Faina Ranevskaya

Acting

Faina Ranevskaya

Born August 27, 1896 · Taganrog, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]

Died July 19, 1984 · aged 87

Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (born Faina Girschevna Feldman, on August 27th, 1896 in Taganrog), was a Soviet theatre and film actress. She is also very well known for her cheeky aphorisms. In childhood, she attended the Mariinskaya Gymnasium for Girls, receiving additional education usual for someone from an affluent family (music, singing, foreign languages). Heavily influenced by her mother's …

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The FoundlingThe Foundling · 1939
The Foundling
6.61939
MovieComedyDrama
A little girl is lost in Moscow and hits the road making fun (not intentionally) of everybody she meets. She'll be back home soon but she will change the life of at least one man forever...
Aleksandr ParkhomenkoAleksandr Parkhomenko · 1942
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
5.11942
MovieWarDrama
About the life and heroic death of the old Bolshevik-Lugansk resident, participant in the civil war, Aleksandr Yakovlevich Parkhomenko. In 1918, capturing Ukraine, the German occupiers sought to use the Haidamaks, the White Guards and the Greens in their struggle. By order of Voroshilov, Aleksandr Parkhomenko from Lugansk arrives in Tsaritsyn. At the same time, the Germans launched an active offensive. The "red" battalions are poorly armed, however, Parkhomenko manages to raise them to the attack and put the enemy to flight.
The New Adventures of SchweikThe New Adventures of Schweik · 1943
The New Adventures of Schweik
6.61943
MovieWarComedy
The New Adventures of Schweik adopted to the WWII reality.
Be Careful, Grandma!Be Careful, Grandma! · 1961
Be Careful, Grandma!
4.21961
MovieComedy
Young Lena becomes a chief manager of a workers' club. The problem is this club is not constructed yet and finishing it takes too much effort from a young girl. The solution is found by her grandmother and her 'old guards'. Look out Lena's enemies. Here's her grandma coming!
The Ballad of Cossack GolotaThe Ballad of Cossack Golota · 1937
The Ballad of Cossack Golota
5.71937
MovieAdventureFamily
The story of three young Russsian adventurers against the background of post-revolutionary skirmishes in the Ukraine. The boys get mixed up with a wounded commissar and a marauding White Russian officer. They find themselves in all sorts of predicaments before the Reds arrive to save the day, and become the mascots of a troop of Bolshevik cavalry.
Native ShoresNative Shores · 1943
Native Shores
5.01943
MovieWarDrama
Three soldiers make their way into a city occupied by the Nazis.
WeddingWedding · 1944
Wedding
7.11944
MovieComedy
Petty bourgeois Zhigalovs, whose daughter-in-law Dasha is being extradited, find out to their horror that the official Aplombov, who has been caring for Dasha all summer, has dined every day with them and has proved himself to be his bridegroom, is not going to marry at all.
How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan NikiforovichHow Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich · 1941
How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich
6.21941
MovieComedy

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The Tale of Tsar SaltanThe Tale of Tsar Saltan · 1943
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
1.01943
MovieAnimationFamily
The story is about three sisters. The youngest is chosen by Tsar Saltan to be his wife. He orders the other two sisters to be his royal cook and weaver. They become jealous of their younger sister. When the tsar goes off to war, the tsaritsa gives birth to a son, Prince Gvidon (Gvidón.) The older sisters arrange to have the tsaritsa and the child sealed in a barrel and thrown into the sea. The sea takes pity on them and casts them on the shore of a remote island, Buyan. The son, having quickly grown while in the barrel, goes hunting. He ends up saving an enchanted swan from a kite bird. The swan creates a city for Prince Gvidon to rule, but he is homesick, so the swan turns him into a mosquito to help him. In this guise, he visits Tsar Saltan's court, where he stings his aunt in the eye and escapes. Back in his realm, the swan gives Gvidon a magical squirrel. But he continues to pine for home, so the swan transforms him again, this time into a fly.

Babarikha (voice)