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
| Birth Location | USSR |
|---|---|
| Born | 1925-03-28 |
| Died | 1994-08-03 |
Movies
Discovering Hamlet
as Hamlet (archive footage)
2011
Dandelion Wine
as полковник Фрилей
1998
1996
1994
The Murderer
as Investigator
1993
1992
The Revelation of John the Foreprinter
as Ivan the Terrible
1992
The Case
as Muromsky
1991
1991
Genius
as Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц»
1991
Death Line
as теневой мафиози Луковецкий
1991
1990
A Trap for Lonely Man
as Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush
1990
Ladies Tailor
as Isaak
1990
1990
1989
Naval Cadets, Charge!
as kardinal Fleri
1988
1988
1988
1988
1988
1987
First Encounter - Last Encounter
as Member of counter-intelligence
1987
Dark Eyes
as Il Governarore di Sisoiev
1987
My Favorite Time
as Narrator (voice)
1987
1987
1986
Primary Russia
as Emperor Justinian
1986
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 1
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
1986
1986
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
1986
1985
My Sister Lucy
as (Narrator)
1985
Dead Souls
as Plushkin
1984
Two Under One Umbrella
as Тиль
1983
Phenomenon
as Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)
1983
1983
1983
The Queen of Spades
as Chekalinsky
1982
1982
1982
This Fantastic World 7
as капитан
1982
Born by the Storm
as Staryy graf
1981
Khalif the Stork
as Khalif / халиф
1981
Little Tragedies
as Сальери \ Старый барон
1980
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
as Self
1980
With You I Am Again...
as voice
1980
Цезарь и Клеопатра
as Цезарь
1979
The Barrier
as Antoni Manev
1979
About a Puppy
as The Puppy (voice)
1979
1979
1978
Velvet Season
as Police commissioner
1978
1978
The Legend of Till
as Charles V
1977
I Am Flying to You as a Memory...
as Voice acting
1977
On Thursday and Never Again
as Ivan Modestovich, Sergey's stepfather
1977
1976
The Princess and the Pea
as King
1976
Trust
as Nikolai Bobrikov
1976
1976
Anna and Commander
as Dramatist
1975
They Fought for Their Motherland
as surgeon
1975
Daughters-Mothers
as Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev
1975
Mirror
as Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
1975
Choice of Purpose
as Roosevelt
1975
Romance for Lovers
as Trumpeter
1974
Teens in the Universe
as И. О. О.
1974
Moscow-Cassiopeia
as И. О. О.
1974
The Heron and the Crane
as Narrator (Voice)
1974
1972
Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram
as Passazhir tramvaya
1972
Taming of the Fire
as Tsiolkovski
1972
Uncle Vanya
as Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky
1970
Crime and Punishment
as Porfiry Petrovitch
1970
Tchaikovsky
as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)
1970
1970
The Living Corpse
as Ivan Petrovich the genius
1969
First Love
as Father
1969
Degree of Risk
as Саша
1968
The Little Prince
as Narrator (voice)
1966
First Visitor
as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
1966
1966
1966
Beware of the Car!
as Yury Detochkin
1966
Hamlet
as Hamlet
1964
1963
Mozart and Salieri
as Mozart
1962
Nine Days of One Year
as Ilya Kulikov
1962
A Leap Year
as Gennadiy Kupriyanov
1961
Until Next Spring
as Aleksei
1961
Ребята с Канонерского
as Михаил (voice)
1960
Letter Never Sent
as Konstantin Sabinin
1960
1958
1957
Shtorm
as Muromtsev
1957
Дорогой бессмертия
as Юлиус Фучик
1957
Soldiers
as Farber
1956
1956
Mozart and Salieri
as Mozart
-
Vozmozhnaya vstrecha
as Johann Sebastian Bach
-
Movies
Children of the Sun
Writer
1985