Yan Frid

Directing

Yan Frid

Born — Died

1908-05-31 — 2003-12-19

Place of birth

Stuttgart, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

27 titles

Yan Borisovich Frid was a Russian screenwriter and film director.

Known for

The Dog in the Manger poster
7.2

The rich and noble Signora Diana is tormented by doubts: she has to choose between suitors worthy of her hand and her handsome and seductive personal secretary. And the latter, in turn, can not decide who is more to his heart - his charming mistress or her maid...

The Dog in the Manger

1977

Lyubov Yarovaya poster
10.0

A performance by the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater named after M. Gorky.

Lyubov Yarovaya

1953

Spring Chores poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Spring Chores

1964

The Return poster
10.0

Little Nikita, the son of polar scientist Sergei Ivanov, runs away from home with the intention of reaching the Arctic, where he believes his father works. The boy manages to reach Leningrad, where he ends up at the Arctic Institute. Sergei is tasked with returning the runaway home, but Nikita stubbornly hides his origins and the purpose of his escape. Soon, his grandmother arrives, and Ivanov learns that Nikita is his son. He writes a letter to his ex-wife and convinces her of the need to return to him. The couple reconciles, and, preparing for another expedition, Sergei promises his wife and young son that he will return to the mainland on time.

The Return

1940

Marta the Pious Woman poster
6.2

Two poor Spanish students set off in search of happiness in Madrid. Here they decide to make their fortune by marrying girls from noble families. But one of them, Marta, is promised by her father to a rich elderly nobleman.

Marta the Pious Woman

1980

The Bat poster
5.9

Eisenstein gets in trouble for shooting a grouse. He is told that he must go to prison for his crime. However, his friend has invited him to an aristocratic ball. Eisenstein, despite being married, wants to go to the ball to meet women. Eisenstein lies to his wife. He tells her that he is going to prison but actually he goes to the ball. His story arises the suspicion of his wife. His wife devises a plot to catch her womanizing husband.

The Bat

1979

Behind the camera

The Dog in the Manger poster
7.2

The rich and noble Signora Diana is tormented by doubts: she has to choose between suitors worthy of her hand and her handsome and seductive personal secretary. And the latter, in turn, can not decide who is more to his heart - his charming mistress or her maid...

The Dog in the Manger

1977

The Dog in the Manger poster
7.2

The rich and noble Signora Diana is tormented by doubts: she has to choose between suitors worthy of her hand and her handsome and seductive personal secretary. And the latter, in turn, can not decide who is more to his heart - his charming mistress or her maid...

The Dog in the Manger

1977

Lyubov Yarovaya poster
10.0

A performance by the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater named after M. Gorky.

Lyubov Yarovaya

1953

Spring Chores poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Spring Chores

1964

The Return poster
10.0

Little Nikita, the son of polar scientist Sergei Ivanov, runs away from home with the intention of reaching the Arctic, where he believes his father works. The boy manages to reach Leningrad, where he ends up at the Arctic Institute. Sergei is tasked with returning the runaway home, but Nikita stubbornly hides his origins and the purpose of his escape. Soon, his grandmother arrives, and Ivanov learns that Nikita is his son. He writes a letter to his ex-wife and convinces her of the need to return to him. The couple reconciles, and, preparing for another expedition, Sergei promises his wife and young son that he will return to the mainland on time.

The Return

1940

Marta the Pious Woman poster
6.2

Two poor Spanish students set off in search of happiness in Madrid. Here they decide to make their fortune by marrying girls from noble families. But one of them, Marta, is promised by her father to a rich elderly nobleman.

Marta the Pious Woman

1980

Marta the Pious Woman poster
6.2

Two poor Spanish students set off in search of happiness in Madrid. Here they decide to make their fortune by marrying girls from noble families. But one of them, Marta, is promised by her father to a rich elderly nobleman.

Marta the Pious Woman

1980

The Bat poster
5.9

Eisenstein gets in trouble for shooting a grouse. He is told that he must go to prison for his crime. However, his friend has invited him to an aristocratic ball. Eisenstein, despite being married, wants to go to the ball to meet women. Eisenstein lies to his wife. He tells her that he is going to prison but actually he goes to the ball. His story arises the suspicion of his wife. His wife devises a plot to catch her womanizing husband.

The Bat

1979

The Bat poster
5.9

Eisenstein gets in trouble for shooting a grouse. He is told that he must go to prison for his crime. However, his friend has invited him to an aristocratic ball. Eisenstein, despite being married, wants to go to the ball to meet women. Eisenstein lies to his wife. He tells her that he is going to prison but actually he goes to the ball. His story arises the suspicion of his wife. His wife devises a plot to catch her womanizing husband.

The Bat

1979

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

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

Silva poster
5.5

Silva Varescu, a self-sufficient and professionally successful cabaret performer from Budapest, is about to embark on a tour of America. Three of her aristocratic admirers, named Edwin, Feri and Boni, prefer her to stay. Edwin, unaware that his parents have already arranged a marriage for him back home in Vienna, orders a notary to prepare a promissory note of his expected marriage to Silva within ten weeks.

Silva

1981

Silva poster
5.5

Silva Varescu, a self-sufficient and professionally successful cabaret performer from Budapest, is about to embark on a tour of America. Three of her aristocratic admirers, named Edwin, Feri and Boni, prefer her to stay. Edwin, unaware that his parents have already arranged a marriage for him back home in Vienna, orders a notary to prepare a promissory note of his expected marriage to Silva within ten weeks.

Silva

1981

Road of Truth poster
7.0

An optimistic drama about an ordinary Moscow worker who, thanks to her integrity, intelligence and justice, won everyone’s trust and was elected as a people’s judge.

Road of Truth

1957

Tartuffe poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Tartuffe

1992

Tartuffe poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Tartuffe

1992

The Green Carriage poster
7.3

Inspired by the life of Varvara Asenkova, a 19th-century actress who earned great acclaim on St. Petersburg stage before her death at the age of 24.

The Green Carriage

1967

Someone Else's Trouble poster
8.0

Something went wrong with the chairman of a prosperous collective farm, both at home and in the general household. And when they sent a new secretary of the party organization, he got really angry and went to Alexandra. But he continued to worry about the collective farm and therefore always waited for news through her — how were they without him? And he knew that no one would come for him. But one day an accident happened on the collective farm, he was called and Alexandra could not keep him...

Someone Else's Trouble

1960

Baltic Glory poster
7.3

A film about the struggle of Baltic Fleet sailors for revolutionary Petrograd in the autumn of 1917. The film focuses on the fates of a sailor and a naval officer who join the ranks of those fighting for the revolution.

Baltic Glory

1958

Don Cesar de Bazan poster
6.0

A musical adaptation of the classic play "Don César de Bazan" by Adolphe d'Ennery and Philippe Dumanoir.

Don Cesar de Bazan

1989

Don Cesar de Bazan poster
6.0

A musical adaptation of the classic play "Don César de Bazan" by Adolphe d'Ennery and Philippe Dumanoir.

Don Cesar de Bazan

1989

Proshchaniye s Peterburgom poster
6.0

A story about love between famous composer Johann Strauss and Russian beauty Olga.

Proshchaniye s Peterburgom

1971

Free Wind poster
9.0

The daughter of a sailor who died at sea, she lives in a port city with her mother. The shipowner threatens to kick them out of the house if they don't pay for six months or if she doesn't marry him. The handsome sailor and rebel appears in the city, and makes her fall in love with him. Shipowner finds out about this. When the police commissioner shows him the photograph of the rebel sent, he recognizes the sailor, who got a job with him on a ship on which weapons are transported under the guise of oranges.

Free Wind

1983

Free Wind poster
9.0

The daughter of a sailor who died at sea, she lives in a port city with her mother. The shipowner threatens to kick them out of the house if they don't pay for six months or if she doesn't marry him. The handsome sailor and rebel appears in the city, and makes her fall in love with him. Shipowner finds out about this. When the police commissioner shows him the photograph of the rebel sent, he recognizes the sailor, who got a job with him on a ship on which weapons are transported under the guise of oranges.

Free Wind

1983

Surgery poster
7.0

A short movie based on Anton Chekhov novels.

Surgery

1939

Surgery poster
7.0

A short movie based on Anton Chekhov novels.

Surgery

1939

Patriot poster
5.5

A story about the adventures of young boy Kolya Novikov who runs from his home in order to get to the border where his older brother was killed.

Patriot

1939