Arkadiy Koval

Acting

Arkadiy Koval

Born

1958-10-05 (68)

Place of birth

Norilsk, Krasnoyarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

59 titles

Known for

The Master and Margarita poster
6.8

A struggling writer in 1930s Soviet Moscow finds his life transformed when a mysterious professor arrives with his bizarre entourage, including a wisecracking trickster, a deadly assassin, a vampire maid, and a giant talking black cat, turning the city upside down while exposing the hypocrisy of those in power.

The Master and Margarita

2024

Streets of Broken Lights poster
6.5

Russian detectives unwind the ball of the most intricate and cruel crimes. They are consummate professionals, the best cops in town. Even on the most dangerous missions, this quartet never loses their sense of humor. It is it that helps them find the most incredible ways out of any situation. They uphold the law and emerge victorious.

Streets of Broken Lights

1998

Шеф poster
8.7

Viktor Rastorguev, a police colonel, moved to St. Petersburg with his entire family. In Moscow, he crossed paths with a certain official and was forced to leave. He would no longer have been allowed to serve peacefully in Moscow. In St. Petersburg, Rastorguev became the head of the district police department in one of the city's districts. Rastorguev's family moved with him: his wife Olga and 16-year-old son Pavel. They are trying to settle into their new home, but everything in their lives is not turning out the way they would like...

Шеф

2012

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

Sherlock Holmes poster
6.6

The action takes place in Victorian England in the last quarter of the 19th century. 27-year-old amateur detective Sherlock Holmes becomes a bystander to a crime along with Dr. John Watson, a military doctor who has just returned from the war in Afghanistan. During the investigation, Watson, not yet having an apartment in London, settles with Holmes in Mrs. Hudson's «half board», and then takes part in the affairs of his new friend. Watson gives Holmes boxing lessons. Watson himself is an experienced boxer, able to deal with several opponents with his bare hands. In addition, he is an excellent marksman. Considering Holmes a genius, the doctor decides to tell the whole world about his talent and the mysteries he revealed in his stories, where he often embellishes the events («the true story» of which the series presents). Watson is taught to embellish events by the editor-in-chief of the «Morning Chronicle».

Sherlock Holmes

2013

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

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

The Master and Margarita poster
6.8

A struggling writer in 1930s Soviet Moscow finds his life transformed when a mysterious professor arrives with his bizarre entourage, including a wisecracking trickster, a deadly assassin, a vampire maid, and a giant talking black cat, turning the city upside down while exposing the hypocrisy of those in power.

The Master and Margarita

2024

Silver Skates poster
7.5

1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. Ice-covered rivers and canals of the capital seethe with festive activities. On the eve of the new century those who should not be destined to meet, come together. They are people from different worlds: Matvey, the son of a lamplighter, whose only treasure is his silver-plated skates; Alice is the daughter of a high-ranking official dreaming of science. Each of them has his own difficult life-story, but having accidentally met they rush forward together in pursuit of their dreams.

Silver Skates

2020

All About My Sister poster
NR

When the grown-up Minka goes to visit his sister Lyolya, now an adult woman with two children living in their childhood home, everything along the way reminds him of funny stories from the past. But he does not know that as a result of the pranks of her "stuffed" twins Petya and Fedya, Lyola is in serious trouble ...

All About My Sister

2020

Katya-Katya poster
1.0

Spring 1942. Moscow schoolgirl Katya is corresponding with a cadet of the naval school Kostya, who is unknown to her. When sent to the front, his echelon must pass through Moscow, and they have a chance to meet ... Our days. Muscovite Katya, a talented violinist and a wild child, without realizing it, begins to follow in the footsteps of the history of Katya and Kostya, her peers from the war years. Will she be able to finish an amazing teenage love story that began years ago?

Katya-Katya

2023

2010s · 7 titles

Hard to Be a God poster
6.5

A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.

Hard to Be a God

2014

Petersburg: Selfie poster
7.1

Petersburg. A Selfie comprises seven novellas about the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia, shot by female directors. The film tells a story of a real, living and breathing city, rather than a mythical phantasm. Each novella tells its own story about love and loneliness, luck and hope.

Petersburg: Selfie

2016

Selfie poster
NR

An evening dress, a St. Petersburg attic, summer, alcohol, and a chance encounter with a handsome guy – what else do you need to have a wonderful evening? The main thing is that it shouldn’t be the last one. Margot is only twenty‑three, but she already has a great plan: to come to St. Petersburg and jump off the roof before life itself throws some kind of trouble at her. After all, it’s better to go out young, healthy, and drunk, without waiting for World War III, the depletion of the world’s oil reserves, or a brick falling from the roof at the whim of a treacherous fate. However, fate seems to have something entirely different in store for her. Life, just as Margo feared, is indeed full of surprises, and not all of them are terrible.

Selfie

2016

Mother Lyuba poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Mother Lyuba

2014

Animator poster
5.0

Anna Andreevna is a former actress who lived a rather selfish life, but now she's dying of an incurable disease, spending her last days in an expensive private hospice. Zhenya is a young aspiring actor who came from a provincial town and grabs any role offered. He was left out of work, since filming was suddenly suspended. To somehow exist and repay the loan he took out, Zhenya works part-time as an animator at a hospice, there he meets Anna Andreevna.

Animator

2019

No artwork available
4.2

As many other girls young Katya arrives to St. Petersburg trying to become a big star but until it happens she finds a job as a barman in a prestigious night club.

Club of Happiness

2010

My home is my castle poster
NR

They returned from the bombed-out Republic, where they rebuilt houses and roads.

My home is my castle

2012

2000s · 2 titles

1990s · 14 titles

What a Mess! poster
6.7

A Russian criminal steals a giant diamond from the Mafia, hides it, and suddenly runs into his unknown brothers; unexpected, absurd events with participation of the mob, doctors, musicians, Americans, militia, and gypsies ensue.

What a Mess!

1995

Racket poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Racket

1992

The Revenge of the Wicked Witch Kluka XVI poster
NR

Based on Hungarian fairytales.

The Revenge of the Wicked Witch Kluka XVI

1991

Karlsson and the Knights of the Round Table poster
NR

About Karlsson's adventures in a place where all fabulous paths intersect.

Karlsson and the Knights of the Round Table

1990

Shadow, or Maybe Everything Will Be Fine poster
4.4

The action of the movie takes place in a certain fairy-tale town. The main character - the scientist Christian-Theodore discovers a lot about the inhabitants of the city, about their oddities and peculiarities. The princess of the city has struck the imagination of Christian-Theodore, but he does not notice that he is not indifferent to the kind girl Annunziata. The scientist becomes a victim of palace intrigues and intrigues. His own shadow, which appeared to the hero, pushes him to a cowardly act - the rejection of the princess. The shadow wins the heart of the princess and wants to destroy Christian-Theodore. But, as it is supposed to be in a real fairy tale, everything ends happily. The hero is helped by Annunziata's love and the sympathy of the town's inhabitants for the scientist who wants to make everyone happy.

Shadow, or Maybe Everything Will Be Fine

1991

Genius poster
7.2

He is overly intelligent... He is genius... And he's just trying to make his life a little bit better in an new era post-communist Russia.

Genius

1992

The Pot poster
NR

Based on Ukrainian folk tales.

The Pot

1991

Philipp Traum poster
5.1

A story based on "The Mysterious Stranger" novel by Mark Twain.

Philipp Traum

1990

Emperor's Steps poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Emperor's Steps

1991

The Engagement in Saint-Michel poster
NR

Based on French fairytales.

The Engagement in Saint-Michel

1990

Taras the Noble Bandit poster
NR

Based on Ukrainian fairytales.

Taras the Noble Bandit

1991

Echo of Mount Klimentina poster
NR

Based on Western European fairytales.

Echo of Mount Klimentina

1991

Broken Light poster
NR

An art film about the life of Soviet creatives in the late 1980s.

Broken Light

1990

Grimella the Witch poster
NR

The Imp will tell two stories about the evil witch Grimella. The first one is about the cursed Princess Irene. And the second one is about her daughter, Catherine, 18 years after the events of the first part.

Grimella the Witch

1991

1980s · 18 titles

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 Tricks of the Wicked Witch Kluka XVI poster
NR

Based on Hungarian fairytales.

The Tricks of the Wicked Witch Kluka XVI

1986

Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century poster
7.1

This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches). In this version the entire plot of the story Bruce-Partington Drawings was deleted.

Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century

1987

Evil Spirit poster
7.0

A junior employee of the Forest Research Institute is sent to collect mushrooms. In the forest, he meets a strange old woman, receives a silver horn and a magic club as a gift from her, and after some time ends up in prison as a counterfeiter. His connections with the mysterious old woman do not end there.

Evil Spirit

1989

Exceptions Without Rules poster
6.6

An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major".

Exceptions Without Rules

1986

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1 poster
6.8

The final film of the television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson." It is based on the late and little-known stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, united by the theme of the approaching world war and the struggle of the legendary detective with foreign spies.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1

1988

The Ghost of the City of Eulenberg poster
NR

An unusual story that happened a long time ago in the city of Eulenberg, in a house where a terrible Ghost lived...

The Ghost of the City of Eulenberg

1987

Francuella the Foundling poster
NR

Based on French fairytales.

Francuella the Foundling

1989

Turks at the Court of King Mikish poster
NR

Based on Czech fairytales.

Turks at the Court of King Mikish

1986

The Last Brigand from Hradec Broshev poster
NR

One night, the famous robber Merzavio comes to the house of archivist Jiří Havříček, the most educated man in town. Merzavio asks the archivist to become a teacher for ten years for his two hooligan sons Vincek and Frantik.

The Last Brigand from Hradec Broshev

1987

No artwork available
NR

Two women are staying in the same hotel room. One of them has come to marry the man she loves. The other has come to visit her husband and children, whom she once abandoned. Little do they know that they will soon find themselves in the same lovely old house...

This Sweet Old House

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

Cat House poster
NR

The TV play based on the fairy tale of the same name by Samuel Marshak.

Cat House

1988

Soldier and Imp poster
NR

Based on Russian fairytales.

Soldier and Imp

1986

Kids Playground poster
9.0

Living without parents, Zhanna and Roman are still almost children. She left the orphanage and went to work at a factory. He, tired of his grandmother's endless debts, got a job with the ambulance service after school. At first, their life together seemed secure. The young couple was happy until Roman got involved with a gang of thieves...

Kids Playground

1987

The Grumbilla Witch's Book of Spells poster
NR

Based on French folk tales.

The Grumbilla Witch's Book of Spells

1989

Extension of the Family poster
8.0

Not far from the military airfield there is a looted and dilapidated ancient monastery. A group of local enthusiasts and metropolitan restorers are trying to restore the destroyed monastery by all means...

Extension of the Family

1989

The Oddballs of Saint-Michel poster
NR

The suzerain of Saint-Michel was cruel and merciless. He had already executed everyone he could, even the executioner himself. But he couldn't get rid of the only doctor in Saint-Michel, Dr. Loshar. And then the cunning abbot suggested to him a way to lure the doctor to the palace...

The Oddballs of Saint-Michel

1989

Series credits

Streets of Broken Lights poster
6.5

Russian detectives unwind the ball of the most intricate and cruel crimes. They are consummate professionals, the best cops in town. Even on the most dangerous missions, this quartet never loses their sense of humor. It is it that helps them find the most incredible ways out of any situation. They uphold the law and emerge victorious.

Streets of Broken Lights

1998

Шеф poster
8.7

Viktor Rastorguev, a police colonel, moved to St. Petersburg with his entire family. In Moscow, he crossed paths with a certain official and was forced to leave. He would no longer have been allowed to serve peacefully in Moscow. In St. Petersburg, Rastorguev became the head of the district police department in one of the city's districts. Rastorguev's family moved with him: his wife Olga and 16-year-old son Pavel. They are trying to settle into their new home, but everything in their lives is not turning out the way they would like...

Шеф

2012

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

Sherlock Holmes poster
6.6

The action takes place in Victorian England in the last quarter of the 19th century. 27-year-old amateur detective Sherlock Holmes becomes a bystander to a crime along with Dr. John Watson, a military doctor who has just returned from the war in Afghanistan. During the investigation, Watson, not yet having an apartment in London, settles with Holmes in Mrs. Hudson's «half board», and then takes part in the affairs of his new friend. Watson gives Holmes boxing lessons. Watson himself is an experienced boxer, able to deal with several opponents with his bare hands. In addition, he is an excellent marksman. Considering Holmes a genius, the doctor decides to tell the whole world about his talent and the mysteries he revealed in his stories, where he often embellishes the events («the true story» of which the series presents). Watson is taught to embellish events by the editor-in-chief of the «Morning Chronicle».

Sherlock Holmes

2013

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

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins poster
7.8

The fifth and final part of the cycle of Soviet television feature films, filmed by director Igor Maslennikov based on the stories of the English writer Arthur Conan Doyle about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. In the first part based on the works - "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", "The Adventure of the Second Stain". In the second part based on the works - "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", and "His Last Bow".

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins

1988

Racket poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Racket

1995

Highway Patrol poster
7.0

To combat crimes on the roads, a special department has been created in the St. Petersburg Police Department. One of the brigades is headed by Captain Marina Voronina. Senior Lieutenant Odintsov has been identified as her partner. Their first investigation was the death in a car accident of the chairman of the Board of the bank "Petropavlovsk"...

Highway Patrol

2008

Воскресенский poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Воскресенский

2021

Military Intelligence: The Western Front poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Military Intelligence: The Western Front

2010

Ничья земля poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ничья земля

2020

Fancy poster
6.0

In their youth, investigator Ekaterina Mazurova and operative Sergei Polyakov witnessed the tragic events that took place in their native village of Zamayachny, which then received the unflattering nickname Yama. In 1990, a maniac appeared there. His victims were several girls, among whom was Valya, Katya's sister and Sergei's fiancee. Then the murders stopped, as suddenly as they had begun. For eleven long years. And all this time Sergey was living with a thirst for revenge, and Katya, in order not to go crazy, simply erased that terrible summer from her memory. But the maniac is back again. And now Katya and Sergey have to meet again to deal once and for all with the past, which, as it turned out, never let them go.

Fancy

2023

Майор полиции poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Майор полиции

2014

Kingdom of Crooked... poster
8.0

Journalist Alexander Vetrov is a sensation hunter. His specialty is mysterious incidents and murders. Each of his materials is the result of an independent investigation. Every now and then Alexander gets involved in dangerous adventures that can cost him his life. But even that doesn't stop the resourceful stringer. Alexander will have to solve the mystery of the return to the Sablinsky caves of the legendary strangler from the distant 50s, find the werewolves terrorizing the city, expose the criminals involved in organ transplantation, unravel the almost mystical case of the cursed apartment...

Kingdom of Crooked...

2005