Lev Polyakov

Acting

Lev Polyakov

Born — Died

1927-04-24 — 2001-01-26

Place of birth

Morshansk, Tambovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 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

War and Peace poster
7.6

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

War and Peace

1968

Waterloo poster
7.1

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.

Waterloo

1970

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge poster
7.4

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge

1970

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov poster
7.5

As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner. As the French are forced to retreat, he's marched for months with the Grande Armée, until being freed by a raiding party. Part four of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov

1967

The Diamond Arm poster
7.7

A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.

The Diamond Arm

1969

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 10 titles

Bespredel poster
6.1

Using an elaborate system of denunciation, the chief of the Zone keeps his prisoners in check. A new inmate, allegedly imprisoned for speculating on postage stamps, tries to rebel against the system.

Bespredel

1989

The Kreutzer Sonata poster
6.4

A revelatory discussion on a train. Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel of the same name.

The Kreutzer Sonata

1987

Misty Shores poster
10.0

Fall, 1921. Wrangel's army, defeated in Crimea after a short stay in Turkey, found refuge in Bulgaria. White Guard Colonel lives here with his son and daughter, while his wife and youngest daughter were sheltered by the family of the Bolshevik, who've been sent to Bulgaria for propaganda work among Russian soldiers.

Misty Shores

1985

The Casket of Maria Medici poster
5.6

While investigating a murder the police captain discovers a relation with the events of a medieval times...

The Casket of Maria Medici

1980

Dangerous for Your Life! poster
6.7

A funny comedy about a very adventurous day in a life of Stepan Molodtsov - a very responsible young man.

Dangerous for Your Life!

1985

Расставания poster
6.0

The two KAMAZ drivers have different experiences and personalities, but together they have to deliver the vehicles to the construction of the power plant.

Расставания

1985

The Time of Sons poster
4.0

About a family of metallurgical scientists, the head of which is Academician Cordin, having survived a difficult crisis, and ultimately agrees with the ideas of his two sons...

The Time of Sons

1987

European Story poster
7.5

Two candidates are vying for the post of mayor of one of the major Western European cities - the Social Democrat Dr. Hayden and the "free nationalist" Alden. On the eve of the election, an independent journalist receives documents confirming Alden's connection with the secret services. He becomes the object of blackmail, but does not change his intentions to expose Alden.

European Story

1984

Front in the Rear of the Enemy poster
5.4

A final episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance during WWII. The film is set in 1944, when Russian partisans are making progress in their fighting against the Nazi occupation of Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Lt. Colonel Mlynsky is now in charge of an international clandestine operation. He is the commander of the special group of partisan-fighters. Mlynsky is organizing the Russian, Polish and Czechoslovakian partisans to join forces for an attack behind the enemy lines.

Front in the Rear of the Enemy

1982

The Evening Labyrinth poster
7.7

A funny comedy about a group of inspectors preparing to build a labyrinth in a small town.

The Evening Labyrinth

1980

1970s · 13 titles

Waterloo poster
7.1

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.

Waterloo

1970

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge poster
7.4

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge

1970

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough poster
7.0

Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough

1970

Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again poster
7.1

The Russian Civil War is over and the White Guard are all dead or abroad. Some of the exiled nobles are attempting to crown a new Tsar/Emperor abroad, and a couple of impostors are vying for the position. At the same time, some of the Elusive Avengers' old foes are trying to return to Russia, for mysterious reasons. The avengers are assigned the task of finding out what's going on. Turns out the bad guys are after the Russian Crown, which is encrusted with many diamonds and jewels. It is not clear whether the crown is only wanted for the coronation ceremony or if the bad guys are trying to sell it to the highest bidder, but either way they must be stopped. The avengers are after them. Two go to Paris to infiltrate the emigrant community, and the other two work on the Russian soil.

Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again

1971

The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce poster
7.5

A West German concern is conducting secret negotiations on the production of an atomic bomb with an interested state. The son of the head of the concern, realizing the monstrosity and scale of his father's activities, interrupts the negotiations and returns home with the intention to publicize his father's activities.

The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce

1977

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

The Flight of Mr. McKinley poster
4.4

A man decides to escape into the future by the way of hibernation. When he wakes up, feeling lucky that the experiment worked out well, the staff of the hibernation company politely walks him to the outside were he finds a post atomic war desert… He wakes up! Thank God it was just a dream! Or was it?

The Flight of Mr. McKinley

1975

Velvet Season poster
7.0

In the fall of 1938, three former fighters of the international brigade — russian Shukhov, frenchman Henri and american Liz — fall into a resort town on the border of Spain and France. Having met a nurse who is supposed to send Spanish children to Corsica, they decide to help her. However, a fascist rebellion suddenly breaks out in the city, and the children are held hostage to criminals.

Velvet Season

1978

Incognito from St.Petersburg poster
6.0

A comedy based on a classic play 'Revizor' by Nikolai Gogol.

Incognito from St.Petersburg

1978

The Roundabout poster
5.7

Satirical comedy based on the notebooks and short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "Romance with Double-Bass","On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco", "Misery", "Grateful", "Polinka", "The Cynic", "The Ninny".

The Roundabout

1971

The Ocean poster
6.0

Three classmates of the naval school met many years later in the Northern Fleet. Their fates were different. One of them became the commander of a cruiser, while the other two had complex personal problems. In these circumstances, everyone behaves differently, sometimes not opening up from the best side.

The Ocean

1974

And on the Pacific Ocean... poster
5.0

The last days of the Civil War. Pushed back to the Pacific Ocean by the Red Army, the White Guard troops are trying to hold on to power. They pin their hopes on an armored train that will deliver them ammunition.

And on the Pacific Ocean...

1974

Messengers of Eternity poster
7.0

By a twist of fate, Prince Olensky, a scholar of art history and the director of the Hermitage, is entrusted with the mission of preserving the museum's collection for Russia during the October days of 1917.

Messengers of Eternity

1971

1960s · 19 titles

War and Peace poster
7.6

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

War and Peace

1968

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov poster
7.5

As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner. As the French are forced to retreat, he's marched for months with the Grande Armée, until being freed by a raiding party. Part four of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov

1967

The Diamond Arm poster
7.7

A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.

The Diamond Arm

1969

The Rockets Should Not Fly Up poster
9.0

Germany, 1944. A group of international soldiers are trying to prevent Germans from finalizing research and development of FAU-2 rockets.

The Rockets Should Not Fly Up

1964

Ballad of a Hussar poster
7.1

A young girl decides to join a Hussar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man, she proves herself an excellent, even heroic soldier, but complications ensue when her real identity is revealed.

Ballad of a Hussar

1963

The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers poster
7.1

The action takes place in 1920 during the Civil War. Crimea on the eve of complete liberation from the White Guards. Returning from patrol, the four brave “elusive” knocked down an airplane. In the field bag of the captured pilot, they find a secret report, which speaks of the existence of defensive fortifications around the coastal city, which the Reds have yet to take. Young heroes get the task to get a map of fortifications and go to the city...

The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers

1968

The Shield and the Sword poster
NR

The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. The Russian military command suspects hostile intent from Germany and so arranges for its spies to infiltrate ranks of the German military and the SS. Alexander Belov is a Russian spy, who travels from Soviet-held Latvia to Nazi Germany under an alias of Johann Weiss. His mastery of the German language, steel nerves and an ability to manipulate others help him to use his connections in the SS to ascend the ladder of the German intelligence. He uses his position to identify sympathetic Germans, who help him to procure vital intelligence, and to help local resistance movements in their collective fight against Nazism.

The Shield and the Sword

1968

One Chance in One Thousand poster
4.3

In German-occupied Crimea during WWII, a group of Russian soldiers employ unusual tactics to steal classified documents from their enemies.

One Chance in One Thousand

1969

Wild Honey poster
6.5

1943 year. On the instructions of the military newspaper, the photojournalist Varvara Knyazhich goes to the front line to take some pictures of the knocked-down powerful German tank "Tiger". In a combat situation, she has to face a difficult relationship between officers and subordinates. During the execution of a journalistic assignment, Varya is literally two steps from death. But it is here that she is destined to find her love...

Wild Honey

1967

Shot poster
5.8

After receiving a slap in the face, Officer Silvio challenges the offending Count to a duel. However, urgent circumstances force the officer to leave, leaving the right to shoot. After many years, on the eve of the Count’s wedding, Silvio returns to demand retaliation.

Shot

1966

Collegues poster
5.5

A drama about the group of young people starting their adult lives.

Collegues

1962

Shine, Shine, My Star poster
5.6

In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to Bolshevism or national self-determination. In that torn-apart-time, one man, the comedian Volodya, tries to mediate, not between different ideologies, but social life and art. While others just want to wash away their gloom, he reflects on the everyday sorrows and the role of art in that time of changes.

Shine, Shine, My Star

1969

The Last Night in Paradise poster
NR

Spring of 1944. In a small village on the banks of the Dniester River, at the kulak estate of Sanda Țițan, everyone awaits the arrival of Soviet power in their own way. Sanda’s eldest son, a Romanian officer, leaves home with the occupying forces. The younger sons head into the forest, taking their mother’s last savings with them. Nikolai withdraws deeper into himself, realizing the futility of his life and vaguely hoping for something new, something bright. And standing firm amidst all this turmoil is Alexandra, Sanda’s steadfast daughter-in-law.

The Last Night in Paradise

1965

Midshipman Panin poster
5.4

It is May 1912. Thirteen political prisoners are being tried in a naval fortress of Kronstadt. They are sentenced to death by hanging. A clandestine Bolshevik organization decides to free the prisoners during their transfer to the place of execution. Vasily Panin, a junker of a school of naval engineers, is one of those entrusted with this dangerous task.

Midshipman Panin

1960

Two Lives poster
7.0

In the center of the film - two lives, two destinies. A simple, illiterate soldier Vostrikov of the Tsar's Army during the years of Soviet power grew into a devoted fighter of the revolution, he became a general of the Soviet Army, respected by all. A guards officer, a brilliant prince Naschyokin, who fought against Soviet power, emigrated from his native country and eventually became a lackey in a port restaurant.

Two Lives

1961

The Places Here Are Quiet poster
7.0

Based on the novel of the same name by Grigory Svirsky. 1942 year. The Great Patriotic War. The navigator Bratnov was shot down during the war, was captured, fled, returned to his people, was demoted and sent to serve in the construction battalion. His old front-line comrade Major Kabarov accidentally met him and took him to his unit. Kabanov, knowing about the lack of experienced navigators, is seeking to transfer Bratnov to his air force in the Northern Fleet, in the Arctic, to a tiny rocky island — "to the ends of the world."

The Places Here Are Quiet

1967

Rasplyuev's Days of Fun poster
7.0

A clerk fakes his own death in order to get a big fortune.

Rasplyuev's Days of Fun

1966

How Do I Call You Now?.. poster
7.0

A story about a brave Soviet spy working behind the enemy lines during WWII.

How Do I Call You Now?..

1965

What Taiga Was Silent About poster
8.0

Brave boys, known as taehniks, embark on a perilous quest to find a long-abandoned copper mine, despite facing numerous obstacles. Their journey takes a dangerous turn when they clash with an illegal claimant to the mine, the cunning hunter Anikin.

What Taiga Was Silent About

1965

1950s · 3 titles

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