Sergei Bondarchuk

Sergei Bondarchuk
Сергей Бондарчук
Bondarchuk at the November 1969 premiere of Battle of Neretva in Sarajevo
Born(1920-09-25)25 September 1920
Belozerka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died20 October 1994(1994-10-20) (aged 74)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russia
Alma materRostov College of Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1948–1994
Notable workWar and Peace (1965-67)
Waterloo (1970)
Title
Spouses
(m. 1949; div. 1956)
(m. 1959)
Children
Awards

Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk[a] (25 September 1920 – 20 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.[1] He is known for his sweeping period dramas, including War and Peace (1966-67), his internationally acclaimed four-part film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, and for Waterloo (1970) a Napoleonic War epic.

Bondarchuk's work won him numerous international accolades. War and Peace won Bondarchuk, who both directed and acted in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1968), and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968.[2] He was made both a Hero of Socialist Labour and a People's Artist of the USSR.


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  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 117–120. ISBN 978-1442268425.
  2. ^ "The 41st Academy Awards (1969) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-15.