Vera Orlova

Acting

Vera Orlova

Born — Died

1918-05-25 — 1993-09-16

Place of birth

Ekaterinoslav, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

29 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

The Twelve Chairs poster
7.5

Set in late-1920s Soviet Union, Ostap Bender and Ippolit "Kisa" Vorobyaninov are after a stash of diamonds hidden in one of the chairs in 12-chair set. They are forced to go on a cross-country chase when the chairs are auctioned off.

The Twelve Chairs

1977

Cipollino poster
6.9

In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic produce, "Cipollino, the Onion Boy" fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townsfolk by the fruit royalty (Prince Lemon and the overly proud Lord Tomato) in the garden kingdom.

Cipollino

1961

Precious Gift poster
5.2

The inveterate fisherman Karp Trofimovich has his birthday during competition of fishermen so his nephew clings a huge pike to the uncle's hook .

Precious Gift

1956

Talents and Admirers poster
NR

Based on the play by A. N. Ostrovsky.

Talents and Admirers

1971

Who's Right, Who's to Blame? poster
NR

A certain Chumakov addressed the People's Judge Kavelin. He brought a statement of claim to his son, Sergey Gribanov, in which he demands care, love and alimony from him. Chumakov, who left his family when the boy was two years old, is now afraid to be alone, because Sergei's stepfather has become a real, loving father... Judge Kavelin has to figure out this difficult, but unfortunately, life-changing situation.

Who's Right, Who's to Blame?

1980

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 3 titles

1960s · 10 titles

Cipollino poster
6.9

In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic produce, "Cipollino, the Onion Boy" fights the unjust treatment of his fellow vegetable townsfolk by the fruit royalty (Prince Lemon and the overly proud Lord Tomato) in the garden kingdom.

Cipollino

1961

When the Trees Were Tall poster
6.8

The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.

When the Trees Were Tall

1961

Children of Don Quixote poster
7.4

A film about the large family of the head of a maternity hospital. Living by very strict moral standards and nicknamed Don Quixote for this, he brings up his sons in the same spirit. And the sons turn out to be worthy of their father, although they often have to overcome various, both serious and comic, difficulties in life.

Children of Don Quixote

1966

I've Bought Myself a Father poster
7.0

A story about five years old Dimka who decided to buy himself a father.

I've Bought Myself a Father

1963

I Loved You... poster
5.6

First love is always not simple. Especially when you are outcast and she is ballet dancer in the beginning of her carrier.

I Loved You...

1967

The Key poster
6.0

The film is a cautionary tale about the need to develop good work habits, personal responsibility and conscience in life.

The Key

1961

Short Stories poster
7.0

Miniatures of writers from Russia and foreign countries.

Short Stories

1963

I Want to Butt poster
3.7

Several stories about animals, in particular, about a possessed goat.

I Want to Butt

1968

Christians poster
NR

At one court hearing, a witness, who is engaged in prostitution, refused to take the oath, cause she didn't consider herself as a Christian. That incident caused great excitement in the hall.

Christians

1969

Mister Twister poster
NR

The screenplay is based on the short story of the same name by Vil Lipatov. It tells the story of a man with a difficult past who comes to a village in search of happiness, hoping to do good for others to the best of his abilities and talents.

Mister Twister

1969

1950s · 8 titles

Precious Gift poster
5.2

The inveterate fisherman Karp Trofimovich has his birthday during competition of fishermen so his nephew clings a huge pike to the uncle's hook .

Precious Gift

1956

Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm poster
6.4

Ivan Brovkin finishes serving in the army with the rank of sergeant and, together with a group of comrades after demobilization, decides to go to the development of state farm. He arrives at his native collective farm and meets there a cool welcome: the chairman of the collective farm, the bride Lyubasha and mother — consider him a traitor. The planned wedding is canceled, and Brovkin leaves for the state farm. Brovkin comes to the state farm at the time of plowing the land. He joins the team. Winter passes after working days. In letters home he writes that everything is fine with him. News about how Ivan lives is spreading throughout the village. Lyubasha is seriously thinking about running away from home to the state farm...

Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm

1959

Different Fortunes poster
6.4

Young Leningraders, yesterday’s schoolchildren, are entering adulthood. Sonya is in love with Styopa, but he loves Tanya, and Tanya prefers Fedya. Rejected, Styopa leaves for a distant Siberian city and starts working at the factory, studying at the evening institute. Sonya leaves after him and gets a job at the same factory. Tanya and Fedya, having married, go to college, and the young husband has to earn some money as a driver to support his family. The selfish nature of Tanya refuses to put up with the modest position in which the newlyweds are forced to be, and she starts an affair with an elderly composer...

Different Fortunes

1956

Once Upon a Time poster
7.3

The tale about a magic fish and resentful lover whose fiancee went to a lazy fool.

Once Upon a Time

1957

Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka poster
6.5

Soviet cartoon film, filmed in 1953 by the director-animator Olga Khodataeva based on the Russian folk tale.

Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka

1953

It Can Not Be Forgotten poster
8.0

The story unfolds in a post-war town in Western Ukraine. The enemy agents are trying to subvert communist writer Aleksandr Garmash using ideological diversions. In parallel, a story is told about student Rostislav Danchenko who is being recruited by enemy agents. The story is pertinent due to resurgence of ultra-nationalist underground activity in Western Ukraine after World War II.

It Can Not Be Forgotten

1954

The Cat's House poster
5.7

A rich and ignorant cat loses her big house in a fire. Only then she realizes that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

The Cat's House

1958

Two Friends poster
9.0

Two inseparable friends, Vitya Maleev and Kostya Shishkin, cause a lot of grief for the pioneer group: their diaries are constantly filled with failing grades. The friends are too preoccupied with soccer. Only dusk forces them to leave the sports field. Vitya Maleev's mother takes away her son's football, but the friends invent new entertainments, and the number of failing grades in their diaries grows alarmingly. Kostya Shishkin, under the pretext of "illness," stops attending school altogether. Based on the story by Nikolai Nosov.

Two Friends

1955

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