Yuriy Nikulin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 andHero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious Order of Lenin, which he received twice in his lifetime. Nikulin's effortless style and precise delivery, as well as his mastery of timing and his hilarious masks made him an outstanding comedian, arguably the best Russian comedian ever. Nikulin showed his range in a variety of genres from slapstick comedy to romance and war drama. His most popular film partners were Georgiy Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov,Natalya Varley, Rolan Bykov, Anatoli Papanov, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Leonid Kuravlyov, Andrey Mironov, Evgeni Evstigneev, Vasili Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolay Burlyaev, Viktor Pavlov, Boris Novikov Vladimir Etush, Saveli Kramarov, Nikolai Grinko, and many other notable Russian actors. In the ring, Nikulin presented a phlegmatic temperament, slow and unsmiling, and to many in the West his personality was reminiscent of the great silent film comedian Buster Keaton. Rich in mimicry, doleful of expression, Nikulin was hailed as “a brainy clown” outside Russia. Simple in style and gentle with children, his only vestiges of make-up were a reddened nose and black lines around his eyes, much different from the grotesquely painted faces of Western clowns. Nikulin, affectionately called Uncle Yury by Russian children, relied mainly upon his wits to earn his place in history as one of the best clowns of the 20th century.
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as PatrikeyAn expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter...
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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
as "Балбес"The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot...
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Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
as БалбесShurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and...
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The Diamond Arm
as Семён Семёнович ГорбунковA diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly...
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Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
as «Балбес»This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and...
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12 Chairs
as дворник ТихонA former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His...
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Bootleggers
as «Балбес»This is the second silent (save for a song) slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly,...
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Scarecrow
as Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfatherA twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town...
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They Fought for Their Motherland
as pvt. NekrasovIn July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead...
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Bobik Visiting Barbos
as Bobik (voice)Two dogs, one stray the other well-off, become friends.
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Give Me a Complaints Book
as продавецA group of young motivated people are trying to convert old "Oduvanchik" restaurant in to a...
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Old Men: Robbers
as Николай МячиковAn old detective does not want to retire. The only way out is to prove to his boss that he still...
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Twenty Days Without War
as Major Vasily Nikolaevich LopatinWar correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He...
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Fantasizing
as uncreditedA group of children are constantly fantasizing about various things - and at the end start to...
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Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
as HimselfA semi-documentary biography film about the life and work of Soviet film actor Pyotr Aleynikov....
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Big "Wick"
as Петя-Петушок (нлвелла «Влип»)A satirical express train sets off on its way. The driver S. Mikhalkov gives a farewell beep ......
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The Man from Nowhere
as Militsioner (uncredited)In a young anthropologist's dream, he brings a member of the imaginary mountain tribe called...
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Come Here, Mukhtar!
as GlasychevMukhtar comes to live and work at the police kennels through rather unusual circumstances....
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The Unamenables
as Vasily KlyachkinTwo foolish and frivolous guys cause suffering for the whole youth union at the factory. It was...
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Young-Green
as NikolaiThe beginning of the 1950s. Nikolai Babushkin, a young specialist in one of the taiga...
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Seven Old Men and One Girl
as грабитель («Балбес»)Lara Velichko is a young coach who's dreaming about coaching world champions but suddenly she's...
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When the Trees Were Tall
as Kuzma Kuzmich IordanovThe story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days...
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Sovershenno seryozno
as «Балбес» (новелла «Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс»)An interesting voyage through the Soviet television and film industry.
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Telegram
as uncreditedSix-graders Tosha and Kostya are trying to deliver the pre-WWII telegram they accidentally find.
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The Taming of the Shrew
as Boys' Choir MasterClassic adaptation of the even more classic play by William Shakespeare.
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A Girl with Guitar
as Pyromancer LoserA romantic story about the girl working in the musical instruments store.
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New Girl
as uncreditedA talented athlete joins the USSR gymnastics team.
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My Friend, Kolka!
as VasyaPupils of the ordinary high school organize a “secret society” under the motto “Help the...
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Point, Point, Comma...
as Alexey's fatherA lyric comedy about eight-graders, their life and first love...
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No Fear, No Blame
as clownThe Soviet boys, Vadik and Yura, together with the mischievous little girl Tosha, are children...
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The Little Runaway
as uncreditedDuring a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin....
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Captain Krokus
as introductory and concluding remarksAppearance of Coco the Clown and Peach the Pig in the circus is always a happy holiday for...
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Deniska's Stories
as сосед Дениски из похожего домаA funny stories about a young boy Deniska and his best friend Mishka.
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I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up
as KlounThe parents of six-year-old Pavlik want to make an erudite out of their beloved son. They...
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The Adventures of Travka
as uncreditedA story of a little boy nicknamed Travka who got lost for a whole day.
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