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.
Known For
Mirror
(1975)
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Beware of the Car!
(1966)
Yury Detochkin
Dark Eyes
(1987)
Il Governarore di Sisoiev
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
(1980)
Self
Full Filmography
Acting
Soldiers
(1956)
Farber
Как он лгал её мужу
(1956)
Murder on Dante Street
(1956)
Next to us
(1957)
Shtorm
(1957)
Muromtsev
Дорогой бессмертия
(1957)
Юлиус Фучик
The Night Guest
(1958)
Letter Never Sent
(1960)
Konstantin Sabinin
Ребята с Канонерского
(1960)
Михаил (voice)
A Leap Year
(1961)
Gennadiy Kupriyanov
Until Next Spring
(1961)
Aleksei
Nine Days of One Year
(1962)
Ilya Kulikov
Mozart and Salieri
(1962)
Mozart
Зима тревоги нашей
(1963)
Hamlet
(1964)
Hamlet
Beware of the Car!
(1966)
Yury Detochkin
The Little Prince
(1966)
Narrator (voice)
On the Same Planet
(1966)
Last Month of Autumn
(1966)
First Visitor
(1966)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Degree of Risk
(1968)
Саша
The Living Corpse
(1969)
Ivan Petrovich the genius
First Love
(1969)
Father
Crime and Punishment
(1970)
Porfiry Petrovitch
Tchaikovsky
(1970)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)
Uncle Vanya
(1970)
Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky
Золото
(1970)
Taming of the Fire
(1972)
Tsiolkovski
Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram
(1972)
Passazhir tramvaya
Ночь на размышления
(1972)
Moscow-Cassiopeia
(1974)
И. О. О.
Teens in the Universe
(1974)
И. О. О.
Romance for Lovers
(1974)
Trumpeter
Fulfillment of Desires
(1974)
The Heron and the Crane
(1974)
Narrator (Voice)
Daughters-Mothers
(1975)
Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev
They Fought for Their Motherland
(1975)
surgeon
Anna and Commander
(1975)
Dramatist
Choice of Purpose
(1975)
Roosevelt
Mirror
(1975)
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
(1976)
The Princess and the Pea
(1976)
King
The Cherry Orchard
(1976)
Fantasia
(1976)
Trust
(1976)
Nikolai Bobrikov
On Thursday and Never Again
(1977)
Ivan Modestovich, Sergey's stepfather
The Legend of Till
(1977)
Charles V
I Am Flying to You as a Memory...
(1977)
Voice acting
Velvet Season
(1978)
Police commissioner
The Steppe
(1978)
Enemies
(1978)
Bells of Autumn
(1979)
The Barrier
(1979)
Antoni Manev
About a Puppy
(1979)
The Puppy (voice)
Цезарь и Клеопатра
(1979)
Цезарь
Little Tragedies
(1980)
Сальери \ Старый барон
With You I Am Again...
(1980)
voice
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
(1980)
Self
Khalif the Stork
(1981)
Khalif / халиф
Born by the Storm
(1981)
Staryy graf
The Queen of Spades
(1982)
Chekalinsky
Theft
(1982)
Крепыш
(1982)
This Fantastic World 7
(1982)
капитан
Phenomenon
(1983)
Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)
Two Under One Umbrella
(1983)
Тиль
Late love
(1983)
Road to Eternity
(1983)
Dead Souls
(1984)
Plushkin
Children of the Sun
(1985)
My Sister Lucy
(1985)
(Narrator)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1986)
Primary Russia
(1986)
Emperor Justinian
The Last Road
(1986)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 1
(1986)
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches
(1986)
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
Hercules and Admetus
(1986)
Dark Eyes
(1987)
Il Governarore di Sisoiev
First Encounter - Last Encounter
(1987)
Member of counter-intelligence
Without Sun
(1987)
Mysterious Heir
(1987)
My Favorite Time
(1987)
Narrator (voice)
Naval Cadets, Charge!
(1988)
kardinal Fleri
На исходе ночи
(1988)
Restricted Area
(1988)
Black Corridor
(1988)
Кабала святош
(1988)
Heart Is Not a Stone
(1989)
A Trap for Lonely Man
(1990)
Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush
Ladies Tailor
(1990)
Isaak
Mother
(1990)
Dina
(1990)
Genius
(1991)
Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц»
Death Line
(1991)
теневой мафиози Луковецкий
The Siege of Venice
(1991)
The Case
(1991)
Muromsky
Gold
(1992)
The Revelation of John the Foreprinter
(1992)
Ivan the Terrible
The Murderer
(1993)
Investigator
I want to go to America
(1993)
Enchanted
(1994)
White Feast
(1996)
Dandelion Wine
(1998)
полковник Фрилей
Discovering Hamlet
(2011)
Hamlet (archive footage)
Writing