Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Acting · Born 1925-03-28 · age 69 at death · USSR
Innokentiy Smotkunovkiy (born 28 March 1925 – 3 August 1994) was a Soviet film and stage actor. Served during World War II. An acclaimed performer, his portrayal of Hamlet in a 1964 film won him praise overseas, including a BAFTA nomination. One of Smotkunovkiy's best known roles among wider audiences was in a popular Soviet crime comedy Beware of the Car, a satire where he portrayed a thief who stole cars from criminals to donate the money from car sales to orphanages. Other notable roles include dramatizations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in Bolshoi Drama Theater (1957) and Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in Maly Theatre (1973). Awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
Titles
Beware of the Car!
Letter Never Sent
Dark Eyes
They Fought for Their Motherland
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Hamlet
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
Moscow-Cassiopeia
Nine Days of One Year
Naval Cadets, Charge!
Uncle Vanya
Teens in the Universe
Crime and Punishment
Genius
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1
Romance for Lovers
Khalif the Stork
A Trap for Lonely Man
Mother
The Princess and the Pea
Little Tragedies
The Steppe
First Encounter - Last Encounter
Taming of the Fire
The Barrier
Primary Russia
Dead Souls
Tchaikovsky
Hercules and Admetus
The Queen of Spades
The Legend of Till
Murder on Dante Street
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Soldiers
The Living Corpse
Daughters-Mothers
Naval Cadets, Charge!
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
Next to Us
At the End of the Night
Trust
White Feast
About a Puppy
Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram
Degree of Risk
Gold
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
Anna and Commander
Theft
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
On Thursday and Never Again
The Siege of Venice
The Last Road
Phenomenon
Gold
Dead Souls
Ladies Tailor
On the Same Planet
My Heart Is in the Highlands
Dandelion Wine