

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Acting
March 28, 1925
USSR
August 3, 1994
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.
The Filmography


Teens in the Universe

Romance for Lovers

Moscow-Cassiopeia

Fulfillment of Desires

The Heron and the Crane

Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram

Taming of the Fire

Uncle Vanya

Crime and Punishment

Tchaikovsky

Gold

Degree of Risk

The Little Prince

Last Month of Autumn

Beware of the Car!

Hamlet

Nine Days of One Year

Letter Never Sent
