Three Fat Men (1966)
Based on a famous fairytale by Yuri Olesha. A fairy tale film about the clever tightrope walker Tibule, who fights alongside the armorer Prospero and all the working people against the tyrants, the three Fat Men, who rule the state until the young heir Tutti comes of age. The freedom fighters are aided by the kind Dr. Gaspar and the brave acrobat girl Suok, who has to pretend to be a doll to sneak into the palace and free Prospero.
Directors: Aleksey Batalov, Iosif Shapiro.
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Lina Braknyte as Suok |
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Pyotr Artemyev as Tutti |
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Aleksey Batalov as Tibul |
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Valentin Nikulin as Gaspar |
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Rina Zelyonaya as Ganimed |
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Roman Filippov as Prospero |
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Sergey Kulagin as Fat man #1 |
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Yevgeni Morgunov as Fat man #2 |
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Boris Khristoforov as Fat man #3 |
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Pavel Luspekayev as Gen. Karaska |
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Boris Ardov as Capt. Bonaventura |
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Viktor Sergachyov as Razdvatris |
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Aleksei Smirnov as |
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Yakov Nayshuler as эпизод (нет в титрах) |
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Nikolai Karnaukhov as Air balloon salesman |
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Lev Stepanov as Master of ceremonies |
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Sergei Karnovich-Valua as General |
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Andrei Kostrichkin as |
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Fyodor Balakirev as |
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Nikolai Valyano as |
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Yakov Gudkin as |
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Mikhail Ivanov as |
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Vladimir Kazarinov as |
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Nikolay Kotelnikov as |
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N. Maksimovich as |
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Bronislav Moreno as |
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Georgiy Shtil as |
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Pavel Sukhanov as |
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German Lupekin as |
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Aleksandr Melnikov as |
| Directing | Aleksey Batalov | Director |
| Directing | Iosif Shapiro | Director |
| Writing | Aleksey Batalov | Writer |
| Writing | Mikhail Olshevsky | Writer |
| Writing | Yury Olesha | Novel |
| Camera | Suren Shakhbazyan | Director of Photography |
| Art | Berta Manevich | Production Design |
| Art | Isaak Kaplan | Production Design |
| Sound | Nikolai Sidelnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Boris Antonov | Sound Director |
| Directing | Mikhail Sheynin | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Alexander Dibrivny | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Aleksandr Sysoyev | Camera Operator |
| Camera | S. Ponomaryov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Anatoliy Kudryavtsev | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | S. Sizykh | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | I. Vishnevskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | M. Davydova | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Valentina Kuznetsova | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Stepanova | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Fyodorov | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. Bufetova | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolai Elenbogen | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | V. Kropachyov | Set Designer |
| Art | Grachya Mekinyan | Set Designer |
| Art | R. Tarakanova | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Kuleshova | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | I. Zaytseva | Property Master |
| Editing | Raisa Izakson | Editor |
| Writing | Frizhetta Gukasyan | Script Editor |
| Production | Mikhail Shostak | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Anatoliy Rakhlin | Stunts |