Pyotr Aleynikov
Born into poverty, Aleynikov lost his family at an early age, forcing him to street-life before transitioning to an orphanage in the early 1920s. He discovered a love of movies when a local film projectionist began training him in the craft. Following time in a Russian labor compound, Aleinikov studied drama in Leningrad and made his film debut in the 1932 film “Counter”. His talent for music and comedy led him to numerous roles of varying degree of local fame that grew as World War II intensified. He continued to star and support in films until disagreements between him and production teams intensified, leaving him without work until his 1955 performance in “Land and People”. His career often suffered disturbances due to his heavy reliance on alcohol, which would later take his life.
Filmography (43 titles)
ShowLegends of Cinema
Self (archive footage) · 2016
8.0MoviePyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
Himself (archive footage) · 1976
8.0MovieQuenching the Thirst
Maryutin · 1968
9.0MovieОни не пройдут
The old man around the campfire · 1965
6.0MovieHigh Water
1963
8.0MovieWeekdays and Holidays
1961
MovieVanka
1960
8.5MovieThe Unusual Voyage of Mishka Strekachyov
policeman · 1959
5.8MovieA Home for Tanya
Fyodor · 1959
5.9MovieDriver Involuntarily
шофёр грузовика · 1958
6.0MoviePoet
soldier · 1956
9.0MovieLand and People
Ignat Ushkin · 1956
6.1MovieVasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades
1955
7.3MovieThe Miners of Donetsk
Andrey Postoyko · 1951
MovieGolden Horn
1948
9.0MovieThe Precious Seed
1948
8.0MovieA Great Life, Part 2
Vanya Kurskiy · 1946
6.7MovieThe Great Glinka
Alexander Pushkin · 1946
8.0MovieNaval Battalion
Petya · 1946
6.5MovieThe Ural Front
1944
7.4MovieMoscow Skies
lieutenant Ilya Streltsov · 1944
5.0MovieIn the Name of the Motherland
Ilyin · 1943
5.8MovieNo Greater Love
Senya · 1943
4.9MovieThe Invincible
Grisha, a driver · 1943
5.1MovieAleksandr Parkhomenko
Gaivoron · 1942
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #8
underground worker, Night Over Belgrade · 1942
Mother
underground worker · 1941
6.6MovieThe Humpbacked Horse
Ivanushka · 1941
6.3MovieIncident on a Volcano
Shatalov · 1941
7.5MovieFifth Ocean
Kovtunov · 1940