Andrey Mironov
1941 - 1987The Diamond Arm
Leonid Gayday
Yuriy Nikulin, Nina Grebeshkova
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...
The Diamond Arm
Малыш и Карлсон, который живет на крыше
Valentin Pluchek, Margarita Mikaelyan
Spartak Mishulin, Andrey Mironov
Озорной Карлсон и доверчивый Малыш — герои всем известной сказки. Карлсон очень любит пошалить, а на все последствия шалостей у него есть «фирменная» отговорка: «Пустяки, дело то житейское!». Правда, родители Малыша так не считают, но все равно, скучать со своим летающим другом ему не приходится. То, лазая по крышам, друзья предотвращают крупную кражу, то вместе укрощают злую домомучительницу.
Малыш и Карлсон, который живет на крыше
Mad day or Figaro wedding
Valentin Pluchek, Vladimir Khramov
Andrey Mironov, Aleksandr Shirvindt
The servant of Count Almaviva, the jolly and joker Figaro, is going to marry the maid of the Countess Rosina - Susanne. But the count wants to upset the wedding and make the girl his lover.
Mad day or Figaro wedding
Beware of the Car!
Eldar Ryazanov
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Efremov
An insurance agent who moonlights as a carthief steals cars various crooks and never from the common people. He sells the stolen cars and gives the money to charity. His best friend, a cop, is assigned to bring in this modern robin hood.
Beware of the Car!
Ordinary Miracle
Mark Zakharov
Oleg Yankovskiy, Irina Kupchenko
A wizard invents characters who all come to life and start to arrive at his house: a King, his servants, a princes, a bear trapped in a man's body - the usual lot. The Plot mainly rotates around the bear, who the wizard had turned into a man. The Bear, who wishes to be a bear once again, can turn into his old self if he were to kiss a princess. It gets complicated when he falls in love with that princess, that arrived at the wizard's house. For how can they be together, if a single kiss will destroy their love?
Ordinary Miracle
The Story of the Voyages
Aleksandr Mitta
Andrey Mironov, Tatyana Aksyuta
In this fantasy with dragons and flying machines, 10-year-old Marta is determined to find her brother who was kidnapped at Christmastime by a fake Saint Nick because the little boy is blessed with the ability to locate gold. A kindly, wise philosopher-type by the name of Orlando joins Marta in her search, and together they survive a gigantic sleeping dragon and imprisonment in a tower with no clear means of escape. They overcome that hurdle, but later on, Orlando succumbs to the evils of The Plague (an all-consuming woman!) and Marta continues on her search alone. Eventually, she does find her brother -- but that only introduces problems she had never considered.
The Story of the Voyages
Фантазии Фарятьева
Ilya Averbakh
Marina Neyolova, Andrey Mironov
Averbakh's adaptation of a play by Alla Sokolova, Faratyev's Fantasies is the story of a man surrounded by four woman, Faratyev, he is madly in love with on, Aleksandra, compassionately take care of another, her aunt, and is indifferent to the other two, Aleksandra's mother, and her sister, Lyuba. The world of these characters are that of dreams, each one's dream in interconnected to that of other, and each respond differently to it. Faratyev is a man who dreams, he live in the world of fantasies. Aleksandra and her mother listen to him, but do not take him seriously, his aunt listen to him, believe him, but do not encourage him, only Lyuba understand him, but to him, she is a mere child, he is madly in love with her sister, Aleksandra, she is a realist, she does not love him, but for sake of her own prosperity and that of her mother and sister, she agree to marry him, only to run away with the mysterious Bedhudov...
Faratyev's Fantasies
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
Franco Prosperi, Eldar Ryazanov
Andrey Mironov, Antonia Santilli
In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were around when she died) also learn about it. Thus several people arrive in Leningrad trying to find the treasure, each one for himself/herself. What's worse - the only information they have is that the treasure is under a lion - and it's in Leningrad, a city known by its numerous statues of lions. The story gets even more interesting when the soviet militia (police) learns about the whole thing and send an undercover agent...
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
Ten
Nadezhda Kosheverova
Oleg Dal, Anastasiya Vertinskaya
The good-natured scholar Christian-Theodore arrives in a small country where miracles occur. He falls in love with the beautiful Princess, whose marriage is a matter of national importance, because her husband will become the new king. But unlike many “suitors”, selfish thoughts are alien to Christian-Theodore. He is sincerely fascinated by her beauty and releases his Shadow, hoping to get a faithful helper in his quest to marry the Princess. But the Shadow is the embodiment of egoism, greed and meanness. Quickly betraying the scholar, he marries the Princess himself and takes the royal throne.
Ten
Раз ковбой, два ковбой...
Anatoliy Reznikov
Andrey Mironov
A bandit wearing a black mask, having shot the train, takes a bag of gold coins from the post car and hides on his horse. The bandit takes refuge in the ranch, driving out the farmer and his cow. The farmer and the cow leave for the nearest town. In the saloon, the farmer sees an announcement of a reward of one thousand coins for catching a bandit in a black mask. Then he tells local cowboys where the bandit is hiding. Cowboys go to catch a bandit, but they return back all wounded.
Once Cowboy, Twice Cowboy
Маленькие комедии большого дома
Valentin Pluchek, Aleksandr Shirvindt
Andrey Mironov, Spartak Mishulin
Жители нового дома влюбляются, ссорятся и мирятся, работают и отдыхают, танцуют и поют: «Смотровой ордер» — оптимистическая комедия с переездом и вселением. «Грабеж» — психологический ретро детектив со взломом. «Московская серенада» — комедийный мюзикл о любви с песнями и танцами. «Звуковое письмо» — четвертая новелла в исполнении Александра Ширвиндта. «Пой, ласточка, пой…» — жилищно-бытовая оратория для ЖЭКа с фортепьяно.
Маленькие комедии большого дома
Старики-разбойники
Eldar Ryazanov
Yuriy Nikulin, Evgeniy Evstigneev
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.
Old Men: Robbers
Любить…
Mikhail Kalik, Inna Tumanyan
Sergei Gurzo Ml., Lev Kruglyy
Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.
To Love
