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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Mar 28, 1925 - Aug 03, 1994 (69 years old) in USSR

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.

Known For

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
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Mirror
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
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Beware of the Car!
Юрий Иванович Деточкин, страховой агент
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Discovering Hamlet
Hamlet (archive footage)
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Trust
Nikolai Bobrikov
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Letter Never Sent
Konstantin Sabinin
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Memories of Sherlock Holmes
Prime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger
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Dark Eyes
Il Governarore di Sisoiev
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Naval Cadets, Charge!
kardinal Fleri
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Nine Days of One Year
Ilya Kulikov

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