Jüri Järvet
Biography
Jüri Järvet (June 18, 1919 – July 5, 1995) was an Estonian actor. His name sometimes appears as Yuri Yevgenyevich Yarvet, an incorrect back-transliteration from the Russian transliteration Юри Евгеньевич Ярвет. His birthname was Georgi Kuznetsov, and he took the Estonian form in 1938. Järvet is best known in the West for the role of Dr. Snaut in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, but he played in numerous other films both in Russian and his native Estonian. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1975, and the USSR State Prize in 1981. Järvet played the title role in a powerful version of King Lear (1971) filmed on bleak landscapes in his native Estonia by Russian director Grigori Kozintsev and released in 1970. Kozintsev shared the screenwriting credit with Boris Pasternak; the score was by Dmitri Shostakovich. His son Jüri Järvet Jr. has also acted in several movies, including All My Lenins and Khrustalyov, My Car!.
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Movies (49)
Legends of Tallinn
as Old Mayor (voice)
1995
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
1994
Candles in the Dark
1993
City Unplugged
as Anton
1993
Marraskuun harmaa valo
as Old Man
1993
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
as Old Compositor
1993
Luukas
as Albert
1992
He Will Receive
as Demoney
1992
Время вашей жизни
1992
Peace Avenue
as Jaak
1991
Surmatants
as Tallinna linnapea
1991
Philipp Traum
as Father Peter
1990
The Watchmaker and the Chicken
1989
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
Vernanda
1988
Face to Face
as Золле
1986
Hundiseaduse aegu
1986
Lurich
as Lawyer
1984
Cargo With No Markings
as контрабандист
1984
Капитан Фракасс
as Матамор
1984
The Adventurer
as Siimon Vaa
1983
A Fairy Tale Told at Night
as Waldmännchen
1981
Murder on the 31st Floor
as Karl Branner
1981
Wild Violets
as Lipp
1980
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
as Alex Snewahr
1979
The Visitor
1979
Daisy Petal Game
as Oskar (segment "Poacher")
1978
Time to Live, Time to Love
1977
Summer
as Toots's Father
1976
Indrek
as Religion Teacher
1976
The Accident
as Вальтер - судья
1975
The Red Violin
as Peek
1975
An Unusual Story
as Psychiatrist
1974
Spring in the Forest
as Minna's Father
1974
Dangerous Games
as Õline
1974
The Committee of 19
as Techer
1972
Solaris
as Dr. Snaut
1972
Forest Captain
as Jõnn
1972
Lack of Wind
as Saare Sander
1971
Echoes of the Past
as Zeifert
1971
Windy Beach
as Hollmann
1971
King Lear
as King Lear
1970
The Last Relic
as Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
1970
Madness
as Windisch
1969
The Dead Season
as Professor O'Reilly
1968
Postmark from Vienna
as Martin Roll
1968
Girl in Black
1967
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
as Peetrus
1965
The Milkman of Mäeküla
as Tõnu Prillup
1965
