Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

🎂 28th March 1925 (101 yrs) 📍 USSR

Known For

The Winter of Our Discontent

Biography

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.

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Movies Featuring Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet (2011)

as Hamlet (archive footage)
No Image

Podróż na wschód (1997)

as Mikołaj
White Feast

White Feast (1996)

Enchanted

Enchanted (1994)

The Murderer

The Murderer (1993)

as Investigator
I want to go to America

I want to go to America (1993)

Traveling With a Double

Traveling With a Double (1992)

as Narrator
Gold

Gold (1992)

Возможная встреча

Возможная встреча (1992)

as Johann Sebastian Bach
The Revelation of John the Foreprinter

The Revelation of John the Foreprinter (1992)

as Ivan the Terrible
The Case

The Case (1991)

as Муромский, отставной капитан, помещик
The Siege of Venice

The Siege of Venice (1991)

Genius

Genius (1991)

as Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц»
Death Line

Death Line (1991)

as теневой мафиози Луковецкий
A Trap for Lonely Man

A Trap for Lonely Man (1990)

as Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush
Mother

Mother (1990)

Ladies Tailor

Ladies Tailor (1990)

as Isaak
Dina

Dina (1990)

Heart Is Not a Stone

Heart Is Not a Stone (1989)

Naval Cadets, Charge!

Naval Cadets, Charge! (1988)

as kardinal Fleri
At the End of the Night

At the End of the Night (1988)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1 (1988)

as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
The Cabal of Hypocrites

The Cabal of Hypocrites (1988)

Restricted Area

Restricted Area (1988)

Black Corridor

Black Corridor (1988)

The Idiot

The Idiot (1987)

as Narrator
Without Sun

Without Sun (1987)

First Encounter - Last Encounter

First Encounter - Last Encounter (1987)

as Member of counter-intelligence
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century

Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century (1987)

as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
Dark Eyes

Dark Eyes (1987)

as Il Governarore di Sisoiev
Mysterious Heir

Mysterious Heir (1987)

My Favorite Time

My Favorite Time (1987)

as Narrator (voice)
The Last Road

The Last Road (1986)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986)

Primary Russia

Primary Russia (1986)

as Emperor Justinian
Hercules and Admetus

Hercules and Admetus (1986)

Children of the Sun

Children of the Sun (1985)

Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director

Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director (1985)

as Himself
To Be Hamlet

To Be Hamlet (1985)

as Self
My Sister Lucy

My Sister Lucy (1985)

as (Narrator)
Dead Souls

Dead Souls (1984)

as Plushkin
Gray Ural

Gray Ural (1984)

as Narrator
Two Under One Umbrella

Two Under One Umbrella (1983)

as Тиль
Phenomenon

Phenomenon (1983)

as Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)
Late love

Late love (1983)

Road to Eternity

Road to Eternity (1983)

Awakening

Awakening (1983)

as генерал Гиппиус
The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades (1982)

as Chekalinsky
Big Boy

Big Boy (1982)

Theft

Theft (1982)

Ivanov

Ivanov (1982)

This Fantastic World 7

This Fantastic World 7 (1982)

as капитан
Born by the Storm

Born by the Storm (1981)

as Staryy graf
Talking Hands of Travancore

Talking Hands of Travancore (1981)

as Narrator (voice)
Khalif the Stork

Khalif the Stork (1981)

as Khalif / халиф
A Joke?!...

A Joke?!... (1981)

Little Tragedies

Little Tragedies (1980)

as Сальери \ старый барон
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)

as self
With You I Am Again...

With You I Am Again... (1980)

as Narrator (voice)
Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra (1979)

as Цезарь
The Barrier

The Barrier (1979)

as Antoni Manev
About a Puppy

About a Puppy (1979)

as The Puppy (voice)
Bells of Autumn

Bells of Autumn (1979)

Enemies

Enemies (1978)

Velvet Season

Velvet Season (1978)

as Police commissioner
The Steppe

The Steppe (1978)

as Moisey Moiseevich
The Legend of Till

The Legend of Till (1977)

as Charles V
On Thursday and Never Again

On Thursday and Never Again (1977)

as Ivan Modestovich, Sergey's stepfather
I Am Flying to You as a Memory...

I Am Flying to You as a Memory... (1977)

as Narrator (voice)
No Image

The Story of the Communist (1976)

as Narrator (voice)
Fantasia

Fantasia (1976)

The Princess and the Pea

The Princess and the Pea (1976)

as King
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin

The Days of Surgeon Mishkin (1976)

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard (1976)

My Heart Is in the Highlands

My Heart Is in the Highlands (1976)

Trust

Trust (1976)

as Nikolai Bobrikov
At the Origins of Mankind

At the Origins of Mankind (1976)

as Narrator
Choice of Purpose

Choice of Purpose (1975)

as Roosevelt
Anna and Commander

Anna and Commander (1975)

as Dramatist
They Fought for Their Motherland

They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)

as surgeon
Daughters-Mothers

Daughters-Mothers (1975)

as Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev
Teens in the Universe

Teens in the Universe (1975)

as И. О. О.
Mirror

Mirror (1975)

as Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Romance for Lovers

Romance for Lovers (1974)

as Trumpeter
Moscow-Cassiopeia

Moscow-Cassiopeia (1974)

as И. О. О.
Fulfillment of Desires

Fulfillment of Desires (1974)

The Heron and the Crane

The Heron and the Crane (1974)

as Narrator (Voice)
A Night for Reflection

A Night for Reflection (1972)

Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram

Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram (1972)

as Passazhir tramvaya
Taming of the Fire

Taming of the Fire (1972)

as Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy
No Image

Mozart and Salieri (1971)

as Mozart
Little Tragedies

Little Tragedies (1971)

as Mozart
In Memory of Dostoevsky

In Memory of Dostoevsky (1971)

as читает текст
Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya (1970)

as Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment (1970)

as Porfiry Petrovitch
Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky (1970)

as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)
Gold

Gold (1970)

The Living Corpse

The Living Corpse (1969)

as Ivan Petrovich the genius
First Love

First Love (1969)

as Father
Degree of Risk

Degree of Risk (1968)

as Саша
Evgeniy Urbanskiy

Evgeniy Urbanskiy (1968)

as Himself
The Little Prince

The Little Prince (1966)

as Narrator (voice)
On the Same Planet

On the Same Planet (1966)

First Visitor

First Visitor (1966)

as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Last Month of Autumn

Last Month of Autumn (1966)

Beware of the Car!

Beware of the Car! (1966)

as Юрий Деточкин
Hamlet

Hamlet (1964)

as Hamlet
The Winter of Our Discontent

The Winter of Our Discontent (1963)

as Ethan Allen Hawley
Mozart and Salieri

Mozart and Salieri (1962)

as Mozart
Nine Days of One Year

Nine Days of One Year (1962)

as Ilya Kulikov
A Leap Year

A Leap Year (1961)

as Gennadiy Kupriyanov
Until Next Spring

Until Next Spring (1961)

as Aleksei
Letter Never Sent

Letter Never Sent (1960)

as Konstantin Sabinin
The Night Guest

The Night Guest (1958)

Next to Us

Next to Us (1957)

as Andrey Korolev
Storm

Storm (1957)

as Muromtsev
On the Road of Immortality

On the Road of Immortality (1957)

as Юлиус Фучик
Soldiers

Soldiers (1956)

as Farber
Murder on Dante Street

Murder on Dante Street (1956)

as Molodoy fashist
How He Lied to Her Husband

How He Lied to Her Husband (1956)