Tamer of Tigers

Tamer of Tigers
Edited by Aleksandr Ivanovsky
Production
company
Release date
 1955
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Tamer of Tigers (released in English as Tiger Girl, Russian: Укротительница тигров, translit. Ukrotitelnitsa tigrov) is a 1955 Soviet-era comedy film released by Lenfilm, directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova and Aleksandr Ivanovsky.[1] It was billed as a "lyrical and eccentric comedy". [2] This film was the debut of Soviet actress Lyudmila Kasatkina.[3] The film premiered in the USSR on 11 March 1955.[4] The film deals with the romantic intrigues and longings of a small Russian circus family and those around them.

Cast

Main roles

  • Lyudmila Kasatkina — Yelena "Lena" Vorontsova
  • Pavel Kadochnikov — Fyodor Nikolayevich Yermolayev
  • Leonid Bykov — Petya Mokin
  • Pavel Suhanov — Nikita Antonovich
  • Konstantin Sorokin — Ferapont Ilyich, father of Olechka (Olga)
  • Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova — Matiya Mikhailovna, mother of Olechkа (Olga)
  • Nina Urgant — Olechka (Olga)
  • Tatyana Pelttser — Emmy Styepanovna Vorontsova, mother of the main heroine
  • Alexander Alexandrovich Orlov — Vasiliy Valiliyevich Vorobtsov, father of the main heroine
  • Sergey Filippov — Kazimir Almazov
  • Anatoliy Korolkevich — Mogikan
  • Nikolay Trofimov — Myshkin

Supporting roles and substitutions

Names of the following persons mentioned on the cine-film:

  • Pyotr Lobanov — Uncle Vasya
  • Mikhail Ivanov — guitar player on the tug boat
  • Margarita Nazarova — stunt double for Kasatkina in the scenes with tigers
  • Vladimir Tsvetkov — the ringmaster
People's Actress of the USSR Kasatkina in 2005.
Pavel Kadochnikov (right) in Secret Agent (1947)

Accolades

Tamer of Tigers received a Diploma at the Second International Film Festival in Durban, South Africa, under its English name, Tiger Girl.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ КиноПоиск: Найди своё кино! >> Укротительница тигров, 1954", 21 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "«Укротительница тигров»". Статья. Онлайн энциклопедия Кирилла и Мефодия. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. ↑ ИМХОНЕТ>> Описание фильма «Укротительница тигров»
  4. ↑ "«Укротительница тигров»". Государственный интернет-канал «Россия». Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Беккер, Александр Михайлович >> Признание и награды
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