Mariya Babanova

Maria I. Babanova (1900-1983) - Russian Soviet actress of theater and cinema, theater teacher. The winner of the Stalin Prize (1941) and the State Prize of the RSFSR him. Stanislavsky (1972). People's Artist of the USSR (1954).

Alone (1931)

A young teacher is sent to a remote province, separating her from her lover, and sets about the difficult task of building a school there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigori Kozintsev  •  Leonid Trauberg
CAST:  Yelena Kuzmina  •  Pyotr Sobolevsky  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Liu-Sian Van

A young teacher is sent to a remote province, separating her from her lover, and sets about the difficult task of building a school there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigori Kozintsev  •  Leonid Trauberg
CAST:  Yelena Kuzmina  •  Pyotr Sobolevsky  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Liu-Sian Van

The Snow Queen (1957)

When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lev Atamanov
CAST:  Vladimir Gribkov  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Yanina Zheymo  •  Anna Komolova

When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lev Atamanov
CAST:  Vladimir Gribkov  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Yanina Zheymo  •  Anna Komolova

The Scarlet Flower (1952)

Before going on an overseas journey, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back for them. The eldest asks for a shining tiara, the middle asks for a frame through which her face would always appear young, and the youngest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lev Atamanov
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Nikolai Bogolyubov  •  Vladimir Gribkov  •  Nina Krachkovskaya

Before going on an overseas journey, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back for them. The eldest asks for a shining tiara, the middle asks for a frame through which her face would always appear young, and the youngest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lev Atamanov
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Nikolai Bogolyubov  •  Vladimir Gribkov  •  Nina Krachkovskaya

The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1943)

The story is about three sisters. The youngest is chosen by Tsar Saltan to be his wife. He orders the other two sisters to be his royal cook and weaver. They become jealous of their younger sister. When the tsar goes off to war, the tsaritsa gives birth to a son, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valentina Brumberg  •  Zinaida Brumberg
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Klavdiya Koreneva  •  Leonid Pirogov  •  Faina Ranevskaya

The story is about three sisters. The youngest is chosen by Tsar Saltan to be his wife. He orders the other two sisters to be his royal cook and weaver. They become jealous of their younger sister. When the tsar goes off to war, the tsaritsa gives birth to a son, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valentina Brumberg  •  Zinaida Brumberg
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Klavdiya Koreneva  •  Leonid Pirogov  •  Faina Ranevskaya

Geese-Swans (1949)

With a help of good nature a young brave girl goes to the dark forest for saving her youngest brother abducted by Baba Yaga.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Ivanov-Vano  •  Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Vera Orlova  •  Georgi Millyar

With a help of good nature a young brave girl goes to the dark forest for saving her youngest brother abducted by Baba Yaga.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Ivanov-Vano  •  Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Vera Orlova  •  Georgi Millyar

The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish (1950)

The tale about an old, henpecked man whose new friend fulfills all desires of his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Tsekhanovsky
CAST:  Boris Chirkov  •  Anastasiya Zuyeva  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Georgi Millyar

The tale about an old, henpecked man whose new friend fulfills all desires of his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Tsekhanovsky
CAST:  Boris Chirkov  •  Anastasiya Zuyeva  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Georgi Millyar

The Tale About the Dead Princess and Seven Strong Men (1951)

Animated film based on the story of Alexander Pushkin. The new king's wife wants to get rid of their stepdaughter and expels it to certain death in the forest. Princess finds refuge in the forest in the seven bogatyrs. The queen, finds out about it and poisons her...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Ivanov-Vano  •  Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
CAST:  Nikolay Litvinov  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Valentina Sperantova  •  Galina Novozhilova

Animated film based on the story of Alexander Pushkin. The new king's wife wants to get rid of their stepdaughter and expels it to certain death in the forest. Princess finds refuge in the forest in the seven bogatyrs. The queen, finds out about it and poisons her...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Ivanov-Vano  •  Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
CAST:  Nikolay Litvinov  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Valentina Sperantova  •  Galina Novozhilova

Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka (1953)

Soviet cartoon film, filmed in 1953 by the director-animator Olga Khodataeva based on the Russian folk tale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olga Khodatayeva
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Vera Orlova  •  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Anatoli Papanov

Soviet cartoon film, filmed in 1953 by the director-animator Olga Khodataeva based on the Russian folk tale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olga Khodatayeva
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Vera Orlova  •  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Anatoli Papanov

The Orange Neck (1954)

Two pairs of partridges, Brovkins and Podkovkins, hatch by twelve chicks. Podkovkins get acquainted with the lark, and both the Brovkins family are killed by a falcon. Podkovkin's wife, the Orange Neck, decides to adopt chicks as their own. In the autumn, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Polkovnikov  •  Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Irina Gosheva  •  Yuri Medvedev

Two pairs of partridges, Brovkins and Podkovkins, hatch by twelve chicks. Podkovkins get acquainted with the lark, and both the Brovkins family are killed by a falcon. Podkovkin's wife, the Orange Neck, decides to adopt chicks as their own. In the autumn, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimir Polkovnikov  •  Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
CAST:  Mariya Babanova  •  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Irina Gosheva  •  Yuri Medvedev

Once Upon a Time (1957)

The tale about a magic fish and resentful lover whose fiancee went to a lazy fool.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Ivanov-Vano  •  Mikhail Botov
CAST:  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Vera Orlova  •  Lev Potyomkin  •  Mariya Babanova

The tale about a magic fish and resentful lover whose fiancee went to a lazy fool.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Ivanov-Vano  •  Mikhail Botov
CAST:  Georgiy Vitsin  •  Vera Orlova  •  Lev Potyomkin  •  Mariya Babanova

Phaethon - The Son of the Sun (1972)

Cosmonauts investigate an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They believe that it might be the remains of a planet. Parallels are drawn to the Greek god Phaethon, who in Greek mythology was the son of the sun god Helios.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasiliy Livanov
CAST:  Yuriy Yakovlev  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Nikolay Burlyaev

Cosmonauts investigate an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They believe that it might be the remains of a planet. Parallels are drawn to the Greek god Phaethon, who in Greek mythology was the son of the sun god Helios.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vasiliy Livanov
CAST:  Yuriy Yakovlev  •  Mariya Babanova  •  Nikolay Burlyaev

The Blue Meteor (1971)

A today's schoolboy can become a large scientist that is waited by the great opening in the future, but for this purpose thinking of studies is needed already now.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatoliy Petrov
CAST:  Mariya Babanova

A today's schoolboy can become a large scientist that is waited by the great opening in the future, but for this purpose thinking of studies is needed already now.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatoliy Petrov
CAST:  Mariya Babanova