Nikolay Grabbe

Acting

Nikolay Grabbe

Born — Died

1920-12-20 — 1990-06-12

Place of birth

Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Known for

Fuse poster
7.6

Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".

Fuse

1962

Andrei Rublev poster
7.9

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

Andrei Rublev

1966

The Long Recess poster
8.2

A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.

The Long Recess

1973

The Adjutant of His Excellency poster
7.7

Yuri Solomin in the military-adventure film about the fate of red scout Koltsov, who in 1919 was sent with the special sssignments into Denikin's army headquarters, where he became adjutant of the commander. The film not only tells about the operations brilliantly conducted by Koltsov, but also reveals the complex inner world of characters who lived in the controversial and tragic time.

The Adjutant of His Excellency

1970

The Secret of the Third Planet poster
7.4

At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zelyony go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way they seem to encounter a mysterious conspiracy led by Doctor Verhovtsev against legendary Two Captains Kim and Buran. The only clue is a talking bird Сhatterer [Govorun] that our heroes accidentally took possession of.

The Secret of the Third Planet

1981

Mimino poster
7.5

Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.

Mimino

1977

Film credits

1980s · 12 titles

The Secret of the Third Planet poster
7.4

At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zelyony go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way they seem to encounter a mysterious conspiracy led by Doctor Verhovtsev against legendary Two Captains Kim and Buran. The only clue is a talking bird Сhatterer [Govorun] that our heroes accidentally took possession of.

The Secret of the Third Planet

1981

A Special Unit poster
7.5

In May 1941, a young instructor of the Komsomol Regional Committee of Belovezhskaya Pushcha Andrei Dyomushkin was invited to the graduation party of the Moscow Theatre School to create a professional theatre in the city. The war has crossed out all plans. Now he, along with the course of graduates, will have to go through the war and be the commander of the front acting fraternity in the current army "A Special Unit"...

A Special Unit

1984

The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin poster
6.8

Scamper is a little penguin who loves wandering around the Artic where he lives with his parents. Unfortunately his little adventures tend to get he, and his friend Snowflake into trouble, especially when he disobeys his father and goes exploring with seagulls who want to eat him flying above, and men and dogs on the ground with them. One day the adventure goes too far and they float out to sea, only to be caught by men who want to sell them to the zoo. Scamper, Snowflake and their new friend, a macaroni penguin named Louie, must escape and get back to their families to warn them.

The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin

1987

The Tale of Tsar Saltan poster
7.1

Tale - this is what is everyone from childhood. Give yourself a chance to once again return to the magical world created by Alexander Pushkin. Adventures brave Tsarevich Guidon, beautiful Swan-Tsar Saltan reminded of that love, loyalty and the spirit always wins!

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

1984

One Was Caught Who Bit poster
9.0

The Beaver comes to his friend Badger with a message that the famous robber and hooligan Fox is on the trail of their friend Mouse. The friends decide to help the unsuspecting Mouse escape. At this time, he calmly walks through the clearings, singing carefree songs.

One Was Caught Who Bit

1983

The Little Elephant and a Letter poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Little Elephant and a Letter

1983

Recess III poster
NR

The cartoon consists of three plots, "The Alchemist," "Our House," and "The Money Changers." In the first cartoon, a two-year-old schoolboy, resorting to chemistry, which he also does not know, tries to get the two out of the diary. The second cartoon tells about an apartment building that is only 10 years old, but looks like 100. And as a little girl, by her example, she forced the boys to look at their native home with completely different eyes. And the main thing is that now they will not paint the walls, but will love their home. The third cartoon is about a money changer boy who changes everything: glasses for old stamps, and stamps for an elephant in a zoo, a dog for a cat, and a cat for a mouse, and he changed the mouse for a bruise and a bump… And only I couldn't change the two to the five.

Recess III

1984

Chuchelo-myauchelo poster
8.0

Chuchelo-myauchelo shows that song and cheerful mood always help in the workplace.

Chuchelo-myauchelo

1982

Mikko, Pavlova's Son poster
NR

Dolphines Tristan and Pavlova adopt a boy, Mikko, left behind after a shipwreck.

Mikko, Pavlova's Son

1989

To Whom Shall I Tell My Sorrow? poster
NR

This cartoon is about the sad fate of a little boy who has neither a mother nor a father, only a grandfather. He used to live with his grandfather in the countryside, but when things got really bad, his grandfather sent him to work in the house of a wealthy Moscow man. However, the masters didn't care that he was still very young, and they put him to work that was too much for him, and they didn't let him eat, and they scolded and beat him. He was often sent to buy vodka, where he would see the city life, the different people, the big houses, the beautiful horses, and the indifference and cruelty of the people. One day, unable to bear the hardships of his life, he wrote a letter to his grandfather, asking him to take him away before he died, and on the envelope he wrote, "To the village, to my grandfather."

To Whom Shall I Tell My Sorrow?

1988

A Pill poster
8.0

How the animals punished the liar-fox.

A Pill

1983

The Rooster and the Boyar poster
NR

A smart rooster overcomes a greedy boyar (noble) who stole an old couple's magic millstones. Based on a Russian folk tale.

The Rooster and the Boyar

1986

1970s · 25 titles

Mimino poster
7.5

Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.

Mimino

1977

Afonya poster
7.7

Afonya Borshev is a plumber who drinks a lot, flirts a lot and doesn't care too much about tomorrow. His wife left him, his boss placed him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. When Afonya met Katya at a dance club he didn't pay her much attention, yet she may be the only one who can help him.

Afonya

1975

The Legend of Thyl poster
5.8

Based on the novel by Charles de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere." First part: "The Ashes of Claes". XVI century. The freedom-loving and cheerful people of the Netherlands under the rule of the Spanish king: persecution, torture, bonfires of the Inquisition, encouraging scammers. The fearless Thyl Uhlenshpiegel and his faithful girlfriend Nele have to go through many trials. Second part: "Viva Beggars!". The people of the Netherlands, tormented by cruel royal decrees, taxes, heresy, torture and executions, began a war of liberation against Spanish rule. Many feats will be performed by the national hero Tilbert (Thyl) Ulenspiegel and his friend Lamme Gudzak before peace returns to their homeland.

The Legend of Thyl

1977

The Red Snowball Tree poster
7.1

A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.

The Red Snowball Tree

1974

No artwork available
7.5

The captain of one of the fishing seiners in the Far East, having accidentally discovered a large school of fish, did not notify the other crews, contrary to established traditions and regulations. The "race" in the ocean caused the accident, and now the gathered comrades intend to understand the sincerity and heroism of their colleague.

Putina

1972

Vasilyok poster
5.5

Animated Soviet propaganda cartoon by S. Aristakesov, about a boy who search for his grandfather who was MIA in WWII.

Vasilyok

1973

Счёт человеческий poster
7.3

Zoo inspector Chaplygin, concerned about the death of walruses due to panic caused by airplane flights, destroys the only navigational sign and the flights stop. Having failed to understand each other on the spot, the pilot and the zoo inspector go to Moscow - and will settle their dispute in the State Arbitration.

Счёт человеческий

1978

The Magic Watermelon poster
NR

The film is designed to instill in children a sense of respect for work and respect for nature.

The Magic Watermelon

1978

Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again poster
7.1

The Russian Civil War is over and the White Guard are all dead or abroad. Some of the exiled nobles are attempting to crown a new Tsar/Emperor abroad, and a couple of impostors are vying for the position. At the same time, some of the Elusive Avengers' old foes are trying to return to Russia, for mysterious reasons. The avengers are assigned the task of finding out what's going on. Turns out the bad guys are after the Russian Crown, which is encrusted with many diamonds and jewels. It is not clear whether the crown is only wanted for the coronation ceremony or if the bad guys are trying to sell it to the highest bidder, but either way they must be stopped. The avengers are after them. Two go to Paris to infiltrate the emigrant community, and the other two work on the Russian soil.

Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again

1971

The Secret Agent's Destiny poster
6.2

After Tulyev's arrest, Soviet counterintelligence continues the radio game with the enemy, sending encryptions signed "Nadezhda" to the Western intelligence center. KGB officer Sinitsyn, friendly towards Tulyev, tries to persuade him to take his side — he arranges a meeting to a scout with Mariya and her son, whom he has never seen before. In addition, Mikhail learns that his father didn't die of his own death, but was most likely killed. Meanwhile, a young Soviet scientist Borkov, who spoke at an international conference about his innovative work, finds himself in the spotlight of the Western security services.

The Secret Agent's Destiny

1970

Crane in the Sky poster
6.8

After his wife left him for another man, Andrey unsuccessfully tried to found a new woman. Meanwhile, he found an orphan which was looking for his mother.

Crane in the Sky

1978

My Friends poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

My Friends

1974

Allow Take-Off! poster
8.0

A new pilot arrives to a far away airport forcing the old veteran to retire.

Allow Take-Off!

1971

Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram poster
5.0

The film tells about the life of the Soviet country in the 30s of the twentieth century, based on the feuilletons and notebooks of famous writers Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov…

Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram

1972

Red Sun poster
NR

Young Venka investigates the cause of death of a fellow villager during the Great Patriotic War - in the process uncovering a traitor who has been murdering witnesses to his own inglorious past.

Red Sun

1972

The Very Last Day poster
5.2

Among the usual cases, talking with drunkards, a junior cop finds time for the neighbor girl Alla, who fell under the influence of the leader of the thieves' gang. Seeing her with a young man, suspected of theft, he tries to detain him.

The Very Last Day

1972

Жить по-своему poster
NR

The pride of the repair plant, a striker, an order-bearer, one day suddenly inquired about his home affairs and discovered that not everything was as well as he would like it to be. His son works without having finished school. He dropped out of school a month before receiving his diploma without his parents' knowledge, he wanted to go to the nautical school. There is a huge competition. But he works without a soul, but for a check mark in the characterization. The son became a stranger to his father. In a different way alien to the father's eldest daughter, a mannequin. She loves married, dating him for two years, and he still does not want or does not want to part with his wife. Her father does not understand that she has her own life, forbids her to meet with her lover. And the youngest, not by years independent, childishly trusting and maturely reasonable tells her father his mistakes. And it is she who helps her father to understand his guilt before the family.

Жить по-своему

1977

The Long Recess poster
7.3

A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.

The Long Recess

1972

Jarosław Dąbrowski poster
10.0

A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist.

Jarosław Dąbrowski

1976

The City Accepted poster
7.7

38 Petrovka Street. Here, in the operations room, information about incidents in Moscow flows in. By pure chance, police captain Stanislav Tikhonov and forensic expert Margarita Ushakova meet on duty after six years of separation. In the cycle of accidents, in the tense waiting for a call they will try to understand why their relationship did not work out.

The City Accepted

1979

Kysh and TwoBriefcases poster
7.0

The heroes of the film are first-graders Snezhana and Alyosha Seroglazov, who received the nickname "TwoBriefcases" because of his small stature on the first day of attending school, as well as a small puppy Kysh.

Kysh and TwoBriefcases

1974

Near These Windows poster
10.0

Young projectionist Mikhail Anokhin, while preparing for the elections, becomes an agitator of his microdistrict, makes friends and enemies, and helps those who need help.

Near These Windows

1974

Fifth Season poster
NR

Two friends, yesterday's workers, return to the plant as engineers. Andrey becomes the head of the workshop, and Pavel becomes an employee of the State Supervision Authority for Quality. A conflict arises between friends: Andrey “drives quantity,” Pavel tries to prevent the production of low-quality parts.

Fifth Season

1978

Seventh Skies poster
7.0

Life in a distant south town become to difficult for the young girl Ksana from Moscow...

Seventh Skies

1972

Country House poster
5.5

Having saved money for a summer cottage and having chosen a suitable house, the couple of Petrovs decided without hesitation to enter into ownership rights. Right from the savings bank, the wife goes to the garden plot, and the husband has to pay the owners in Moscow. However, a thick bundle of money disappears from his pocket ...

Country House

1973

1960s · 14 titles

Andrei Rublev poster
7.9

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

Andrei Rublev

1966

The Shield and the Sword poster
NR

The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. The Russian military command suspects hostile intent from Germany and so arranges for its spies to infiltrate ranks of the German military and the SS. Alexander Belov is a Russian spy, who travels from Soviet-held Latvia to Nazi Germany under an alias of Johann Weiss. His mastery of the German language, steel nerves and an ability to manipulate others help him to use his connections in the SS to ascend the ladder of the German intelligence. He uses his position to identify sympathetic Germans, who help him to procure vital intelligence, and to help local resistance movements in their collective fight against Nazism.

The Shield and the Sword

1968

Resurrection poster
6.6

Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.

Resurrection

1960

Wings poster
6.8

Former fighter pilot turned provincial schoolmistress Nadezhda Petrovna struggles to adapt to peacetime, having internalised military ideals of service and obedience.

Wings

1966

Exodus poster
7.7

It shows how the October Revolution affected the hearts of the Mongolian people, and how they defeated the white bandit Baron Ungern at the beginning of the revolution and put an end to his evil activities.

Exodus

1968

The Secret Agent's Blunder poster
6.9

In the spring of 1961, KGB officers received information that an experienced intelligence officer Mikhail Zarokov, son of the Russian emigrant Count Tulyev, with extensive international experience and knowledge in various operations was abandoned on the territory of the Soviet Union. He is sent to Russia to carry out a very difficult and risky task, which is directly related to the nuclear industrial complex and transfer the collected information abroad...

The Secret Agent's Blunder

1968

Grown-Up Children poster
6.6

Anatoli Kuzmich retired and received a separate apartment in a new house. He and his wife are happy and make bright plans for the future: how they will go to theaters, museums, read their favorite books. But their daughter Lyusya suddenly gets married. Not wanting to part with her, Korolyovs persuade the young spouses to live with them in a new apartment. Soon a child is born, and gradually life together becomes unbearable.

Grown-Up Children

1961

The Little Runaway poster
3.0

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning that his sick father is being treated in the Soviet Union, Ken sets off in search of him. The friendship of the great clown and the boy continues in Moscow.

The Little Runaway

1966

They Conquer the Skies poster
8.5

The end of the 1940s. Test pilot Aleksei Kolchin was commissioned for the first time to fly the first Soviet jet fighter. The tests are successful, but it is necessary to improve the aircraft. When performing a test flight, Kolchin dies, his last words are recorded on tape. Having studied them, Kolchin's friend Sergei Sharov makes a new attempt and completes the test of the aircraft.

They Conquer the Skies

1963

The Road to 'Saturn' poster
4.9

A first part of story about a Soviet spies trying to infiltrate German Intelligence center "Saturn" during and after the WWII.

The Road to 'Saturn'

1967

On Thin Ice poster
6.8

Two KGB agents are fighting against foreign spies before and during WWII.

On Thin Ice

1966

Your Son and Brother poster
6.8

Old Yermolai lived all his life in one village. He has four sons, each with their own problems. The youngest foolishly ended up in jail and, three months before his release, greatly missing his family, escaped.

Your Son and Brother

1966

At Your Threshold poster
4.3

War time drama set in WWII. Citizen of Moscow gather in a patriotic show of defiance to help slow down the advancing Nazi forces that are closing in on the city.

At Your Threshold

1963

Midshipman Panin poster
5.4

It is May 1912. Thirteen political prisoners are being tried in a naval fortress of Kronstadt. They are sentenced to death by hanging. A clandestine Bolshevik organization decides to free the prisoners during their transfer to the place of execution. Vasily Panin, a junker of a school of naval engineers, is one of those entrusted with this dangerous task.

Midshipman Panin

1960

1950s · 7 titles

Quiet Flows the Don poster
6.3

Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist — Grigoriy Melekhov.

Quiet Flows the Don

1957

The Fire of Immortality poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Fire of Immortality

1956

The Incident at Mine No. 8 poster
9.0

After graduating from the institute in Leningrad, the young geologist Volodya Batanin arrives to work for distribution to a coal plant in the Arctic.

The Incident at Mine No. 8

1958

The Mexican poster
6.8

1910 year. Mexican patriots are preparing an uprising against the dictatorship of Diaz. Young Felipe Rivera joins the revolutionary junta, whose father and mother were shot by dictators. The hour of rebellion is near, but the heroes lack weapons. To get the necessary amount of money, Rivera decides to perform in the ring against Ward, America’s strongest boxer...

The Mexican

1956

Courage School poster
8.0

The film centers on the fate of a provincial guy who became a participant in revolutionary events and the civil war.

Courage School

1954

The Parasite poster
4.5

After a long absence from St. Petersburg, a young landowner Yeletskaya comes to her estate with her husband.

The Parasite

1953

«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto poster
7.5

The Soviet steamer Bogatyr delivers construction materials and rafts with timber to the earthquake-stricken city of Marto. However, foreign intelligence is preparing a sabotage operation on the Bogatyr...

«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto

1954

1940s · 2 titles

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