Oleg Anofriev

Acting

Oleg Anofriev

Born — Died

1930-07-20 — 2018-03-28

Place of birth

Gelendzhik, Severo-Kavkazskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled as Oleg Anofriev, Russian: Оле́г Андре́евич Ано́фриев; 20 July 1930 – 28 March 2018), PAR, was a Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter, film director, and poet. He was born in Gelendzhik, but spent all his life in Moscow and graduated from Moscow Art Theatre in 1954. He was widely popular in USSR (mostly due to the leading role in The Bremen Town Musicians animated film) and was honored with the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR. (via Wikipedia)

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

Back in the USSR poster
5.0

A vacationing American and a sultry Russian thief lead police and smugglers on a deadly chase through Moscow.

Back in the USSR

1992

Naval Cadets, Charge! poster
7.6

Three naval cadets accidentally get possession of a secret diary that was stolen from Bestuzhev, a vice-chancellor of Russia. If this diary ever gets abroad, the consequences for the country would be grave. The cadets are trying to return the papers to their owner, but there are others who want to get the papers...

Naval Cadets, Charge!

1988

Scarlet Sails poster
6.4

When Assol was a little girl, she met a wizard who foretold that it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail would arrive and the noble prince would take her away to the world of her dreams where she will be loved and happy. The neighbours joked about her, children teased her, but Assol chose to believe in miracles and wait for her prince.

Scarlet Sails

1961

Happy Merry-Go-Round poster
5.5

An animated magazine for children released by the Soyuzmultfilm studio.

Happy Merry-Go-Round

1969

В стране ловушек poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

В стране ловушек

1975

Film credits

1990s · 4 titles

1980s · 15 titles

Be My Husband poster
7.0

Natasha, a woman struggling to find housing in a crowded resort town with her young son. She forces a stranger, Viktor, to pretend to be her husband to secure accommodation that bans children, leading to unexpected romantic developments.

Be My Husband

1981

The Theater Is My House poster
7.0

A.N. Ostrovsky recalls the first period of his creative work (1849–1859), when he began collaborating with the Maly Theatre and with masters of the Russian stage such as L.P. Kositskaya, M.S. Shchepkin, and P.M. Sadovsky. Almost every character in this film is a real historical figure.

The Theater Is My House

1987

Along Unknown Paths poster
7.1

Going to vacation at his grandmother’s in a village, the boy Mitya could never imagine that he would become a participant of the extraordinary adventures in a fairy-tale land.

Along Unknown Paths

1982

A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines poster
7.1

Mr. Johnny First goes to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph, and the lives of everyone in the frontier town of Santa Carolina change as a result of this.

A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines

1987

Kite in the Attic poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Kite in the Attic

1983

Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective poster
4.2

A parable in the manner of a tragedian based on the play by A. Volodin "On the tribes of the Bison and Scorpions, who lived many thousands of years ago on a small island." The events that the film tells about take place in ancient times, in the Stone Age. In the forest, where a large tribe lives, two shots in the back killed one of the clan, nicknamed Long. His widow demands that the killer become her husband. The head of the clan is trying to find out who the killer is.

Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective

1989

One Second for a Feat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

One Second for a Feat

1985

After the Rain, on Thursday poster
6.7

A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's son. Two decades later the true prince and his foster brother are slaves in a quarry, the changeling grew up as a prince, and his mother has been elevated to the highest position in the state for "saving" the prince, but losing her own child. Then the brothers escape, the changeling prince departs to fight an immortal wizard and vanishes, and the brothers have to deal with the wizard. Which includes stealing a bird-woman from a Mid-Eastern khan and figuring where the wizard's death is.

After the Rain, on Thursday

1986

Old Times Pranks poster
7.0

A bride decides to check her fiancé feelings by staging the kidnapping of herself.

Old Times Pranks

1986

Состязание poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Состязание

1986

No artwork available
NR

A musical story performed by Oleg Anofriev about a mysterious chest.

The Mystery of the Chest

1982

The Secret of Gretha Villa poster
7.4

Members of the Shield and Helmet Masonic Lodge, sent by the CIA, are preparing a coup in one of the western countries. The criminal chronicle reporter manages to infiltrate the headquarters of the conspirators. The information he produces will play a decisive role in preventing the putsch. However, the successful journalist soon became convinced that he had discovered only the tip of the iceberg...

The Secret of Gretha Villa

1984

Unexpected, Unforeseen poster
5.2

A young and humble girl who works as a clerk suddenly inherits the huge and expensive art collection...

Unexpected, Unforeseen

1982

We're Sitting Good! poster
5.8

Five best friends have only one problem to deal with: where to get something to drink...

We're Sitting Good!

1986

Nothing Scary poster
6.4

Two little boys face a paranormal entity in the form of gnomik.

Nothing Scary

1981

1970s · 22 titles

The Sun, the Sun Again poster
NR

A young fisherman Sashka Taranets lives in a fishing village on the shore of the Sea of Azov. He loves Tonya, and for her sake he goes to the trick in the competition for the title of the best fisherman. But Tonya loves him and knows that Sasha will regret his deception.

The Sun, the Sun Again

1976

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song poster
6.8

The Tortoise composed a song and the Lion cub learnt it by heart and they sang it together.

How the Lion Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song

1974

Passing Through Moscow poster
7.2

Film almanac, consisting of four novels, United by one theme — a short stay of the characters in the capital. About the sailor who met his love in Moscow, about the birth of a little girl and about other, no less interesting events.

Passing Through Moscow

1972

Guessed, Congratulations! poster
5.0

A six-grader Yura tries to convince the kids in his new school that he is a boxer and champion.

Guessed, Congratulations!

1977

The Siberian Woman poster
6.0

Maria Odintsova, a young engineer, is a leader, secretary of the district committee of a small district, which is beginning to acquire important economic significance: it is decided to build a large hydroelectric power plant here. The heroine's conflict with the head of construction arises because of their different attitudes to the possibilities of using and preserving natural resources.

The Siberian Woman

1973

Fight in a Blizzard poster
8.0

The movie is set on one of the northern construction sites. Two armed bandits seize a shuttle bus. Among the hostages is the director of the construction site - a courageous and brave man. He manages to organize a fight back against the bandits and save people.

Fight in a Blizzard

1978

The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda poster
7.6

A popular Soviet cartoon based on the classic fairy tale The Tale of the Priest and of his Workman Balda. The film is notable for its songs performed by one single actor Oleg Anfroiev using different voices.

The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda

1973

There Was A Tram The Tenth Number poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

There Was A Tram The Tenth Number

1974

The Ordinary Arctic poster
3.7

The plot is based on stories by B. Gorbachev: "The Trial of Stepan Grokhot," "Birth on Cucumber Land," "The Merchant Labas," and "The Great Flood." The main circumstance of the plot is five days of blizzard that began immediately after the arrival of a new boss at the Arctic construction site. The time of the action is 1935. A new manager arrives at a construction site that is in a state of crisis.

The Ordinary Arctic

1976

Car, Violin and Blot the Dog poster
6.2

A fantasy story about five-grades - musician and engineer, their friend - the most beautiful girl in the world, her brother who dreams to turn all cats into monkeys, his dog Klyaksa and a lot more stuff…

Car, Violin and Blot the Dog

1974

First Voyage poster
6.0

A young man named Nikolai Loshkarev, a student at a river college, is undergoing his first real-life experience—he finds a job he loves and sets off on his first voyage...

First Voyage

1977

A Very Blue Beard poster
6.9

A detective investigates the crimes of a medieval duke: is he really guilty of the deaths of his wives?

A Very Blue Beard

1979

Oh, Rested poster
NR

How animal friends taught a poacher a lesson.

Oh, Rested

1979

Incognito from St.Petersburg poster
6.0

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

Incognito from St.Petersburg

1978

Accidental Passengers poster
7.5

A truck driver meets a bunch of orphan children during his night trip. Suddenly his life start changing.

Accidental Passengers

1978

The Brave Robin Hood poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Brave Robin Hood

1970

Hello, Warsaw! poster
3.0

A doctor from Poland is looking for his sister who got missing in the USSR during WWII.

Hello, Warsaw!

1971

Да здравствует природа poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Да здравствует природа

1972

New Year's Abduction poster
7.0

The fire department is preparing for the New Year. Three activists of amateur performances decide to kidnap professional artists for a New Year's concert. A police captain investigates the kidnapping and listens to complaints from the “unkidnapped” artists.

New Year's Abduction

1970

The Turning Point poster
5.8

The newlyweds return to Moscow after a wonderful sea cruise on the Black Sea. It seems that they will have a happy life ahead, their beloved job, but chance rudely cuts off all dreams: Viktor doesn't have time to slow down and knocks down an elderly woman with his Zhiguli. His desire to evade responsibility is replaced by repentance and a decision to accept the burden of guilt upon himself.

The Turning Point

1978

The Mountain Master poster
NR

In the Urals there are mountains all around. One mountain is called Copper, and it has its own Mistress. For a bad person to meet her is grief, and for a good person - little good.

The Mountain Master

1978

While the Dream is Mad poster
4.8

Yura Otvertkin, a romantic from Tsarevo-Kokshaisk, is obsessively in love with aeronautics. In St. Petersburg, disguised, he pretends to be the ace Ivan Piramida. He has to perform at the festival, but he only knows how to fly "according to the books", but he manages not to lose face. After a lot of ups and downs associated with his similarity in makeup with a famous criminal, Yura confesses everything to his beloved and flies already under his real name.

While the Dream is Mad

1978

1960s · 14 titles

Scarlet Sails poster
6.4

When Assol was a little girl, she met a wizard who foretold that it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail would arrive and the noble prince would take her away to the world of her dreams where she will be loved and happy. The neighbours joked about her, children teased her, but Assol chose to believe in miracles and wait for her prince.

Scarlet Sails

1961

Happy Merry-Go-Round poster
5.5

An animated magazine for children released by the Soyuzmultfilm studio.

Happy Merry-Go-Round

1969

Cock poster
NR

Chary Muradov, a young engineer and talented boxer, is sent to a collective farm for practical training. In the village, he meets a beautiful tractor driver named Aijan...

Cock

1966

A Simple Story poster
5.2

The war was over. Like many of her female friends, Sasha Potapova was left a widow. It was hard living without a man’s shoulder to lean on, without love and affection, yet no one had ever seen her crying or despairing. For her strong character, the fellow-villagers elected her a collective farm chairwoman. The work, with its cares and worries, helped all but forget about her personal misfortune and woman’s loneliness. And then she fell in love – a bittersweet, unshared love, but happy anyway…

A Simple Story

1960

The Bremen Town Musicians poster
7.1

The adventures of the wandering musicians from Bremen such as Troubadour, Donkey, Dog, Cat and Rooster. In one of the towns Troubadour falls in love with a Princess and makes up a plan how to get the King's confidence.

The Bremen Town Musicians

1969

Friends and Years poster
5.4

Screen version of the popular play of the 1960’s about people of a generation, whose lives were affected in different ways by the main developments in the Soviet Union from the 30’s and 60’s.

Friends and Years

1966

Well, Just You Wait! poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Well, Just You Wait!

1969

Collegues poster
5.5

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

Collegues

1962

A Tale of Lost Times poster
6.3

Four evil wizards succeeded to become young by using a time stolen from lazy kids. Now these kids who became seniors must act fast if they want to return to their real age.

A Tale of Lost Times

1964

Funny Stories poster
7.6

Funny stories about four friends and their adventures in a big city.

Funny Stories

1962

The Brave Tailor poster
8.0

The story of how the young worker was bored with life.

The Brave Tailor

1964

Reporter from Overseas poster
NR

An inexperienced reporter, Bob Sketch, is hired by the Strykoroba Corporation to cover Moscow, where his sensational and inaccurate reports lead to a series of misadventures and a reprimand from his boss upon returning to the US.

Reporter from Overseas

1961

The Chintz Street poster
NR

The girl was tearing and dirtying her dresses, so her clothes flew away.

The Chintz Street

1964

What Is Good and What Is Bad poster
9.5

Cartoon characters discuss the basics of ethics using funny examples from real life.

What Is Good and What Is Bad

1969

1950s · 5 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera