Date of birth: 1934-01-16
Place of birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Vasily Lanovoy, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Василий Лановой, В. Лановой, Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy

Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold, dashing characters, combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes, a tendency evident in many of his early features, however, he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War II-themed films. In 2000s, Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Soviet-era party bosses, such as Yuri Andropov in the 2005 TV film Brezhnev. In 2013, he played the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Russian movie The Three Musketeers.

1964-01-01
Beth Tyson is murdered in her mansion. Chief Inspector Fields, Inspector Bramell and Detective Philb

1974-06-28
A young surgeon Alexander came to the village for a vacation. He is pleased with himself, everything

1973-06-07

1982-12-16
Soviet propaganda film. The first years of the VChK formation. Nurse Yunna Ruzhich and poet Lafar, w
2012-10-12

1968-04-28
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr

1978-02-04
The leader of a flock of geese talks about the cruelty of people, but not all of them.

1993-03-06
Tallinn, Estonia, days before outbreak of World War II. Hotel detective and Polish writer team up to

1971-07-26
Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20

1965-07-01
In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high

1978-09-11
Irina Kupchenko stars in this psychological drama by the renowned director/writer team of Yuli Raizm

2011-02-09

1961-06-07
A little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: "... it will be a fine sunny day when a b

1980-09-19
A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit. Engineer Prokop creates the devastating explo

1992-01-01
While investigating an ordinary homicide a group of detectives suddenly find a connection to a very

1976-11-01
Masterfully done re-telling of Bulgakov's brilliant play (itself a version of the novel, "White Guar

2005-05-29

1967-07-21
In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, y

1967-11-06
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w

1995-05-26
Based on a famous short story by Pushkin, this film tells of a youthful, innocent and pure love stor

2015-06-30
A new interpretation of the most known and beloved fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen - "Snow Que

1983-03-12
Army and police are trying to fight crime in West Belarus during Spring of 1945.

1987-05-17
A 4-partmade-for-television feature film. Two young physicists, engaged in the problems of atmospher

1981-12-01
Detective Kostenko is traveling between Moscow and Sukhumi trying to find the responsible for double

2013-11-13
Young d'Artagnan comes to Paris to be a musketeer. There, he meets three old musketeers, members of

1954-06-21
A drama about a high school conflict based on the novel by Liya Geraskina.

1972-06-06
A Soviet KGB agents are trying to prevent British-American operation of stealing information about a

1962-12-18
A drama about the group of young people starting their adult lives.

1956-06-06
A Soviet era ideological drama based on Nikolai Ostrovsky's famous novel "How Steel Was Tempered".

2001-12-31
A grandfather tells his grandson about the events of 1942 that he experienced as a child.

2004-12-31
The first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Tell

1980-08-09
The love story of the great Roman commander Anthony and the oriental beauty Cleopatra, the tragic su

1966-01-01
The movie-almanac consists of three novellas dedicated to the song. "Song-password". Lieutenant Marc

1977-01-01

1967-01-01
A military unit freed a soldier from captivity. It turned out that his fiancee serves as a nurse in

1968-10-08
Kris Kelvin joins the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to find its two crew members p

1975-11-28
Researching for a script about a famous scientist who tragically passed away, a writer meets his wif

2014-12-17
Old age knows no national boundaries or geographical limits. She can be peaceful and happy in the ci

1987-03-12
The trial of the collective farm chairman Sagdaev, who deviated from some outdated rules of law in o

1977-10-03
The events take place in Russia in 1917. A former peasant, and now a soldier, Ivan Shadrin, was sent

2014-01-29
Moving to a new place of residence, to an old apartment in the slums of St. Petersburg, Olga and her

1968-10-14
Political thriller based on a story of coup against Bolsheviks by the Left Socialist Revolutionary P
2006-04-30

1993-07-25
A detective investigates the sudden suicide of his father who was one of a responsible for hiding Co

1966-07-20
As 1809 nears its end, Natasha attends her first ball, where Andrei falls in love with her with the

2000-03-06
The action of the movie is set in the late 11th century Constantinople during the time of the 1st Cr

1973-12-16
The screen story of four teenagers, on whom the horrors of war had left an indelible mark. Their rel

1998-01-01

1967-11-13
A spy game between Reds and Whites is in full motion during Russian Civil War.

1977-04-11
A recording of the Vakhtangov Theatre’s production of the play by Jean-Baptiste Molière. "The Bourg

1961-06-06
A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. On

1965-11-15
Sergei Krylov and Oleg Tulin, are promising young physicists in the field of thunderstorms. They dre

1971-05-12
Based on the eponymous novel by A.F. Pisemsky. A play about the all-powerful influence of money and

1961-03-24
The Soviet training sailing ship Albatross arrived in Jakarta. Having loaded with rice intended for

1998-12-24
At the heart of the picture is a common legend about the last days of Emperor Alexander the First Bl

2010-11-10
Retired investigator Klimov comes with his granddaughter to his country house to rest before a compl

2005-03-28
A biographical TV movie about Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev that originally aired in four parts on R

1971-12-31

2004-12-31
The second part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Th
2003-06-03
Actor Vasili Lanovoy, talks about his early encounters with Tolstoy and Russian literature, landing

1956-10-01
In the middle of the 17th century, Ukrainian peasants and Cossacks rose up to fight against the Poli

1990-12-12

1970-11-04
The years of civil war. Teacher Lyubov Yarovaya is on the side of the revolution. Her husband Mikhai

2007-01-01

1980-07-28
According to the story of the same name by Yulian Semyonov. Employees of the Moscow Criminal Invest

2017-02-26

1980-01-08
Anniversary evening of the legend of the Soviet ballet, People's Artist of the USSR Galina Ulanova.

1975-11-03
The authors, like Isaac Babel, rejected the depiction of battles, the simplification, and varnishing

1999-04-22
Extraordinary and mysterious events begin very ordinarily: journalist Larsen arrives at the home of