
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Hamlet (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1996 | White Feast | - | FLOP | |
| 1993 | I want to go to America | - | FLOP | |
| 1991 | Genius | Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц» | HIT | |
| 1990 | A Trap for Lonely Man | Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush | FLOP | |
| 1990 | Ladies Tailor | Isaak | HIT | |
| 1989 | Heart Is Not a Stone | - | HIT | |
| 1988 | Naval Cadets, Charge! | kardinal Fleri | HIT | |
| 1988 | At the End of the Night | - | FLOP | |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1 | Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister | HIT | |
| 1987 | First Encounter - Last Encounter | Member of counter-intelligence | FLOP | |
| 1987 | Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century | Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister | HIT | |
| 1987 | Dark Eyes | Il Governarore di Sisoiev | HIT | |
| 1986 | Hercules and Admetus | - | FLOP | |
| 1984 | Dead Souls | Plushkin | FLOP | |
| 1983 | Late love | - | HIT | |
| 1982 | The Queen of Spades | Chekalinsky | FLOP | |
| 1982 | Big Boy | - | HIT | |
| 1982 | Theft | - | FLOP | |
| 1982 | This Fantastic World 7 | капитан | HIT | |
| 1981 | Khalif the Stork | Khalif / халиф | HIT | |
| 1980 | Little Tragedies | Сальери \ старый барон | FLOP | |
| 1980 | Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears | Self | HIT | |
| 1980 | With You I Am Again... | Narrator (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1979 | About a Puppy | The Puppy (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1978 | The Steppe | - | FLOP | |
| 1977 | I Am Flying to You as a Memory... | Narrator (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1976 | The Princess and the Pea | King | FLOP | |
| 1976 | My Heart Is in the Highlands | - | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Anna and Commander | Dramatist | HIT | |
| 1975 | They Fought for Their Motherland | surgeon | HIT | |
| 1975 | Teens in the Universe | И. О. О. | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Mirror | Narrator - The Author's Words (voice) | HIT | |
| 1974 | Romance for Lovers | Trumpeter | FLOP | |
| 1974 | Moscow-Cassiopeia | И. О. О. | FLOP | |
| 1974 | Fulfillment of Desires | - | HIT | |
| 1974 | The Heron and the Crane | Narrator (Voice) | HIT | |
| 1970 | Uncle Vanya | Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky | HIT | |
| 1970 | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry Petrovitch | FLOP | |
| 1970 | Gold | - | HIT | |
| 1966 | The Little Prince | Narrator (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1966 | On the Same Planet | - | HIT | |
| 1966 | First Visitor | Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | FLOP | |
| 1966 | Beware of the Car! | Юрий Деточкин | HIT | |
| 1964 | Hamlet | Hamlet | HIT | |
| 1962 | Nine Days of One Year | Ilya Kulikov | HIT | |
| 1960 | Letter Never Sent | Konstantin Sabinin | HIT | |
| 1958 | The Night Guest | - | HIT | |
| 1957 | Next to Us | Andrey Korolev | FLOP | |
| 1956 | Murder on Dante Street | Molodoy fashist | FLOP |




