburova, a tour guide of an architectural museum, unexpectedly receives a warrant for a two-room apartment in the new district of Zarechye, among the new settlers called "our Cheryomushki". Lida and her father go to inspect the apartment, but it turns out that it doesn't exist. The manager of the house, Barabashkin, conducted fictitious documentation, and the Baburovs' apartment merged with the neighboring one, owned by the head of the construction trust Drebednyov.
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Happy Birthday
Title: Happy Birthday
Character: Gromov
Released: September 17, 1962
Type: Movie
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Chronicle of Flaming Years
Title: Chronicle of Flaming Years
Released: February 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Once again, director Yulia Solnsteva directs a movie that her late husband Alexandre Dovchenko scripted but did not live long enough to shoot. In this wartime drama, the emphasis is on the heroics of both the civilians and the soldiers during times of severe stress in World War II. At the core of the action is one man in particular, whose sacrifices and heroics speak for a much larger group.
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The Girl With Whom I Was Friends
Title: The Girl With Whom I Was Friends
Character: Uncle Kolya
Released: January 30, 1961
Type: Movie
A first feeling starts to develop between a boy and a girl living in the same building but her family suddenly must move.
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A Summer to Remember
Title: A Summer to Remember
Character: Дядя Костя
Released: August 12, 1960
Type: Movie
Based on the Vera Panova book about a complicated relationship between an 8-year-old boy and his new stepfather.
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A Sleepless Night
Title: A Sleepless Night
Character: Snegiryov
Released: May 23, 1960
Type: Movie
AYoung engineer Pavel Kaurov goes to his first destination — to the port city of Sibirsk. He is appointed to lead a group of cranes: gantry and floating. After several troubles Pavel mastered the port work and received a serious assignment. Meanwhile, his fiancee Nina, an architect by profession, is arriving in Siberia. However, besides Pavel, fellow students came to the station to meet her — Petunin's brother and sister, in whose house she is staying. Soon Annushka, who has long loved Pavel, arrives. From that day on, he had trouble after trouble. After a crane accident, which happened through his fault, the hero pulls himself together and does everything to regain the confidence of the brigade...
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Горячая душа
Title: Горячая душа
Released: February 9, 1960
Type: Movie
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People on the Bridge
Title: People on the Bridge
Character: Ivan Bulygin
Released: January 9, 1960
Type: Movie
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Пучина
Title: Пучина
Released: October 19, 1958
Type: Movie
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In a Quiet Marina
Title: In a Quiet Marina
Character: Aleksandr Lukich Pushkov
Released: January 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Two old friends remain socially active even after their retirement...
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The Cranes Are Flying
Title: The Cranes Are Flying
Character: Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin
Released: October 12, 1957
Type: Movie
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
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An Ordinary Man
Title: An Ordinary Man
Character: Ladygin
Released: March 8, 1957
Type: Movie
Based on the play of the same name by Leonid Leonov. The famous singer Ladygin, who has won success and fame, lives in a spacious apartment furnished with paintings and luxury goods. Suddenly, an old front-line friend, a prominent scientist Svekolkin, comes to Ladygin. Realizing that for Ladygin, ranks and titles are more valuable than human qualities, Svekolkin tells his friend that he works as a simple cashier. This leads to a number of misunderstandings and comic situations...
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Behind the Footlights
Title: Behind the Footlights
Character: Lev Gurych Sinichkin
Released: June 28, 1956
Type: Movie
Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.
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Twelfth Night
Title: Twelfth Night
Character: Малволио
Released: November 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
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World Champion
Title: World Champion
Character: Fyodor Bessonov
Released: February 16, 1955
Type: Movie
The young blacksmith Ilya Gromov from the White Keys collective farm wins the title of world wrestling champion.
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Гвоздь программы
Title: Гвоздь программы
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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Did We Meet Somewhere Before
Title: Did We Meet Somewhere Before
Released: August 17, 1954
Type: Movie
Maximov and his wife Larisa Levkoyeva going to vacation, but in last minutes Levkoyeva were called back to theater. And Maximov goes all alone to the Crimea on the train. On the one of station he miss his train and must check the city and make a concert to reach the point of destination. But he is so popular that people just didn't let him rest like he want...
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True Friends
Title: True Friends
Character: Nestratov
Released: April 20, 1954
Type: Movie
Story about 3 childhood friends who found each other later in life and decided to rafting on one of the Moscovian rivers.
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The Honor of Comrade
Title: The Honor of Comrade
Released: December 30, 1953
Type: Movie
A story about training and educating of a future Red Army officers.
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The Forest
Title: The Forest
Character: Ivan Petrovich Vosmibratov
Released: May 4, 1953
Type: Movie
Based on the play of the same name by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Two poor actors, Neschastlivtsev and Schastlivtsev, — no money, no work, no tobacco and that, having put on fake orders, armed with a pistol and a guitar, decide to visit the rich Neschastlivtsev's aunt — the landowner Gurmyzhskaya...
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The Encounter of a Lifetime
Title: The Encounter of a Lifetime
Released: September 3, 1952
Type: Movie
In a professional school a girls and boys brigades are competing to finish the big order in time.
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The Unforgettable Year 1919
Title: The Unforgettable Year 1919
Character: Bryzgalov
Released: June 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Soviet propaganda film in two episodes about Stalin's strong and cruel suppression of the 1919 anti-communist uprising in St. Petersburg, Russia. Stalin and Lenin are shown as heroes who destroyed the efforts of anti-communists led by White Russians with support from "bad" British capitalists headed by Sir Winston Churchill and Lloyd George.
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The Miners of Donetsk
Title: The Miners of Donetsk
Character: Gorovoi
Released: May 16, 1951
Type: Movie
A miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm.
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The Battle of Stalingrad
Title: The Battle of Stalingrad
Character: Col. Gen. Voronov
Released: November 11, 1949
Type: Movie
A 1949 two-part Soviet epic war film about the Battle of Stalingrad, directed by Vladimir Petrov. The script was written by Nikolai Virta.
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The Star
Title: The Star
Character: Anikanov
Released: June 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Command of one of the Soviet divisions becomes aware of the alleged enemy counterattack. The scouts sent into the enemy's rear to refine the data returned. A new group of seven scouts, called "The Star", headed by Lieutenant lieutenant. Returning after a job, the group suddenly found with the German squad. After sending one of the scouts with a report, the lieutenant lieutenant with his friends enter into mortal combat with the enemy ...
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Story of a Real Man
Title: Story of a Real Man
Character: Stepan Ivanovich
Released: October 21, 1948
Type: Movie
Alexey Meresyev was a fighter pilot during the war. One day he was shot down by Nazis, and because of his wounds both of his legs had to be cut off up to his knees. Because of his spirit and courage, Alexey was able to overcome his disability. He learned not only to walk on his artificial limps, but even dance and fly the plane again. Based on a real-life story.
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Cinderella
Title: Cinderella
Character: Forester
Released: May 16, 1947
Type: Movie
In the fairy kingdom live stepmother, her evil daughters — Anna and Maryana, a limp husband-forester and his daughter from his first marriage — Cinderella. The stepmother exploits the poor girl as a housekeeper. With the help of her godmother-fairy, Cinderella gets to the royal ball, where a beautiful and very kind prince falls in love with her. At midnight, the magic ends, and poor Cinderella has to return to her former life. But on the crystal shoe that Cinderella lost while fleeing the palace to the battle of the palace chimes, the prince searches for the bride.
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The Sky Slow-Mover
Title: The Sky Slow-Mover
Character: Senior Lieutenant Semyon Tucha
Released: December 28, 1946
Type: Movie
Three pilots are best friends and good fighters. During the WWII they are taking an oath to refrain from love until the end of the War. But soon they meet three women-pilots. One by one they give up the oath, and all three fall in love.
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The Vow
Title: The Vow
Character: Gen. Nikolai Voronov
Released: July 29, 1946
Type: Movie
The story of Stalin and the Soviet people.
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The Great Glinka
Title: The Great Glinka
Character: Jacob Ulanov Ulyanich
Released: June 6, 1946
Type: Movie
About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.
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Sons
Title: Sons
Character: Karlis, the Mechanic
Released: May 31, 1946
Type: Movie
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Naval Battalion
Title: Naval Battalion
Character: Captive SS Officer
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Soviet sailors boldly defend Leningrad from the German fascists.
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Tanker
Title: Tanker "Derbent"
Released: June 9, 1941
Type: Movie
One night, the crew of the Derbent tanker receives a signal about oil ignition on the Agamali tanker. Despite the fire threatening to spill onto the ship, Derbent is in a hurry to help ...
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Song about Friendship
Title: Song about Friendship
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Fedya Yatsevich is going to a holiday home, his wife Lara - on a business trip to Zaraysk, for the whole summer. Their large apartment remains empty. At the same time, a friend of Larisa, Alesia, whom Lara persuadedto live in their apartment, was sent to the city from Zaraysk to the amateur olympiad. Fedya meets an old friend Ryhor Shemet and also allows him to live in his room, not knowing that Lara did the same with her friend. Living under the same roof, Alesya and Rygor begin to feel sympathy for each other...
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Member of the Government
Title: Member of the Government
Character: Сташков
Released: March 8, 1940
Type: Movie
In the 1930s, during Collectivization, we follow Alexandra Sokolova, who having joined a kolkhoz, is promoted by the Party to the management of the farm: she becomes chairman of the kolkhoz, courageously coping with the difficulties of collectivization, the distrust of some fellow villagers, and family conflict.
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Patriot
Title: Patriot
Character: Fellow Traveler
Released: December 29, 1939
Type: Movie
A story about the adventures of young boy Kolya Novikov who runs from his home in order to get to the border where his older brother was killed.
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Guest
Title: Guest
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A young Nenets hunter exposes a saboteur who has infiltrated the territory of the USSR, who at first poses as a doctor who has gone astray, and then makes the hunter his hostage.
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Surgery
Title: Surgery
Released: June 6, 1939
Type: Movie
A short movie based on Anton Chekhov novels.
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Танкисты
Title: Танкисты
Character: полковник фон Хартен
Released: January 1, 1939
Type: Movie
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Komsomolsk
Title: Komsomolsk
Character: военный представитель
Released: October 26, 1938
Type: Movie
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Professor Mamlock
Title: Professor Mamlock
Character: Franz Krauss
Released: September 4, 1938
Type: Movie
Made in Stalin’s Soviet Union, Professor Mamlock was one of the first films worldwide to tackle Nazi anti-Semitism openly. Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappaport, the film tells with the story of an apolitical humanitarian Jewish doctor and his politically-aware, fascism-resisting son, an intern, as their lives become entangled with the Nazis’ rise to power in 1930s Germany, where they live and practice. Things come to a head when the Nazi organization takes control of their hospital, and place a rabid antisemitic physician in charge over Mamlock and his staff.
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The Return of Maxim
Title: The Return of Maxim
Character: Menshevik student
Released: April 1, 1937
Type: Movie
The second part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. In July 1914, the Bolsheviks and Mensehviks compete for representation of the working-class in the Duma. Maksim, who just returned from exile, calls the workers to strike as a protest against the firing of six of their colleagues. The traitor Platon Dymba assaults Maksim, wounding him severely. When the strike unfolds the workers demonstrate by the thousands, the news of the outbreak of World War I suddenly arrives. Maksim gets drafted.
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The Girlfriends
Title: The Girlfriends
Character: postman (uncredited)
Released: February 19, 1936
Type: Movie
Girlfriends Zoya, Natasha and Asya live in Petrograd. Before the Civil War, young heroines are aware of the social injustice of life. When the war begins, the girls are recorded by the orderlies of the working group to protect the Bolshevik Petrograd from the advance of the whites.
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Федька
Title: Федька
Character: Luke
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie