Leonid Kuravlyov
Date of birth: 1936-10-08
Place of birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Leonid Kuravlev, Леонид Куравлёв, Леонид Куравлев, Куравлёв Леонид Вячеславович, L. Kuravlev, L. Kuravlyov, L.Kuravlyov, Куравлев Леонид Вячеславович, Leonid Kouravliov, Leonid Viatcheslavovitch Kouravliov
Biography
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
Movie Credits
White Queen's Move
1972-04-24
A ski coach in a midlife crisis is about to quit his career in sports.
Afonya
1976-01-01
The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main charact
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973-09-17
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty b
Крыса на подносе
1963-03-08
A gentleman and his friend attended an exhibition of new art where modernist artists exhibited their
Pyotr Ryabinkin
1973-04-16
Based on the novel of the same name by V. Kozhevnikov. The film is about the heroism of Soviet worke
I Am His Bride
1969-11-10
The court undeservedly passes a harsh sentence on a young worker Volodya Kharlamov. His girlfriend V
The Most Beautiful Horse
1977-08-01
A serious passion for equestrian sports helped the F student become one of the best in the class.
Northern Rhapsody
1974-11-04
Tonya, a winner of a regional competition, is admitted to the entrance exams to the capital's Song a
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997-01-01
The Book of Masters
2009-10-29
A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a fi
Enclosure
1988-03-19
In one of the developing countries, local and Soviet geologists discovered a tantalum ore deposit. H
Restricted Area
1988-01-01
Central Russia. The deputy chairman of the district executive committee, Tretyakova, was instructed
Mimino
1977-06-06
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying
It Can't Be!
1975-10-23
The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko: "Crime and Punishm
Evropejskij Konvoj
2003-06-06
Three natives of the former USSR commit a daring robbery of a German bank. Having bagged three hundr
There Will Be No Leave Today
1959-05-09
Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered d
The Golden Calf
1968-07-08
A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs," now s
This Merry Planet
1973-12-31
Three cynical and emotionally detached aliens arrive on earth on New Year's eve with the mission of
The Trust That Has Burst
1983-03-18
A witty comedy, that has fun and philosophy in one. Inspired by short stories of O`Henry.
The Most Charming and Attractive
1985-11-10
Nadya Klyueva is a single woman. Persuaded by her friend, she decides to charm her co-worker whom sh
Esli Nevesta Vedma
2002-06-06
Известный профессор нетрадиционных наук узнает, что на его «малой родине» в далекой деревушке происх
Fuss of the Fusses
1979-10-29
A comedy about a civil registry official whose job is to register newlyweds and who just discovered
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979-11-11
Summer of 1945. The salute of the Great Victory died down and the country is gradually returning to
Shine, Shine, My Star
1969-06-06
In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to
Incognito from St.Petersburg
1978-07-17
A comedy based on a classic play 'Revizor' by Nikolai Gogol.
The Stairway
1989-11-11
Having his life come to a dead end, Vladimir is thinking about suicide. He is saved by a girl and sp
First Encounter - Last Encounter
1987-06-06
The story concerns the events in Saint Petersburg on the eve of the First World War. Private detecti
The Turkish Gambit
2005-02-22
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novel
Destroy the Thirtieth!
1992-12-01
When a man is forced to return to a secret Russian training camp, he decides to plan his escape, not
All That Jam
2016-10-24
Discouraged after a series of unsuccessful relationships, young Muscovite Polina meets an unlikely m
When the Trees Were Tall
1961-12-25
The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, a
The Beginning
1970-10-12
A talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress. She
The Night Before Christmas
1997-01-01
"The Night Before Christmas" is a Russian puppet cartoon that was created by director Ekaterina Mikh
The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
1970-06-06
The story of the great traveler and explorer Vitus Bering.
There Is Such a Lad
1966-01-04
A story about Pashka, a really decent, honest guy, even though he lies a lot, who is looking for hap
We're from Jazz
1983-06-06
A music student is expelled from school because he loves jazz, a kind of music that represents the U
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
1989-01-01
The first private enterprises are started in the Soviet Union in the late 80s. A gang of bad guys, o
Dangerous for Your Life!
1985-08-12
A funny comedy about a very adventurous day in a life of Stepan Molodtsov - a very responsible youn
The Codex of Disgrace
1993-06-06
Look for a Woman
1982-10-09
The story begins when Alice Postique, who had to stay late at work, discovers her boss Roche with a
One Time Deal
1987-01-01
A crew of builders in charge of demolition of old buildings in Moscow find hidden treasure inside on
What a Mess!
1995-03-30
The story starts in a Siberia where world's biggest diamond was found. It is so valuable that it may
Holy Moly!
1988-01-01
Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Georgy Burkov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Galina Polskikh in a sad comedy by Sergey Nik
Snake Catcher
1986-03-14
The former director of a large deli Pavel Shorokhov, having returned from prison and not received th
Railway Romance
2003-12-12
During the New Year eve Alexey is trying to get back his first love.
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
1973-09-03
In the seventeenth century, Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked on a desert island and is the only surviv
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
1993-04-01
When mysterious Russian bandit named Artist came in USA, brave Russian special agent Fyodor Sokolov
Meet Me in Tahiti
1991-01-01
Little Tragedies
1980-06-30
Based on Pushkin's "Little Tragedies" ("The Miserly Knight", "Mozart and Salieri", "The Stone Guest"
Lady Into Lassie
1995-05-26
Based on a famous short story by Pushkin, this film tells of a youthful, innocent and pure love stor
Defeat
1987-05-17
A 4-partmade-for-television feature film. Two young physicists, engaged in the problems of atmospher
Funny People!
1978-12-11
The movie intertwines the plot lines of the stories "In the Bathhouse", "Tears Invisible to the Worl
A Show for a Single Man
1994-06-01
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
1974-12-30
The old actor dreams of a leading role for his young talented daughter. However, she is opposed by a
To Dream and to Live
1974-04-01
The script about loneliness, conformity and the impossibility of creative realization scared the edi
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
1981-05-30
Anna Pozdnyakova is already over 30 years old and, despite the fact that she is kind and pretty, she
Sitting on the Golden Porch
1986-12-30
Two kings: Fedot and Amphibrachiy have been adjoining peacefully for many years. But once Amphibrach
Five Minutes of Fear
1986-03-10
On the way for fishing Leonid Karetnikov finds the body of a man on the roadside and admit a car dri
The Master and Margarita
2006-06-01
The Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about Jesus and Pontius Pilate. Th
Don't Leave Your Lovers
1980-07-07
Sometimes divorce process could be really painful. This is exactly the case for the heroes of this r
We, the Undersigned
1981-03-14
The main events unfold in the train. The acceptance committee from Moscow, revealing deficiencies in
You to Me, Me to You
1979-05-31
Ivan Sergeevich Kashkin — the bath attendant of the most prestigious metropolitan bath. It’s not eas
Elder Sister
1967-03-06
A drama about a life of two sisters - Nadya and Lida, who both are dreaming about theater and actre
The Barber of Siberia
1998-11-11
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, expe
Timur and His Team
1977-05-01
A story about a young boy Timur and his team who are living in a small Moscow suburb during the year
The Invisible Man
1985-07-14
Based upon the famous novel by H.G.Wells. A poor scientist named Griffin discovers a way to make thi
Entrance to Labyrinth
1990-05-01
The actions of this mystery movie takes both in the past (in medieval times, as the scientists' hall
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004-12-31
The first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Tell
Before We Part
1984-06-06
Stuck due to bad weather at a tiny Far Eastern airport, several random travel companions become witn
Счет человеческий
1978-02-20
Zoo inspector Chaplygin, concerned about the death of walruses due to panic caused by airplane fligh
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
1978-01-01
The 16-year-old Tanya Canareykina decided to drastically change her life. For starters she fell in l
Two Days of Wonders
1970-01-15
Father and son exchange the bodies using the help of two student fairies.
Made in USSR
1991-08-15
An ordinary high school turns into an ordinary model of a totalitarian state. The trivial story of t
Эти невероятные музыканты, или Новые сновидения Шурика
1977-01-01
Three on the Red Carpet
1988-06-27
Three candidates for deputies of the republican and local Soviets are awaiting the election results.
Hope
1988-11-30
At only 19 years old, Vladimir Olhosvky, fleeing the Russian Revolution and going into exile in Mexi
Without Witnesses
1966-07-04
Based on the story by A. Kleshchenko "You can't stop the case". A kind and brave soul Valka Burmakin
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
1983-01-01
Based on the works of Nikolai Gogol - 'The Old World Landowners', 'The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Qu
Live in Joy
1979-01-01
A kolkhoz machine-operator is a local inventor who has tensions with his wife over his hobby. He inv
Repeated Wedding
1975-03-25
Demidovy
1983-08-01
Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches
1983-10-10
Vitya Glushakov is a perfect high school student. He even writes a novel about the Apache tribe. But
Midshipman Panin
1960-05-23
It is May 1912. Thirteen political prisoners are being tried in a naval fortress of Kronstadt. They
Chekhov's Vaudevilles
1984-06-01
Musical teleplay based on A.P. Chekhov's vaudevilles "The Proposal" and "The Bear".
Queen's Personal Life
1993-03-08
The Enchanted Wanderer
1990-01-31
Aboard a steamship, a priest tells his fellow passengers his life story, which he admits is the stor
Traces of Rain
1991-12-01
Love overtook the famous conductor in Russia, which he had once abandoned. But the young beloved, ol
The Roundabout
1971-01-01
Satirical comedy based on the notebooks and short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "Romance with
Ono
1989-12-01
The bureaucratic epos on the dialogues and plots of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a Tow
Simple - Minded
1994-06-09
Russian Account
1994-12-01
Dangerous repeat offenders Cabinet and Corkscrew arrive in Dagomys with the aim of abducting the pre
Russian Miracle
1994-01-01
The enterprising Ivan decides to organize a tour in America of the famous Russian psychic Yuri Koshm
There Was No Sorrow
1983-03-21
Sincerely Yours...
1985-09-16
A young astronomer is becoming more of administrator instead of concentrating on science.
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
1978-01-08
An omnibus of comical shorts.
Not Under the Jurisdiction
1969-08-25
In a training flight, the Il-28 plane crashes. Shooter-radio operator Sorokin without an order leave
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
1971-05-17
After a photo of Konstantin Zbruyev got published in the magazine he got a lot of letters. So now it
The Twelve Months
1973-01-01
A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest.
Gangsters in the Ocean
1992-02-10
A modern pirates attack Russian ship and imprison the sailors on the inhabited island.
An Unrealistic Story
1964-12-04
The youth construction team celebrated Anatoly and Varya's wedding with fun. Without giving importan
Martinko
1987-01-01
Martynko, while in the guardhouse, found a deck of magic cards with which he could easily beat anyon
Literature Lesson
1968-01-01
A young literature teacher does not like his job. He feels he has to change something in his life. A
Your Son and Brother
1966-04-18
Based on short stories by Vasiliy Shukshin. About the life and people of the modern Soviet village.
Third Time
1963-04-11
The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team o
Men's Talk
1969-02-17
Sasha Larionov, is in the eighth grade and still doesn't know that his mother has left the family. S
A Man for a Young Girl
1996-07-03
After falling in love with a much younger girl a rich businessman is trying to find an ancient elixi
Blackmailer
1988-01-28
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
1991-12-18
A Russian agent is sent to a mission in Chile as a punishment. While there, he continues his adventu
Liberation: The Last Assault
1971-11-05
In Berlin, Lieutenant Yartsev's infantry and Tzvetaev's battery fight their way in the U-Bahn. Capta
The Adventures of Travka
1976-08-02
A story of a little boy nicknamed Travka who got lost for a whole day.
It's Just Awful!
1982-08-03
The amusing adventures of sixth-grader Anton Murashov and his father, who were convinced that being
Tailcoat for an Idler
1979-08-28
Twelve years old boy escapes summer camp in order to meet his brother currently serving in the army.
The Left-Hander
1986-03-16
When the British, wanting to surprise the Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, presented a clockwork miracle
Without Father
1976-01-07
After the death of her husband, Tamara gave her daughter Olya to an orphanage and left for the North
Aibolit and Barmaley
1973-01-01
About the adventures of the good doctor Aibolit and the evil robber Barmalei.
Detonator
1992-01-01
A strange object falls to the ground from space. His fall is accompanied by a strong explosion, whic
Circus in the Circus
1976-02-13
To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and a
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
1974-12-16
The heroes of the film are first-graders Snezhana and Alyosha Seroglazov, who received the nickname
Sentence
1994-01-01
In one of the American States committed a major Bank robbery, which killed two guards. Jim Conley, a
The Love Arrow
2002-01-01
Ultimatum
1999-01-01
The patients of the big hospital are fighting for their rights during Perestroyka times.
Everything for You
1965-06-14
Masha Barashkina has extraordinary organizational skills. She helped open a children's hospital, a s
Au-u!
1976-07-05
The film comprises three cinematic novellas: (1) “And They Arrived at the Peasant’s Hut… or the Adve
A Day and the Whole Life
1970-05-25
A story about a woman who raised her son alone during the difficult war and post-war years. She live
My Friends
1974-10-07
Lyubushka
1961-08-09
Bandits took away a beautiful horse from peasant Nikita Lykov and left him a nag instead. The peasan
Late Child
1971-02-11
A boy suffers from excessive care of his family, cause he wants them to reckon with him as an adult,
While the Dream is Mad
1978-07-01
Yura Otvertkin, a romantic from Tsarevo-Kokshaisk, is obsessively in love with aeronautics. In St. P
Nylon 100%
1973-12-17
An adventures of a 100% nylon "fur" coat traveling between various people.
Copper Angel
1984-07-16
An international geological expedition led by a Russian engineer works in an inaccessible area of on
About Friends and Comrades
1970-06-16
In Moscow in 1919 there are still anarchist organizations, whose actions are clearly anti-Soviet in
Time, Forward!
1965-11-21
The film is set in the 1930s in the USSR. The film tells about one day of the construction of the Ma
Presumption of Innocence
1988-12-25
After the concert, the popular singer, having boarded the train, discovers that her jacket is missin
Homeboy
1974-10-28
A young girl known for being "Homeboy" for everybody is dreaming to become more feminine.
The Suicide
1990-01-08
As Soviet Russia enters the era of the New Economic Policy, Semyon Podsekalnikov decides to stop loo
The Wedding Gift
1983-01-03
The newlyweds are given the keys to an apartment, the owner of which has gone to Africa for 2 years.
Seventh Skies
1972-03-20
Life in a distant south town become to difficult for the young girl Ksana from Moscow...
The Stringer
1998-01-01
Vadik Chernyshov is an impoverished dreamer who spends his life drifting though Moscow with a video
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
1990-01-25
A love story between a mythical Russian minister and an opportunist TV series actress.
Crash
1969-05-26
The GPU secret service develops and conducts in 1923-24 an operational game aimed at the elimination
Take Care of the Men!
1982-03-03
She is a business, courageous and energetic woman. He is spineless, awkward and also not amenable to
The Flight of Mr. McKinley
1975-12-15
A man decides to escape into the future by the way of hibernation. When he wakes up, feeling lucky t
May I Die, Lord...
1988-06-16
Before the demolition of the orphanage, almost all the children were transferred to other boarding s
In Search of the Golden Phallus
1992-10-17
The priceless treasure “The Golden Phallus” - a unique work of art of the ancient civilization of th
Crazy Money
1981-11-19
Moscow mid-XIX century. Middle-aged provincial businessman Savva Gennadievich Vasilkov falls in love
Machinist Drove the Trains
1961-01-01
Olga, who was taken to the West by Hitler's invaders, works as a switchman at a railway station. Ech
Reports from Lebyazhye
1960-02-03
Ivan Baikalov, the secretary of the District Committee, is the first person to come to him with any
Foam
1979-10-01
Makhonin buys dissertations from people who sell their knowledge and intellect, preparing candidate
How Is It Going, Crucians?
1991-01-01
A retired KGB colonel, having collected at his country house a file cabinet of people who had cooper
Facts of the Past Day
1981-11-15
The action takes place in the early 1980s, in the Arctic, at a mining plant. The long-overdue issue
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
1998-01-01
An unofficial sequel to the movie "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession". The events take place o
Viy
1967-11-27
A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transfo
The Last Sacrifice
1976-10-11
The rich merchant widow Yuliya Tugina is practically ruined by her lover, impoverished nobleman Vadi
Such a Big Boy
1967-06-22
In the first days of the Second World War, a young woman with three children is evacuated from the f
Energetic People
1988-09-04
Aristarkh Petrovich Kuzkin, the manager of a store, finds himself in big trouble. His wife Vera, hav
Nesrochnaya vesna
1990-06-02
In 1923, Alexey Dmitrievich arrives at the Buyanovo station. Realizing that he will not be able to f
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004-12-31
The second part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Th
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2
1988-03-13
The final film of the television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson." It is ba
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
1987-04-01
This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adve
The Devil's Puppets
1993-01-01
A young Frenchman receives a royal award for his scientific discovery. The new laureate agrees to be
Young People
1971-03-26
She is smart, surrounded by parental attention and therefore not completely independent, and he is o
The Heirs
2008-06-01
The plot focuses on an ordinary family living in one village in the taiga. Father works as a driller
Love of Serafim Frolov
1969-06-08
The first post-war years. Serafim Frolov visits a girl he knows by correspondence. But she still rem
New Year's Story
1997-12-01
A secret unit to combat aliens has been operating since the Second World War, as we learn from newsr
Next of Kin
1980-01-01
The plot is based on a comic situation between a husband and wife (both dreaming of a new family), w
Fun for Old People
1977-02-07
Five pensioners, former highly skilled workers, decided to assemble a cross-country bus from cars th
Unanswered Love
1979-01-01
About the dramatic fate of provincial actress Larisa Dobrynina. The death of a friend, betrayal of h
For the Matches
1980-01-18
In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some m
The Rain
1978-02-02
In one of the Russian cities, where local tailors have long sold their fabrics and clothes from it o
The Ghost of My House
1994-01-01
Pretty Face
1990-06-01
Boys
1972-10-02
Zhenya Prokhorov, a pupil of an orphanage, draws the attention of the director of the capital's choi
Across Red Nights
1991-07-01
Moscow, the years of perestroika. The quiet life of Eduard and Pavla turns into a nightmare one day.
Provincial Benefit
1993-01-01
Life in art based on the plays of A. Ostrovsky: "Talents and Admirers", "Forest", etc.
Karpusha
1988-06-09
The strong man tries to help the old people, but only ruins everything.
Chuffyk
1993-04-13
The hunter gets the opportunity to see how the animals hibernate.
Through All the Years
1985-04-02
Alexander Demin and Vassa Druzhinina fell in love with each other in their school years. In the thir
Heirloom
1981-07-01
About life insurance and the cost of a wife.
Black Gloves
1973-07-01
A short film version of Leonid Gaidai's "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession" on an old, silent
Take Your Time
1972-01-01
About a bear cub who wanted to become a circus star, but was late for the circus express train becau