Acting
Leonid Kuravlyov
Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. In 1941 with the start of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) his mother was arrested on false report, accused of counter-revolutionary activity (Article 58) and exiled to Karaganda, Kazakh SSR to work at the local plant. In five years she was freed without a right to live in Moscow and sent to Zasheyek, Murmansk Oblast in the Russian far north where she continued working as a hairdresser. In 1948 she managed to get a permission to see her son who spent a year with her at Zasheyek, and in 1951 she finally returned to Moscow. In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov. He graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. He made his first movie appearances while still a student. In 1960 he was noted by Vasily Shukshin and took part in his diploma film Reported From Lebyazhye. In 1961 they both starred in the popular melodrama When the Trees Were Tall, and in 1964 Shukshin gave him the leading role in his comedy movie There Is Such a Lad which brought Kuravlyov true fame and which he considered to be the start of his successful movie career. He also acted in Your Son and Brother (1965) and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin. The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s comedy The Little Golden Calf based on the book by Ilf and Petrov was one of his first successful roles: he managed to create an image of a brash yet charming petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin’s Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky’s The Last Victim (1975). In the 1970s he appeared in three to four films per year. Even though Kuravlyov was adept at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known for his leading roles in top-grossing comedy movies such as Afonya (1975) by Georgiy Daneliya (11th highest-grossing Soviet film, highest grossing film of the year, 62.2 mln viewers), Leonid Gaidai’s Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973, 17th highest-grossing film, 60 mln viewers) and It Can’t Be! (1975, 46th highest-grossing film with 46.9 mln viewers), The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) by Gerald Bezhanov (the highest-grossing film of 1985, 44.9 mln viewers) and others. During the late 1990s he hosted a popular TV programme The World of Books with Leonid Kuravlyov where he talked about new book releases. In two years it was closed and then relaunched with new hosts. In 2012 he was awarded the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
Hello, Andrey!
Series · 2017
All That Jam
Film · 2016
Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик
Film · 2015
The Master and Margarita
Film · 2011
The Book of Masters
Film · 2009
The Heirs
Film · 2008
The Turkish Gambit
Series · 2006
Мастер и Маргарита
Series · 2006
The Turkish Gambit
Film · 2005
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Film · 2004
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Film · 2004
Railway Romance
Film · 2003
Evropeyskiy konvoy
Series · 2003
Esli Nevesta Vedma
Film · 2002
The Love Arrow
Film · 2002
Brigada
Series · 2002
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
Series · 2000
Ultimatum
Film · 1999
The Barber of Siberia
Film · 1998
The Stringer
Film · 1998
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
Film · 1998
Streets of Broken Lights
Series · 1998
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
Film · 1997
The Night Before Christmas
Film · 1997
New Year's Story
Film · 1997
A Man for a Young Girl
Film · 1996
What a Mess!
Film · 1995
Lady Into Lassie
Film · 1995
Old Songs about the Main Thing
Series · 1995
Old Songs about the Main Thing
Series · 1995
A Show for a Single Man
Film · 1994
Simple - Minded
Film · 1994
Russian Account
Film · 1994
Russian Miracle
Film · 1994
Sentence
Film · 1994
The Ghost of My House
Film · 1994
The Codex of Disgrace
Film · 1993
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
Film · 1993
Queen's Personal Life
Film · 1993
The Devil's Puppets
Film · 1993
Provincial Benefit
Film · 1993
Chuffyk
Film · 1993
Territory
Film · 1993
Scandal in our Kloshgorod
Film · 1993
Destroy the Thirtieth!
Film · 1992
Gangsters in the Ocean
Film · 1992
Detonator
Film · 1992
In Search of the Golden Phallus
Film · 1992
Why Would an Honest Man Need an Alibi?
Film · 1992
Meet Me in Tahiti
Film · 1991
Made in USSR
Film · 1991
Traces of Rain
Film · 1991
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
Film · 1991
How Is It Going, Crucians?
Film · 1991
Across Red Nights
Film · 1991
Shadows
Film · 1991
Entrance to Labyrinth
Film · 1990
The Enchanted Wanderer
Film · 1990
The Suicide
Film · 1990
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
Film · 1990
Nesrochnaya vesna
Film · 1990
Pretty Face
Film · 1990
Entrance to the Maze
Series · 1990
The Stairway
Film · 1989
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
Film · 1989
Ono
Film · 1989
Enclosure
Film · 1988
Restricted Area
Film · 1988
Holy Moly!
Film · 1988
Three on the Red Carpet
Film · 1988
Hope
Film · 1988
Blackmailer
Film · 1988
Presumption of Innocence
Film · 1988
May I Die, Lord...
Film · 1988
Energetic People
Film · 1988
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2
Film · 1988
Karpusha
Film · 1988
Life of Don Quichote and Sancho
Series · 1988
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
Series · 1988
We Are Your Children
Series · 1988
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
Series · 1988
First Encounter - Last Encounter
Film · 1987
One Time Deal
Film · 1987
Defeat
Film · 1987
Martinko
Film · 1987
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
Film · 1987
Snake Catcher
Film · 1986
Sitting on the Golden Porch
Film · 1986
Five Minutes of Fear
Film · 1986
The Left-Hander
Film · 1986
The Most Charming and Attractive
Film · 1985
Dangerous for Your Life!
Film · 1985
The Invisible Man
Film · 1985
Sincerely Yours...
Film · 1985
Through All the Years
Film · 1985
Before We Part
Film · 1984
Chekhov's Vaudevilles
Film · 1984
Copper Angel
Film · 1984
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...
Series · 1984
The Trust That Has Burst
Film · 1983
We're from Jazz
Film · 1983
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
Film · 1983
Demidovy
Film · 1983
Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches
Film · 1983
There Was No Sorrow
Film · 1983
The Wedding Gift
Film · 1983
Take Care of the Men!
Film · 1983
Look for a Woman
Series · 1983
The Trust That Has Burst
Series · 1983
Look for a Woman
Film · 1982
It's Just Awful!
Film · 1982
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
Film · 1981
We, the Undersigned
Film · 1981
Crazy Money
Film · 1981
Facts of the Past Day
Film · 1981
Heirloom
Film · 1981
Мы, нижеподписавшиеся
Series · 1981
Don't Leave Your Lovers
Film · 1980
Next of Kin
Film · 1980
For the Matches
Film · 1980
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Series · 1980
Little Tragedies
Series · 1980
Fuss of the Fusses
Film · 1979
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
Film · 1979
Live in Joy
Film · 1979
Tailcoat for an Idler
Film · 1979
Foam
Film · 1979
Unanswered Love
Film · 1979
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
Series · 1979
Incognito from St.Petersburg
Film · 1978
Funny People!
Film · 1978
Счёт человеческий
Film · 1978
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
Film · 1978
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
Film · 1978
While the Dream is Mad
Film · 1978
The Rain
Film · 1978
The Most Beautiful Horse
Film · 1977
Mimino
Film · 1977
You to Me, Me to You
Film · 1977
Timur and His Team
Film · 1977
These Incredible Musicians, or Shurik's New Dreams
Film · 1977
Without Father
Film · 1977
Fun for Old People
Film · 1977
The Adventures of Travka
Film · 1976
Circus in the Circus
Film · 1976
Au-u!
Film · 1976
The Last Sacrifice
Film · 1976
Afonya
Film · 1975
It Can't Be!
Film · 1975
To Dream and to Live
Film · 1975
Repeated Wedding
Film · 1975
The Flight of Mr. McKinley
Film · 1975
Northern Rhapsody
Film · 1974
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
Film · 1974
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
Film · 1974
My Friends
Film · 1974
Homeboy
Film · 1974
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Film · 1973
Pyotr Ryabinkin
Film · 1973
This Merry Planet
Film · 1973
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
Film · 1973
The Twelve Months
Film · 1973
Aibolit and Barmaley
Film · 1973
Nylon 100%
Film · 1973
Black Gloves
Film · 1973
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Series · 1973
The Twelve Months
Series · 1973
White Queen's Move
Film · 1972
Seventh Skies
Film · 1972
Boys
Film · 1972
Take Your Time
Film · 1972
The Roundabout
Film · 1971
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
Film · 1971
Late Child
Film · 1971
Young People
Film · 1971
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin
Film · 1971
Liberation - Part 5 : The Last Assault
Film · 1971
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
Series · 1971
The Beginning
Film · 1970
The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
Film · 1970
Two Days of Wonders
Film · 1970
A Day and the Whole Life
Film · 1970
About Friends and Comrades
Film · 1970
I Am His Bride
Film · 1969
Shine, Shine, My Star
Film · 1969
Not Under the Jurisdiction
Film · 1969
Men's Talk
Film · 1969
Crash
Film · 1969
Love of Serafim Frolov
Film · 1969
The Golden Calf
Film · 1968
Literature Lesson
Film · 1968
Elder Sister
Film · 1967
Viy
Film · 1967
Such a Big Boy
Film · 1967
Without Witnesses
Film · 1966
Your Son and Brother
Film · 1966
Everything for You
Film · 1965
Time, Forward!
Film · 1965
There Is Such a Lad
Film · 1964
An Unrealistic Story
Film · 1964
Крыса на подносе
Film · 1963
Third Time
Film · 1963
Fuse
Series · 1962
When the Trees Were Tall
Film · 1961
Lyubushka
Film · 1961
Machinist Drove the Trains
Film · 1961
Midshipman Panin
Film · 1960
Reports from Lebyazhye
Film · 1960
There Will Be No Leave Today
Film · 1959