
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
7.8The 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
7.1Detective 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
7.0Young 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
6.5The 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
7.5The 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
7.5The 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
8.8No synopsis available yet.
He Will Receive
1992
4.4The 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
NRA 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
NRBased on materials from real criminal cases, it follows the trial of the trade mafia.
The Trial
1990
7.0Roma 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
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
9.01918, 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
7.6After 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
4.9The 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
7.1Young 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
6.3Employees 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
5.0Planet Earth is visited by an extra-terrestrial named Gum Gam.
Gum-Gam
1985
7.7Dr. 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
5.9When 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
5.9When 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
5.9The 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
5.0While 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
7.5It 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
5.0Marina 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
6.3A 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
8.0A new pilot arrives to a far away airport forcing the old veteran to retire.
Allow Take-Off!
1971
6.5About the heroism of Leningrad partisan Larisa Mikhenko during the Great Patriotic War.
In That Distant Summer
1975
NRA 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
5.8Roger 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
9.0The 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
10.0Serezhkin'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
6.8A 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
6.4Three friends in a summer camp are looking for a treasure hidden in a old mansion.
The Bronze Bird
1975
8.0Anton 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
6.2The 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
10.0The 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
5.4Action film about the Soviet paratroopers.
In the Zone of Special Attention
1978
7.0Among 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
7.5The 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
7.0The 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 synopsis available yet.
It Was in Mezhgorye
1976
7.3A 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
6.2The 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
4.3In 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
5.8Having 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
6.8The 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
4.8Based 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
5.6Humans 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
8.0The 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
8.0Four 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
4.7Timofey 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
10.0The 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
6.8Two KGB agents are fighting against foreign spies before and during WWII.
On Thin Ice
1966
3.6Romka Marchenko, a young kid who is participating in movie shooting tries to stop international spy.
Hiding at the Bottom of the Sea
1965
NRA television play based on the novella Three Years. Scenes from Family Life by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
Three Years
1968
NRSoviet 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
7.0Anya, 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
NRThe 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
8.0It 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
10.0In 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
6.0A story about an armored train, number 56, and its actions during WWII.
Fortress on Wheels
1960
9.5On 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
1950s · 2 titles
6.2The movie is based on the the same name novel of the Nobel Prize In Literature Winner Mikhail Sholokhov. The action is taken place in 20-30-s years of the XX century in the Russian countryside going through an uneasy process of collectivization.
Virgin Soil Upturned
1959
5.7A pilot and his twelve years old sun are going to shoot an underwater pictures but suddenly get into big troubles.
The Last Inch
1958
Series credits
7.8The 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
7.1Detective 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
7.0Young 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
6.5The 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
7.5The 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
7.5The 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
NRSet 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
7.8Successful 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The White Robes
1992
9.3Three friends in a summer camp are looking for a treasure hidden in a old mansion.
The Bronze Bird
1975

