Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
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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Movies (45)
Discovering Hamlet
as Hamlet (archive footage)
2011
Podróż na wschód
as Mikołaj
1997
White Feast
1996
Enchanted
1994
The Murderer
as Investigator
1993
I want to go to America
1993
Traveling With a Double
as Narrator
1992
Gold
1992
Возможная встреча
as Johann Sebastian Bach
1992
The Revelation of John the Foreprinter
as Ivan the Terrible
1992
The Case
as Муромский, отставной капитан, помещик
1991
The Siege of Venice
1991
Genius
as Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц»
1991
Death Line
as теневой мафиози Луковецкий
1991
A Trap for Lonely Man
as Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush
1990
Mother
1990
Ladies Tailor
as Isaak
1990
Dina
1990
Heart Is Not a Stone
1989
Naval Cadets, Charge!
as kardinal Fleri
1988
At the End of the Night
1988
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
1988
The Cabal of Hypocrites
1988
Restricted Area
1988
Black Corridor
1988
The Idiot
as Narrator
1987
Without Sun
1987
First Encounter - Last Encounter
as Member of counter-intelligence
1987
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
1987
Dark Eyes
as Il Governarore di Sisoiev
1987
Mysterious Heir
1987
My Favorite Time
as Narrator (voice)
1987
The Last Road
1986
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1986
Primary Russia
as Emperor Justinian
1986
Hercules and Admetus
1986
Children of the Sun
1985
Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director
as Himself
1985
To Be Hamlet
as Self
1985
My Sister Lucy
as (Narrator)
1985
Dead Souls
as Plushkin
1984
Gray Ural
as Narrator
1984
Two Under One Umbrella
as Тиль
1983
Phenomenon
as Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)
1983
Late love
1983
