Mikhail Yanshin

Acting

Mikhail Yanshin

Born — Died

1902-10-20 — 1976-06-17

Place of birth

Uhnov, Smolensk Governorate, RSFSR [now Smolensk Oblast, Russia]

Known for

Acting

Credits

57 titles

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 8 titles

1960s · 18 titles

Father Frost poster
6.2

A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

Father Frost

1965

About the Hippopotamus Who Was Afraid of Inoculations poster
7.7

Fabulous animals bathed, rested and had fun on the summer beach of the southern town. Suddenly, the rest was interrupted by an urgent message on a hanging poster: "Everyone needs to vaccinate vaccinations from elephant to fly!". However, all the animals, having read the message, as if nothing had happened, began to rest, dance and sunbathe again. And only Behemoth, worried, began to ask everyone how scary and painful it was to vaccinate.

About the Hippopotamus Who Was Afraid of Inoculations

1966

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep poster
7.0

The tale follows the romance between a china shepherdess and a china chimney sweep who are threatened by a carved mahogany satyr who wants the shepherdess for his wife.

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep

1965

Thumbelina poster
6.9

A story based on the popular Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale "Thumbelina".

Thumbelina

1964

Wind of Freedom poster
NR

The port town of one of the small southern countries. After the Nazi occupiers left, the port's berths were empty, the steamers did not smoke, cargo cranes stood. Fearing retaliation for collaborating with enemies, port owner Georg Stan fled the city. After waiting a while and securing the support of local authorities, Stan nonetheless returns - and loading operations begin in the port. While loading oranges, the sailor Yango and the beautiful Stella are preparing for the wedding. Suddenly, Stan makes a proposal to the girl and tricks her into agreeing. Upon learning of the deception, the girl runs away to Yango. Having discovered weapons intended to support fascism in the drawer of the hold, the heroes do everything possible to make the boxes fall to the bottom of the sea.

Wind of Freedom

1961

Late Love poster
NR

Based on the play of the same name by A. Ostrovsky, staged by the Moscow Art Academic Theater. Gorky. Written in 1873 and first staged at the Maly Theater, this play has not left the stage of many theaters since then.

Late Love

1968

The Small Mirror poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Small Mirror

1967

Revenge poster
7.5

Lev Savvitch Turmanov accidentally heard how his young colleague spoke disparagingly of him, and ignited a thirst for revenge.

Revenge

1960

It Was I Who Drew the Little Man poster
7.2

On September 1, the first day of school, a happy young boy named Fedya draws a picture of a little man on a white wall using coal.

It Was I Who Drew the Little Man

1960

Frog the Traveller poster
7.1

Tired of boring life frog decides to travel by hitchhiking.

Frog the Traveller

1965

Attention! The Magician Is in the City! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Attention! The Magician Is in the City!

1963

Vovka in the Kingdom of Far Far Away poster
7.3

A schoolboy gets into a fairy tale with the help of a librarian and DIY book. But life in the magical land is not as easy as it seems.

Vovka in the Kingdom of Far Far Away

1965

The Life and Suffering of Ivan Semenov poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Life and Suffering of Ivan Semenov

1969

A Little Frog is Looking For His Father poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Little Frog is Looking For His Father

1964

The Stolen Crescent poster
NR

Based on the fairy tale by L. Ashkenazi about little mischief makers who caught a moon in a pond and hid it in a cave.

The Stolen Crescent

1969

The Greatest Friend poster
5.0

An animated film based on the proverb "A friend in need is a friend indeed."

The Greatest Friend

1968

The Baby-Goat, Who Counted up to Ten poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Baby-Goat, Who Counted up to Ten

1968

The Tales for Old and Young poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Tales for Old and Young

1967

1950s · 14 titles

The School of Scandal poster
10.0

Nowhere have they so deftly slandered and arranged intrigues, as in the salon of Lady Sniruel. Young lady Tizl quickly enters the taste of high life, taking the gentleman's wooing. She does not suspect that a serious test awaits her.

The School of Scandal

1952

The Girl at the Circus poster
NR

The careless and lazy girl went to the circus not fulfilled the homework. In the arena, the clown-magician suggested that the children replace the incorrectly written word "well-known". It soon became clear that this was a very easy task for all the guys except our heroine. It was her who magician invited to the arena and asked to write the word correctly, but she did not cope with the task. Circus performers began to shame the girl, even brought her to tears. But her classmate, an excellent student, could not stand it, ran into the arena and directly stated that she would not allow them to offend her friend. She promised to work with her.

The Girl at the Circus

1950

Iniquity poster
NR

College assessor Miguev, returning home, finds a foundling at the porch. Having mistaken him for his son from the former maid Agnia, the frightened Miguev, in turn, is trying to toss the baby, but to no avail. Tired dad decides to confess to his wife Anna Filippovna, and, meanwhile, the true parents begin to search for their child left “for a second” at the threshold of a respectable house ...

Iniquity

1953

The Safety Match poster
5.9

A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.

The Safety Match

1954

King of Diamonds poster
NR

Sasha and Katya love each other. The wedding has already been scheduled, Sasha is just about to go on a business trip...

King of Diamonds

1959

The Unforgettable Year 1919 poster
5.5

A dramatization of the 1919 defense of Petrograd, focusing on Bolshevik leadership and the defeat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War.

The Unforgettable Year 1919

1951

The Night Before Christmas poster
6.6

Based on the work of Nikolay Gogol. Handsome blacksmith Vakula who fell in love with village beauty, Oksana, is ready to do anything for her liking. Even to fly on the devil's back to Saint-Petersburg and ask the Empress for the slippers that he can present his sweetheart.

The Night Before Christmas

1951

Twelfth Night poster
4.9

Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.

Twelfth Night

1955

Behind the Footlights poster
7.5

Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.

Behind the Footlights

1956

Boots poster
5.5

The piano tuner Murkin, an elderly and sickly man, sets out in the morning to find his boots, in which his neighbor's overnight guest has mistakenly left.

Boots

1957

Flight to the Moon poster
6.3

A boy is by an accident a member of a crew that is going to travel to the moon.

Flight to the Moon

1953

On the Eve poster
6.4

The story is set in the 1800s. Elena and Inzarov, a revolutionary Bulgarian, fall in love. After secretly marrying they decide to join the liberation, but on the eve of departure Dmitry dies. Elena takes Inzarov's body to the Balkans.

On the Eve

1959

Did We Meet Somewhere Before poster
6.5

Maximov and his wife Larisa Levkoyeva going to vacation, but in last minutes Levkoyeva were called back to theater. And Maximov goes all alone to the Crimea on the train. On the one of station he miss his train and must check the city and make a concert to reach the point of destination. But he is so popular that people just didn't let him rest like he want...

Did We Meet Somewhere Before

1954

Stepan the Sailor poster
6.0

The story of an unscrupulous young worker who doesn't understand how serious his job is.

Stepan the Sailor

1955

1940s · 8 titles

1930s · 4 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera