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Yuriy Nikulin

Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 andHero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious Order of Lenin, which he received twice in his lifetime. Nikulin's effortless style and precise delivery, as well as his mastery of timing and his hilarious masks made him an outstanding comedian, arguably the best Russian comedian ever. Nikulin showed his range in a variety of genres from slapstick comedy to romance and war drama. His most popular film partners were Georgiy Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov,Natalya Varley, Rolan Bykov, Anatoli Papanov, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Leonid Kuravlyov, Andrey Mironov, Evgeni Evstigneev, Vasili Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolay Burlyaev, Viktor Pavlov, Boris Novikov Vladimir Etush, Saveli Kramarov, Nikolai Grinko, and many other notable Russian actors. In the ring, Nikulin presented a phlegmatic temperament, slow and unsmiling, and to many in the West his personality was reminiscent of the great silent film comedian Buster Keaton. Rich in mimicry, doleful of expression, Nikulin was hailed as “a brainy clown” outside Russia. Simple in style and gentle with children, his only vestiges of make-up were a reddened nose and black lines around his eyes, much different from the grotesquely painted faces of Western clowns. Nikulin, affectionately called Uncle Yury by Russian children, relied mainly upon his wits to earn his place in history as one of the best clowns of the 20th century. Born : 18th-Dec-1921

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The Diamond Arm

In the southern town, a gang of "currency traders" is operating, led by the Chief and his assistant Kozodoyev. A modest Soviet clerk and an exemplary family man Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov goes on a foreign cruise on a motor ship, on which Kozodoyev also sailed, who must pick up diamonds in one of the eastern cities and transport them in a plaster hand. But due to a misunderstanding, instead of a swindler, an unsuspecting Gorbunkov falls in the appointed place, and a precious plaster is imposed on him. That's where it all starts...
Released : 23rd-May-1969

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Bootleggers

This is the second silent (save for a song) slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. In a small hunting lodge three friends are making illegal moonshine. Bottled "product" fills shelves quickly. Life is good. But their dog Barbos doesn't understand that bringing a moonshine condenser coil to a police station is a bad idea...
Released : 8th-Jan-1962

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Bobik Visiting Barbos

Two dogs, one stray the other well-off, become friends.
Released : 1st-Jan-1977

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Come Here, Mukhtar!

Mukhtar comes to live and work at the police kennels through rather unusual circumstances. Together with his handler, Glazychev, Mukhtar helps to solve large and small crimes.
Released : 1st-Jan-1964

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Point, Point, Comma...

A lyric comedy about eight-graders, their life and first love...
Released : 6th-Jun-1972

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Fantasizing

A group of children are constantly fantasizing about various things - and at the end start to believe in their own fantasies.
Released : 12th-Jul-1965

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Old Men: Robbers

An old detective does not want to retire. The only way out is to prove to his boss that he still can catch criminals. The problem is that there were no crimes recently to work on. Together with his retired friend he decides to commit a perfect crime himself and then quickly solve it. Real problems start when a real criminal steals money he has stolen.
Released : 1st-Jan-1971

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Captain Krokus

Appearance of Coco the Clown and Peach the Pig in the circus is always a happy holiday for children and adults in a small town. But the terrible Chuchelische is ready to do whatever it takes for this celebration to not take place and make children's laughter turn to tears. At this time, the city government is in the hands of insidious Kibernator-General, which decides to close the circus, arrest Coco and make a stuffed out of Peach. Two friends, Kid and Slice, with a good and brave Captain Crocus decide to save Coco and Peach and return the children to the circus.
Released : 2nd-Jan-1991

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Twenty Days Without War

War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.
Released : 8th-Nov-1976

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Here, Not Far Away


Released : 1st-Jan-1979

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When the Trees Were Tall

The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.
Released : 25th-Dec-1961

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Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. What's more fun: fishing with worms, or dynamite? Three friends decided to have a blast! Unfortunately their dog Barbos just loves playing fetch. And this time that stick was used for blast fishing. Barbos saw people throwing a smoking stick in a water, and fetched it right back to his owners. The "unusual cross" part begins when owners try to outrun the dog with dynamite.
Released : 18th-Sep-1961

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Scarecrow

A twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates. She took the rap of being a class traitor because she was in love with the boy who had betrayed his classmates when they were bunking off and going to cinema instead of a literature lesson. The class is penalized for that, not being allowed to go to Moscow for fall holidays with the rest of the school. Lena is being ostracized, "boycotted" however not telling the truth, waiting that the boy himself would confess to be guilty.
Released : 14th-Sep-1984

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Big "Wick"

A satirical express train sets off on its way. The driver S. Mikhalkov gives a farewell beep ... On the first carriage an inscription - "Summer cottage". The following are 8 short stories ...
Released : 28th-Apr-1963

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Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina to marry him.
Released : 1st-Apr-1967

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Businessmen

Three stories based on O. Henry novels.
Released : 27th-May-1963

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Deniska's Stories

A funny stories about a young boy Deniska and his best friend Mishka.
Released : 2nd-Apr-1970

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New Girl

A talented athlete joins the USSR gymnastics team.
Released : 7th-Apr-1969

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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly. "Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures" was a hit movie and became the leader of Soviet film distribution in 1965.
Released : 24th-Jul-1965

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They Fought for Their Motherland

In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.
Released : 5th-Nov-1975

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The Adventures of Travka

A story of a little boy nicknamed Travka who got lost for a whole day.
Released : 2nd-Aug-1976

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12 Chairs

A 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.
Released : 21st-Jun-1971

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The Little Runaway

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning that his sick father is being treated in the Soviet Union, Ken sets off in search of him. The friendship of the great clown and the boy continues in Moscow.
Released : 24th-Dec-1966

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Young-Green

The beginning of the 1950s. Nikolai Babushkin, a young specialist in one of the taiga construction sites, who had just been elected a deputy of the district council, was sent behind a brick to the city of Dzhegor. He is already familiar with the bold project of the engineer Cheremnykh, according to which one of the shops of the brick factory can be transferred to the production of expanded clay blocks in a short time. To provide the construction site with the necessary material, Nikolai gathers a team and helps the inventor to implement the project. There, in Dzhegor, he meets Irina, a graduate of the architectural institute …
Released : 13th-Nov-1962

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Give Me a Complaints Book

A group of young motivated people are trying to convert old "Oduvanchik" restaurant in to a youth club.
Released : 6th-Jun-1964

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The Taming of the Shrew

Classic adaptation of the even more classic play by William Shakespeare.
Released : 24th-Sep-1961

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Telegram

Six-graders Tosha and Kostya are trying to deliver the pre-WWII telegram they accidentally find.
Released : 15th-May-1972

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Andrei Rublev

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
Released : 16th-Dec-1966

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The Unamenables

Two foolish and frivolous guys cause suffering for the whole youth union at the factory. It was already decided to dismiss Anatoly Grachkin and his friend Victor Gromoboev but they are taken under the wing by Nadia Berestova, a diminutive funny woman, known as the popular one at the plant. At first, Nadia took it with reluctance and apprehension, but gradually this commission became the most important thing in her life.
Released : 20th-Jun-1959

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A Girl with Guitar

A romantic story about the girl working in the musical instruments store.
Released : 1st-Sep-1958

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Seven Old Men and One Girl

Lara Velichko is a young coach who's dreaming about coaching world champions but suddenly she's forced to train a group of a very grumpy old men.
Released : 6th-Jun-1968

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I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up

The parents of six-year-old Pavlik want to make an erudite out of their beloved son. They constantly force the boy to read a lot, study and achieve success. Mom and dad so want their son to be the first in everything. One day Pavlik comes to visit his grandmother in the village. Grandmother allows her grandson to go out alone for a walk. The walk turns into a fun journey for the young hero to Moscow...
Released : 30th-Apr-1982

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My Friend, Kolka!

Pupils of the ordinary high school organize a “secret society” under the motto “Help the offended and weak, avenge widers and upstarts!” The new pioneer leader supports the children, and soon he manages to make the school life of the children truly fascinating.
Released : 13th-May-1961

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No Fear, No Blame

The Soviet boys, Vadik and Yura, together with the mischievous little girl Tosha, are children with a kind heart and good life philosophy. One day they find money on the street, which must be returned to the owner without fail. But where to find an inattentive citizen who has lost not only money, but also a booklet with quite important information. So, begins the time of exciting adventures, breathtaking moments, high-quality humor and instructive-entertaining ideological line.
Released : 26th-Apr-1963

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Sovershenno seryozno

An interesting voyage through the Soviet television and film industry.
Released : 18th-Sep-1961

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TV Credits

Чтобы помнили

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Released : 9th-Dec-1993

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Как уходили кумиры

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Released : 15th-Aug-2005

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