Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

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.

Acted Movies

Beware of the Car! (1966)

Director: Eldar Ryazanov

Writers: Eldar Ryazanov,

Cast: Anatoliy Papanov, Andrey Mironov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya, Lyubov Sokolova, Oleg Efremov, Olga Aroseva, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy,

Hamlet (1964)

Director: Grigori Kozintsev

Writers: Boris Pasternak,

Cast: Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Elza Radzi?a, Grigori Gaj, Igor Dmitriev, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Mikhail Nazvanov, Stepan Oleksenko, Vadim Medvedev, Vladimir Erenberg, Yuriy Tolubeev,

Letter Never Sent (1960)

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Writers: Valeri Osipov,

Cast: Boris Kozhukhov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Galina Kozhakina, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Samoylova, Vasiliy Livanov,