Nikolay Erdman

Writing

Nikolay Erdman

Born — Died

1900-11-16 — 1970-08-10

Place of birth

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Russian and Soviet playwright and screenwriter.

Known for

The Snow Queen poster
6.7

When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kai, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.

The Snow Queen

1957

Jolly Fellows poster
6.4

Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta and plays the "star" for her. In a cascade of comic musical numbers he becomes the leader of a Jazz-Band and gives a hilarious show at the Odessa Music Hall. Now he is destined to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

Jolly Fellows

1934

The Twelve Months poster
6.3

A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.

The Twelve Months

1956

Father Frost poster
6.2

A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

Father Frost

1965

Sold Appetite poster
10.0

After eating too much, the glutton-millionaire realizes that he has ruined his stomach. The hired scientist, Professor Fuchs, proposes a new surgical treatment that would separate the processes of satiety and digestion. To do this, you need to find a healthy person who agreed to provide the stomach. He is found, and soon the millionaire showed fantastic food absorption abilities. The painful sensations of an overloaded stomach were experienced not by the glutton, but by the unemployed driver, Emil. Lost movie.

Sold Appetite

1928

The Adventures of Buratino poster
6.7

A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.

The Adventures of Buratino

1959

Behind the camera

The Snow Queen poster
6.7

When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kai, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.

The Snow Queen

1957

Jolly Fellows poster
6.4

Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta and plays the "star" for her. In a cascade of comic musical numbers he becomes the leader of a Jazz-Band and gives a hilarious show at the Odessa Music Hall. Now he is destined to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

Jolly Fellows

1934

The Twelve Months poster
6.3

A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.

The Twelve Months

1956

Father Frost poster
6.2

A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

Father Frost

1965

Sold Appetite poster
10.0

After eating too much, the glutton-millionaire realizes that he has ruined his stomach. The hired scientist, Professor Fuchs, proposes a new surgical treatment that would separate the processes of satiety and digestion. To do this, you need to find a healthy person who agreed to provide the stomach. He is found, and soon the millionaire showed fantastic food absorption abilities. The painful sensations of an overloaded stomach were experienced not by the glutton, but by the unemployed driver, Emil. Lost movie.

Sold Appetite

1928

The Adventures of Buratino poster
6.7

A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.

The Adventures of Buratino

1959

The Bicycle Tamers poster
10.0

A comedy about a young inventor girl, a brave veterinarian, his athletic friend and funny cycling races, where not strongest wins, but true friendship and love.

The Bicycle Tamers

1964

Once Upon a Time poster
7.3

The tale about a magic fish and resentful lover whose fiancee went to a lazy fool.

Once Upon a Time

1957

Mitya poster
9.0

Exposing the customs of provincial philistinism in the years of NEP. Small town. Mitya, going to the party of his bride Shurochka, finds a dying woman with infants. When he comes to visit the child, everyone decides that he was the father - and kicks him out. Mitya decides to drown himself. Unknown saves him and helps to stage his own funeral. During the mourning ceremony, Mitya rise from the grave, thanks the inhabitants petrified by horror, and leaves the city forever. Lost movie.

Mitya

1927

The Old Jockey poster
4.7

About Trofimov, a well-known rider who goes on taking part in races in spite of the advanced age, until he realizes his time has gone and passes his experience on to his granddaughter’s fiance

The Old Jockey

1941

Michel and Mishutka poster
NR

The famous artist bear Michel, having stopped training while on vacation, almost ruined another circus performance. But the bear cub Mishutka performed the main act for him—a flight under the circus dome.

Michel and Mishutka

1961

Cain the XVIII-th poster
5.4

A traveling musician falls in love with a princess who is betrothed to a dictator planning to defeat his enemies with the help of an exploding mutant mosquito.

Cain the XVIII-th

1963

Thumbelina poster
6.9

A story based on the popular Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale "Thumbelina".

Thumbelina

1964

Verlioka poster
10.0

A one-eyed forest bully kidnaps a girl, but her friends rush to her aid. Based on Slavic fairy tales.

Verlioka

1957

Quiet Haven poster
NR

About fostering an honest attitude toward work.

Quiet Haven

1957

Frog the Traveller poster
7.1

Tired of boring life frog decides to travel by hitchhiking.

Frog the Traveller

1965

Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes poster
6.1

Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.

Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes

1968

Island of Mistakes poster
7.9

A short animated film about poor student Kolya Sorokin, who is dragged by two swans to the island of errors. On the island, incorrect solutions cause a lot of problems for Kolya. These trials force the hero to approach his responsibilities in a different way.

Island of Mistakes

1955

Stories About Lenin poster
6.8

Two stories ("The feat of the soldier Mukhin", "The Last Autumn"). The events of one concern 1917, when Lenin had to hide in Finland, the second takes place in 1923-1924 during the last months of his life in Gorki.

Stories About Lenin

1957

The Other Woman poster
7.0

Komsomol member Pavel Kudryashov, after seeing his pregnant wife to the village, sheltered a young woman who had fallen behind the train. In Paul's friendly relations with an outside woman, the local philistinism saw a criminal connection. Lost movie.

The Other Woman

1929

The Prince and the Pauper poster
6.7

Two look-alike boys, one a poor street kid and the other a prince, exchange places to see what the other's life is like.

The Prince and the Pauper

1942

Unusual Town poster
NR

Mayhem breaks out when newcomer Oblaposhkin is put temporarily in charge as deputy of the weird City of Durov, inhabited by animals that work in the city as firefighters, barbers, secretaries, teachers, hotel managers and everything else.

Unusual Town

1963

The Snow Maiden poster
10.0

Lonely old people make themselves a snowy granddaughter. Cartoon based on a Russian fairy tale in the style of illustrations by Ivan Bilibin.

The Snow Maiden

1969

The Snow Maiden poster
10.0

Lonely old people make themselves a snowy granddaughter. Cartoon based on a Russian fairy tale in the style of illustrations by Ivan Bilibin.

The Snow Maiden

1969

Hello, Moscow! poster
6.5

At the amateur talent show the boy, accompanying himself on the accordion, sings a song about Moscow... The plot of the movie is based on the story of the director of the school about how this accordion, once belonging to a cadre worker who died during a demonstration in 1905, has been in many hands before it got to the guys.

Hello, Moscow!

1945

Post in the Mountains poster
5.4

From Moscow senior lieutenant Lunin comes to serve at the border post. The hero is actively involved in the life of the outpost. Meanwhile, on the other side of the border, the Ismail-gang gang is intensifying its actions ...

Post in the Mountains

1953

A Magic Saving Stick poster
3.5

No synopsis available yet.

A Magic Saving Stick

1956

The Safety Match poster
5.9

A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.

The Safety Match

1954

The Cat That Walked by Himself poster
8.3

The story about the wild creatures of the wild forest and one impudent Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

The Cat That Walked by Himself

1968

The Horsemen poster
5.3

A boy breeds horses on the plains between Belarus and the Caucasus. When the German invasion comes he joins the partisans as a horseman.

The Horsemen

1950

The House on Trubnaya poster
6.3

Life is short and full of oppression, but that doesn't mean Parasha can't find love and laughter when she leaves her country home to take a job as a maid in the overcrowded, overworked, and underpaid world in the big city.

The House on Trubnaya

1928

Three Penguins poster
NR

Penguins Peak, Pak and Pok built a monument in honor of their friendship. But, having fought because of the fish, they destroyed it and missed the fish.

Three Penguins

1961

The City of Masters poster
6.0

After their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy. Based on Tamara Gabbe fairy tale.

The City of Masters

1965

Lyubushka poster
7.5

Bandits took away a beautiful horse from peasant Nikita Lykov and left him a nag instead. The peasant began to nurse the horse, which turned out to be a famous Oryol trotter named Lyubushka.

Lyubushka

1961

Fedya Zaitsev poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Fedya Zaitsev

1948

Volga - Volga poster
6.9

Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.

Volga - Volga

1938

Adventures of Murzilka poster
7.0

The fabulous journalist Murzilka, while on vacation, receives a telegram from the magazine's editor-in-chief in which Murzilka is instructed to make a photo portrait of a good boy or child inventor for the cover of the new issue.

Adventures of Murzilka

1956

The Cat's House poster
5.7

A rich and ignorant cat loses her big house in a fire. Only then she realizes that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

The Cat's House

1958

Actress poster
5.4

Zoya Vladimirovna Strelnikova, a famous operetta actress, quits the theater and gets a nanny in a military hospital. There she meets the wounded major Peter Nikolayevich Markov.

Actress

1943

Flight to the Moon poster
6.3

A boy is by an accident a member of a crew that is going to travel to the moon.

Flight to the Moon

1953