Vladimir Soshalsky

Acting

Vladimir Soshalsky

Born — Died

1929-07-14 — 2007-10-10

Place of birth

Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

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

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

1971

The Life of Klim Samgin poster
7.0

The 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

The Hearts of Three poster
6.8

Young millionaire Francis Morgan and his bankrupt distant relative Henry Morgan set off in search of an ancient treasure hidden by their distant pirate ancestor. But the journey becomes even more interesting when the charming Leoncia decides to join them, captivating both young men with her charms.

The Hearts of Three

1992

Vivat, Naval Cadets! poster
8.0

1744. Russian Empire. Being childless, but at the same time wanting to finally consolidate on the Russian throne of his - "Peter's" line of the Romanov dynasty, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna decides to marry his nephew Karl Peter Ulrich, brought from Prussia, called in Russia "Peter Fyodorovich" to some noble, but preferably not very rich and not very willful European "princess". Elizabeth is intrigued by the brave young guardsman and his intercession for Yaguzhinskaya, and she gives Belov "an assignment of national importance" - to secretly bring his important guests to Russia from Prussia. The ubiquitous vice-chancellor Bestuzhev learns about it. He summons Alexei Korsak, Belov's friend who will keep Alexander company on his trip to Prussia, and instructs him to become a spy on Belov, threatening Korsak with "exile to the galleys" and "Siberia" for his wife and young son if he refuses.

Vivat, Naval Cadets!

1994

Pirates of the 20th Century poster
6.1

A Soviet cargo ship carrying medical opium gets attacked by pirates of an unknown nationality. The crew is left to die on a sinking ship but they manage to escape and now must fight the pirates for survival.

Pirates of the 20th Century

1980

Film credits

1990s · 11 titles

Don't Wake a Sleeping Dog poster
6.7

After coming out of jail a sneak thief "Chibis" plans a big afaire.

Don't Wake a Sleeping Dog

1991

Sin: A Story of Passion poster
3.6

Young girl Nina is falling in love with the orthodox priest with a criminal past.

Sin: A Story of Passion

1993

Mousetrap poster
5.8

The criminal history is inscribed in the everyday life of prosperous, apparently quite prosperous people. Suddenly, the truth is revealed, hidden for the time being under the guise of respectability. The past is returning, creating mysterious murders ...

Mousetrap

1990

And the Wind Returns... poster
4.0

The director's story about his life in the Soviet Union before his departure to Israel in 1971. The movie interweaves chronicle-documentary footage and fragments of Mikhail Kalik's films.

And the Wind Returns...

1992

Pages of Russian History. The Land of the Ancestors poster
NR

The history of Rus' since inviting of the Varangians, led by Rurik, to converting of Princess Olga to Christianity.

Pages of Russian History. The Land of the Ancestors

1994

Lord, Have Mercy on the Lost poster
10.0

The story of the moral decline and rebirth of a young schoolgirl. Turning to faith, she finds solace in a convent.

Lord, Have Mercy on the Lost

1992

Luxury Suite for the General with the Girl poster
7.0

Шестнадцатилетняя Люська сбегает из дома, где отчим не дает ей прохода, и знакомится с карточным шулером по фамилии Бристоль. Друзья ласково называют, уже далеко немолодого Константина, Котей. И вот старик и почти еще ребенок сдружились и вместе начинают опасную авантюру.

Luxury Suite for the General with the Girl

1991

The Door in the Wall poster
NR

The hero of the film, Wallace, is trying to reconcile the dream of a world of beautiful souls and human relationships with the reality of a prosperous bourgeois.

The Door in the Wall

1990

The Scoundrel 2 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Scoundrel 2

1994

Chink poster
NR

The hero of the film is a small puppy, who lives in the reserve together with his master. Curious and restless Chink often falls into a mess when confronted with the inhabitants of the reserve. His worst enemy is the coyote.

Chink

1992

Анютины глазки и барские ласки poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Анютины глазки и барские ласки

1990

1980s · 22 titles

Pirates of the 20th Century poster
6.1

A Soviet cargo ship carrying medical opium gets attacked by pirates of an unknown nationality. The crew is left to die on a sinking ship but they manage to escape and now must fight the pirates for survival.

Pirates of the 20th Century

1980

The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin poster
6.8

Scamper is a little penguin who loves wandering around the Artic where he lives with his parents. Unfortunately his little adventures tend to get he, and his friend Snowflake into trouble, especially when he disobeys his father and goes exploring with seagulls who want to eat him flying above, and men and dogs on the ground with them. One day the adventure goes too far and they float out to sea, only to be caught by men who want to sell them to the zoo. Scamper, Snowflake and their new friend, a macaroni penguin named Louie, must escape and get back to their families to warn them.

The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin

1987

New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court poster
4.8

The plane of the American pilot Hank Morgan got lost in time. The pilot falls into temporary loop and finds himself at the era of the glorious King Arthur. Here he is destined to meet the legendary knights of the Round Table and the insidious Queen Morgana - the sister of the king, the beautiful Sandy and the wise Wizard. He will find himself in the rags of a slave and in knightly armor, to witness the greatness and death of the kingdom.

New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1988

Well, Just You Wait! 15 poster
9.5

At a concert that Zayats is hosting Volk tries to catch him yet again.

Well, Just You Wait! 15

1985

Charlotte Necklace poster
6.7

While investigating a murder KGB detectives discover a criminal group which transfers a stolen artworks abroad .

Charlotte Necklace

1984

No artwork available
NR

Peter Petrovich Belkin, a lazybones, drifts from one job to another in search of a "cushy job." Eventually, he ends up in a workplace where his colleagues decide to teach the slacker a lesson...

Wherever You Work...

1987

Orpheus Descends to Hell poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Orpheus Descends to Hell

1986

Well, Just You Wait! 16 poster
9.5

After suffering a sunstroke Volk finds himfself in a world of fairytales.

Well, Just You Wait! 16

1986

Assol poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Assol

1983

Girl from the Legend poster
NR

There is a civil war in Turkestan. Many people stood up in arms to defend the young Soviet government. Among them is the young Mayna Khasanova. She devoted her life to the struggle for the ideals of revolution. Mayna, as a girl from a legend, will accomplish a feat, a story about which many generations of Soviet people will betray by word of mouth. The young heroine will be awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Battle.

Girl from the Legend

1980

Svetik poster
6.5

Arriving in Moscow, the young, energetic provincial woman quickly joins the circle of booksellers. Having charmed her boss, Svetik got a job in the antiquarian literature department. But soon she herself fell in love, and the gullible bibliomaniac becomes the master of her unspent energy.

Svetik

1989

Inspector Losev poster
6.5

A classic mystery story based on Arkadi Adamov novels. A task force is investigating a series of routine thefts at hotels. Upon closer examination of the case, young criminal investigator Vitaly Losev unexpectedly uncovers major players in the shadow economy who were involved in speculation and theft of state property.

Inspector Losev

1983

Deal poster
7.0

A long-distance Chaco driver once agrees to transport a passenger across the border under the guise of a partner for a decent amount of money. Miguel, the leader of the democratic movement, managed to escape from prison and hide abroad. And now he is returning to his homeland to continue the fight. Chaco is not interested in politics, and from the very beginning of the trip he makes it clear to his partner.

Deal

1986

Driver for One Trip poster
7.0

Driver Mikhail meets Sofia, a distinguished collective farm worker who has come to Moscow. He helps her buy a car and agrees to deliver it to her collective farm. He is a widower, and she has separated from her husband. At Sofia's request, he agrees to take her, her daughter, and son-in-law back home. Mikhail develops deep feelings for Sofia, but her daughter is against it.

Driver for One Trip

1981

Dress Rehearsal poster
NR

A poetic psychological drama about the adolescence of the Ukrainian-Russian writer Nikolai Gogol filmed for Soviet television at A. Dovzhenko Film Studion in 1988. Based on the short story "Gogol-gimnazist" by Vasili Avenarius.

Dress Rehearsal

1989

The Scoundrel, or Running On the Spot poster
5.0

Comedy of manners with elements of grotesque. The hero of the tape - an employee of a solid research Institute San Sanych lubomudrov - an extraordinary personality. Charming trickster and subtle psychologist, he is fluent in the art of communicating with the "right" people.

The Scoundrel, or Running On the Spot

1984

Kitten from Lizyukova Street poster
6.9

In Voronezh in Lizyukova Street lives a kitten Vasily, who constantly has to flee from domestic dogs, and therefore he dreams of becoming such a beast that everyone would be afraid of.

Kitten from Lizyukova Street

1988

The Hare Who Liked to Give Advice poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Hare Who Liked to Give Advice

1988

The Man With the Accordion poster
9.0

Dmitry Gromtsev was a volunteer to go the front where he was wounded. He couldn't get back to his beloved profession of musician. The movie tells us about difficult destiny of a person who couldn't become an artist because of war.

The Man With the Accordion

1985

Grandmother's Birthday poster
4.0

A boy and a puppy choose a gift for their grandmother.

Grandmother's Birthday

1981

The Autumn Campaign of 1799 poster
NR

In August 1799, Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov, having defeated the French in northern Italy, received an unexpected order. Instead of marching on Paris, they are ordered to go to the remote Swiss Alps, where there is a powerful and countless French army.

The Autumn Campaign of 1799

1987

And Live Tomorrow poster
NR

During the years of perestroika, Igor Shitikov, a young and capable leader, was offered to head a lagging collective farm. After the renovation, he would be able to supply the factory workers of a large industrial association with agricultural products. But only the village council has the authority to decide on the reorganization of the collective farm...

And Live Tomorrow

1987

1970s · 10 titles

1960s · 7 titles

The Conspiracy of Ambassadors poster
8.0

Summer 1918. As revolutionary Russia remains locked in turmoil, British mission chief Robert Lockhart plots against the Bolshevik government. Seeking to strengthen the conspiracy, he attempts to win the support of the Latvian Riflemen by bribing Bērziņš, commander of the Artillery Division of the Latvian Riflemen. His efforts draw the Latvian soldiers into a dangerous web of political intrigue, loyalty and betrayal.

The Conspiracy of Ambassadors

1966

Crossroads poster
5.0

The film tells about the ambulance doctor Galia Ismailova, her worries and joys.

Crossroads

1963

The Big Circle poster
8.0

A group of Soviet military diplomats needs to get to Stockholm. But direct flight is impossible, there is a war going on, so they go to Sweden via Cairo, where they stay for several days. From Cairo, Petrov’s group flies to Cape Town. But the plane our heroes are flying on crashes over the jungles of Africa...

The Big Circle

1969

The Taming of the Shrew poster
5.4

Classic adaptation of the even more classic play by William Shakespeare.

The Taming of the Shrew

1961

The Squadron Turns Westward poster
NR

The action takes place in Odesa in 1918-1919. At the request of General Denikin, a French squadron arrives in Odesa to restore order in the city. Odesa Bolsheviks are trying to convince the sailors to leave the city. At the center of the story is the heroic fate of Frenchwoman Jeanne-Marie Lyabourb (1877-1919), shot by French interventionists.

The Squadron Turns Westward

1966

Moscow – Genoa poster
6.0

About the first steps of Soviet diplomacy at the international conference in Genoa in 1922.

Moscow – Genoa

1964

The Cook poster
5.0

In one of the Kuban collective farms, a new beauty-cook has appeared. Many began to look after her, but the girl was not a timid dozen and quickly gave a turn to the unlucky boyfriends from the gate. However, true love found a way to her heart, and although human envy and stupidity have done many troubles, the lovers still managed to unravel this complex tangle of misunderstandings.

The Cook

1966

1950s · 4 titles

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

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

1971

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

1971

The Life of Klim Samgin poster
7.0

The 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

The Hearts of Three poster
6.8

Young millionaire Francis Morgan and his bankrupt distant relative Henry Morgan set off in search of an ancient treasure hidden by their distant pirate ancestor. But the journey becomes even more interesting when the charming Leoncia decides to join them, captivating both young men with her charms.

The Hearts of Three

1992

Vivat, Naval Cadets! poster
8.0

1744. Russian Empire. Being childless, but at the same time wanting to finally consolidate on the Russian throne of his - "Peter's" line of the Romanov dynasty, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna decides to marry his nephew Karl Peter Ulrich, brought from Prussia, called in Russia "Peter Fyodorovich" to some noble, but preferably not very rich and not very willful European "princess". Elizabeth is intrigued by the brave young guardsman and his intercession for Yaguzhinskaya, and she gives Belov "an assignment of national importance" - to secretly bring his important guests to Russia from Prussia. The ubiquitous vice-chancellor Bestuzhev learns about it. He summons Alexei Korsak, Belov's friend who will keep Alexander company on his trip to Prussia, and instructs him to become a spy on Belov, threatening Korsak with "exile to the galleys" and "Siberia" for his wife and young son if he refuses.

Vivat, Naval Cadets!

1994

The Alaska Kid poster
7.0

The Alaska Kid is a 1991 German / Russian / Polish television miniseries, based on Jack London's 1912 short story anthology, Smoke Bellew. First broadcast on the German ZDF network in December 1993, the series stars Mark Pillow as "The Alaska Kid" Jack Bellew, a newspaper reporter on his beat during the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska.

The Alaska Kid

1993

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

31 июня poster
8.0

A fantasy love story between an artist living in the 21st century and a princess of the kingdom of Perador, during the reign of King Arthur.

31 июня

1978