Sergey Bondarchuk
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.
Filmography (57 titles)
MovieBondarchuk. Battle
self (archive) · 2021
ShowLegends of Cinema
Self (archive footage) · 2016
Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик
Self · 2015
4.3MovieQuiet Flows The Don
General Krasnov · 2006
8.0MovieThunder Over Rus'
1992
6.1MovieDrums of Fire
Selim · 1990
7.0ShowThe Airport Incident
1989
5.8MovieBoris Godunov
Boris Godunov · 1986
MovieOne Day of Mosfilm
Self · 1985
Interviews with Filmmakers: Sergey Bondarchuk
1983
4.5MovieRed Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
Sergey Bondarchuk
Self · 1982
5.1MovieThe Gadfly
Кардинал Монтанелли · 1980
8.0ShowGnat
Cardinal Montanelli · 1980
4.7MovieProfession: Film Actor
1980
6.7Movie¡Qué Viva México!
Narrator (voice) · 1979
9.0MovieTake-Off
Narrator (voice) · 1979
MovieVGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1979
7.0MovieVelvet Season
Richard Bradbury · 1978
3.4MovieFather Sergius
Stepan Kasatsky / Father Sergius · 1978
5.7MovieThe Steppe
Yemelyan · 1978
8.0ShowErnst Schneller
General Alexander Simionov Sotow · 1977
MovieOld Times in Poshekhonye
1977
6.4MovieThe Peaks of Zelengore
Profesor · 1976
8.0MovieChoice of Purpose
Igor Kurchatov · 1975
6.9MovieThey Fought for Their Motherland
pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev · 1975
MovieThe Mountain Woman
Narrator (voice) · 1975
8.0MovieSuch High Mountains
Ivan Stepanov · 1974
5.1MovieSilence of Doctor Ivens
Martin Evans · 1974
6.5MovieThe Golden Gates
Narrator (Voice) · 1971