
Acting
Aleksandr Susnin
Born — Died
1929-11-13 — 2003-07-15
Place of birth
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Known for
Acting
Credits
67 titles
Known for
7.6Fitil 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
To Remember
1993
7.0The life of the intellectual Samgin, depicted against the backdrop of the grand panorama of Russian life from 1877 to 1917.
The Life of Klim Samgin
1988
8.0In the Siberian taiga village of Wolf's Burrows, the Strogov family lives — Matvey with his wife Anna and his parents. Through the fate of this peasant family, a picture of the life of the Siberian region during major historical events — the Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War is outlined.
The Strogovs
1976
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Racket
1995
9.0Yakov, a former street child who accidentally ended up in America as a child, returns to his native village in the USSR. He hopes to be given land and become a real farmer. Having received some cigar tobacco seeds from an American friend, Vosmyorkin began to put his plans into practice...
Jack Vosmyorkin - The American
1988
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
NRBased on the novel of the same name by Alexei Cherkasov. The film tells the story of an Old Believer community at the beginning of the last century. The drama of an unusual life, a story of love and human passions.
Hop: The Fortress
1991
5.8The film tells the story of the life of an Old Believer community at the beginning of the last century. The drama of an unusual life, a story of love and human passions.
Hop: Exodus
1991
1980s · 17 titles
6.2In a deserted tundra on the lake, a seaplane makes an emergency landing, on board of which bank collectors carry a large amount of money. A storm begins and the plane relates to the river delta. An unknown person steals money from an airplane and kills a geologist, an accidental witness. And a few days later the ship departs from the northern port for the last navigation voyage, where a recidivist hides among the motley company of passengers, and the captain begins his own investigation...
Two Long Hoots in the Fog
1981
7.0Five Red Army soldiers, who found themselves in the rear of the Kolchak troops, captured an enemy armored car and captured an intelligence officer. From him they learn that soon a steamer with weapons and ammunition for the upcoming white counteroffensive is due to pass along the river. How to stop the ship, capture it, and then transport such a valuable cargo through ambushes and cordons of Kolchak troops entrenched on both sides of the river?..
Every Tenth
1984
NRLieutenant Volodya Tretyakov experienced a lot in his 19 years - difficulties of military everyday life, death of front friends, wounding. In the hospital Volodya met and fell in love with a girl Sasha. Leaving for the front, Lieutenant Tretyakov very much hoped to meet his beloved, which was not destined to come true....
Forever - 19
1989
4.3The always easy-going, sensitive and responsive hero of the film turns out to be the very person whose meeting with whom changes the fate of people for the better.
A Lucky Man
1987
4.6A group of hunters enters a ghost town in Central Asia with a mission to kill packs of abandoned, and now wild cannibal dogs. But tables turn and there seems to be no way for the hunters to survive the horrific battle.
Stray Dogs
1989
9.0Village children organize a patrol to fight a poachers destroying fish in local lakes.
Children Patrol
1984
6.2Jack Vosmyorkin, young American with Russian origins decides to return to Russia in order to watch October Revolution in action.
Jack Vosmyorkin, American
1988
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
5.3Story of life of Fyodor Kuzkin, who shared all the burdens of the 30s Stalins terror and after, WW2 and post-war years.
From the Life of Fyodor Kuzkin
1989
7.3A story about two old people living in the abandoned faraway village.
Whose Are You, Old People?
1988
6.5A funny story about two four graders who fall in love with a new girl in the class.
Black and White Magic
1983
6.0A chronicle of the days of October 1917, which proved decisive for the children from the orphanage who took part in the revolutionary events in Petrograd.
The Petrograd Gavroches
1988
7.0According to the novel by S. Rodionov, "Cambrian Clay". Investigator Ryabinin is instructed to conduct the case of theft of gasoline. His predecessor, having arrested the Toptunov gas station operator and not providing the leadership with evidence, was removed from business. Ryabinin frees the operator and thereby makes a big mistake: Toptunov is killed, and gasoline continues to flow through a hidden bypass pipe ...
Quiet Investigation
1986
10.0The war caught Pavlik and his mother far from Leningrad, where they lived. Soon they found themselves in the territory occupied by the Nazis. When his mother was arrested on the traitor's denunciation, Pavlik went on foot to Leningrad. The partisan scout Savely brought the boy to his house, and two winters later Pavel, having matured, became a soldier and returned to Leningrad with a partisan supply train.
Through the Fire
1982
NROleg, a young correspondent, is going to write a book about firefighters. To do this, he arrives at the fire department, which is headed by Major Viktor Gromov. To learn more about the people of this courageous and noble profession, Oleg goes out with a team to extinguish fires, and also gets to know the families of firefighting officers.
Burn
1983
5.0The film is based on real events and tells about a major accident that occurred during the construction of another Leningrad metro station in the spring of 1974.
The Outburst
1986
7.1A young zoologist interrupts his scientific expedition after learning about the sudden death of his father, a major trade figure. From the notes left behind by his father, the young man discovers with horror that he could not bear the betrayal revealed to him by his closest friend and ally, who also turned out to be his wife’s lover.
Preference on Fridays
1984
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
7.0Film-biography of Waclaw Worowski, a Moscow-born Pole turned Soviet revolutionary extremist.
Killed While on Duty
1978
7.0One of the days in a life of a department manager...
Day of Admittance on Personal Matters
1974
NRThe action of the film takes place in a provincial town in pre-revolutionary Russia. Two friends, Semka and Alyosha, decide to run away to America. The owner of the pawnshop, where the guys bring a white fluffy cat, not only accepts the amazing pledge but also helps the boys figure out their lives...
Amazing Wager
1971
6.4Kolya Kasatkin, who saw in his wife Tanyusha the ideal of female charm, tenderness, kindness, who loved her to the point of oblivion, was at a loss before the idle conversations of well-wishers about his wife's betrayal. Having found his wife with the choir director, Nikolai demanded a divorce. Continuing to love each other, the former spouses are unhappy in separation. Kasatkin's new hasty marriage did not return his peace of mind. In daily agony, in the pursuit of a past life, he also lost his old dream — to live and work in the Far East, where he served in the army. Both realized too late that love does not forgive hasty decisions, that it must be able to keep and protect.
The Only One
1976
5.4A story of a crime which was committed and solved during one night only.
One Night Only
1977
10.0The heroes of the cheerful story, consisting as it were of three novellas, dentist Lenochka, lecturer Gudoshnikov and projectionist Sasha sail on a small boat on the northern river Yuve past beautiful places and taiga settlements, where they stop and get acquainted with the locals - kind, cheerful and soulful.
Shores
1973
A new film story about how an old train driver suddenly regained a year of life that he had borrowed...
Returned Year
1973
5.7A group of Red Army scouts are trying to find a secret Hitler's headquarters in Ukraine during WWII.
Audacity
1971
4.7The main character is a talented, but timid writer of the Filippok experiencing with his country the difficult years of revolution, devastation and war. Adversity helps him overcome the unrequited and faithful love for the widow of Commissioner Zinochka, who bossily manages his career, not hesitating to start novels with other men. Filippok will describe the story of his life in a book that at the end of days will be presented by a terminally ill, but still dearly beloved wife, with gratitude for the experience.
A Declaration of Love
1978
7.5Summer 1942. Nazi troops storm the Caucasus. They are rushing to get their hands on Baku oil. An Abwehr special group called "Wartburg" has settled in the Nalchik area. In Baku, German spy Ziegel (Pavel Kadochnikov) heads to the oil fields from Maykop under the name of Soviet engineer Kashtanov. Tankers carrying gasoline begin to explode in the Caspian Sea. Soviet counterintelligence agent "Khazri" infiltrates "Wartburg"...
The Winds Blow in Baku
1974
7.0In order to carry out subversive work, the Chekist remains in a city occupied by whites. To do this, he moves into the doctor's apartment a singer, a graduate of the conservatory, who was joyfully welcomed by the doctor's family, and then, after the arrival of the whites, introduces himself as the husband of this singer, a businessman Couturier.
A Story About a Simple Thing
1975
6.4The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge - and the new housing that will come with it - with the reality of resistance from the townspeople and her own grief.
I Wish to Speak
1976
8.0Korney Korneevich Polunin is a career military officer, a retired colonel. His wife died when his son was one and a half years old, Alexey had already grown up, became independent, and they rarely see each other. Unable to stay at home, Polunin goes to the factory as a locksmith - in his old specialty. Friends perceive this as an oddity, and they look at him warily at work. But a group of teenagers comes to the plant's personnel department, and Polunin undertakes to lead this team, instilling in it respect for work and awareness of his need to achieve the final result of work.
The Retired Colonel
1977
6.0It consists of three short stories united by the theme of war: "Where Are You, Lyubov Dunyashova?", "You Have Me", "Everyday Matters".
Everyday Matters
1977
5.3Vera Kasatkina, in her youth, experienced an emotional trauma: her husband left her and their child. She is 27 years old and has long given up on the idea of personal happiness. When she meets Volodya Chizhov, who is younger than her, she sincerely offers to help him prepare for his university entrance exams. Deep feelings begin to develop between them. Vera's mother is adamantly against this relationship, and Vera's colleagues have already figured it out and are making fun of her. Volodya, an open and persistent young man, tactfully takes the initiative — he helps Vera overcome her fears and find happiness.
From Cold to Warm
1972
5.3Communist Anna Dronova, a participant in the civil war, returns to her native village. Having become the chairman of the village council, Anna rallies the poor around her and fiercely fights with the kulaks for a new life. Meanwhile, a gang of Pantelei Lychkov successfully operates in the vicinity. By killing his own brother Yakov, who took Anna's side, he makes it clear to everyone and especially Anna that nothing wouldn't stop him.
Anna's Happiness
1971
7.5The men stole a barrel from the basement of the main depot of table wines, but failed to deliver it home. They did not hold the barrel on a hillock and, in front of numerous witnesses, it fell into the river. All attempts to get her out of the water failed.
Awkward
1979
1960s · 12 titles
6.8A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.
Striped Trip
1961
5.5Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.
Tashkent, City of Bread
1968
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
7.1Two strangers meet in an ambulance train during WWII.
Mercy Train
1965
6.5General Zhuravlev fought on the fronts of World War II, and is now designing spacecraft. Sending a rocket with astronaut Borodin on the flight, he recalls the namesake of the astronaut - a young tankman whom he had the chance to meet on the roads of war ...
Roll Call
1966
5.0Soviet geologist Viktor Klimenko with his guide and assistant, Yakut Nikol, fall into the trap of enterprising businessmen. They are going to conserve all the air in order to sell it monopoly, profit and dictate their will to the rest of the world.
Prodavets Vozdukha
1967
7.3Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24.
The Green Carriage
1967
7.5The invaders are leaving the northern town of the young Soviet republic. The brave underground activist Alexei Ilyutinsky infiltrates a musical troupe organized to entertain the White Army command and boost the morale of the population. The new horn player, who has no musical ear whatsoever, passes on the White Army's defense plan to the Reds and saves Bolshevik Makeev, the former chairman of the provincial executive committee, from being shot.
Musicians of the Same Regiment
1965
NRScreen adaptation of Yuri Nagibin's novel of the same name about a gamekeeper who pursues a poacher.
Chase
1966
NR...It’s pouring rain, and the football team can’t get onto the field, which has turned into a giant muddy puddle. The day after tomorrow, they have a game against the tough "southern" opponent.
The First Goal
1963
5.0After a test flight, pilot Sergei Sazonov was invited to a group of astronauts. Intensive preparation begins for the flight into space: classes in the weightlessness chamber, constant study. Sergei decides that he does not have the right to meet with a cheerful student Natasha, whom his friends accuse of frivolity. But their telephone conversation ends up asking him to marry him.
The Very First
1962
8.0New teacher arrives to the remote village Krinitsy and not everybody are happy about what he's doing.
Krinitsy
1965
1950s · 11 titles
4.4The teenager Misha Polyakov, being with his mother in a Ukrainian village on vacation with his grandmother and about to return home to Petrograd, offers his best friend Genka to go with him. Suddenly, a white gang of Nikitsky bursts into the village and attacks Misha’s house, where Commissioner Polevoy lives. The purpose of Nikitskiy (aka Nikolskiy) is a dagger located at Polevoy. Saving the commissioner, Misha learns from him the history and secret of the weapon, and receives it for storage with a request to solve the secret. Having returned with adventures to Petrograd, Misha Polyakov with friends begins to unravel the riddle of the dagger, in the handle of which is encrypted text.
The Cutlass
1954
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Sea is Calling
1956
8.0Agronomist Valya Chernysheva fell in love with the new chief agronomist of the MTS Savitsky, a widower with two small daughters. During the illness of one of the daughters, whom Valya was nursing, he realized that she had become a close person for him. But the girl left to work in another distant collective farm.
Polyushko, pole
1957
4.8The first years of Soviet power in East Siberia. Malyshev ,deputy chief of Criminal Investigation Department, a Komsomol member, wins over to the Soviet power a former field-hand and now a bandit Lazar Baukin, and the latter tells him about Vorontsov, the gang leader. Malyshev guarantees Baukin’s freedom. However the chief arrests him in order to reap laurels of catching the gang leader. Malyshev is in despair - he has brought under execution the man who has fully trusted him. The situation gets worse due to his personal drama and Malyshev commits suicide.
Cruelty
1959
5.0The events take place in one of the mines of Kryvyi Rih. Peter Chumak, after graduating from the institute, is appointed chief engineer of the mine. From the very first days of work Chumak initiates innovative methods of coal mining. The most fierce opponent of his proposals - engineer Alexei Zheleznyak. The confrontation of young specialists is complicated by the fact that Zheleznyak is the brother-in-law of Pyotr's wife.
Shift Begins At Six
1959
5.4From 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
3.0A drama about a high school conflict based on the novel by Liya Geraskina.
Problem Child
1954
8.0Three kids from a coastal village in the Far North discover an old rifle in a cave. They learn about a national hero Guriy Gagarka and organize an expedition to gather more info on him.
Mysterious Find
1954
9.0A young girl gets a job at the advanced Komsomol field brigade.
Steppe Dawns
1953
6.0The journalist of the village newspaper Tatyana Nikitina was published in a large metropolitan newspaper, but no one from the villagers believes her, because the article itself was published under her creative pseudonym. Tatyana, offended at everyone, packed her things and left for Moscow, where she was willingly hired for a job in a central newspaper. Traveling throughout the country, she writes feuilletons and notes, finds friends and enemies, finds and does not lose loved ones...
Our Correspondent
1959
No synopsis available yet.
First Day
1958
Series credits
7.6Fitil 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
To Remember
1993
7.0The life of the intellectual Samgin, depicted against the backdrop of the grand panorama of Russian life from 1877 to 1917.
The Life of Klim Samgin
1988
8.0In the Siberian taiga village of Wolf's Burrows, the Strogov family lives — Matvey with his wife Anna and his parents. Through the fate of this peasant family, a picture of the life of the Siberian region during major historical events — the Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War is outlined.
The Strogovs
1976
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Racket
1995
9.0Yakov, a former street child who accidentally ended up in America as a child, returns to his native village in the USSR. He hopes to be given land and become a real farmer. Having received some cigar tobacco seeds from an American friend, Vosmyorkin began to put his plans into practice...
Jack Vosmyorkin - The American
1988
9.5The life story of two fellow villagers in the period 1920–50s.
Decease
1989
