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SON BOLELSCHIKA (A FAN'S DREAM)
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420 SON BOLELSCHIKA (A FAN'S DREAM) 1953, 4 min., color Filmed jest Director: Herbert Rappaport The picture is a screen version of the hit of the 50-s: a jest dance performed by the State Dancing Company of the USSR under the direction of Igor Moiseyev. A snoozing “fan” dreams of rushing onto a football field, becoming part of the game and employing terrific tricks to help “his” team.
Based on “The Scarlet Shoulder-Straps”, a story by Boris Izyumsky. Major Bakanov, the new tutor of the Suvorov Military School, had to start with sorting out the problem between the undergraduate Gennady Pashkov and his comrades. The self-indulging, self-centered Gennady was arrogant, capable of mocking a boy-and-girl friendship and letting a friend down. The teacher's experience and time alter the conduct of the young man who was giving himself airs, and by graduation time Pashkov's friends are sure that he will make a good officer.
Based on “The Zhurbins”, a novel by Vsevolod Kochetov. Young Alexei Zhurbin, his father Ilya, his grandfather Matvey, his brothers Anton and Victor, his girlfriend Katya, the old craftsman Basmanov who is a family friend — all of them are unique and original. The old people's friendship and the young love evoke feeling and sympathy. The spectators are moved by the trials encountered by Alexei and Katya in their private life, by Victor's wife Lida leaving the Zhurbin family, by the sincere and touching intention of the old craftsman Ilya to master the basics of algebra...
423 GEROI SHIPKI (THE SHIPKA HEROES) 1954, 123 min., color, co-production with “Bulgarfilm” Filmed historical epic Director: Sergey Vasilyev, screenplay: Arkady Perventsev, camera: Mikhail Kirillov, production designers: Mikhail Bogdanov, Gennady Myasnikov, R. Popov, misic: Nikolai Kryukov, Philip Kutev, sound: Alexander Babiy, Boris Antonov, K. Shopov Cast: Ivan Pereverzev, Victor Avdyushko, Georgy Yumatov, Konstantin Sorokin, Petko Karlukovsky, Apostol Karamitev, Stefan Peychev, Zheni Bozhinova, Katya Chukova, Yevgeny Samoylov, Sergey Papov The 1870-s. The Bulgarian patriots have risen against the centuries of Turkish rule. Russia comes to the aid of her Slavic brothers. The Russian soldiers and the Bulgarian volunteers are fighting side by side. Just as the friendship of characters grew in battle, so did the friendship of the film crews of the two countries grow in working on the picture, giving birth to the Bulgarian film industry.
424 ZAPASNOY IGROK (THE RESERVE PLAYER) 1954, 83 min., color Comedy Written and directed by: Semyon Timoshenko, camera: Yevgeny Shapiro, production designer: Semyon Malkin, misic: Isaac Dunayevsky, sound: Grigory Elbert Cast: Georgy Vitsin, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Pavel Kadochnikov, Tatyana Konyukhova, Valentina Ushakova, Mark Bernes, Vladimir Belokurov With the decisive Cup Finals game coming up, the best “Blue Arrows” football team player Sasha Vesnushkin makes a requirement to consolidate the team with “star” players of other teams. He has no faith in the ability of his comrades. The coach replaces Sasha with his brother Vasya, the “Blue Arrows” reserve player and champion, whom he has given some good schooling. 425 ZELYONY DOL (THE GREEN DALE) 1954, 58 min., b/w Melodrama Director: Tamara Rodionova, screenplay: Sergey Antonov, camera: Alexander Xenofontov, Yevgeny Kirpichev, misic: Nadezhda Simonyan, sound: Nikolai Kosarev Cast: Boris Ryzhukhin, Arina Bedrintseva, Natalya Rashevskaya, Seryezha Podmasteryev, Pyotr Lobanov, Edward Bredun Petya Ivanov, a schoolboy, gets a letter from a prominent scientist, containing 20 seeds of the extremely productive wheat of a new grade. Petya and his school friends decide to establish a trial plot. Apprehensive of the grown-ups taking away their seeds, the kids do everything in secrecy... 426 KORTIK (THE DIRK) 1954, 88 min., b/w Adventure Directors: Vladimir Vengerov, Mikhail Schweizer, screenplay: Anatoly Rybakov, Innokenty Gomello, camera: Veniamin Levitin, production designers: Alexei Rudyakov, Alexei Fedotov, misic: Boris Arapov, sound: Lev Valter Cast: Arkady Tolbuzin, Bruno Freindlich, Volodya Shakhmametyev, Borya Arakelov, Nina Krachkovskaya, Natalya Rashevskaya, Sergey Filippov Based on a novel of the same title by Anatoly Rybakov. Two boys, Misha and Genka, are helping Commissar Polevoy trace Nikitsky, leader of the White bandit gang; years ago, in front of the seamen, Nikitsky killed a naval officer and wanted to take his antique dirk, but Polevoy kept the blade. All this time Nikolsky, who only got the sheath, has been after the dirk. The boys find out that the dirk is connected with an ancient mystery which can be revealed only with the dirk sheathed. Finally, Nikitsky is seized, and the sheath recovered. 427 UKROTITELNITSA TIGROV (THE LADY TAMER OF| TIGERS) 1954, 101 min., color Comedy Directors: Alexander Ivanovsky, Nadezhda Kosheverova, screenplay: Klementy Mintz, Yevgeny Pomeschikov, camera: Apollinary Dudko, production designers: Abram Veksler, Semyon Mandel, misic: Mikhail Weinberg, sound: Alexander Bekker Cast: Lyudmila Kasatkina, Pavel Kadochnikov, Leonid Bykov, Pavel Sukhanov, Konstantin Sorokin, Nina Urgant, Boris Eder, Tatyana Peltser The famous motor racer Yermolayev accepts the invitation of the circus director and puts together an impressive stunt — a motorcycle jump performed under the circus dome. Behind stage he meets the modest circus employee Lena who dreams of the glittering, picturesque art of the circus. She becomes Yermolayev's assistant. About to leave on a long tour, Lena gets a chance to make her long-time dream come true and work with tigers. Yermolayev, in love with Lena, leaves without her. Time passes. Yermolayev has a new assistant. Lena becomes a tamer of tigers, and the night of her debut comes...
428 GVOZD PROGRAMMY (THE HIT OF THE SHOW) 1955, 30 min., b/w Satirical comedy Written and directed by: Nikolai Lebedev, camera: Vitaly Chulkov, production designer: Mikhail Krotkin, misic: Anatoly Vladimirtsev, Georgy Nosov, sound: Anna Volokhova Cast: Gleb Selyanin, Muza Krepkogorskaya, Vasily Merkuryev The picture mocks the Collective Farm Chairman putting obstacles in the way of amateur talent activities. 429 DVA KAPITANA (THE TWO CAPTAINS) 1955, 98 min., color Adventure Director: Vladimir Vengerov, screenplay: Veniamin Kaverin, Yevgeny Gabrilovich, camera: Apollinary Dudko, production designer: David Vinitsky, misic: Oleg Karavaychuk, sound: Yevgeny Nesterov Cast: Alexander Mikhailov, Olga Zabotkina, Anatoly Adoskin, Yevgeny Lebedev, Borya Belyayev, Lyuda Bezuglaya, Borya Arakelov, Inna Kondratyeva, Leonid Gallis, Tatyana Peltser, Bruno Freindlich A screen version of a novel of the same title by Veniamin Kaverin. Sanya Grigoryev, a teenage boy from the town of Ensk, comes across a dead postman's bag containing a package of letters recounting the tragic end of Captain Tatarinov's Arctic expedition. He goes to Leningrad and enters the school where Katya, the Arctic explorer's daughter, is a student, telling her about the letters. The love for Katya and the letters of her father are behind Sanya's firm decision to become an Arctic pilot and find the trace of the vanished expedition. The war-time hardships, the treachery of a school friend and the slander of Captain Tatarinov's brother who had destroyed the expedition complicate the search which Sanya relentlessly pursues.
430 DVENADTSATAYA NOCH (THE TWELFTH NIGHT) 1955, 90 min., color Comedy Written and directed by: Jan Fried, camera: Yevgeny Shapiro, production designer: Semyon Malkin, misic: Alexei Zhivotov, sound: Boris Khutoryansky Cast: Clara Luchko, Alla Larionova, Vadim Medvedev, Mikhail Yanshin, Georgy Vitsin, Vasily Merkuryev, Bruno Freindlich, Sergey Filippov A screen version of a comedy of the same title by William Shakespeare. 431 DELO (THE CASE) 1955, 97 min., b/w Filmed stage performance Director: Gennady Kazansky, camera: Vitaly Chulkov, production designer: Ivan Ivanov, misic: Dmitry Tolstoy, sound: Anna Volokhova Cast: Alexander Gultsen, Vladimir Taskin, Pavel Pankov, Yuri Bublikov, N. Lukinov, Galina Korotkevich, Dmitry Bessonov, Vsevolod Kuznetsov Based on the play of the same title by Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin staged at the Lensoveta Drama Theatre, produced and designed by Nikolai Akimov. 432 DELO RUMYANTSEVA (THE RUMYANTSEV CASE) 1955, 103 min., color Melodrama Director: Joseph Heifitz, screenplay: Yuri German, Joseph Heifitz, camera: Mikhail Magid, Lev Sokolsky, production designers: Isaac Kaplan, Bella Manevich, misic: Venedict Pushkov, sound: Arnold Shargorodsky Cast: Alexei Batalov, Ninel Podgornaya, Sergey Lukyanov, Gennady Yukhtin, Vladimir Lepko, Yevgeny Leonov, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Victor Chekmaryev, Ants Eskola, Pyotr Lobanov The long distance trucker Sasha Rumyantsev unintentionally becomes an accomplice to a crime committed by the manager of his trucking company. The honest guy is accused of stealing a truckload of goods in scarce supply. Together, the employees of the trucking company rise to the defense of their friend, helping the investigator Colonel Afanasyev find and expose the real criminals.
433 MAXIM PEREPELITSA (MAXIM PEREPELITSA) 1955, 94 min., b/w Comedy Director: Anatoly Granik, screenplay: Ivan Stadnyuk, camera: Dmitry Meskhiyev, production designer: Victor Savostin, misic: Vasily Solovyev-Sedoy, sound: Nikolai Kosarev Cast: Leonid Bykov, Alexander Borisov, Lyudmila Kostyrko, Nikolai Yakovchenko, Georgy Vitsin, Konstantin Sorokin A merry, witty comedy about a mischievous guy from a Ukrainian village being drafted into the Army, to become a smart, disciplined soldier. 434 MIKHAYLO LOMONOSOV (MIKHAYLO LOMONOSOV) 1955, 104 min., color Biopic Director: Alexander Ivanov, screenplay: Leonid Rakhmanov, camera: Mikhail Magid, Lev Sokolsky, production designer: Nikolai Suvorov, misic: Venedict Pushkov, sound: Yevgeny Nesterov Cast: Boris Livanov, Asta Vihandi, Ants Eskola, Janis Osis, Vladimir Soshalsky, Alexei Konsovsky, Vladimir Belokurov The picture features the great Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov. After several years of studying in Germany Lomonosov returns to his motherland to embark on the years of persistent struggle to establish the native Russian science, to found centers of true science in St. Petersburg and Moscow, and to start the Moscow University.
The local doctor Yelizaveta Maximovna sees and restores to health lots and lots of patients. The talented shipbuilder Yershov afflicted by the misfortune of leg paralysis proves to be the most “difficult” one yet. Consistently trying out various treatment courses she strives to help Yershov, who falls in love with his physician. Yershov's mother and Doctor Aganin, who is in love with Yelizaveta Maximovna, put obstacles in the path of their happiness...
Loosely based on a novel of the same title by Ethel Lillian Voynich. The picture is set in Italy in the 1930-s. Young Arthur falls prey to the treachery of his confessor, who, from his confession, learned of the existence of the “Young Italy” secret society and reported it to the Austrian gendarmes. Arthur's friends condemn him as a traitor. At the same time Arthur finds out that the priest Montanelli, his spiritual instructor whom he used to worship as a pillar of honesty and infallibility, has broken his vow of celibacy and is in fact his father. Arthur vanishes... Thirteen years go by; the Italian national movement for freedom is championed by the brave and resolute revolutionary going by the name of Rivarez, who comes up with a publication denouncing the reactionary government and Catholic clergy...
The picture features the post-war fight of the Soviet people against saboteurs and spies. The leader of a geological party is killed in the taiga. A team flies out from Moscow to begin the search for the assassin. During the chase, their Yakut hunter guide, who discovered a strange trail in the taiga, finds his death. The situation becomes even more complicated...
A screen version of “The Captains”, a novel by Hans Lebreht. 439 TALANTY I POKLONNIKI (TALENTS AND FANS) 1955, 89 min., b/w Melodrama Directors: Andrei Apsolon, Boris Dmokhovsky, screenplay: Leonid Lyubashevsky, camera: Heinrich Marandzhyan, production designers: Abram Veksler, Nikolai Suvorov, misic: Yephim Sirotkin, Dmitry Tolstoy, sound: Grigory Elbert Cast: Tatyana Lennikova, Pavel Kadochnikov, Boris Smirnov, Yekaterina Aleksandrovskaya, Konstantin Skorobogatov, Yevgeny Lebedev, Gennady Michurin, Nikolai Trofimov, Tamara Alyoshina A screen version of a play of the same title by Alexander Ostrovsky. 440 CHUZHAYA RODNYA (STRANGE KIN) 1955, 89 min., b/w Melodrama Director: Mikhail Schweizer, screenplay by: Vladimir Tendryakov based on his novel “Ill Suited”, camera: Vyacheslav Fastovich, production designer: Nikolai Suvorov, misic: Andrei Paschenko, sound: Lev Valter Cast: Nikolai Rybnikov, Nonna Mordyukova, Nikolai Segeyev, Yelena Maximova, Stepan Krylov, Lyubov Malinovskaya, Leonid Kmit The tractor driver Fyodor enters the narrow, stuffy little world of the Ryashkin family with its long-time rigid life standards. Having married their handsome daughter Stesha, he wants to bring sounds of modern life into their stagnant world. Encountering resolute opposition of the Ryashkins and Stesha's doubts, Fyodor leaves his wife. Truly loving her husband and continuing to love her parents, the young woman is faced with the question, what's to be done?
Mitya's father, a long distance sailor, has sent him a gift of a large egg. Shortly a baby crocodile popped out of the egg. What's to be done with it? Thus started the exceptional adventures of Mitya and his young friends at home, in the school mini-zoo, and outdoors, when the baby, — still, a crocodile baby! — crawled out, having escaped from the bathtub.
The picture features the life story of an ordinary Moscow working woman who becomes a people's judge. Different life stories come before her eyes. She encounters human dramas and misunderstandings, swindle and deceit. All the while, she has her own problems. Her children have grown up. She is in love with a married man, and the emotion is reciprocated. Whereas people expect her to administer justice...
Engineer Lobanov, Cand. Sc., is working on the design of a detector, a remote control instrument for locating damaged electrical cables. Wishing to be closer to the practical use of his instrument, he leaves his research institute for a production company, to start his activities with restructuring his Department, where Lebedev's new approach and creative plans find support. Yet, the trouble-making Assistant Head of the Department is out to obstruct the work on the detector. Lobanov's urgency and persistence, his team's support, and his confidence in the need for the detector lead the inventor to victory. 444 KRUTIYE GORKI (STEEP HILLS) 1956, 98 min., color Melodrama Director: Nikolai Rozantsev, screenplay: Budimir Metalnikov, camera: Sergey Ivanov, production designer: Victor Volin, misic: Oleg Karavaychuk, sound: Vladimir Yakovlev Cast: Dmitry Pavlov, Ivan Dmitriyev, Galina Vodyanitskaya, Lydia Smirnova, Boris Kokovkin, Yelena Karyakina The new Collective Farm Chairman Frolov comes to the village of Krutiye Gorki, where he used to live. In the process of taking over from the former Chairman Gorelov he reveals a series of unlawful transactions. Gorelov regards this as revenge, since his wife Anna is Gorelov's old love. Gorelov is taken into custody and convicted. While setting things going in his native village, Frolov is unable to forget Anna. His love for Anna blazes anew. Having served his time, Gorelov returns to take his wife and son away from the Collective Farm. Anna faces a difficult choice.
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