Person
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Acting · 1925–1994 · USSR
Biography
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.
Known for
Mirror
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
self
Mozart and Salieri
Mozart
Black Corridor
1988
First Day
Antonov-Ovseyenko
Legends of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Born by the Storm
Staryy graf
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
1976
The Steppe
Moisey Moiseevich
Filmography
- 2016Legends of CinemaSelf (archive footage)
- 2011Discovering HamletHamlet (archive footage)
- 2008Георгий Вицин. ОтшельникSelf (archive footage)
- 2000Memories of Sherlock HolmesPrime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger
- 1998Dandelion Wine
- 1997Podróż na wschódMikołaj
- 1996White Feast
- 1994Enchanted
- 1994Initiation Into Love
- 1993The MurdererInvestigator
- 1993I want to go to America
- 1992GeniusGilya «Prints» is the head of the mafia
- 1992Traveling With a DoubleNarrator
- 1992Gold
- 1992Возможная встречаJohann Sebastian Bach
- 1992The Revelation of John the ForeprinterIvan the Terrible
- 1991The CaseМуромский, отставной капитан, помещик
- 1991The Siege of VeniceInquisitor
- 1991The Case of Sukhovo-KobylinПетр Константинович Муромский
- 1991Death Lineтеневой мафиози Луковецкий
- 1990A Trap for Lonely ManWandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush
- 1990Mother
- 1990Ladies TailorIsaak
- 1990Dina
- 1989Heart Is Not a Stone
- 1988Naval Cadets, Charge!kardinal Fleri
- 1988At the End of the Night
- 1988The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
- 1988The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century beginsLord Thomas Bellinger - Prime Minister
- 1988The Cabal of Hypocrites
- 1988Restricted Area
- 1988Black Corridor
- 1988Naval Cadets, Charge!kardinal Fleri
- 1987The IdiotNarrator
- 1987Without Sun
- 1987First Encounter - Last EncounterMember of counter-intelligence
- 1987Sherlock Holmes in the 20th CenturyLord Bellinger - Prime Minister
- 1987Dark EyesIl Governarore di Sisoiev
- 1987Mysterious Heir
- 1987My Favorite TimeNarrator (voice)
- 1986The Last Road
- 1986The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- 1986Primary RussiaEmperor Justinian
- 1986Hercules and Admetus
- 1985Children of the Sun
- 1985Children of the Sun
- 1985Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film DirectorHimself
- 1985To Be HamletSelf
- 1985My Sister Lucy(Narrator)
- 1984Dead SoulsPlushkin
- 1984Dead SoulsПлюшкин
- 1984Gray UralNarrator
- 1983Two Under One UmbrellaТиль
- 1983PhenomenonСан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)
- 1983Late love
- 1983Road to Eternity
- 1983Awakeningгенерал Гиппиус
- 1982The Queen of SpadesChekalinsky
- 1982Big Boy
- 1982Theft
- 1982Ivanov
- 1982This Fantastic World 7капитан
- 1981Born by the StormStaryy graf
- 1981Talking Hands of TravancoreNarrator (voice)
- 1981Khalif the StorkKhalif / халиф
- 1981A Joke?!...
- 1980Little Tragedies
- 1980Little TragediesСальери \ старый барон
- 1980The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. WatsonLord Bellinger - Prime Minister
- 1980Moscow Does Not Believe in Tearsself
- 1980With You I Am Again...Narrator (voice)
- 1979Caesar and CleopatraЦезарь
- 1979The BarrierAntoni Manev
- 1979About a PuppyThe Puppy (voice)
- 1979Bells of AutumnNarrator (voice)
- 1978Enemies
- 1978Velvet SeasonPolice commissioner
- 1978The SteppeMoisey Moiseevich
- 1977The Legend of TillCharles V
- 1977The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
- 1977On Thursday and Never AgainIvan Modestovich, Sergey's stepfather
- 1977I Am Flying to You as a Memory...Narrator (voice)
- 1976The Story of the CommunistNarrator (voice)
- 1976Fantasia
- 1976The Princess and the PeaKing
- 1976The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
- 1976The Cherry Orchard
- 1976My Heart Is in the Highlands
- 1976TrustNikolai Bobrikov
- 1976At the Origins of MankindNarrator
- 1975Choice of PurposeRoosevelt
- 1975Anna and CommanderDramatist
- 1975They Fought for Their Motherlandsurgeon
- 1975Daughters-MothersVadim Antonovich Vasilyev
- 1975Teens in the UniverseИ. О. О.
- 1975MirrorNarrator - The Author's Words (voice)
- 1974Romance for LoversTrumpeter
- 1974Moscow-CassiopeiaИ. О. О.
- 1974Fulfillment of Desires
- 1974The Heron and the CraneNarrator (Voice)
- 1972A Night for Reflection
- 1972Ilf and Petrov Rode in the TramPassazhir tramvaya
- 1972Taming of the FireKonstantin Tsiolkovskiy
- 1971Mozart and SalieriMozart
- 1971Little TragediesMozart
- 1971In Memory of Dostoevskyчитает текст
- 1970Uncle VanyaIvan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky
- 1970Crime and PunishmentPorfiry Petrovitch
- 1970TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)
- 1970Gold
- 1969The Living CorpseIvan Petrovich the genius
- 1969First LoveFather
- 1968Degree of RiskСаша
- 1968Evgeniy UrbanskiySelf
- 1966The Little PrinceNarrator (voice)
- 1966On the Same Planet
- 1966First VisitorVladimir Ilyich Lenin
- 1966Last Month of Autumn
- 1966Beware of the Car!Юрий Деточкин
- 1964HamletHamlet
- 1963The Winter of Our DiscontentEthan Allen Hawley
- 1962Mozart and SalieriMozart
- 1962Nine Days of One YearIlya Kulikov
- 1961A Leap YearGennadiy Kupriyanov
- 1961Until Next SpringAleksei
- 1960Letter Never SentKonstantin Sabinin
- 1958The Night Guest
- 1958First DayAntonov-Ovseyenko
- 1957Next to UsAndrey Korolev
- 1957StormMuromtsev
- 1957On the Road of ImmortalityЮлиус Фучик
- 1956SoldiersFarber
- 1956Murder on Dante StreetMolodoy fashist
- 1956How He Lied to Her Husband
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