Movies: Leonid Utyosov

A concert movie dedicated to the formation of the World Club of Odesa under the leadership of Mikhail Zhvanetsky. "Let many people be proud of the expanses and fields," says Mikhail Zhvanetsky himself about his favorite city, "someone falls to his fa...

The career of Spirka Shpandyr, a master pickpocket!...

Funny and entertaining story about the history of the film "Funny guys"by G. Alexandrov....

A musical film dedicated to the soldiers fighting at the front line....

There was no Soviet actor who could claim a greater popularity than Raikin. He was allowed the impossible: to be a satirist. Even during the height of government approved Anti-Semitism, Raikin was a figure to be reckoned with. He was known and belove...

A semi-documentary biography film about the life and work of Soviet film actor Pyotr Aleynikov. Includes newsreels from the 1930s, footage from films featuring Aleynikov and interviews with his closest friends and colleagues....

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Local comic duo from the Ukraine reach for the "big time" by entering a talent contest for the Moscow vaudeville circuit, must overcome the interference of an established, competition-shy duo who are helping judge the contest....

Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin (Utyosov) is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta (Orlova) and plays the "star" for her. In a casca...

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, drunken...

The film uses fragments of feature films and materials of the Gosfilmofond of the Russian Federation. In addition to the actors listed above, the following actors tell about the composer: directors Grigory Alexandrov and Ivan Pyriev, songwriters Mikh...

Film-Concert. The program includes scenes from plays, ballets, and operas; folk songs and romances; B. Eder with a group of trained lions; S. Obraztsov's puppet theater; and dances by soloists of the I. Moiseyev Ensemble. The host is Nikolai Cherkaso...

Aliens get acquainted with the music of earthlings by taking with them a box of Leonid Utyosov's records. This animated tribute to Utyosov was released on the first anniversary of his death....

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