Acting

Nikolay Kuzmin

Born — Died

1917-02-25 — 1999-03-14

Place of birth

Russian Empire

Known for

Acting

Credits

66 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

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra poster
7.9

The fourth part of the Soviet TV series based on Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about Sherlock Holmes. The film was shot based on the story "The Sign of Four" and the story "A Scandal in Bohemia".

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra

1983

Treasure Island poster
7.3

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

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra - Part 1 poster
7.6

A girl named Mary Morsten comes to Sherlock Holmes, who asks him and the doctor to help solve the annual receipt of one pearl by her parcel and in the search for her father, who disappeared many years ago. Holmes and Watson do not refuse her help and find out that Miss Mary is the heiress of a huge fortune — the treasures of Agra, which are also claimed by the sons of Major Sholto and Jonathan Small — an escaped convict with a wooden prosthesis instead of a leg, whom the elder Morsten and Sholto deceived (while Sholto also deceived Morsten).

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra - Part 1

1983

Amphibian Man poster
6.8

People living at a seashore town are frightened by reports of an unknown creature called "the sea devil". Nobody knows what it is, but it's really the son of doctor Salvator. The doctor performed surgery on his son and now young Ichtiander can live under water. This gives him certain advantages, but also creates a lot of problems.

Amphibian Man

1962

King Lear poster
6.8

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

King Lear

1970

Film credits

1990s · 4 titles

Tale of the Moon Outstanding poster
9.0

The legendary commander of the Civil War, the winner of Wrangel arrives in the capital at the call of Stalin. In the capital, he is perplexed to learn that the Politburo at a special meeting decided to force him to operate on a long-standing ulcer. The attending physician is convinced that the operation is not needed, but, obeying party discipline, the old Bolshevik lies on the operating table.

Tale of the Moon Outstanding

1990

The Village of Khlyupovo Secedes From the Union poster
7.0

In one big country there was a small village of Khlyupovo. And there lived in that village old men and old women, and small children. But one day, tired of the constant auditors and visiting bosses, the village decided to separate from the country...

The Village of Khlyupovo Secedes From the Union

1992

No artwork available
NR

Death row, a young man sentenced to exceptional punishment for theft and murder. The pardon was rejected, and Viktor Semakov will have to live the last night of his life. They take him out of the cell and push him into another one, where a woman is sitting on a bunk. Not ready to play on this difficult night, he will be sincere to the end, and in the morning he will ruthlessly put everything in its place...

Ultimate Measure

1992

Arithmetic of a Murder poster
5.5

A man, a local hooligan and alcoholic, is killed in a gloomy St. Petersburg communal apartment. Each of the residents hated him in their own way, and each had their own motive for the crime. But everyone has an ironclad alibi. A local disabled person undertakes to help the investigator...

Arithmetic of a Murder

1991

1980s · 12 titles

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra - Part 1 poster
7.6

A girl named Mary Morsten comes to Sherlock Holmes, who asks him and the doctor to help solve the annual receipt of one pearl by her parcel and in the search for her father, who disappeared many years ago. Holmes and Watson do not refuse her help and find out that Miss Mary is the heiress of a huge fortune — the treasures of Agra, which are also claimed by the sons of Major Sholto and Jonathan Small — an escaped convict with a wooden prosthesis instead of a leg, whom the elder Morsten and Sholto deceived (while Sholto also deceived Morsten).

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra - Part 1

1983

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra poster
7.5

Holmes and Dr. Watson help a young lady who is receiving anonymous letters 10 years after her father passed away under shady circumstances. They find themselves in an enigma involving a treasure, murder and a love interest for Watson.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra

1983

These... Three True Cards... poster
8.0

Based on Alexander Pushkin's novel "The Queen of Spades." The modern situation is projected onto the plot of "The Queen of Spades."

These... Three True Cards...

1988

Nomads of the North poster
NR

Based on the novel of the same name by Canadian writer James Oliver Curwood. A story about the life of nature, about the friendship and loyalty of Mika the puppy and Neeva the brown bear.

Nomads of the North

1983

Every Tenth poster
7.0

Five 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

Got Snow Maiden? poster
6.0

New Year's Eve. An actor was invited to one of the families to play the role of Santa Claus. But the actor got sick and asked his friend to replace him. The friend agreed with joy, because it was his ex-wife who invited the actor. She forbids him to meet the children. Also, the failed father meets the sweet Snow Maiden, who is going through her own personal drama.

Got Snow Maiden?

1985

Awakening poster
10.0

Reconstructed from archival documents and historical studies, a chronicle of the 1916 popular uprising in the Hungry Steppe and the Jizzakh Steppe.

Awakening

1983

I Don't Guarantee Personal Safety poster
NR

In March 1946, Andrei Bologov, a graduate of the Leningrad Party School, arrived in one of the western regions of the country to build a peaceful life on earth, where unfinished fascist gangs continued to rage. Andrei was given the task of organizing the removal of harvested wood from distant plots, but barely left the claws of the "forest brothers" of Krakowski. The trainee from the party school and the local chairman of the village council, together with the residents, had to fight one of the many fascist detachments, consisting of traitors, deserters and ideological fighters against the Soviet regime ...

I Don't Guarantee Personal Safety

1980

Point of Return poster
NR

An airplane makes an emergency landing on one of the Arctic islands. The crew and passengers of the airplane, finding themselves in an extremely difficult situation, emerge victorious in the fight with the harsh nature...

Point of Return

1987

Demidovy poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Demidovy

1983

Name poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Name

1988

Park poster
5.8

Marat meets a girl named Vika in St. Petersburg.The girl wants Marat to take her to Baku. Marat’s love for Vika is growing day by day. The movie is about relations between Marat, Vika and his friend Mikail.

Park

1984

1970s · 17 titles

King Lear poster
6.8

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

King Lear

1970

Stepan's Remembrance poster
6.0

The heiress of a gem mage travels to St. Petersburg to fulfill her father's dream and her destiny.

Stepan's Remembrance

1977

Only Together poster
NR

Based on Anatoly Tobolyak's story "The Story of One Love" (1975). Newlyweds Sergey and Katya, who graduated from school only a few months ago, come to Siberia to work. Life is not quite well, but love helps to overcome adversity.

Only Together

1976

The Siege: The Luga Defense Line poster
5.3

In June 1941, the Extraordinary Defense Headquarters of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov forced units of the front to withdraw, and on July 9, Pskov was also abandoned. The battles in the Luga direction held back the enemy. The first attacks of the Germans, intending to cross the Luga line on the move, were repulsed with heavy losses for them.

The Siege: The Luga Defense Line

1974

Who If Not You... poster
9.0

Batov, the foreman of the steelworkers of one of the ural plants, is looking forward to waiting for Yuri’s son from the army - he dreams of showing him a new device, which he came up with the chief engineer Komarov. The son is returning, the device does not bother him - he wants to become an actor. Having failed in exams, the son of the honored team leader goes to the factory - and there he feels quite comfortable

Who If Not You...

1976

Blokada: Pulkovo Meridian poster
8.0

Autumn 1941. German tank troops are making another attempt to break through to the Uritsk and Pulkovo Heights. During heavy fighting, Soviet troops managed to stop the offensive of fascist tanks one and a half kilometers south of the Pulkovo Observatory. The 900 days of the blockade and the incredible courage of the Soviet people were approaching ...

Blokada: Pulkovo Meridian

1975

Drama from the Old Life poster
8.7

A love story between a barber and a serf actress who find themselves in an environment that combines savagery with a veneer of enlightenment.

Drama from the Old Life

1971

Everyday Matters poster
6.0

It consists of three short stories united by the theme of war: "Where Are You, Lyubov Dunyashova?", "You Have Me", "Everyday Matters".

Everyday Matters

1977

The Incredible Yehudiel Chlamydia poster
NR

About the beginning of M. Gorky's literary activity. Arriving in the provincial town of Samara, Alexey Peshkov publishes one after another incriminating feuilletons under the pseudonym Yehudiel Chlamydia. Acquires enemies, friends, becomes a famous writer and leaves for Moscow.

The Incredible Yehudiel Chlamydia

1970

Artyom poster
NR

About the life and work of the professional revolutionary Bolshevik F.A. Sergeev (1883-1921), known under the pseudonym Artyom. The film takes place in the period from 1905 to 1921 in Kharkov.

Artyom

1978

Bridges Over Oblivion poster
7.0

Kirovakan, Armenia, 1968. A street in the town is being renamed, but nobody seems to know whom after. A chance encounter between a student running late to his thesis defense, and a young woman determined to leave the town forever. 25 years earlier, Genrikh Zakaryan, a young resistance fighter, smuggles a secret Nazi operations map through occupied territory. Imaginings and history meld into one, echoes of past and future coalesce: “the fate of Genrikh Zakaryan is intangibly intertwined with the fate of today’s youth.”

Bridges Over Oblivion

1970

Exercise with Three Unknowns poster
7.2

Criminal investigation is investigating the case of robbery of the factory cashier. At the checkpoint of the factory of precision mechanics and optics, two criminals attack the cashier. Criminals manage to escape by the car, waiting for them around the corner. At the scene of the crime, criminal investigation officers arrive Major Dorokhov and Lieutenant Matushkin. They interview witnesses, but they did not remember properly any attackers or machine numbers, but noticed that one prevented the other from firing.

Exercise with Three Unknowns

1979

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

To Survive Until Dawn poster
7.5

On December 6, 1941, the troops of the Western Front launched an offensive near Moscow. And before that, in the autumn of 1941, when the fascists were at Moscow, ten soldiers under the command of a lieutenant went into the enemy terrain to blow up the ammunition base.

To Survive Until Dawn

1977

The Treasure of the Black Mountains poster
NR

The film takes place at the recently opened Nartas mine, part of a large mining complex. Due to many reasons, the mine is undersupplied in ore. Nariman Danaev, the young head of the mine, offers a way out of this situation. He meets with both support and resistance. Thus, behind the production problems there is a struggle of characters, views, and different attitudes. The conflict is moving into the moral sphere. A difficult situation develops in the personal life of the main character.

The Treasure of the Black Mountains

1979

Anna's Happiness poster
5.3

Communist 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

Avalanche poster
7.0

The story of the enthusiasts of the 1930s - the pioneers of the Khibiny and conquerors of the icy tundra.

Avalanche

1975

1960s · 19 titles

Amphibian Man poster
6.8

People living at a seashore town are frightened by reports of an unknown creature called "the sea devil". Nobody knows what it is, but it's really the son of doctor Salvator. The doctor performed surgery on his son and now young Ichtiander can live under water. This gives him certain advantages, but also creates a lot of problems.

Amphibian Man

1962

Morning Again poster
6.0

Professor Severtsov, a surgeon, lost his legs while saving a child's life. His friends and beloved wife helped him believe in himself and return to his beloved work.

Morning Again

1961

Nights of Farewell poster
4.8

Paris, the middle of the XIX century. Young Marius Petipa is going on a long journey to St. Petersburg, where he is invited to become the first dancer. He doesn't know that his life will develop both happily and dramatically, and his work will be the glory and pride of Russian ballet.

Nights of Farewell

1965

No Path Through Fire poster
6.0

A talented girl is trying to find happiness amidst the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war that split the nation.

No Path Through Fire

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

Null kolm poster
7.5

Olga is a doctor of an ambulance crew - she is a sincere, straightforward and warm-hearted woman who has firm views on human relationships, medical duties, friendship and love. When Olga falls in love with doctor Aleksandr Tennov, she expects him to share the same views with her.

Null kolm

1965

Bonivur's Heart poster
5.8

A young Komsomol member Vitaly Bonivur is fighting for Soviet power in the Far East and Primorye. Red underground workers are not the first day want to arrange an escape of their fellow prisoners. And the brave Bonivur takes part in the organization of the getaway, but for counterintelligence he remains elusive. Vitaly Bonivur's aspiration for justice, heroism and determination — courage and bravery of a young man who fights for a bright future.

Bonivur's Heart

1969

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

A Very Old Story poster
6.4

Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.

A Very Old Story

1968

Meet Baluyev poster
7.0

In 1960-ies, Baluev, the head of the construction site of the main gas pipeline, decides to lay the track straight through the swamp, not giving a damn about the approved project. In addition to his basic boss duties, Baluyev actively engages in educational work among his subordinates.

Meet Baluyev

1963

The Republic of ShKID poster
6.7

The film is based on the eponymous book, written by two former street gangsters - Grigori Belykh and Leonid Panteleyev. Film is set in the 1920s St. Petersburg, Russia. Streets of the city are full of the homeless boys. They are caught to be raised and educated at the correction school named after Dostoevsky. The boys are street smart and difficult. But the faculty stands up to the challenge. The teaches are being devoted and caring, and gradually win the respect of the most difficult kids. The school director Vicknixor is a refined intellectual, who becomes a role model for the boys.

The Republic of ShKID

1966

Roll Call poster
6.5

General 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

Musicians of the Same Regiment poster
7.5

The 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

The Rescued Generation poster
5.0

Antonina Vasilyevna, as a member of the bureau of the district committee of the party, was instructed to save the Leningrad children, whom the war overtook in the suburban camps. She took them to the Kirov region. After twelve days of hard travel, the children arrived in the village of Supryadki...

The Rescued Generation

1960

A Winter Morning poster
5.2

A little girl named Katherine saved one boy's life during the bombing in Leningrad while under the Siege in WWII. The boy cannot speak yet. So she gave him a name Seryozha and provided him with food and care. She was later adopted by the boy's father, who recognized his son.

A Winter Morning

1967

The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik poster
7.2

In ancient times of famine and Tatar raids, the satirist Yuras Bratchik appears to the people in the guise of Christ, and the people believe in a miracle. The cunning monk Bosyatsky decides to use this event. Arrested by order of the Cardinal, Yuras and his friends - "apostles", disguised and dressed in appropriate clothes, are brought to the people. The hungry people begin to beg for bread, and Yuras leads the crowd to the bins of the rich. Having escaped from the Cardinal, Yuras and his friends take refuge in a convent. With the help of the people they defeat both the attacking Tatars and the Cardinal's army.

The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik

1967

State Offender poster
5.8

A young detective is trying to find a hiding Nazi collaborationist who is responsible for deaths of a hundreds of people during WWII.

State Offender

1964

12 graves of Khoja Nasreddin poster
6.5

Soviet film following Nasreddin

12 graves of Khoja Nasreddin

1967

Weekdays and Holidays poster
8.0

A young engineer named Zotov has been appointed head of the 406th picket line at the construction of a railway line in the taiga. The construction workers huddled in a smoky, dark dugout did not welcome the new foreman very cordially: not everyone can do hard work and household disorder. But the day came when the builders occupied the house they had built themselves, and Zotov had a double holiday — the bride arrived. And again it's weekdays, and again the cold barracks is full — a new batch of builders has arrived.

Weekdays and Holidays

1961

1950s · 7 titles

Street Is Full of Surprises poster
6.4

Chief accountant Porfiry Petrovich Smirnov-Alyansky, who took a good walk on the anniversary of his colleague cashier Ivan Zakharovich Vodnev, climbs into the traffic controller's booth and disrupts traffic on one of the streets of Leningrad. However, the guard Vasiliy Shaneshkin mistakenly delivers to the police station not an escaped offender, but a quite decent cashier. In addition, Vodnev, offended by the police, turns out to be the father of the bride Shaneshkin — Katya. Vasiliy admits his guilt, but, not daring to explain himself, leaves the angry Ivan Zakharovich with bad thoughts about the Soviet police. Fortunately, the young sergeant will soon have an opportunity to prove to others the responsibility and conscientiousness of the police officers.

Street Is Full of Surprises

1958

Lyubov Yarovaya poster
10.0

A performance by the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater named after M. Gorky.

Lyubov Yarovaya

1953

Next to Us poster
5.9

The engineer and the reporter arrived at one of the plants of the Altai. They have just completed the institutions and are confident that the future is in their hands. At the plant, all relations are formed around the dubious glory of the Turner Milovidov. A fresh look, self-confidence and each other help friends to expose the "record holder".

Next to Us

1957

The Witch poster
6.8

In a remote cabin, two people live together, the dirty, unkempt deacon Savely and his beautiful wife Raisa. The deacon torments his wife with absurd jealousy. During a snowstorm, a group of lost mail coach drivers stumble upon the cabin...

The Witch

1959

Liberal poster
NR

Humanity presented a beautiful and touching picture on the first day of the new year. Everyone was happy, rejoicing, congratulating each other. The air was filled with the most sincere and heartfelt wishes. Everyone was happy and satisfied... Only the provincial secretary Ponimaev was dissatisfied. On New Year's afternoon, he stood on one of the capital's streets and protested. Hugging a lamppost with his right hand and waving away who knows what with his left, he muttered unforgivable and intended things...

Liberal

1959

The House Opposite poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The House Opposite

1959

No artwork available
NR

Aunt Lusha, the chairman of the collective farm, is still far from old age. But his youth flew by like a day, worrying about others and caring for the village. Now it's time to clean up the bread, but the area does not provide a threshing machine, it's time to prepare the cattle yard for winter — and everything needs to be solved fundamentally and immediately...

Aunt Lusha

1959

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

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra poster
7.9

The fourth part of the Soviet TV series based on Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about Sherlock Holmes. The film was shot based on the story "The Sign of Four" and the story "A Scandal in Bohemia".

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra

1983

Treasure Island poster
7.3

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

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Артем

1978

Time-Doesn't-Wait poster
NR

The story of Elam Harnish, a gold prospector and adventurer nicknamed Time-Won't-Wait, who "was a gambler by nature, and life seemed to him to be a most exciting game." In the course of this game for wealth and power, he becomes cynical and heartless. Having become a successful businessman, he lives and acts according to the laws of the jungle. A change comes over him after he meets stenographer Did Mason. Based on the novel of the same name by Jack London.

Time-Doesn't-Wait

1976

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