
Acting
Georgi Georgiu
Born — Died
1915-08-26 — 1991-03-11
Place of birth
Smolensk, Russian Empire
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 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
7.5The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965
6.1Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.
Admiral Ushakov
1953
6.4Story is set in deep Russia, on a wild river in woods called "Ugrum-reka" - the Moody river. Son of a dishonest trader, Prohor Gromov wants to become his own man. He takes his fathers order and goes trough the woods to deliver the furs to the byer in the nearest town. He tries to take the shorter way and get`s lost. At the highest point of this, his fathers servant, Abdulla, who is sent with him to guard him almost shoots him driven by hunger, but comes to the senses and saves his life by continuing to go on.
Ugryum-River
1969
7.7Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.
The Fires of Baku
1958
6.2Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.
Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes
1968
Film credits
1980s · 5 titles
7.0Woman meets a man during a difficult post-WWII time...
Fruza
1981
6.8An adventures of the famous movies characters in the movies archive.
A Comedy of Days Gone By
1980
7.0Driver 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
8.0The marriage of Gero and Claudio is disrupted as the latter suspects Gero of infidelity. Benedict and Beatrice abhor each other but their families believe that they are perfect for each other.
Love for Love
1983
8.0The amusing adventures of sixth-grader Anton Murashov and his father, who were convinced that being someone else was very easy —much easier than being yourself. Anton's friend's father invents a Wish Fulfiller, and with the help of this machine, Anton and Vadim Petrovich switch places; Anton becomes a veterinarian, and his father, a veterinary doctor, becomes a schoolboy...
It's Just Awful!
1982
1970s · 16 titles
6.0A sequel to the well-known story about a Little Red Riding Hood (Krasnaya Shapochka). This time, a family of a slain wolf decides to avenge his death. So they falsely inform Little Red Riding Hood that her grandma is sick and prepare to eat her on her way.
About the Little Red Riding Hood
1977
7.6A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.
12 Chairs
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Лечение Василия
1974
7.5A 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
5.5In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic produce, Cipollino 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
1973
Cartoon about how a brother and sister, not wanting to learn, make a wish that everyone they talk to forget about their duties. The magician from the firm "Miracle" fulfils their wish: mom does not go to work, the policeman does not punish violators, the driver does not observe traffic rules, the fireman does not put out the fire.
Miracles in Broad Daylight
1978
3.0Young musician Zhenya Kovalchuk falls in love with aerobatic pilot Yulia. The feeling is mutual, but Yulia cannot bring herself to reveal her feelings to Zhenya. Then the famous, but not yet elderly, Doctor of Science Kressovsky, who also hopes for Yulia's affection, stands in his way. The two suitors clash with their swords, and the duel ends with the doctor being wounded. The doctor intrigues, and Zhenya faces expulsion from the institute.
Where are you, Knights?
1971
7.6The film comprises three cinematic novellas: (1) “And They Arrived at the Peasant’s Hut… or the Adventures of Writer Senya in Search of the Hidden Word,” in which writer Senya draws inspiration for his rural novels from his housekeeper Yermolayevna’s tales; (2) “The Song, or How the Great Louarsab Organized a Choir,” where a city visitor attempts to form a choir of centenarian elders in a Georgian mountain village; (3) “What Is Our Life?! or What Is Our Life?!”—during a musical reenactment of pre-Revolutionary France, a drunken actor’s tardiness forces King Louis XIV (also the theater committee chairman) and the cast to improvise the play’s ending.
Au-u!
1976
NRA young shepherd Yanka tries to save his beloved girl Marinka with the help of his magic fife.
Shepherd Yanka
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Большие перегоны
1972
6.1A story of three struggling artists: a painter, a poet, and a composer, living in a bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. They help a poor flower girl, Violette, to find shelter, when she is thrown out by her landlord.
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
1975
NRA difficult historical period in the life of the Moldovan people, who fought in the 1930s against the yoke of royal Romania and for reunification with the Soviet Union.
Notches For Memory
1973
1.0A bizarre cartoon based on English nursery rhymes.
Miracles in the Sieve
1978
NRFollows the builders of the first five-year plan. The hero of the film is the director of construction of the tractor plant Grigory Guy, a man of inexhaustible energy, selflessly devoted to the cause, who managed to rally the team for early completion of construction.
Spring of the Twenty-Ninth
1976
9.0No synopsis available yet.
"Margarita" is Raging
1970
9.0Based on the story "Echelon to Germany" by Ivan Shamyakin.
The Bread Smells of Gunpowder
1974
1960s · 22 titles
7.5The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965
6.2Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.
Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes
1968
5.9For many years, Sasha Lvova has been waiting for the return of her lover, pilot Aleksei Astakhov, refusing to believe in his death at the front. And he really returns to her and his son after captivity, but this is a completely different person, rejected by society, expelled from the profession. It is difficult to say how Aleksei’s fate would have been if it hadn’t for Sasha’s love, her ability to survive in the most difficult circumstances.
Clear Skies
1961
6.9An interesting voyage through the Soviet television and film industry.
Sovershenno seryozno
1961
6.4The tragic story of the Karamazov family takes place in a Russian province in the late 19th century. The relations of their father and three brothers are very complicated and contradictory. One of the brothers is accused of killing his father, whom he did not commit. The brothers are unable to help him, and only a loving girl follows him to hard labour.
The Brothers Karamazov
1969
6.4Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.
A Very Old Story
1968
5.9A story about a boy walking across the town following sun.
Following the Sun
1961
7.5Student Shurik has just two hours before the beginning of the exam and he has no lectures notes.
Obsession
1965
6.5In a romantic and philosophical tale of magic and love, a mischievous Sorcerer turns a bear into a young man. Unhappy in his new state, the former bear, with the help of the magician and his beautiful wife, is looking for a princess to kiss in order for his wish to be granted. Certain that all princesses are a vain, spoiled lot, he approaches the first one he sees. But the princess herself is gentle, kind and beautiful, and she and the young man fall in love with each other at the first sight. Unable to bring her pain, he runs away without explaining. As the Princess takes brave actions to find her beloved, new characters enter the story, including the King's ambitious Prime Minister and a hunter looking for a bear fur to complete his collection. How will this complicated plot be resolved?
Ordinary Wonder
1964
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Главный звёздный
1966
4.0A test film for black-and-white television, made by Mosfilm in 1967. A girl dreaming to be in movies got a call from Mosfilm, asking her to be filmed. She enters the dreamy bubble that is called filmmaking. The film was commissioned by the Research Film and Photo Institute. It features famous actors and directors, including Georgy Vitsin, Georgy Georgiu, Pavel Vinnik, Grigory Alexandrov and others. Some of them play themselves.
I Don't Want to Be Filmed
1967
8.0A funny story about a middle-aged man who ran into a store, bought two pies and ate them while standing in line. When it was his turn to pay, he got into trouble - no one had seen how many pies he had eaten. The head of the section invites the customer to go to the head of the department, and the latter, in turn, addresses the store director. The director suggests that the customer wait until the store closes, when the goods will be removed.
История с пирожками
1961
7.0A clerk fakes his own death in order to get a big fortune.
Rasplyuev's Days of Fun
1966
8.0It is a story of the relationship of A French writer and a beautiful duchess Ganskaya. The events take place in a picturesque estate of the aristocrat on the Ukrainian land, which is under the power of Polish landowners. Ganskaya is considered to be the most important woman in Balzac’s life.
Honore de Balzac's Mistake
1969
7.0The war separated the young heroes, but could not destroy their memory of happy times of love. A few years after the victory, the hero, having seen her picture in a magazine, goes in search of his beloved.
Light of a Distant Star
1965
9.0The story of a nine-year-old boy Denis, who first enters the circus. The new world captures his imagination. He falls in love with a little actress, an equilibrist — a girl on a ball. After a while, Denis persuades his father to go with him to the circus again. But the performances in Moscow ended, the fairy flew away to another city... Once, being in a museum, he sees a painting by Pablo Picasso "Girl on a Ball". In this picture he recognizes his love — Tanya ...
Girl on the Ball
1967
5.2Soviet propaganda cartoon depicting the evils of American capitalism. A worker who owns a small share in a big company is living large, until his company replaces its workers with robots and its small shares become worthless. The shareholder finds himself alone in a cruel world.
Shareholders
1963
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Carrot Head
1961
6.0About the first steps of Soviet diplomacy at the international conference in Genoa in 1922.
Moscow – Genoa
1964
7.0Tormented by the worthlessness and boredom of life, the official Laevsky longs to break the vicious circle of his existence at any cost. His moral antipode, the naturalist Von Koren, is convinced that people like Laevsky are worthy of destruction. But, contrary to the wishes and will of the heroes, providence decides their fates in its own way.
Duel
1961
7.0In a small trust Gortopsantekhochochistvod are preparing for the New Year. Everyone has a lot of worries. The accountant Ivy with his bureaucratic seriousness prepares a toast corresponding to the solemn moment. But in the pre-holiday hustle and bustle, everyone forgot about the customer who came to receive the equipment. On New Year's Eve, he found himself locked in the basement of the warehouse.
How Toasts are Proposed
1963
NRWithout waiting for a friend, the painter Lenya Penkin gives his ticket to Lucy Korableva, who wins the piano in the lottery draw at the end of the match. Leni's friend, having found out about this, tries to persuade him to take away Lucy's piano, sell it and buy himself a motorcycle. Without persuading Lenya, he still acts in his own way. Lucy and Lenya quarrel, but soon realize that they love each other...
No and Yes
1967
1950s · 13 titles
6.1Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.
Admiral Ushakov
1953
7.7Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their selfless work in strengthening the economic and military might of the USSR.
The Fires of Baku
1958
7.1Alexander, Boris and Vasily are old friends, who now rarely see each other as they're busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the Volga river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens their friendship.
True Friends
1954
6.0Soviet propaganda film about communists plotting a violent attack on a Russian city. A local poet helps the communists and they glorify his poem about Lenin.
Poet
1956
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
5.2Osip Dymov, the titular counselor and the doctor of thirty one years, serves in two hospitals at the same time: intern and anatomist. From nine o'clock in the morning and in the forenoon accepts patients, then goes to open corpses. But its income is hardly enough for a covering of expenses of the wife mad about talents and celebrities in the art and artistic environment whom it daily accepts in the house.
The Grasshopper
1955
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
4.5After a long absence from St. Petersburg, a young landowner Yeletskaya comes to her estate with her husband.
The Parasite
1953
6.5The amusing adventures of the young builder Pasha Gusarov began from the moment when he met and fell in love with Katya on the train, who was going to conquer Moscow. Happiness makes a person careless, and the station is just the place where you can lose it. But it is at the station after all kinds of adventures that they meet again and now they will never part.
Girl without an Address
1958
5.4Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has become a fixture there. He tells about the first opera he plans to compose. Then he goes to the country where he discovers the lowly conditions of the peasants and the bloody conflicts with the rich land owners. He works on Gogol's 'The Marriage', trying to render into music the natural accents of the play's naturalistic dialogue. But his efforts do not pan out. On the other hand, he starts writing his opera on the story of Boris Godunov. The Marinsky Theatre refuses to stage the work. The Five, and Mussorgsky among them, are libeled and the group starts disintegrating. When 'Boris Godunov' is finally performed in 1874, it is a popular success.
Mussorgsky
1950
6.7The film takes place in 1919 in Saratov. Student Kirill Izvekov becomes Commissioner of the Red Army and participates in the battle with Wrangel and the capture of the city.
An Unusual Summer
1957
6.3Swept up in political unrest during World War I, two sisters in St. Petersburg cope with turbulent romances as Russian history is made around them.
The Year 18th
1958
6.0Two old friends remain socially active even after their retirement...
In a Quiet Marina
1958
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
6.4Story is set in deep Russia, on a wild river in woods called "Ugrum-reka" - the Moody river. Son of a dishonest trader, Prohor Gromov wants to become his own man. He takes his fathers order and goes trough the woods to deliver the furs to the byer in the nearest town. He tries to take the shorter way and get`s lost. At the highest point of this, his fathers servant, Abdulla, who is sent with him to guard him almost shoots him driven by hunger, but comes to the senses and saves his life by continuing to go on.
Ugryum-River
1969


