Pyotr Aleynikov
Biography
Born into poverty, Aleynikov lost his family at an early age, forcing him to street-life before transitioning to an orphanage in the early 1920s. He discovered a love of movies when a local film projectionist began training him in the craft. Following time in a Russian labor compound, Aleinikov studied drama in Leningrad and made his film debut in the 1932 film “Counter”. His talent for music and comedy led him to numerous roles of varying degree of local fame that grew as World War II intensified. He continued to star and support in films until disagreements between him and production teams intensified, leaving him without work until his 1955 performance in “Land and People”. His career often suffered disturbances due to his heavy reliance on alcohol, which would later take his life.
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Movies (41)
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
as Himself (archive footage)
1976
Quenching the Thirst
as Maryutin
1968
Они не пройдут
as The old man around the campfire
1965
High Water
1963
Weekdays and Holidays
1961
Vanka
1960
The Unusual Voyage of Mishka Strekachyov
as policeman
1959
A Home for Tanya
as Fyodor
1959
Driver Involuntarily
as шофёр грузовика
1958
Poet
as soldier
1956
Land and People
as Ignat Ushkin
1956
Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades
1955
The Miners of Donetsk
as Andrey Postoyko
1951
Golden Horn
1948
The Precious Seed
1948
A Great Life, Part 2
as Vanya Kurskiy
1946
The Great Glinka
as Alexander Pushkin
1946
Naval Battalion
as Petya
1946
The Ural Front
1944
Moscow Skies
as lieutenant Ilya Streltsov
1944
In the Name of the Motherland
as Ilyin
1943
No Greater Love
as Senya
1943
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
as Gaivoron
1942
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #8
as underground worker, Night Over Belgrade
1942
Мать
as underground worker
1941
The Humpbacked Horse
as Ivanushka
1941
Incident on a Volcano
as Shatalov
1941
Fifth Ocean
as Kovtunov
1940
Make Noise, Town
as Vasya, the inventor
1940
A Great Life
as Vanya Kursky
1939
Tractor Drivers
as Savka
1939
Fighters
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
1939
Komsomolsk
as Petka Aleinikov
1938
The Man with the Gun
as Soldier
1938
For the Soviet Motherland
as Eino
1937
Fedka
as Villager (uncredited)
1937
The Brave Seven
as Moliboga, cook
1936
The Girlfriends
as wounded
1936
Peasants
as Petka, a boy
1935
Do I Love You?
as Character name not specified
1934
Shame
as Slepnitsyn, young worker (uncredited)
1932
