
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
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.
Acting (116 movies)

A Night for Reflection
1972

Teens in the Universe
1975

Moscow-Cassiopeia
1974

Trust
1976

The Winter of Our Discontent
1963

Big Boy
1982

Born by the Storm
1981

How He Lied to Her Husband
1956

Dark Eyes
1987

Enchanted
1994

On the Road of Immorality
1957

Beware of the Car!
1966

Soldiers
1956

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980

Crime and Punishment
1970

Hamlet
1964

Murder on Dante Street
1956

First Encounter - Last Encounter
1987

Daughters-Mothers
1975

The Queen of Spades
1982

Degree of Risk
1968

The Living Corpse
1969

They Fought for Their Motherland
1975

The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
1976

A Trap for Lonely Man
1990

Tchaikovsky
1970

Taming of the Fire
1972

Genius
1991

Nine Days of One Year
1962

Road to Eternity
1983

Hercules and Admetus
1986

Little Tragedies
1980

Gold
1992

Romance for Lovers
1974

Discovering Hamlet
2011

The Little Prince
1966

On Thursday and Never Again
1977

The Revelation of John the Foreprinter
1992

Naval Cadets, Charge!
1988

Bells of Autumn
1979

The Barrier
1979

The Cabal of Hypocrites
1988

The Princess and the Pea
1976

The Murderer
1993

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

Phenomenon
1983

This Fantastic World 7
1982

Anna and Commander
1975

Gray Ural
1984

Mozart and Salieri
1962

Theft
1982

Dead Souls
1984

Children of the Sun
1985

The Night Guest
1958

Velvet Season
1978

Uncle Vanya
1970

Ladies Tailor
1990

Primary Russia
1986

Death Line
1991

At the End of the Night
1988

On the Same Planet
1966

Last Month of Autumn
1966

Fulfillment of Desires
1974

Heart Is Not a Stone
1989

The Steppe
1978

A Leap Year
1961

Two Under One Umbrella
1983

Возможная встреча
1992

Gold
1970

About a Puppy
1979

Khalif the Stork
1981

Late love
1983

The Last Road
1986

Next to Us
1957

The Cherry Orchard
1976

Without Sun
1987

The Siege of Venice
1991

White Feast
1996

Enemies
1978

Mysterious Heir
1987

Restricted Area
1988

My Sister Lucy
1985

Black Corridor
1988

The Legend of Till
1977

Until Next Spring
1961

Letter Never Sent
1960

Mirror
1975

Caesar and Cleopatra
1979

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

Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
1987

I want to go to America
1993

The Case
1991

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

With You I Am Again...
1980

My Favorite Time
1987

Mother
1990

Fantasia
1976

Storm
1957

First Visitor
1966

The Heron and the Crane
1974
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Children of the Sun | 1985 | Writer |