Leonid Kuravlyov
Born October 08, 1936 (Age: 89)
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Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Biography
Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. In 1941 with the start of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) his mother was arrested on false report, accused of counter-revolutionary activity (Article 58) and exiled to Karaganda, Kazakh SSR to work at the local plant. In five years she was freed without a right to live in Moscow and sent to Zasheyek, Murmansk Oblast in the Russian far north where she continued working as a hairdresser. In 1948 she managed to get a permission to see her son who spent a year with her at Zasheyek, and in 1951 she finally returned to Moscow. In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov. He graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. He made his first movie appearances while still a student. In 1960 he was noted by Vasily Shukshin and took part in his diploma film Reported From Lebyazhye. In 1961 they both starred in the popular melodrama When the Trees Were Tall, and in 1964 Shukshin gave him the leading role in his comedy movie There Is Such a Lad which brought Kuravlyov true fame and which he considered to be the start of his successful movie career. He also acted in Your Son and Brother (1965) and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin. The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s comedy The Little Golden Calf based on the book by Ilf and Petrov was one of his first successful roles: he managed to create an image of a brash yet charming petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin’s Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky’s The Last Victim (1975). In the 1970s he appeared in three to four films per year. Even though Kuravlyov was adept at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known for his leading roles in top-grossing comedy movies such as Afonya (1975) by Georgiy Daneliya (11th highest-grossing Soviet film, highest grossing film of the year, 62.2 mln viewers), Leonid Gaidai’s Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973, 17th highest-grossing film, 60 mln viewers) and It Can’t Be! (1975, 46th highest-grossing film with 46.9 mln viewers), The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) by Gerald Bezhanov (the highest-grossing film of 1985, 44.9 mln viewers) and others. During the late 1990s he hosted a popular TV programme The World of Books with Leonid Kuravlyov where he talked about new book releases. In two years it was closed and then relaunched with new hosts. In 2012 he was awarded the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. In 1941 with the start of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) his mother was arrested on false report, accused of counter-revolutionary activity (Article 58) and exiled to Karaganda, Kazakh SSR to work at the local plant. In five years she was freed without a right to live in Moscow and sent to Zasheyek, Murmansk Oblast in the Russian far north where she continued working as a hairdresser. In 1948 she managed to get a permission to see her son who spent a year with her at Zasheyek, and in 1951 she finally returned to Moscow.
In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov. He graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. He made his first movie appearances while still a student. In 1960 he was noted by Vasily Shukshin and took part in his diploma film Reported From Lebyazhye. In 1961 they both starred in the popular melodrama When the Trees Were Tall, and in 1964 Shukshin gave him the leading role in his comedy movie There Is Such a Lad which brought Kuravlyov true fame and which he considered to be the start of his successful movie career. He also acted in Your Son and Brother (1965) and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin.
The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s comedy The Little Golden Calf based on the book by Ilf and Petrov was one of his first successful roles: he managed to create an image of a brash yet charming petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin’s Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky’s The Last Victim (1975).
In the 1970s he appeared in three to four films per year. Even though Kuravlyov was adept at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known for his leading roles in top-grossing comedy movies such as Afonya (1975) by Georgiy Daneliya (11th highest-grossing Soviet film, highest grossing film of the year, 62.2 mln viewers), Leonid Gaidai’s Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973, 17th highest-grossing film, 60 mln viewers) and It Can’t Be! (1975, 46th highest-grossing film with 46.9 mln viewers), The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) by Gerald Bezhanov (the highest-grossing film of 1985, 44.9 mln viewers) and others.
During the late 1990s he hosted a popular TV programme The World of Books with Leonid Kuravlyov where he talked about new book releases. In two years it was closed and then relaunched with new hosts. In 2012 he was awarded the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”.
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Filmography
The Book of Masters
2009
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as Barin
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Age: 73
The Turkish Gambit
2005
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as major
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Age: 68
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
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as
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Age: 68
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004
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as Dobrynya
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Age: 68
Esli Nevesta Vedma
2002
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as
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Age: 65
The Love Arrow
2002
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as
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Age: 65
The Barber of Siberia
1998
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as Vakhmistr Bukin
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Age: 62
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
1998
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as Жорж Милославский
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Age: 61
The Stringer
1998
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as
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Age: 61
New Year's Story
1997
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as Ded Moroz
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Age: 61
The Night Before Christmas
1997
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as
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Age: 60
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997
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as
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Age: 60
A Man for a Young Girl
1996
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as
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Age: 59
Simple - Minded
1994
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as
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Age: 57
A Show for a Single Man
1994
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as
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Age: 57
Sentence
1994
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as Лео Харман
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Age: 57
The Ghost of My House
1994
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as
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Age: 57
The Codex of Disgrace
1993
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as
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Age: 56
Chuffyk
1993
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as (voice)
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Age: 56
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
1993
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as Mikhail Gorbachev
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Age: 56
Queen's Personal Life
1993
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as
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Age: 56
The Devil's Puppets
1993
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as
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Age: 56
Provincial Benefit
1993
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as
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Age: 56
Destroy the Thirtieth!
1992
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as
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Age: 56
In Search of the Golden Phallus
1992
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as руководитель круиза
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Age: 56
Gangsters in the Ocean
1992
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as Sobakin
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Age: 55
Detonator
1992
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as
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Age: 55
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
1991
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as
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Age: 55
Traces of Rain
1991
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as
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Age: 55
Made in USSR
1991
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as Ivan Moiseyevich
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Age: 54
Across Red Nights
1991
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as
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Age: 54
Meet Me in Tahiti
1991
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as Шнайдер
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Age: 54
How Is It Going, Crucians?
1991
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as высокий начальник
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Age: 54
Nesrochnaya vesna
1990
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as хозяин
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Age: 53
Pretty Face
1990
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as
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Age: 53
Entrance to Labyrinth
1990
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as Oleg Khlebnikov
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Age: 53
The Enchanted Wanderer
1990
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as Priest
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Age: 53
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
1990
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as Игорь Иванович Степанов
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Age: 53
The Suicide
1990
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as заведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
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Age: 53
Ono
1989
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as Vasilisk Borodavkin
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Age: 53
The Stairway
1989
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as дядя Миша
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Age: 53
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
1989
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as Editor
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Age: 52
Presumption of Innocence
1988
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as Bondarev - nachalnik poezda
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Age: 52
Hope
1988
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as Stepan
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Age: 52
Energetic People
1988
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as Аристарх Петрович Кузькин
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Age: 51
Three on the Red Carpet
1988
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as Михаил Иванович Сошкин
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Age: 51
May I Die, Lord...
1988
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as
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Age: 51
Karpusha
1988
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as Karpusha (voice)
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Age: 51
Enclosure
1988
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as
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Age: 51
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2
1988
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as Von Bork
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Age: 51
Blackmailer
1988
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as Федор Семенович
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Age: 51
Holy Moly!
1988
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as
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Age: 51
Restricted Area
1988
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as
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Age: 51
First Encounter - Last Encounter
1987
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as Count
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Age: 50
Defeat
1987
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as
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Age: 50
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
1987
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as Von Bork
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Age: 50
Martinko
1987
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as Martinko (voice)
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Age: 50
One Time Deal
1987
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as Fedor Romanov
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Age: 50
The Most Charming and Attractive
1985
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as Dyatlov
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Age: 49
Sincerely Yours...
1985
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as Emtsov
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Age: 48
Dangerous for Your Life!
1985
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as Spartak Molodtsov
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Age: 48
The Invisible Man
1985
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as Marvel
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Age: 48
Through All the Years
1985
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as
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Age: 48
Chekhov's Vaudevilles
1984
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as
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Age: 47
Crazy Money
1981
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as Vasiliy
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Age: 45
Facts of the Past Day
1981
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as Grinin
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Age: 45
Heirloom
1981
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as
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Age: 44
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
1981
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as Sanya
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Age: 44
We, the Undersigned
1981
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as Lyonya Shindin
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Age: 44
Don't Leave Your Lovers
1980
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as Валера
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Age: 43
Little Tragedies
1980
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as Адриан Прохоров/Лепорелло
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Age: 43
For the Matches
1980
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as Peasant
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Age: 43
Next of Kin
1980
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as Толик
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Age: 43
Funny People!
1978
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as Денис Григорьев
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Age: 42
Incognito from St.Petersburg
1978
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as Shpekin
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Age: 41
While the Dream is Mad
1978
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as
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Age: 41
Счет человеческий
1978
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as Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
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Age: 41
The Rain
1978
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as Trenka, apprentice (voice)
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Age: 41
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
1978
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as Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)
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Age: 41
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
1978
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as
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Age: 41
The Most Beautiful Horse
1977
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as
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Age: 40
Fun for Old People
1977
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as Yefremov
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Age: 40
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
1974
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as князь Ветренский
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Age: 38
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
1974
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as папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович
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Age: 38
Northern Rhapsody
1974
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as
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Age: 38
Homeboy
1974
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as Fedor
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Age: 38
My Friends
1974
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as
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Age: 37
To Dream and to Live
1974
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as Иван Григорьевич, механизатор-тракторист, режиссёр
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Age: 37
This Merry Planet
1973
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as Игрек - член экипажа летающей тарелки
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Age: 37
Nylon 100%
1973
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as работник скупки Веня Гурьянов
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Age: 37
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973
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as Zhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky
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Age: 36
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
1973
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as Робинзон (озв. А. Консовский)
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Age: 36
No Image
Black Gloves
1973
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as
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Age: 36
Pyotr Ryabinkin
1973
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as
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Age: 36
The Twelve Months
1973
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as Old soldier
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Age: 36
Aibolit and Barmaley
1973
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as Толстый
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Age: 36
Boys
1972
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as Viktor Viktorovich
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Age: 35
White Queen's Move
1972
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as Тюликов, тренер Бабуриной
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Age: 35
Seventh Skies
1972
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as
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Age: 35
Take Your Time
1972
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as
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Age: 35
Young People
1971
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as new settler
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Age: 34
Late Child
1971
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as
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Age: 34
I Am His Bride
1969
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as
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Age: 33
Not Under the Jurisdiction
1969
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as Sorokin
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Age: 32
Love of Serafim Frolov
1969
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as Serafim Frolov
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Age: 32
Shine, Shine, My Star
1969
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as Red comissar
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Age: 32
Crash
1969
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as Сыроежкин
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Age: 32
Men's Talk
1969
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as Alexey
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Age: 32
Literature Lesson
1968
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as Савелий Сидоров
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Age: 31
No Image
Without Witnesses
1966
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as Burmakin
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Age: 29
Time, Forward!
1965
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as Korneyev
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Age: 29
Everything for You
1965
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as
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Age: 28
An Unrealistic Story
1964
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as Kostya Remizov
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Age: 28
Third Time
1963
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as Lyonya Fokin
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Age: 26
No Image
Крыса на подносе
1963
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as
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Age: 26
When the Trees Were Tall
1961
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as Lenka
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Age: 25
Lyubushka
1961
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as
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Age: 24
Machinist Drove the Trains
1961
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as Yasha
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Age: 24
Midshipman Panin
1960
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as Пётр Камушкин
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Age: 23
Reports from Lebyazhye
1960
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as Сеня Громов
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Age: 23
There Will Be No Leave Today
1959
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as Morozov
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Age: 22