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Music by Mieczysław Weinberg Edited by Aleksandr Ivanovsky Music director Mieczysław Weinberg | 7.2/10 IMDb Cinematography Apollinari Dudko Initial release 11 March 1955 Production company Lenfilm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova
Aleksandr Ivanovsky Written by Klimenti Mints
Evgeniy Pomeshchikov Starring Lyudmila Kasatkina
Pavel Kadochnikov
Leonid Bykov Directors Nadezhda Kosheverova, Aleksandr Ivanovsky Screenplay Klimenti Mints, Yevgeni Pomeshchikov Cast Lyudmila Kasatkina, Leonid Bykov, Pavel Kadochnikov Similar Maxim Perepelitsa, Striped Trip, Be Careful - Grandma!, Little Hare, Marina's Destiny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tamer of Tigers (released in English as Tiger Girl, Russian: Укротительница тигров, Ukrotitelnitsa tigrov) is a 1955 Soviet-era comedy film released by Lenfilm, and directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova and Aleksandr Ivanovsky. It was billed as a "lyrical and eccentric comedy." This film was the debut of Soviet actress Lyudmila Kasatkina. The premiere was held in the USSR on 11 March 1955.
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Story
The famous motorcycle racer Fyodor Nikolayevich Yermolayev received an invitation to work in the circus as an artist of the performance "Jump on a motorcycle under the top of the circus dome."
Lena Vorontsova, who was born in a circus family and worked cleaning out the circus animal cages, dreams about having a career as an actress. Due to Lena's love of animals, she often finds herself in conflict with narcissistic trainer Kazimierz Almazov.
Lena is hopelessly in love with a friend and fellow front Fedor, Peter Mate river tug Mokin.
The chief mate of a river tugboat, Pyotr Mokin, loves Lena Vorontsova hopelessly. He is the friend and front-line comrade of Fyodor Yermolayev.
Main roles
Supporting roles and substitutions
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Main heroes and actors
Kasatkina performed the main role in the film Tamer of Tigers, that of Yelena Vorontsova.
Soviet actor Pavel Kadochnikov, the main hero, starred in the Soviet Union's first spy film Secret Agent in 1947.
When shooting a scene with the tigers, Kasatkina refused to go into the cage with the animals. For this reason, she had an understudy, professional trainer Margarita Nazarova, whose complexion was significantly different from Kasatkina's.
Accolades
In 1955 Soviet film, Tiger Girl, the English name of the film Tamer of Tigers received Diploma on the Second International Film Festival in Durban, South Africa.