
Nikolay Erdman
Writing
Biography
Russian and Soviet playwright and screenwriter.
Known For

Two stories ("The feat of the soldier Mukhin", "The Last Autumn"). The events of one concern 1917, when Lenin had to hide in Finland, the second takes place in 1923-1924 during the last months of his life in Gorki.
Stories About Lenin

A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
Father Frost

A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.
The Adventures of Buratino

When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kai, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.
The Snow Queen

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Trainers

A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.
The Twelve Months

The adventures of the pioneer Petya, the islander Doom and the scientific Soviet submarine in the southern seas. The boy Doom lived on the island, he was looking for pearls in the sea. Grandfather showed him the knife of their ancestor, Chief Batuallo. On the handle was scraped an island, and on it a mountain with two peaks. The grandfather said that there are many pearls around this island, and Doom sailed for a search. A thunderstorm began, and the boat dumped once to this island, but there a large shark attacked him.
The Secret of the Far Away Island

A rich and ignorant cat loses her big house in a fire. Only then she realizes that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
The Cat's House

Zoya Vladimirovna Strelnikova, a famous operetta actress, quits the theater and gets a nanny in a military hospital. There she meets the wounded major Peter Nikolayevich Markov.
Actress

The story about the wild creatures of the wild forest and one impudent Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.
The Cat That Walked by Himself

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

Soviet animation film based on the Russian folk tale " Daughter and stepmother".
The Miraculous Bell

A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.
The Safety Match

Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.
Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes

A story based on the popular Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale "Thumbelina".
Thumbelina

Two look-alike boys, one a poor street kid and the other a prince, exchange places to see what the other's life is like.
The Prince and the Pauper

Based on the Chinese folk tale. Long ago, three brothers Liu lived in China. They were so similar that even their own mother discerned them on colored ribbons. The first brother could command fire, the second could drink the sea and return it back, and a third knew the language of birds, animals and fish.
Brothers Liu

At the amateur talent show the boy, accompanying himself on the accordion, sings a song about Moscow... The plot of the movie is based on the story of the director of the school about how this accordion, once belonging to a cadre worker who died during a demonstration in 1905, has been in many hands before it got to the guys.
Hello, Moscow!

Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.
Volga - Volga

The tale about a magic fish and resentful lover whose fiancee went to a lazy fool.