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Levsha (other)
Levsha ( ("Lefty" or the "Left-Hander")) may refer to: *"The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea "The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea" (, ), ''The Tale of the Crosseyed Lefthander from Tula and the Steel Flea'' or simply ''Levsha'' (, ''left-handed''), variously translated as ''The Lefthander'', ''Lefty'', ''The Steel ...", comic story by Nikolai Leskov 1881 * ''Left-Hander'' (1964 film), Russian film based on the story by Nikolai Leskov * ''The Left-Hander'' (1986 film), Russian film based on the story, 1986 * ''The Left-Hander'' (opera), a 2013 opera by Shchedrin, based on the story by Nikolai Leskov *''Levsha'', 1975 opera by Anatoly Alexandrov {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tale Of Cross-eyed Lefty From Tula And The Steel Flea
"The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea" (, ), ''The Tale of the Crosseyed Lefthander from Tula and the Steel Flea'' or simply ''Levsha'' (, ''left-handed''), variously translated as ''The Lefthander'', ''Lefty'', ''The Steel Flea'' or ''The Left-handed Craftsman'' is a well-known 1881 ''skaz'' (story) by Nikolai Leskov. Styled as a folk tale, it tells a story of a left-handed arms craftsman from Tula (traditionally a center of the Russian armaments industry) who outperformed his English colleagues by providing a clockwork steel flea they'd made with horseshoes and inscriptions on them. Synopsis Tsar Alexander I of Russia, while visiting England with his servant the Cossack Platov, is shown a variety of modern inventions. Platov keeps insisting that things in Russia are much better (embarrassing a guide at one point when he finds something that appears well made that turns out to be a Russian gun), until they are shown a small mechanical flea. After his asce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-Hander (1964 Film)
''Left-Hander'' (, translit. ''Levsha'') is a 1964 feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union. The film is based on the story of the same name by the 19th century Russian novelist Nikolai Leskov. It was directed by the "Patriarch of Soviet animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, at the Soyuzmultfilm studio.Prominent Personalities in the USSR. - Page 224 1968 IVANOV-VANO, Ivan Petrovich, . "V nekotorom tsarstve" (In Some Kingdom) (1958); "Priklyucheniya Buratino" (Bura- tino's Adventures); "Levsha" (The Hander) (1964), etc.; ..." The score was performed by the Government Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Grigori Gamburg. Plot The screen version of the narration of Nikolay Leskov about the surprising master Lefty who grounded a "aglitskaya" (English) steel flea. Creators Awards *1964 — the Honourable diploma at the VII International film festival short and documentaries in Leipzig. Video In 2008 was issued together with animated films " The Humpbacked Horse" 1947 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left-Hander (1986 Film)
''The Left-Hander'' () is a 1987 Soviet comedy drama directed by Sergei Ovcharov, based on The Left-Hander by Nikolai Leskov.Peter RollberHistorical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema p.282"As a film actor, Iakovlev made his debut in the supporting part of Chakhotkin in Konstantin Iudin's Behind the Footlights (Na podmostkakh stseny, 1956). When Ivan Pyr'ev cast the virtually ... In the 1980s and 1990s, he lent his star power to a few daring projects of newcomers, most prominently Sergei Ovcharov' s original Nikolai Leskov adaptation The Left-Hander (Levsha, 1986)." The film features Nikolay Stotskiy, Vladimir Gostyukhin, and Leonid Kuravlyov. Plot Emperor Alexander Pavlovich together with his faithful servant, Cossack Ataman Platov, come to London after the war of 1812. The British are trying to persuade the king to come on their side by showing him various inventions, but Platov insists that the Russians are more skillful. One day the British demonstrate to the Emperor th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left-Hander (opera)
''The Left-Hander'' or ''Levsha'' (ru:''Левша''; ''The Left-Hander'') is an opera in 2 acts by composer Rodion Shchedrin. The work uses a Russian language libretto by the composer after Nikolai Leskov's ''The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea'' (Russian: Сказ о тульском косом Левше). The work had its world premiere in a concert performance on 26 June 2013, followed by the world stage premiere on 27 July 2013 at the Mariinsky II in St Petersburg. Conductor Valery Gergiev led both performances. Plot The action takes place in the early nineteenth century. Tsar Nicolas I admires a tiny dancing flea made of steel by English workmen and given to Nicolas's elder brother Tsar Alexander I. He challenges Russian workmen to create something better. In a flashback the flea is presented to Alexander at Buckingham Palace and its dancing is shown (described in an onomatopoeic orchestral interlude). Back in Nicolas's time, the Left-Hander of the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |