
Acting
Nikolay Penkov
Born — Died
1936-01-04 — 2009-12-21
Place of birth
Orlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Known for
Acting
Credits
29 titles
Known for
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Сыщик без лицензии
2003
7.0An interesting life was lived by Ivan Krutov. He served in the Navy, was a fisherman on trawlers, and visited many countries. For the first time, having felt the approach of old age, I remembered my native village. And when he arrived, it turned out that the mother died three years ago, beloved Katerina got married and brings up his daughter. Ivan realized that he had not made a single person happy, and realizing this, he tried to start another, new life ...
Our Debts
1977
NRThe famous engineer Sergey Volgin developed the project for the Moscow Metro. His design was rejected by the Tsarist officials. However, the project didn't get lost among the millions of other proposals.
The City Above the Head
1985
NRThe 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
NRA new Soviet life is emerging in a new Moscow microdistrict. New people, new families, new neighbors. The elevator is not yet working, or is no longer working due to constant overload due to transporting furniture. Neighbors are just getting to know each other, getting to know each other, and gradually the lives of different families imperceptibly begin to intersect.
In One Microdistrict
1976
8.5A story about the creation of T-34 tank in Soviet Union during WWII.
Chief Designer
1980
Film credits
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 8 titles
8.5A story about the creation of T-34 tank in Soviet Union during WWII.
Chief Designer
1980
NRA teleplay based on the play of the same name by E. Volodarsky.
As You Leave, Look Back...
1981
6.0A New Year's story about children's friendship with unusual creatures: an animal made of cubes, a snag-horned beetle and a potato man, based on a fairy tale by Svetlana Letova.
Strange Beast
1980
8.5During the war, the Germans exported breeding horses from Russia, among which was Ermakov’s favorite. After the war, he managed to find her and return her to Russia, but the tribal certificate was lost. And now, forty years later, the granddaughter of this horse - the magnificent race mare Secunda - is being sold for pennies at an international auction to a certain Baron von Ritter. Ermakov guesses about the true owner of the “lost” document and, in the end, returns it to himself.
Auction
1983
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Brothers Rico
1980
7.0No synopsis available yet.
The Secret of the Notebook
1981
6.0Nikita Voronov, a student at the Institute of Foreign Languages, was fine: just a year before graduation, athletic success-he is a master of sports in judo, a good family, a beloved girl who agreed to wait a year before getting married. Nikita has a great idea of his future, he is used to winning.
I'll Be Waiting...
1980
7.0A novella about the head of a large team working in the defense industry, a major scientist, who took the responsibility in difficult conditions to continue the failed experiments. The ensuing heart attack gave reason for his re-election, and his closest friend Astakhov, accusing Potapov of frivolity and self-rule, seeks to stop the tests. Potapov is suspended, his wife leaves him, there is a misfortune with a loved one. But he continues to work.
From the Life of Potapov
1986
1970s · 11 titles
7.0An interesting life was lived by Ivan Krutov. He served in the Navy, was a fisherman on trawlers, and visited many countries. For the first time, having felt the approach of old age, I remembered my native village. And when he arrived, it turned out that the mother died three years ago, beloved Katerina got married and brings up his daughter. Ivan realized that he had not made a single person happy, and realizing this, he tried to start another, new life ...
Our Debts
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Mark Twain Against...
1976
5.3On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discusses with his commanders how to transform the city into an impregnable fortress, but the Praguers do not intend to wait any longer. From the early hours of 4th of May people start assembling in the streets and tearing down German signs. On the next day, the 5th of May, the uprising begins.
The Liberation of Prague
1977
NRAbout the workdays of a team of dockers.
Ice Goes Into the Ocean
1972
NRThe television play is based on three stories by Turgenev: "A Meeting", "Pyotr Petrovich Karataev", and "Hamlet of Shchigrovsky District".
Notes of a Hunter
1973
NRThe play based on the play of the same name by T. Williams at the Moscow Academic Art Theater.
Sweet Bird of Youth
1978
8.0A poetic story about a country teacher and the challenges and triumphs he encounters as he strives to educate young people in a way that awaken both their minds and their emotions.
Such High Mountains
1974
About a horse who visited all his friends in one day, and forgot about his old granny again.
One White Horse
1977
5.4A life of a driver Stephan Chekmenev turns out to be very lucky: healthy children, loving wife, solid loghouse. But once his fellow-villager perishes in a forest. And Chekmenev, considering himself to be the one to blame, in expectation of an imminent retribution, tries to understand: why and when did he, once having so many friends, become so indifferent towards other peoples lives.
Pursuit Race
1979
9.5After one horse racing Sunday the body of a jockey is found on the racetrack. Was it an accident or a murder connected to bet fixing?
Ippodrom
1979
7.0Based on the novel of the same name by Daniil Granin. Engineer Chizhegov often travels on business to a small town, where he meets a woman who reciprocates his feelings. The protagonist faces a difficult problem: he is married, and his family lives in Leningrad. Unable to make a final decision and afraid of losing his beloved, he commits a despicable act. His remorse comes too late—Chizhegov loses the woman who was truly dear to him forever.
Rain in a Foreign City
1979
1960s · 5 titles
NRThe 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
9.0The modest and indecisive Lebedev in his dreams sees himself as strong and courageous. Mentally, he stands up for an unfairly demoted colleague, but in reality does nothing to help him. Oleg has been following the girl he likes for a whole year and is unable to force himself to get to know her. It is becoming more and more difficult for two Lebedevs to get along in one person ...
Lebedev vs. Lebedev
1965
NRBased on the story of the same name by A.P. Chekhov.
The Teacher of Literature
1965
8.0An orphaned ninth-grader comes to the factory where her father once worked.
Strict Girl
1969
NR1920s. The Krestyanskaya Pravda correspondent comes to the village where was an attempt on the young selkor. He learns about the gang of kulak members, led by the deputy chairman of the village council.
Truth-Teller
1968
Series credits
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Сыщик без лицензии
2003
NRThe famous engineer Sergey Volgin developed the project for the Moscow Metro. His design was rejected by the Tsarist officials. However, the project didn't get lost among the millions of other proposals.
The City Above the Head
1985
NRA new Soviet life is emerging in a new Moscow microdistrict. New people, new families, new neighbors. The elevator is not yet working, or is no longer working due to constant overload due to transporting furniture. Neighbors are just getting to know each other, getting to know each other, and gradually the lives of different families imperceptibly begin to intersect.
In One Microdistrict
1976


