Nikolai Kryukov

Acting

Nikolai Kryukov

Born — Died

1915-06-08 — 1993-04-17

Place of birth

Moscow, Russian Empire

Known for

Acting

Credits

70 titles

Known for

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson poster
7.8

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson is a series of five films produced by Lenfilm for the Soviet Central Television, split into eleven episodes, starring Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson. They were directed by Igor Maslennikov and filmed in Russia (the then Soviet Union) between 1979 and 1986, and the series was one of the most successful in the history of Russian television.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

1980

Memories of Sherlock Holmes poster
7.1

Detective television series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Five films about Sherlock Holmes, shot by Igor Maslennikov earlier, were remounted in 2000, a connecting story about Conan Doyle's literary secretary, Mr. Wood, who is preparing an anniversary collection of stories about Holmes for the beginning of the coming XX century. Sir Arthur receives huge mail every day, addressed not to him, but to Sherlock Holmes. And then one day a letter arrives with a plea for help, and Doyle begins an investigation...

Memories of Sherlock Holmes

2000

Treasure Island poster
7.0

Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Treasure Island

1982

Russia Is Young poster
6.5

The Russian Empire, the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, the era of Peter I's reforms. At the center of events are Captain Silvestr Ievlev, Lieutenant of the Customs Troops Afanasy Krykov, and Helmsman Ivan Ryabov. All three are very close to the emperor, who entrusts them with commanding the resistance against the Swedish fleet during the defense of Arkhangelsk. Each of the trio plays an important role in the defense of Arkhangelsk and the capture of the Swedish fleet.

Russia Is Young

1984

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson poster
7.5

The second part of the series of television films based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. The film consists of three episodes (The King of Blackmail, Mortal Fight and Tiger Hunt), filmed based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House", as well as small episodes from the stories "The Interpreter's Case", "Silver" and "The Retired Drunkard".

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

1980

Long Road in the Dunes poster
7.5

The action of the film takes place in Latvia and spans the period from 1939 to the early 1970s. The events that occurred in the country had various effects on the fates of the characters. But throughout it all, love guided them — it scattered and gathered, made them suffer terribly, and made them the happiest people in the world...

Long Road in the Dunes

1982

Film credits

1990s · 7 titles

He Will Receive poster
8.8

No synopsis available yet.

He Will Receive

1992

The Executioner poster
4.4

The journalist becomes a victim of rape. To take revenge on the rapists, she makes a deal with the criminals. But things are beginning to unfold unpredictably...

The Executioner

1990

Forgive Us Mother Russia poster
NR

A criminal story about how a KGB investigator tries to rehabilitate an innocent-convicted Red Army soldier and when she manages to prove his innocence - the power in the country changes and it is removed from further investigation.

Forgive Us Mother Russia

1991

The Trial poster
NR

Based on materials from real criminal cases, it follows the trial of the trade mafia.

The Trial

1990

The Year of the Good Child poster
7.0

Roma Rogov was a talented and gifted boy — something that becomes clear by blowing up his teacher. A girl from Germany named Rosy casually fixes her dad’s scooter. Such exceptional children are sent to the International Festival of Gifted Kids, held in honor of the Year of the Good Child. Criminals plan to kidnap the crown prince of a wealthy kingdom, but by mistake, they end up with little Roma Rogov — already known to us as the young demolitions expert…

The Year of the Good Child

1991

No artwork available
NR

Private detective Sam Patrick (alias for Lew Archer) investigates the mystery of disappeared jewel-box in house of Garry Shtemmer. Trail of murders makes this case more and more embarrassed. Based on the novel "The Goodbye Look" by Ross Macdonald.

Mystery

1992

Cynics poster
9.0

1918, Petrograd. The young historian Vladimir meets Olga, the daughter of the wealthy parents who have emigrated from the country after the first decrees of the Soviet power. Olga both hates revolution, and is fascinated by her.

Cynics

1991

1980s · 12 titles

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight poster
7.6

After upsetting the criminal underground in 'the Master Blackmailer' case, Sherlock Holmes has to face his archenemy: Prof. Moriarty.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight

1980

Anna Pavlova poster
4.9

The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably difficult, but dreams of a ballerina career make her stubbornly deal with adversity. Anna’s performance and determination does not go unnoticed by the celebrated choreographer Marius Petipa, who helps to stage Pavlova's examination performance. Such a gift becomes a starting point for Ani in the world of big ballet, her fast-paced career, position in high society and world fame make her forget about close friends and especially her faithful Michel Fokine, who invested a lot of energy in the formation of a ballerina.

Anna Pavlova

1983

Treasure Island poster
7.1

Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Treasure Island

1982

Petrovka Street, Number 38 poster
6.3

Employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department - Colonel Alexei Pavlovich Sadchikov, Major Vladislav Nikolaevich Kostenko and Senior Lieutenant Valentin Roslyakov are investigating the impudent robberies carried out by a group wearing dark glasses criminals. The City Savings Bank was robbed. The investigation of the crime indicated the involvement of a teenager, who soon came to the criminal investigation himself. With his help, the robbers who were preparing the next raid were caught. But the most dangerous criminal — "Prokhor" — is still free...

Petrovka Street, Number 38

1980

Gum-Gam poster
5.0

Planet Earth is visited by an extra-terrestrial named Gum Gam.

Gum-Gam

1985

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger poster
7.7

Dr. Watson executes Sherlock Holmes' will, who faced death after exposing Moriarty and his gang in the previous episode.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger

1980

The Left-Hander poster
5.9

When the British, wanting to surprise the Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, presented a clockwork miracle flea, they did not know into the hands of which craftsman it would fall on Russian soil.

The Left-Hander

1986

The Left-Hander poster
5.9

When the British, wanting to surprise the Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, presented a clockwork miracle flea, they did not know into the hands of which craftsman it would fall on Russian soil.

The Left-Hander

1986

Long Road in the Dunes poster
5.9

The action of the film takes place in Latvia and spans the period from 1939 to the early 1970s. The events that occurred in the country had various effects on the fates of the characters. But throughout it all, love guided them — it scattered and gathered, made them suffer terribly, and made them the happiest people in the world...

Long Road in the Dunes

1982

The Aquanauts poster
5.0

While doing their work on the deep underwater station two aquanauts discover strange mystery: it seems as if one of the aquanaut's girlfriend who recently died in a car crash had turned into a big manta fish. That manta writes words on the station's port-holes and tries to draw attention many other ways.

The Aquanauts

1980

Trees on Asphalt poster
7.5

It wasn't easy for Anna Timofeevna to leave the village and its people when her son, fearing for his mother's health, persuaded her to move to the city. Here, trying to help the family as much as she can, she waits for her beloved grandson to return from the army, but still feels herself an outsider.

Trees on Asphalt

1984

‎The Girl and Grand‎ poster
5.0

Marina is a girl who saves a colt from being put down because of a trauma, and she gives him the name - Grand.

‎The Girl and Grand‎

1982

1970s · 18 titles

The Sannikov Land poster
6.3

A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to deal with all the consequences.

The Sannikov Land

1973

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

In That Distant Summer poster
6.5

About the heroism of Leningrad partisan Larisa Mikhenko during the Great Patriotic War.

In That Distant Summer

1975

Wait For Me, Islands! poster
NR

A touching story about a teenager who dreams of growing up as soon as possible and discovering unknown islands. In the meantime, having scored another two and being offended by his father for the breakdown of an elegant sailboat made with his own hands, he runs away from home, wherever his eyes look - suddenly along the way he will come across an island that has not yet been discovered by anyone. And by doing so, he raises the police, the school, relatives and friends to their feet...

Wait For Me, Islands!

1978

Death Under Sail poster
5.8

Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When his six guests find him at the tiller of his yacht with a smile on his face and a gunshot through his heart, all six fall under suspicion.

Death Under Sail

1976

Golden Beasts Parade poster
9.0

The gold treasure found during archaeological excavations on the Tsarsky Kurgans in Kazakhstan was stolen. Fearing that unique things will be melted into ingots, the museum curator Georgy Zimin himself begins an investigation, but as a result of a non-professional investigation loses his beloved woman.

Golden Beasts Parade

1979

The Missing Witness poster
10.0

Serezhkin's service in the new district began in exceptional and dramatic circumstances. A zoologist who studied artiodactyls was killed on the stone shore of the Bald Spit. There's only one piece of evidence at the crime scene- a size 37 footprint. There may be a woman involved.

The Missing Witness

1972

I, The Investigator poster
6.8

A seriously injured young man was found on a Georgian military road. Investigator Georgy Mikeladze finds out that the victim - the navigator of the Tallinn Shipping Company - was rolling in his new Volga on vacation days. The investigator goes to the criminal and, having connected employees of the Riga criminal investigation department to the case, arrests the robber.

I, The Investigator

1972

The Bronze Bird poster
6.4

Three friends in a summer camp are looking for a treasure hidden in a old mansion.

The Bronze Bird

1975

That Very Night poster
8.0

Anton Cheremys returns to his hometown, where he has not been for several years. Meeting with the past brings back memories of friends, the woman he loves, and the tragic moments of one disturbing night when he and his team risked their lives to save people.

That Very Night

1970

Eleven Hopes poster
6.2

The basis of the film story is the creation of a talented football team by a coach, its participation in a qualifying match, and preparation for the World Cup.

Eleven Hopes

1976

King of the Mountains and Others poster
10.0

The film consists of three short stories: “King of the Mountains” - about a giant bear; “Loyalty” is a touching love story between two storks; “The Loop” is about a proud deer.

King of the Mountains and Others

1970

In the Zone of Special Attention poster
5.4

Action film about the Soviet paratroopers.

In the Zone of Special Attention

1978

Stranger poster
7.0

Among the greenery of the parks of St. Petersburg, the white dress of a beautiful stranger flashes. Together with the prototype of the poet, and other characters - visitors to the restaurant - we wander around the city, go to restaurants, to the train station, to a reception in a rich and noble house. And everywhere we meet her. A stranger.

Stranger

1979

Clouds poster
7.5

The young man who dreamed of a career in aviation failed the medical exam. Yet, he did not give up on his dream: he worked, trained, and listened to the advice of those with more experience. The following year, his vestibular system was no better, and the medical board rejected him once again. Still, he refused to accept defeat; he took a job at the airport workshop and, before long, soared into the sky in a plane he had repaired with his own hands.

Clouds

1973

Walking Beyond the Horizon poster
7.0

The film is about goodness and the strength of the human spirit. "I will discover the homeland of the bird, and people will believe that there is goodness..." wrote the Russian geographer Shavanosov, a dreamer and romantic who paid with his life for discovering the nesting place of the pink gull in the Kolyma region. The protagonist of the film, Alexander Ivakin, dreams of becoming a traveler, finding traces of Shavanosov, continuing his work, and seeing the pink gull.

Walking Beyond the Horizon

1972

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

It Was in Mezhgorye

1976

And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning poster
7.3

A drama based on Boris Lavrenev's play "The Rift", telling about the participation of Baltic Fleet sailors in the Bolshevik coup of 1917.

And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning

1971

1960s · 20 titles

Daughter of Strution poster
6.2

The German intelligence officer Sturmer, under the guise of captain Voron, commits sabotage one after another with the aim of reaching the commander of the partisan detachment of Stration. Galinka, the daughter of Stration, who fell in love with Voron, invades their duel.

Daughter of Strution

1965

One Chance in One Thousand poster
4.3

In German-occupied Crimea during WWII, a group of Russian soldiers employ unusual tactics to steal classified documents from their enemies.

One Chance in One Thousand

1969

The Meek One poster
5.8

Having married a poor girl, the moneylender tries to take out his anger for the injustices he has suffered in life on the helpless orphan, hoping that she will live meekly, constantly begging for his noble soul. However, Anna enters into an irreconcilable moral battle with her husband.

The Meek One

1960

Strong with Spirit poster
6.8

The true story of the Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov, who, behind enemy lines in Ukraine, infiltrated Hitler's headquarters, kidnapped the commander of the punitive troops and executed the imperial adviser.

Strong with Spirit

1967

A Trip Without a Load poster
4.8

Based on the story of the same name by Sergei Antonov. The young journalist of the central newspaper Sirotkin came to the Siberian timber industry to write an essay about the glorious driver Khromov. But soon Sirotkin’s inquiring mind calculated the trick of Khromov, who, noting one kilometer in the vouchers, traveled a short route he knew only, draining the remaining gasoline from the curbside. Having revealed yet another fraud, in which the director was also involved, Sirotkin realized that he would not write an essay, but that he would be lucky with materials for the trial. This was announced by the authorities of the timber industry. Khromov himself took the journalist on the return trip...

A Trip Without a Load

1963

Andromeda Nebula poster
5.6

Humans on spaceship named "Tantra" are exploring the unknown part of the Universe. The spaceship gets trapped by the mysterious Iron Star, and the Iron Star's powerful force of gravity is to hold the spaceship for 20 years. The humans are facing a very tough survival challenge.

Andromeda Nebula

1967

They Were Nineteen Years Old poster
8.0

The story of a boy who dreamed of becoming a pilot, but ended up in an artillery school. There he became the best cadet, and his dream of the sky still came true...

They Were Nineteen Years Old

1960

Clean Ponds poster
8.0

Four inseparable friends — Sergei, Nina, Oska and Zhenya — spent all their school childhood on the Clean Ponds, in Moscow. But the school is over, and in their beloved gazebo they dream of the future, swear fidelity to each other and do not yet know that tomorrow war will break out and they will become participants in terrible events.

Clean Ponds

1965

1 Newton Street poster
4.7

Timofey Suvernev comes to Moscow from a distant island to study. Tim successfully passes the exams at the institute, and immediately plunges into a turbulent student life. Through hard work and study, he achieves brilliant success, his student work, which he wrote together with his classmate Galtsov, receives a gold medal at the competition.

1 Newton Street

1963

Her Name Is Spring poster
10.0

The film takes place in Uzbekistan during the Great Patriotic War. Pulat and Bahor love each other, but the happiness of the heroes is prevented by a rich friend of the parents of a girl who sees her as her future wife.

Her Name Is Spring

1969

On Thin Ice poster
6.8

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

On Thin Ice

1966

Hiding at the Bottom of the Sea poster
3.6

Romka Marchenko, a young kid who is participating in movie shooting tries to stop international spy.

Hiding at the Bottom of the Sea

1965

Three Years poster
NR

A television play based on the novella Three Years. Scenes from Family Life by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.

Three Years

1968

Cosmic Alloy poster
NR

Soviet rocket scientists and workers at a metallurgical plant are developing a new ultra-strong alloy needed for the construction of Soviet spacecraft.

Cosmic Alloy

1964

Ordinary Story poster
7.0

Anya, finding herself in unfamiliar Kyiv, meets casual acquaintances who help her adapt to the new city. One of them, engineer Sasha, accompanies her to the train station and later comes to her city. He persuades Anya to enroll in a Kyiv institute, which she agrees to do.

Ordinary Story

1962

Stronger Than a Hurricane poster
NR

The Soviet training sailing ship Albatross arrived in Jakarta. Having loaded with rice intended for the starving population of an African country, the ship was ready for departure. A senior officer of the West German "Norden", having learned that the "Albatross" was commanded by Captain Belous, decided to get acquainted with his old adversary (during the war they had to face each other in battle in the Baltic Sea). They were introduced to each other in the city park. The acquaintance of the two teams ended with the fact that cadet Khmara became an unwitting culprit of an "emergency incident" provoked by the German crew. Nevertheless, strictly on schedule loaded ships left the harbor. A severe storm off the southern coast of Africa seriously tested the fortitude of the two crews. The Germans were the first to enter the storm...

Stronger Than a Hurricane

1961

Honore de Balzac's Mistake poster
8.0

It is a story of the relationship of A French writer and a beautiful duchess Ganskaya. The events take place in a picturesque estate of the aristocrat on the Ukrainian land, which is under the power of Polish landowners. Ganskaya is considered to be the most important woman in Balzac’s life.

Honore de Balzac's Mistake

1969

Southern Cross is Above Us poster
10.0

In a small seaside town lived two friends—the feisty Fedka Boiko and the thoughtful, quiet Vovka. One day, the boys called a doctor to visit a sick person and began to visit him. That is how an extraordinary person entered their lives — polar pilot Pavel Ivanovich Fedoseenko, who turned out to be a shortwave radio amateur. From him, the boys learned about distant Antarctica for the first time — and vowed to become polar explorers. In the Antarctic village of Mirny, polar explorers Vladimir Sazonov and Fyodor Boyko meet—old friends who haven't seen each other in many years, who reminisce about their childhood in a southern coastal town and the romance of long-distance radio communications on short radio waves.

Southern Cross is Above Us

1965

Fortress on Wheels poster
6.0

A story about an armored train, number 56, and its actions during WWII.

Fortress on Wheels

1960

The Law of the Antarctic poster
9.5

On the eve of the New Year, a Belgian plane carrying a group of Antarctic researchers crashes in the area of the Pearl Mountains. Only the Soviet expedition responds to their call for help. For several days, Soviet pilots, despite the weather conditions and risking their own lives, set out in search of the Belgians...

The Law of the Antarctic

1963

Series credits

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson poster
7.8

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson is a series of five films produced by Lenfilm for the Soviet Central Television, split into eleven episodes, starring Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson. They were directed by Igor Maslennikov and filmed in Russia (the then Soviet Union) between 1979 and 1986, and the series was one of the most successful in the history of Russian television.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

1980

Memories of Sherlock Holmes poster
7.1

Detective television series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Five films about Sherlock Holmes, shot by Igor Maslennikov earlier, were remounted in 2000, a connecting story about Conan Doyle's literary secretary, Mr. Wood, who is preparing an anniversary collection of stories about Holmes for the beginning of the coming XX century. Sir Arthur receives huge mail every day, addressed not to him, but to Sherlock Holmes. And then one day a letter arrives with a plea for help, and Doyle begins an investigation...

Memories of Sherlock Holmes

2000

Treasure Island poster
7.0

Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Treasure Island

1982

Russia Is Young poster
6.5

The Russian Empire, the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, the era of Peter I's reforms. At the center of events are Captain Silvestr Ievlev, Lieutenant of the Customs Troops Afanasy Krykov, and Helmsman Ivan Ryabov. All three are very close to the emperor, who entrusts them with commanding the resistance against the Swedish fleet during the defense of Arkhangelsk. Each of the trio plays an important role in the defense of Arkhangelsk and the capture of the Swedish fleet.

Russia Is Young

1984

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson poster
7.5

The second part of the series of television films based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. The film consists of three episodes (The King of Blackmail, Mortal Fight and Tiger Hunt), filmed based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House", as well as small episodes from the stories "The Interpreter's Case", "Silver" and "The Retired Drunkard".

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

1980

Long Road in the Dunes poster
7.5

The action of the film takes place in Latvia and spans the period from 1939 to the early 1970s. The events that occurred in the country had various effects on the fates of the characters. But throughout it all, love guided them — it scattered and gathered, made them suffer terribly, and made them the happiest people in the world...

Long Road in the Dunes

1982

Bread poster
NR

Set around the Volga river, the story begins around 1900, when Russian peasants are let free and allowed to own their farmlands. But soon they suffer from losses during the 1917 Russian Revolution and the following Civil War. Then, the major national catastrophe is started by Stalin: his communist government kills millions of farmers and steals all their food supplies, causing the longest and deadliest famine all over central Russia during the 1920s and 1930s.

Bread

1988

Death Under Sail poster
7.8

Successful oncologist Dr. Roger Mills invites a group of friends aboard his yacht for a relaxing getaway. Days later, on a bright sunny morning, he is found dead, shot through the heart. As suspicion falls on those closest to him, local police sergeant Beryl and Mr. Finbow begin a murder investigation that will expose the secrets hidden beneath the carefree voyage.

Death Under Sail

1977

The White Robes poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The White Robes

1992

The Bronze Bird poster
9.3

Three friends in a summer camp are looking for a treasure hidden in a old mansion.

The Bronze Bird

1975