Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Date of birth: 1925-03-28
Place of birth: USSR
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Иннокентий Смоктуновский, Innokenti Michailowitsch Smoktunowski, Innokenti Smoktounovski, И. Смоктуновский
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.
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A Night for Reflection
1972-12-29
A film about reflection, where the hero argues with himself.
Moscow-Cassiopeia
1974-09-23
Several children go on a lifelong space mission to Cassiopeia because they don't want to go to schoo
Teens in the Universe
1975-03-25
Interstellar expedition equipped by "pioneers"(soviet scouts) reached Alpha Kassiopea and found that
Trust
1976-04-21
In December 1917, a Finnish delegation arrives in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Lenin to seek reco
The Winter of Our Discontent
1963-01-01
A television play from John Steinbeck's novel, performed live for Leningrad Television.
Big Boy
1982-08-01
Follows the famous Oryol trotter, multiple champion of the beginning of the century. Then - in sharp
Born by the Storm
1981-10-01
Ukraine, 1918. Underground worker Sigismund Raevsky organizes a Komsomol cell and gathers young peop
How He Lied to Her Husband
1956-02-03
Young poet Henry Epjohn is passionately in love with Aurora, the wife of aristocrat Teddy Bompas. Au
Dark Eyes
1987-02-01
Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.
Enchanted
1994-06-06
Five stories all related to alcohol and it's affectation on people lives.
On the Road of Immorality
1957-09-07
Beware of the Car!
1966-05-22
An insurance agent who moonlights as a car thief steals cars various crooks and never from the commo
Soldiers
1956-12-06
Set in Russia during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War. The war is shown through the
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980-02-11
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love,
Crime and Punishment
1970-09-28
Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-law student, kills an old pawnbroker and her sister, perhaps for mon
Hamlet
1964-06-24
Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen
Murder on Dante Street
1956-06-02
A story about tragic events in France during the German occupation in WWII.
First Encounter - Last Encounter
1987-06-06
The story concerns the events in Saint Petersburg on the eve of the First World War. Private detecti
Daughters-Mothers
1975-03-27
The young girl Olga Vasilyeva grew up in an orphanage. She never knew her mother and wants to find h
The Queen of Spades
1982-11-21
Hermann is an officer of the engineers in the Imperial Russian Army. He constantly watches the other
Degree of Risk
1968-06-06
A drama based on the daily life of a hospital and its doctors.
The Living Corpse
1969-07-11
According to Fyodor Protasov, the surrounding life is riddled with dirt and falsehood. He does not w
They Fought for Their Motherland
1975-11-05
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
1976-06-06
A story about a good doctor - surgeon Mishkin who works in a countryside hospital.
A Trap for Lonely Man
1990-12-01
Daniel Corban reports his wife Elizabeth missing to the police. A priest arrives and says he has fou
Tchaikovsky
1970-08-31
The film is dedicated to the great Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). It tells of the l
Taming of the Fire
1972-04-12
About Russian space program and missile industry, and it's founder Sergei P. Korolev, from the 1920s
Genius
1991-05-03
He is overly intelligent... He is genius... And he's just trying to make his life a little bit bette
Nine Days of One Year
1962-03-05
Two young scientists are exploring new fields of nuclear physics. Dmitry Gusev and Ilya Kulikov are
Road to Eternity
1983-04-02
Based on Anna Ahmatova's translation of Korean poem about eternal love.
Hercules and Admetus
1986-02-09
Admetus, king of Feres, makes an agreement with the Fates to postpone the date of his death, in exch
Little Tragedies
1980-06-30
Based on Pushkin's "Little Tragedies" ("The Miserly Knight", "Mozart and Salieri", "The Stone Guest"
Gold
1992-06-06
When gold is discovered in a remote location, a variety of different groups descend on the spot to s
Romance for Lovers
1974-11-10
Sergei and Tanya are in love with each other. Sergei is drafted into the marine corps and Tania wait
Discovering Hamlet
2011-11-01
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and d
The Little Prince
1966-12-06
Based on the classic novella, "Le petit prince", by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
On Thursday and Never Again
1977-01-01
On the eve of his wedding, a young doctor leaves Moscow to see his mother who lives in a nature rese
The Revelation of John the Foreprinter
1992-04-01
Historical drama about the engineer of the first printing press built in Muscovite Rus' and his comp
Naval Cadets, Charge!
1988-06-06
Three naval cadets accidentally get possession of a secret diary that was stolen from Bestuzhev, a v
Bells of Autumn
1979-02-01
A musical fairytale based on the poem "The Tale of the Dead Princess" by Alexander Pushkin.
The Barrier
1979-11-11
In this picture, the barrier epitomizes the line between reality and dreams, the pattern of harmony
The Cabal of Hypocrites
1988-01-01
A play about the life and death of Jean-Baptiste Molière, an artist tired of fighting the world.
The Princess and the Pea
1976-11-01
In one of the realms, there was time for the prince to get married, but the bride would have to be a
The Murderer
1993-01-01
A tragic accident happens during the shooting of a movie about Jesus Christ. An actor who plays Jesu
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1986-06-02
Soviet adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jeky
Phenomenon
1983-09-06
One soviet programmer has problems in his job. He is laughed at by women, they think he is too awkwa
This Fantastic World 7
1982-01-07
The main characters of this edition of the popular television almanac are the heroes of the fantasti
Anna and Commander
1975-11-28
Researching for a script about a famous scientist who tragically passed away, a writer meets his wif
Mozart and Salieri
Leningrad State Drama Theatre's staging of Pushkin's play Mozart and Salieri.
Gray Ural
1984-01-01
A film about the Northern Urals and its nature, as well as about the life of a local forester and hi
Mozart and Salieri
1962-11-19
Film version of the Rimsky Korsakov opera from the Pushkin story. Motsart i Salyeri (Mozart and Sali
Theft
1982-03-20
Theft takes place in Washington, DC. Howard Knox is a well-intentioned Congressman crusading for ref
Dead Souls
1984-11-19
Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to obta
Children of the Sun
1985-08-31
A story from the life in the beginning of XX century based on the theater play by Maxim Gorky.
The Night Guest
1958-11-11
Late one summer evening, another guest arrives at a cottage on the shore of a beautiful lake, where
Velvet Season
1978-12-08
In the fall of 1938, three former fighters of the international brigade — russian Shukhov, frenchman
Uncle Vanya
1970-10-01
Serebryakov, a retired professor and his beautiful, much younger second wife, Yeléna, visit their co
Ladies Tailor
1990-05-09
The last twenty-four hours in the lives of a Jewish tailor and his family just prior to their deport
Primary Russia
1986-03-31
The film takes place in pre-Christian Russia, when Ratibor united the East Slavs into one army again
Death Line
1991-01-01
A factory worker leads a double life. In that other reality, he's a "killer" doing his dirty work. R
At the End of the Night
1988-05-16
On the night of June 22, 1941, a fire breaks out on a German passenger ship. The Soviet tanker "Casp
On the Same Planet
1966-10-31
Tired of watching the total collapse of the army on the fronts of World War I, left without his scat
Last Month of Autumn
1966-06-13
An older couple have four children who left them long ago. Tired of waiting for letters which never
Fulfillment of Desires
1974-05-13
A young philologist works in his teacher's archive, and he manages to decipher Pushkin's priceless a
Heart Is Not a Stone
1989-01-02
According to the play of the same name of A. N. Ostrovsky. The merchants already possess the big equ
The Steppe
1978-04-01
A boy in Russia, circa 1900, makes a daunting trip from his home village to a school in the city.
A Leap Year
1961-12-25
On the streets of the regional city, a cheerful holiday bustle reigns. The apartment of the Kupriyan
Two Under One Umbrella
1983-12-20
Juggler Dan is beautiful and carefree and not too eager to become the circus main star. However, th
Возможная встреча
1992-05-25
Gold
1970-05-04
Mashenka, a young typist during WWII, flees her occupied town with her boss, the senior cashier of a
About a Puppy
1979-02-08
The puppy learns from animals and birds why you need to bite.
Khalif the Stork
1981-02-02
A rich caliph is leading a careless life. One day an evil wizard sells him a magic potion that can t
Late love
1983-04-18
According to the play of the same name A. N. Ostrovsky. About fidelity and cunning, about purity of
The Last Road
1986-09-26
About the death of Aleksandr Pushkin, the leading poet and writer of Russia, who was shot on a duel
Next to Us
1957-11-05
The engineer and the reporter arrived at one of the plants of the Altai. They have just completed th
The Cherry Orchard
1976-05-10
Based on the play of the same name by A.P. Chekhov.
Without Sun
1987-09-19
“Without the Sun” is the first name that Gorky himself gave to his play and which most closely match
The Siege of Venice
1991-11-14
Venice, eighteenth century. The young Rosanna, widowed on her wedding day, discovers that she is the
White Feast
1996-04-01
Knowing that he will soon pass on, elderly Valentin Grack hires private detective Stanislav to follo
Enemies
1978-12-18
Drama based on the play of the same name by Maxim Gorky.
Mysterious Heir
1987-01-01
The young artist Burtsev goes to Paris about the inheritance left to him by his uncle, who left for
Restricted Area
1988-01-01
Central Russia. The deputy chairman of the district executive committee, Tretyakova, was instructed
My Sister Lucy
1985-01-02
The film is a recollection of an adult about the unforgettable days of the first post-war year. Kla
Black Corridor
1988-01-01
History teacher Nikolay Echevin on his sixtieth birthday receives an anonymous letter in which he is
The Legend of Till
1977-04-03
Based on the novel by Charles de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, and their
Until Next Spring
1961-04-29
For Vera — a student of the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute, first love instead of joy and happiness
Letter Never Sent
1960-06-27
Four geologists are searching for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia. After a long and tiresome j
Mirror
1975-03-07
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell
Caesar and Cleopatra
1979-12-31
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1
1988-03-12
The final film of the television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson." It is ba
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
1987-04-01
This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adve
I want to go to America
1993-01-01
The spicy story of a modest Russian guy drawn into the incessant sexual marathon by the will of riva
The Case
1991-12-31
A film adaptation of A. Sukhovo-Kobylin’s work “The Case,” which reproduces the details of the autho
I Am Flying to You as a Memory...
1977-01-01
The film is based on the drawings and manuscripts of A.S.Pushkin.
With You I Am Again...
1980-01-01
The second part of a trilogy of films based on Pushkin's drawings, poems and letters.
My Favorite Time
1987-01-01
A full-length animated film based on drawings by Alexander Pushkin, which includes all three picture
Mother
1990-12-01
The social ferment in late 19th century Russia which led to the 1917 Russian Revolution is movingly
Fantasia
1976-11-26
A TV movie inspired by Ivan Turgenev's Torrents of Spring.
Storm
1957-10-15
In the winter of 1918, a provincial Russian town is faced with a shortage of food, firewood, and med
First Visitor
1966-10-31
The Heron and the Crane
1974-01-01
Animated short about a love between a heron and a crane.
First Love
1969-02-09
First Love is based on the eponymous novella by Ivan Turgenev set in the first third of the 19th cen
Dina
1990-01-04
Dina starts to see ghosts after her father mysteriously disappears...
Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram
1972-08-19
The film tells about the life of the Soviet country in the 30s of the twentieth century, based on th
Talking Hands of Travancore
1981-08-03
Many centuries ago, on the southwest coast of India, in Travancore, the art of kathakali dance arose
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
1968-06-03
About the Soviet actor of theater and cinema, Honored Artist of the RSFSR - Evgeny Yakovlevich Urban
Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director
1985-01-24
A film about the life and work of the famous film director Mikhail Romm.
Podróż na wschód
1997-04-24
Ewa decides to leave Paris and find her husband left in Poland.
Ivanov
1982-03-13
Based on the play of the same name by A.P. Chekhov.
The Story of the Communist
1976-12-06
A documentary dedicated to Leonid Brezhnev.
Traveling With a Double
1992-06-28
In his unpublished main work, The Boards of Fate, Velimir Khlebnikov discovered the Law of Time, acc
My Heart Is in the Highlands
1976-04-22
Screen version of William Saroyan's play about a family of Armenian immigrants during the Great Depr
Little Tragedies
1971-01-01
Leningrad State Drama Theater television staging of Pushkin's three "Little Tragedies": The Covetous
A Joke?!...
1981-01-01
A young woman takes a job as a laboratory assistant at a research institute. The established relatio
Choice of Purpose
1975-12-21
A story of Igor Kurchatov - a father of Soviet nuclear weapons.
At the Origins of Mankind
1976-01-01
Animals and humans are part of a single chain of all living things, two poles of the living world.
To Be Hamlet
1985-01-19
Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the par
The Idiot
1987-10-11
This film-concert is a ballet based on the novel "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, set to the music
In Memory of Dostoevsky
1971-01-01
The film is based on excerpts from the works of the great Russian thinker Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoe