Sergey Bondarchuk
Born September 25, 1920 (Age: 105)
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Belozerka, Kherson Governorate, Ukrainian SSR
Biography
Sergei Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 — 20 October 1994) was a Soviet director, actor, and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1952). Academy Awards winner (War and Peace, 1969). BAFTA winner (Waterloo, 1971). His directorial debut was Fate of a Man, a WWII classic where he portrayed the main role. Bondarchuk is considered a master of big scale pieces with epic battle scenes that involved thousands of extras (War and Peace, Waterloo). He often starred star in his films, as well as cast his family, notably his wife, actor Irina Skobtseva (e.g. War and Peace, Vybor Tseli, Molchanie Doktora Ivensa). In late 1980s-early 1990s Bondarchuk started his long-term passion project – an adaptation of an epic novel “And Quiet Flows the Don,” together with the UK and Italy; however, the work couldn't be finished before the actor-director passed away in 1994. His son, actor-director Fyodor Bondarchuk, finished the piece in 2006.
Sergei Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 — 20 October 1994) was a Soviet director, actor, and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1952). Academy Awards winner (War and Peace, 1969). BAFTA winner (Waterloo, 1971). His directorial debut was Fate of a Man, a WWII classic where he portrayed the main role. Bondarchuk is considered a master of big scale pieces with epic battle scenes that involved thousands of extras (War and Peace, Waterloo). He often starred star in his films, as well as cast his family, notably his wife, actor Irina Skobtseva (e.g. War and Peace, Vybor Tseli, Molchanie Doktora Ivensa). In late 1980s-early 1990s Bondarchuk started his long-term passion project – an adaptation of an epic novel “And Quiet Flows the Don,” together with the UK and Italy; however, the work couldn't be finished before the actor-director passed away in 1994. His son, actor-director Fyodor Bondarchuk, finished the piece in 2006.
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Filmography
Thunder Over Rus'
1992
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as
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Age: 71
Drums of Fire
1990
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as Selim
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Age: 70
One Day of Mosfilm
1985
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Age: 64
The Gadfly
1980
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as Кардинал Монтанелли
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Age: 60
Profession: Film Actor
1980
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Age: 59
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1979
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Age: 58
Velvet Season
1978
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as Richard Bradbury
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Age: 58
Father Sergius
1978
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as Stepan Kasatsky / Father Sergius
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Age: 57
The Steppe
1978
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Age: 57
Old Times in Poshekhonye
1977
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Age: 56
Choice of Purpose
1975
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as Igor Kurchatov
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Age: 55
Such High Mountains
1974
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Age: 53
Silence of Doctor Ivens
1974
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as Martin Evans
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Age: 53
The Battle of Neretva
1969
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as Martin
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Age: 49
Making 'War and Peace'
1969
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as Self
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Age: 48
War and Peace
1968
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as Pierre Bezukhov
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Age: 47
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
1965
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as Pierre Bezukhov
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Age: 44
A Summer to Remember
1960
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Age: 39
Escape by Night
1960
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as Fyodor Nazukov
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Age: 39
Stars Meet in Moscow
1959
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as Self
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Age: 38
Fate of a Man
1959
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as Sokolov
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Age: 38
Soldiers Were Walking
1959
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as Matvey Krylov - soldat
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Age: 38
Ivan Franko
1956
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as Ivan Franko
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Age: 35
Othello
1955
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as Othello
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Age: 35
Unfinished Story
1955
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as Yuri Yershov
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Age: 35
The Grasshopper
1955
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as Dr. Osip Dymov
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Age: 34
It Can Not Be Forgotten
1954
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as Aleksandr Garmash
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Age: 33
Attack from the Sea
1953
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as Tikhon Prokofiev
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Age: 33
Admiral Ushakov
1953
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as Тихон Прокофьев
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Age: 32