
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
7.6Fitil 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Legends of Cinema
2016
8.2A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.
The Long Recess
1973
6.2A 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
6.7About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.
The Great Glinka
1946
10.0Nowhere 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
Film credits
1970s · 8 titles
NRAn overview of the 75-year history of the Moscow Art Theatre containing unique historical footage, including rare excerpts from various stage productions.
Our Theatre
1975
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Responsible for Everything
1972
7.3A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.
The Long Recess
1972
NRAfter the sun disappears behind a cloud, a little mouse decides to use a balloon as a replacement.
Sun on a String
1977
NRA boy goes through time, helped by a wise clock, and learns to appreciate human ingenuity.
Fire
1971
NRA young boy Misha, his grandmother and a few police officers - all are looking for a missing bear called Tishka.
How We Were Searching for Tishka
1971
5.3Six-graders Tosha and Kostya are trying to deliver the WWII telegram they accidentally find.
Telegram
1972
2.0No synopsis available yet.
Соло для часов с боем
1974
1960s · 18 titles
6.2A 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
7.7Fabulous 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
7.0The 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
6.9A story based on the popular Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale "Thumbelina".
Thumbelina
1964
NRThe 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
NRBased 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Small Mirror
1967
7.5Lev Savvitch Turmanov accidentally heard how his young colleague spoke disparagingly of him, and ignited a thirst for revenge.
Revenge
1960
7.2On 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
7.1Tired of boring life frog decides to travel by hitchhiking.
Frog the Traveller
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Attention! The Magician Is in the City!
1963
7.3A 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Life and Suffering of Ivan Semenov
1969
6.0No synopsis available yet.
A Little Frog is Looking For His Father
1964
NRBased 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
5.0An animated film based on the proverb "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
The Greatest Friend
1968
4.0No synopsis available yet.
The Baby-Goat, Who Counted up to Ten
1968
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Tales for Old and Young
1967
1950s · 14 titles
10.0Nowhere 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
NRThe 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
NRCollege 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
5.9A 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
NRSasha 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
5.5A 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
6.6Based 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
4.9Shakespeare'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
7.5Russian 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
5.5The 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
6.3A boy is by an accident a member of a crew that is going to travel to the moon.
Flight to the Moon
1953
6.4The 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
6.5Maximov 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
6.0The story of an unscrupulous young worker who doesn't understand how serious his job is.
Stepan the Sailor
1955
1940s · 8 titles
6.7About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.
The Great Glinka
1946
7.1Petty bourgeois Zhigalovs, whose daughter-in-law Dasha is being extradited, find out to their horror that the official Aplombov, who has been caring for Dasha all summer, has dined every day with them and has proved himself to be his bridegroom, is not going to marry at all.
Wedding
1944
6.3Little Danila was the most inquisitive apprentice of old Prokopich, a famous stone-carving master. Like his teacher, the grown-up Danila has learned to feel the soul of his material and became an expert in handling rare precious stones found in the Ural Mountains. One day he met the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, a fairy who ordered for herself an unusual stone flower.
The Stone Flower
1946
6.1The first Soviet cel-animated feature film, based on the story with the same name by Nikolai Gogol. A messenger is tasked with delivering a letter to the Tsarina, which he tucks into his hat for safekeeping on the road. While resting at night, a band of demons steals the hat, and he must travel to Hell to retrieve it.
The Lost Letter
1945
8.2The tale of how the soldier not hurry to return home after the end of military service.
The Soldier's Tale
1948
5.6Soviet animation film based on the Russian folk tale " Daughter and stepmother".
The Miraculous Bell
1949
9.3No synopsis available yet.
Fedya Zaitsev
1948
5.0The film tells the of certain events of the Polish-Soviet War as is accepted in Soviet history.
The First Cavalry
1941
1930s · 4 titles
6.3In a remote Russian village during World War I, colourful and nuanced characters experience divided loyalties: family loyalty vs. personal desire, nationalism vs. transcendent humanism.
Outskirts
1933
5.5A copying error by a military scribe turns the Russian words "the lieutenants, however" into what looks like "lieutenant Kijé". The Tsar reads the error, and wants to meet this (non-existent) lieutenant. The courtiers, eager to avoid the wrath of the temperamental Tsar, create a Kijé to serve as their royal scapegoat.
Lieutenant Kijé
1934
10.0In northward far camp NKVD arrives echelon with the group of prisoners. Among them there are an engineer Sadovskiy and inveterate criminal Kostya, that quickly becomes the ringleader of barrack and forbids to all the appearances at work. The officials of cheka begin a persistent and tactful fight for the change of these people.
Convicts
1936
10.0A Soviet agent tries to win over a band of gypsies to a happy life on a farm co-op.
Gypsies
1936
Series credits
7.6Fitil 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Legends of Cinema
2016
8.2A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.
The Long Recess
1973

