Evgeni Leonov

Acting

Evgeni Leonov

Born September 2, 1926 · Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Died January 29, 1994 · aged 67

Yevgeny P. Leonov (2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a famous Russian/Soviet actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films. Called "one of Russia's best-loved actors", he also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Winnie-the-Pooh.

Known For

Kin-dza-dza!Kin-dza-dza! · 1986
Kin-dza-dza!
7.71986
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-dza galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.
For the MatchesFor the Matches · 1980
For the Matches
6.31980
MovieComedyAdventure
In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...
Hopelessly LostHopelessly Lost · 1973
Hopelessly Lost
5.51973
MovieFamilyAdventure
Soviet adventure comedy film based on Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
The Story about NewlywedsThe Story about Newlyweds · 1960
The Story about Newlyweds
6.81960
MovieRomanceDrama
A drama about a complications in a newlyweds life.
The DuennaThe Duenna · 1979
The Duenna
5.71979
MovieComedyHistory
A funny musical based on the comedy "The Duenna" by British dramatist Richard B. Sheridan.
Cherry TownCherry Town · 1963
Cherry Town
5.11963
MovieMusicDrama
Lida Baburova, a tour guide of an architectural museum, unexpectedly receives a warrant for a two-room apartment in the new district of Zarechye, among the new settlers called "our Cheryomushki". Lida and her father go to inspect the apartment, but it turns out that it doesn't exist. The manager of the house, Barabashkin, conducted fictitious documentation, and the Baburovs' apartment merged with the neighboring one, owned by the head of the construction trust Drebednyov.
A Unique SpringA Unique Spring · 1957
A Unique Spring
9.01957
MovieRomanceDrama
Immediately after their wedding, a young family of archaeologists comes to Central Asia for excavations. The plague epidemic that broke out there separates the newlyweds for a while and forces the girl's mother to turn to her ex-husband for help.
The Rumyantsev CaseThe Rumyantsev Case · 1956
The Rumyantsev Case
6.51956
MovieCrimeMystery
Sasha Rumyantsev, a long-range driver, becomes an unwitting accomplice in a crime committed by the head of the motor depot where he works. The honest guy is accused of stealing a car of a hard-to-find product. The collective of the motor depot amicably stands up to protect their comrade and helps the investigator, Colonel Afanasyev, to find and expose the true criminals.

Movies

Kin-dza-dza!Kin-dza-dza! · 1986
Kin-dza-dza!
7.71986
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-dza galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.
For the MatchesFor the Matches · 1980
For the Matches
6.31980
MovieComedyAdventure
In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...
Hopelessly LostHopelessly Lost · 1973
Hopelessly Lost
5.51973
MovieFamilyAdventure
Soviet adventure comedy film based on Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
The Story about NewlywedsThe Story about Newlyweds · 1960
The Story about Newlyweds
6.81960
MovieRomanceDrama
A drama about a complications in a newlyweds life.
The DuennaThe Duenna · 1979
The Duenna
5.71979
MovieComedyHistory
A funny musical based on the comedy "The Duenna" by British dramatist Richard B. Sheridan.
Cherry TownCherry Town · 1963
Cherry Town
5.11963
MovieMusicDrama
Lida Baburova, a tour guide of an architectural museum, unexpectedly receives a warrant for a two-room apartment in the new district of Zarechye, among the new settlers called "our Cheryomushki". Lida and her father go to inspect the apartment, but it turns out that it doesn't exist. The manager of the house, Barabashkin, conducted fictitious documentation, and the Baburovs' apartment merged with the neighboring one, owned by the head of the construction trust Drebednyov.
A Unique SpringA Unique Spring · 1957
A Unique Spring
9.01957
MovieRomanceDrama
Immediately after their wedding, a young family of archaeologists comes to Central Asia for excavations. The plague epidemic that broke out there separates the newlyweds for a while and forces the girl's mother to turn to her ex-husband for help.
The Rumyantsev CaseThe Rumyantsev Case · 1956
The Rumyantsev Case
6.51956
MovieCrimeMystery
Sasha Rumyantsev, a long-range driver, becomes an unwitting accomplice in a crime committed by the head of the motor depot where he works. The honest guy is accused of stealing a car of a hard-to-find product. The collective of the motor depot amicably stands up to protect their comrade and helps the investigator, Colonel Afanasyev, to find and expose the true criminals.
The Fisher CatThe Fisher Cat · 1964
The Fisher Cat
7.61964
MovieAnimationFamily
MiminoMimino · 1977
Mimino
7.61977
MovieComedyDrama
Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.
PhenomenonPhenomenon · 1983
Phenomenon
3.81983
MovieComedyScience Fiction
One soviet programmer has problems in his job. He is laughed at by women, they think he is too awkward. His chiefs are giving no rest to him. In addition to that they give him very difficult project to be done very soon. Overcoming himself he does impossible. After closing away in his office and spending there several days and nights without sleep he finds some solution and immediately fells asleep. After waking up after very surrealistic dream he surprises of what has happened while he was asleep. And the miracles have just started for him…
Striped TripStriped Trip · 1961
Striped Trip
6.81961
MovieComedy
A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.
Marine HunterMarine Hunter · 1954
Marine Hunter
10.01954
MovieAdventureWar
The action takes place during the Second World War in the battle zone over the Black Sea coast. Soviet sailors track down an enemy submarine. Meanwhile, the commander of the Sea Hunter, along with one of the sailors, is not returning from intelligence. Young patriots Katya and Lida report to the boat about the signal of unknown friends who noticed a submarine. Thanks to this, Soviet sailors drown an enemy boat, and the brave reconnaissance Katya, who knows the mountain paths of the coast well, discovers a Sea Hunter commander and a seriously wounded sailor in one of the caves ..
Laughter and Grief by the White SeaLaughter and Grief by the White Sea · 1987
Laughter and Grief by the White Sea
7.31987
MovieAnimationDrama
A celebration of the culture of the Pomors who live around the White Sea.
Mommy and Two DronesMommy and Two Drones · 1963
Mommy and Two Drones
1963
MovieComedy
The new patisserie in the new building district immediately won the love of the townspeople: exemplary cleanliness, good food, and flowers. But if you take a closer look at the customers, you can see those who secretly pour vodka into their glasses. The cleaning lady receives empty dishes as a bribe for her assistance. During her lunch break, she puts the bottles in a bag, and her son and wife arrive in their own car to take away the accumulated bottles. Two idle men with higher education have been unemployed for four years, relying on their mother's side income...
Ordinary MiracleOrdinary Miracle · 1978
Ordinary Miracle
7.31978
MovieDramaComedy
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?
Dreamers from the Village UgoryDreamers from the Village Ugory · 1994
Dreamers from the Village Ugory
1994
MovieAnimation
Grandfather, Grandson, and two Merry Geese engage in a battle with Baba Yaga, Kashchei the Immortal, and Zmei Gorynich, as well as with the cat Meowcher and the fairy-tale creature Tmutarakanka.
Pomor True StoryPomor True Story · 1987
Pomor True Story
4.81987
MovieAnimationDrama
Andrian and Ivan are two brother-sailors who worked in Arkhangelsk as a carved artists. And so, at the end of August they decided, like loons, to go to the island. When the men were already far away in the sea, they moored to a small patch of land and began to have a dinner. After the dinner they decided to go to sleep and go home in the morning. But they could not even imagine what disaster awaited them in the night.
Gentlemen of FortuneGentlemen of Fortune · 1971
Gentlemen of Fortune
7.81971
MovieComedyCrime
Kindergarten teacher Evgeniy Ivanovich Troshkin is reluctantly sent undercover to take the place of an imprisoned thief who stole Alexander the Great's helmet. Evgeniy uses his striking resemblance to the thief to infiltrate his gang and learn the location of the stolen artifact. He finds the gangsters are unexpectedly similar to his students- they also need love and care.
Vasilisa the BeautifulVasilisa the Beautiful · 1977
Vasilisa the Beautiful
5.31977
MovieAnimation
Young prince meets a talking frog who turns out to be a beautiful but cursed princess. To remove the curse, he must go on a quest to find and outsmart the forest witch Baba Yaga.
American GrandpaAmerican Grandpa · 1993
American Grandpa
7.21993
MovieComedy
A certain Kostyleva, who was fired (cut) from her job, threatens to commit suicide. Her colleague suggests cutting him. The self-sacrifice was misunderstood by the wife of this employee. Out of jealousy, she decides to leave her husband and leave home. And he suddenly finds out that a grandfather is coming from America to visit, whom (what if he is a millionaire!) must be greeted properly - it is not every day that relatives come from the USA. The grandfather arrives in an antediluvian car to "die cheerfully" in his homeland, in Russia. They bought a coffin and a plot in the cemetery, but problems arose with death. It turned out that life is just beginning. It was in vain that the grandfather gave all the money to a sanatorium for homeless dogs.
Tears Were FallingTears Were Falling · 1983
Tears Were Falling
6.31983
MovieComedyDrama
A beautiful man, husband, father and worker Pavel Ivanovich Vasin got into the eye with a shard of the mirror of an evil wizard. And the world for him appeared in a gloomy light. He began to insult and offend everyone at home and at work. Anger and suspicion overwhelmed Vasin's heart.
Winnie-the-PoohWinnie-the-Pooh · 1969
Winnie-the-Pooh
7.41969
MovieAnimationFamily
According to Winnie-the-Pooh himself, bears love honey very much. That's why it always runs out very quickly. And you can't do without honey, so Winnie, along with Piglet, sets off for a tall tree with a beehive hanging from it. Winnie fearlessly climbs up to the beehive on a balloon, singing a song about a little cloud.
The Legend of TillThe Legend of Till · 1977
The Legend of Till
5.81977
MovieAdventureHistory
Based on the novel by Charles de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere." First part: "The Ashes of Claes". XVI century. The freedom-loving and cheerful people of the Netherlands under the rule of the Spanish king: persecution, torture, bonfires of the Inquisition, encouraging scammers. The fearless Thyl Uhlenshpiegel and his faithful girlfriend Nele have to go through many trials. Second part: "Viva Beggars!". The people of the Netherlands, tormented by cruel royal decrees, taxes, heresy, torture and executions, began a war of liberation against Spanish rule. Many feats will be performed by the national hero Tilbert (Thyl) Ulenspiegel and his friend Lamme Gudzak before peace returns to their homeland.

TV Shows

FuseFuse · 1962
Fuse
7.61962
SeriesComedyDocumentary
Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
Обыкновенное чудоОбыкновенное чудо · 1979
Обыкновенное чудо
10.01979
Series
The Long RecessThe Long Recess · 1973
The Long Recess
8.01973
SeriesComedyFamily
A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.
Legends of CinemaLegends of Cinema · 2016
Legends of Cinema
2016
SeriesDocumentary
He's All ThatHe's All That · 1978
He's All That
7.01978
SeriesDrama
The story takes place in one of the Siberian timber enterprises, where investigator Prokhorov from Moscow arrives to look into the murder of a young worker—tractor driver Evgeny Stoeletov.
Winnie-the-PoohWinnie-the-Pooh · 1969
Winnie-the-Pooh
7.81969
SeriesAnimation
Winnie-the-Pooh trilogy.