Mikhail Svetin

Acting

Mikhail Svetin

Born — Died

1930-12-11 — 2015-08-20

Place of birth

Kiev, USSR [now Ukraine]

Known for

Acting

Credits

69 titles

Mikhail S. Svetin [born Michail Solomonovitch Goltsman] (11 December 1929 – 30 August 2015) was a Soviet, Russian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films.

Known for

Fuse poster
7.6

Fitil 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

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

The Golden Calf poster
7.7

The history of Bender's hunt for the underground millionaire Koreiko develops in the 1920s. Bright characters, adventurous adventures and a light veil of a bygone era in a new version of the classic work of Soviet literature.

The Golden Calf

2006

Afonya poster
7.7

Afonya Borshev is a plumber who drinks a lot, flirts a lot and doesn't care too much about tomorrow. His wife left him, his boss placed him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. When Afonya met Katya at a dance club he didn't pay her much attention, yet she may be the only one who can help him.

Afonya

1975

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

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin poster
6.8

As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II, mystic Grigori Rasputin holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St Petersburg begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange practices and mesmerizing qualities, as a liability and plot his assassination. When Rasputin, known to many as the 'Mad Monk', leads Nicholas to embrace an ill-conceived military strategy, a group of determined conspirators set down a plan to eliminate him.

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

1981

Film credits

1990s · 15 titles

Captain Krokus poster
8.7

Appearance of Coco the Clown and Peach the Pig in the circus is always a happy holiday for children and adults in a small town. But the terrible Chuchelische is ready to do whatever it takes for this celebration to not take place and make children's laughter turn to tears. At this time, the city government is in the hands of insidious Kibernator-General, which decides to close the circus, arrest Coco and make a stuffed out of Peach. Two friends, Kid and Slice, with a good and brave Captain Crocus decide to save Coco and Peach and return the children to the circus.

Captain Krokus

1991

Love in Russian 3: Governor poster
5.8

Former farmer V.P. Mukhin became governor. His enemies are trying to prevent him from signing an agreement with Belarus on the construction of a bridge. He is given 7 days to think about it. Alone and unarmed, the old man goes to a meeting with representatives of the criminal world...

Love in Russian 3: Governor

1999

Marshmallow in Chocolate poster
4.7

During another attempt to build socialism in a single African country, a detachment of Soviet paratroopers rescues a black boy and takes him to the USSR. The Soviet Union collapsed, and the child grew up in an orphanage, knowing nothing of his origins. But before he left for the army, fate brings him down with a sweet girl who dreams of a musical career. It is through it is the key to unraveling the mystery of the birth of a black handsome man - a mystery of international significance!

Marshmallow in Chocolate

1993

Romance, Russian Style poster
6.6

In Venice, the famous film actress Anna Zakharova meets the artist Mario. The meeting makes a lasting impression on the young man - he is in love. On her return to Russia, Anna is met with failure: she is removed from the role, breaks up with her lover-colleague. Desperate, the actress gives up everything and goes to Mario dying of passion, but during the sea voyage falls in love with the captain of the ship. Learning about it, Mario fails to control the car, gets into an accident and goes blind. All that is left for Anna, who feels guilty, is to go with him to the wedding...

Romance, Russian Style

1994

A Child by November poster
8.0

Dasha is thirty, disappointed in men, and wants to bring a child into the world from a very handsome guy with good genes. During the searches, Dasha meets a good fellow, a tv repair specialist. He falls in love with Dasha, but it seems that he does not fully conform to her requirements, so she goes on with her odyssey.

A Child by November

1992

The Ghost Prince poster
NR

A tale about prince Ahmet and his adventures.

The Ghost Prince

1990

Once Upon A Time in Odessa, or How to Leave the USSR poster
NR

The popular pop show club “Odessa Gentlemen” took part in writing a script on the topic: how to leave the former USSR. Odessa became an arena where the interests of Soviet intelligence and the last Jew who had not yet left for their historical homeland collided...

Once Upon A Time in Odessa, or How to Leave the USSR

1992

Object ‘J’ poster
NR

The events take place in August 2001, during the days of the tenth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is brought to Kyiv for an exhibition. An attempt is made to steal the painting. Five guards of the Security Service of Ukraine are assigned to protect the priceless canvas.

Object ‘J’

1995

A Gun with silencer poster
7.0

From the American psychiatric hospital run by two maniac, confident that he was a spy, and a transsexual. Very soon they will want to return to their native madhouse — but it will be too late. Because the third psycho sent them on a secret mission to Russia. Yes, even in a balloon.

A Gun with silencer

1993

The Children of Iron Gods poster
5.3

The films hero is a metal worker named Ignat who is as strong and tough as the steel that his sprawling factory produces in the Ural Mountains. Its a great cheerless environment; life is arduous and dangerous; conditions at the plant are nearly subhuman. The only excitement in the grimy industrial town is provided by robbing a train at gunpoint or stealing sheep from the Bashkiri tribe. The most renowned diversion, however, is the annual fist fight between the strongest metal worker and the strongest miner from the region. Against his better judgment, but with the support of his co-workers, Ignat decides to take part in this perilous venture.

The Children of Iron Gods

1993

Brunette for 30 Cents poster
4.4

"Male students are not allowed to enter the female dormitory." This sign hangs at the entrance, but the men's still climb into the Windows. Seeing this craving for beauty, the authorities of the provincial town decided to improve the financial situation by opening a brothel, while maintaining the chastity of the fairer sex…

Brunette for 30 Cents

1991

Not Yet a Time for Sorrow poster
5.8

Mefody, a wise master, comes to a weird village one day to teach local men wisdom and life. The strange thing about the village is all the men living there are of different nationalities: German, Jewish, Ukrainian, Russian, Uzbek, Gypsy etc.. Mefodi teaches all them the way to understand each other, he speaks about music, cabala, fairy tales, sex etc. Finally all of them become even more friendly to each other and find success in life.

Not Yet a Time for Sorrow

1995

A Shirt with Ukrainian Embroidery poster
NR

Based on Vladimir Vinnichenko's short stories "The Moderate" and "The Sincere." The heroes of this ironic joke are the apolitical Samzharenok and the Ukrainian nationalist Nedotykanyi. One day, an extraordinary event takes place in the village, and the friends become enemies.

A Shirt with Ukrainian Embroidery

1992

About Businessman Foma poster
5.2

Foma, a kolkhoz employee, decides to build a pay toilet in his village. Bit not all the villagers like the idea...

About Businessman Foma

1993

Skin poster
6.0

A rare breed of monkey died at the zoo. And it was on the eve of the arrival of its owner, Mrs. Parkins. The management, knowing about the stunning resemblance of the "dead woman" to the janitor Khrapunkov, decides on a risky experiment: to replace the gorilla with its humanoid counterpart.

Skin

1991

1980s · 32 titles

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin poster
6.8

As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II, mystic Grigori Rasputin holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St Petersburg begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange practices and mesmerizing qualities, as a liability and plot his assassination. When Rasputin, known to many as the 'Mad Monk', leads Nicholas to embrace an ill-conceived military strategy, a group of determined conspirators set down a plan to eliminate him.

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

1981

The Mechanic Gavrilov's Beloved Woman poster
5.5

Story of 38-years-old Rita whose fiance didn't show up at their wedding.

The Mechanic Gavrilov's Beloved Woman

1982

Be My Husband poster
7.0

Natasha, a woman struggling to find housing in a crowded resort town with her young son. She forces a stranger, Viktor, to pretend to be her husband to secure accommodation that bans children, leading to unexpected romantic developments.

Be My Husband

1981

Chameleon Games poster
4.0

Paris, 1955. Fraudster Georges de Valera, hiding from the police, with the help of a correspondent for the reactionary newspaper Sibilo, poses as Minister Dubov, who allegedly escaped from the Soviet Union. Sibilo's daughter explains to Georges the purpose of the planned action: to slander progressive journalists with the help of the false Dubov. De Valera, not wanting to become a participant in the provocation, goes into hiding. But instead they find another candidate for the role of Dubov...

Chameleon Games

1987

Alice Through the Looking Glass poster
7.3

The second adventure of Alice who steps through the looking glass and finds herself in a wonderful mirror land populated by chess figures and weird creatures.

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1982

At the Pike's Behest poster
7.0

The tale about a magic fish that too literally understands the wishes of lazy fool.

At the Pike's Behest

1984

If I Were the Boss... poster
6.3

Fyodor Stepanovich, the head of SMU, once discovered his striking resemblance to an auxiliary worker, Petya. It turns out that the latter had always been jealous of the boss and dreamed of taking his place. Fyodor Stepanovich, completely overwhelmed with work, decided to meet Petya's needs.

If I Were the Boss...

1981

Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation poster
5.7

The first private enterprises are started in the Soviet Union in the late 80s. A gang of bad guys, owners of a private restroom, kidnap a good guy - owner of a toy store. Private eye Dmitri's first job is to try and free the store owner.

Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation

1989

A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines poster
7.1

Mr. Johnny First goes to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph, and the lives of everyone in the frontier town of Santa Carolina change as a result of this.

A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines

1987

Cyrano de Bergerac poster
4.3

Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.

Cyrano de Bergerac

1989

No More Jokes! poster
8.0

Dima Manokhin dreams of becoming a clown. But he does not enter the school, but goes to a sanatorium to amuse Lena, who has fallen ill. The sick recover literally before his eyes - and Dima knows that he will be a clown.

No More Jokes!

1984

Karik and Valya's Remarkable Adventures poster
5.3

Is so happened that Karik and Valya, the main characters, remarkably shrank in size, their whole habitual world acquiring unusual contours and unusual features.

Karik and Valya's Remarkable Adventures

1987

The Piggy Bank poster
9.0

A musical screen comedy based on the French play La Cagnotte (The Piggy Bank in English) by Eugène Marin Labiche. A group of provincial Bourgeois decide to spend savings they accumulated for a year of playing cards together on a memorable deed. After humorous strategizing and alliance forming, Leonida, the unmarried sister and Blanche, the engaged daughter, of Monsieur Champbourcy, entice the group to spend the money on what they imagine a luxurious journey to a capital city. A very memorable event indeed it was.

The Piggy Bank

1980

The Life and Adventures of Four Friends 1/2 poster
5.6

About the life and adventures of four animal friends. The owner of the animals, a forest ranger, is training three dogs to be friends with a cat. Episode 1 - Bosom enemies, Episode 2 - Beginning of the journey

The Life and Adventures of Four Friends 1/2

1980

Women Joke Seriously poster
8.0

A lyrical comedy in three parts linked by a voice-over monologue of the protagonist, telling about three Zhenyas - three lovers, in each of whom he was looking for the dream of his post-war childhood.

Women Joke Seriously

1981

Premonition Of Love poster
9.5

Sergey, a young inventor, dreams of finding the only, most beautiful and unique woman. Time comes and he begins to realize that the one he is looking for exists on her own and independently of his desires. And then the modest, far from beautiful, but charming Lenochka becomes the object of his attention and love.

Premonition Of Love

1982

Magicians poster
7.0

In a small Russian town, there is a Research Institute for magic. One of the witches, Alyona Sanina, is going to marry a guy named Ivan Puhov (not a magician). A jealous Apollon Sataneev tells her boss Kira Shemahandskaya that Sanina is going to marry not Ivan Puhov, but Ivan Kivrin, whom Shemahandskaya is going to marry herself. Enraged, Shemahandskaya, who is a powerful witch, orders Sanina to forget about her Ivan and marry Sataneev instead. And this will be final unless Alyona kisses Puhov before midnight on New Year. Alyona's friends call Puhov to the rescue.

Magicians

1982

Start All Over Again poster
5.2

Bard Nikolai Kovalyov is recognized and loved by young people, but music officials remain deaf to the poet's creativity. A new phase in his life begins with an unexpected meeting.

Start All Over Again

1985

Who Are You, Horseman? poster
9.0

An English company is developing a gold deposit. Its representative, Allan Kane, is trying to hide some of the gold and take it abroad. In pursuit of the golden caravan, an unthinkable deadly battle unfolds.

Who Are You, Horseman?

1987

Fairy-Tales of an Old Magician poster
6.6

A princess is born to the king and queen of a fairy-tale kingdom. The wicked witch, who resents not having been invited to the princess's birthday party, curses her: on the day the princess turns 16, she will be pricked by the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into eternal sleep. The king orders that all spinning wheels in the kingdom be destroyed and the number 16 be taken out of use. However, a young traveling prince arrives, bringing a curse with him.

Fairy-Tales of an Old Magician

1984

The Right People poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Right People

1986

She Has a Broom, He Has a Black Hat poster
5.5

A Baba Yaga's grand-daughter gets into the argument with the young son of Kashchey and decides to leave the magic forest.

She Has a Broom, He Has a Black Hat

1987

Primary Russia poster
5.2

The film takes place in pre-Christian Russia, when Ratibor united the East Slavs into one army against the nomadic Khazars.

Primary Russia

1986

Only in the Music Hall poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Only in the Music Hall

1981

The Trust That Has Burst poster
6.4

A witty comedy, that has fun and philosophy in one. Inspired by short stories of O`Henry.

The Trust That Has Burst

1983

Naked poster
7.0

Having gone out into nature, Koshkin became a victim of a robber. And so, completely naked, he seeks help from people, from those who will not be afraid…

Naked

1987

Happy Birthday, or Incognito poster
NR

The character of “Die Fledermaus”, Count Eisenstein, is quietly aging on his family estate. Every year he celebrates the birthday of Johann Strauss with great pomp. This time a luxurious ball will be given in honor of the great composer. Rumors are spreading that the great maestro himself will appear here, but incognito.

Happy Birthday, or Incognito

1987

Fairies' Autumn Gift poster
7.3

A sad and funny story based on Hans Christian Andersen tales.

Fairies' Autumn Gift

1984

Don Cesar de Bazan poster
6.0

A musical adaptation of the classic play "Don César de Bazan" by Adolphe d'Ennery and Philippe Dumanoir.

Don Cesar de Bazan

1989

No artwork available
10.0

Comedy based on S. Altov's feuilleton. Instead of a bribe, the official received a newspaper in the envelope... And it saved everyone.

Chance

1988

Silva poster
5.5

Silva Varescu, a self-sufficient and professionally successful cabaret performer from Budapest, is about to embark on a tour of America. Three of her aristocratic admirers, named Edwin, Feri and Boni, prefer her to stay. Edwin, unaware that his parents have already arranged a marriage for him back home in Vienna, orders a notary to prepare a promissory note of his expected marriage to Silva within ten weeks.

Silva

1981

Криминальный талант poster
NR

Several crimes are committed in the city, similar in style and so unusual that the investigation team suspects that the perpetrator, or rather the perpetrator, has a kind of criminal talent. Based on the novel of the same name by Stanislav Rodionov.

Криминальный талант

1986

1970s · 10 titles

Afonya poster
7.7

Afonya Borshev is a plumber who drinks a lot, flirts a lot and doesn't care too much about tomorrow. His wife left him, his boss placed him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. When Afonya met Katya at a dance club he didn't pay her much attention, yet she may be the only one who can help him.

Afonya

1975

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

Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches poster
6.5

A young boy grapples with first love and his ambitions as a drummer during an eventful summer holiday.

Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches

1975

It Can't Be! poster
7.3

The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko: "Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the provincial life of the young country of the Soviets: stupidity, drunkenness, money-grubbing, lack of spirituality.

It Can't Be!

1975

100 grams for Bravery poster
5.9

Three short stories that share a common satirical theme: alcoholism and drunkenness.

100 grams for Bravery

1977

Gift of Fate poster
NR

A mischievous and cheerful employee of the textile mill, Dinka Balashova, becomes a true gift of fate for the commandant of the best women's dormitory in the region, Viktor Pavlovich, a strict guardian of instructions, schedules and schedules...

Gift of Fate

1978

No artwork available
NR

A new film story about how an old train driver suddenly regained a year of life that he had borrowed...

Returned Year

1973

Soft-Boiled Boots poster
4.0

The film is based on the stories Anton Chekhov. It is a tribute to the actor Boris Andreyev. He plays a major role that keeps up for the duration of the film. Lively and intelligent Valery Spout largely mitigates underline the drama of the protagonist, while Michael Sveta's role, though small, is bright and memorable.

Soft-Boiled Boots

1978

An Unnamed Star poster
6.2

"Stars never leave their orbits". The poor astronomy teacher got one more demonstration of this law when he met HER. SHE was "from the another world". SHE was strange and inappropriate in his tiny calm town. Town with slough-like life and citizens who spent all their time gossiping. Once he almost started to believe that the miracle is possible... but "the stars never leave their orbits"

An Unnamed Star

1978

Good luck! poster
3.0

The film is based on the story "Hunter's Smiles" by writer Ostap Vishnya. Once a year, it would seem, normal, even very respectable people are turning into children who have received a long-awaited toy, or to some kind of "barons of münchhausen". Famous singers, famous surgeons, pensioners, peaceful accountants - all fall into childhood: they store up with waders, dry gunpowder, clean hunting rifles. And from their conversations trembling takes: one tells how he hunted immediately after two bears, the second "sewers" he put like rabbits, the third one shot ten ducks "shot" ... This all means that the hunting season has come!

Good luck!

1974

Series credits

Fuse poster
7.6

Fitil 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

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

The Golden Calf poster
7.7

The history of Bender's hunt for the underground millionaire Koreiko develops in the 1920s. Bright characters, adventurous adventures and a light veil of a bygone era in a new version of the classic work of Soviet literature.

The Golden Calf

2006

Magicians poster
7.6

A New Year's fairy tale about how true love can work wonders. At the NUINU Institute (Scientific Universal Institute of Unusual Services), work is in full swing on the creation of a magic wand. The presentation of the invention is scheduled for December 31, New Year's Eve.

Magicians

1982

Алиса в Зазеркалье poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Алиса в Зазеркалье

1982

Inspector Losev poster
8.0

The series tells about how police officers, investigating the case of robberies and murders in hotels, managed not only to neutralize, but also to expose major plunderers of socialist property.

Inspector Losev

1983

The Tales of the Old Wizard poster
NR

A princess is born to the king and queen of a fairy-tale kingdom. The wicked witch, who resents not having been invited to the princess's birthday party, curses her: on the day the princess turns 16, she will be pricked by the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into eternal sleep. The king orders that all spinning wheels in the kingdom be destroyed and the number 16 be taken out of use. However, a young traveling prince arrives, bringing a curse with him.

The Tales of the Old Wizard

1985

Безымянная звезда poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Безымянная звезда

1979

The Trust That Has Burst poster
6.5

The film is set in the United States in the early 20th century. Andy Tucker and Jefferson Peters are noble crooks. They do not engage in violent theft of valuables from citizens. Jeff's principle is to always give something in return for the money received, "be it a fake gold medallion, garden flower seeds, ointment for a gunshot wound, stock certificates, flea powder, or at least a slap." They devise scams to earn money and fulfill their dreams. Andy Tucker wants to open a library, and Jeff Peters wants to return to his home state of Utah and meet his first love.

The Trust That Has Burst

1983