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
Murder on Dante Street
(1956)
Soldiers
(1956)
Farber
Как он лгал её мужу
(1956)
Shtorm
(1957)
Muromtsev
Дорогой бессмертия
(1957)
Юлиус Фучик
Next to us
(1957)
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
Mozart and Salieri
(1962)
Mozart
Nine Days of One Year
(1962)
Ilya Kulikov
Зима тревоги нашей
(1963)
Hamlet
(1964)
Hamlet
On the Same Planet
(1966)
Last Month of Autumn
(1966)
The Little Prince
(1966)
Narrator (voice)
Beware of the Car!
(1966)
Yury Detochkin
First Visitor
(1966)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Degree of Risk
(1968)
Саша
The Living Corpse
(1969)
Ivan Petrovich the genius
First Love
(1969)
Father
Tchaikovsky
(1970)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)
Crime and Punishment
(1970)
Porfiry Petrovitch
Золото
(1970)
Uncle Vanya
(1970)
Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky
Taming of the Fire
(1972)
Tsiolkovski
Ночь на размышления
(1972)
Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram
(1972)
Passazhir tramvaya
Romance for Lovers
(1974)
Trumpeter
The Heron and the Crane
(1974)
Narrator (Voice)
Teens in the Universe
(1974)
И. О. О.
Moscow-Cassiopeia
(1974)
И. О. О.
Fulfillment of Desires
(1974)
Choice of Purpose
(1975)
Roosevelt
Daughters-Mothers
(1975)
Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev
They Fought for Their Motherland
(1975)
surgeon
Anna and Commander
(1975)
Dramatist
Mirror
(1975)
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Fantasia
(1976)
The Princess and the Pea
(1976)
King
The Cherry Orchard
(1976)
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
(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)
Цезарь и Клеопатра
(1979)
Цезарь
The Barrier
(1979)
Antoni Manev
Bells of Autumn
(1979)
About a Puppy
(1979)
The Puppy (voice)
Little Tragedies
(1980)
Сальери \ Старый барон
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
(1980)
Self
With You I Am Again...
(1980)
voice
Born by the Storm
(1981)
Staryy graf
Khalif the Stork
(1981)
Khalif / халиф
Theft
(1982)
This Fantastic World 7
(1982)
капитан
The Queen of Spades
(1982)
Chekalinsky
Крепыш
(1982)
Two Under One Umbrella
(1983)
Тиль
Late love
(1983)
Road to Eternity
(1983)
Phenomenon
(1983)
Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)
Dead Souls
(1984)
Plushkin
My Sister Lucy
(1985)
(Narrator)
Children of the Sun
(1985)
The Last Road
(1986)
Primary Russia
(1986)
Emperor Justinian
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1986)
Hercules and Admetus
(1986)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches
(1986)
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 1
(1986)
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
Mysterious Heir
(1987)
Without Sun
(1987)
First Encounter - Last Encounter
(1987)
Member of counter-intelligence
Dark Eyes
(1987)
Il Governarore di Sisoiev
My Favorite Time
(1987)
Narrator (voice)
Restricted Area
(1988)
Black Corridor
(1988)
На исходе ночи
(1988)
Кабала святош
(1988)
Naval Cadets, Charge!
(1988)
kardinal Fleri
Heart Is Not a Stone
(1989)
Ladies Tailor
(1990)
Isaak
A Trap for Lonely Man
(1990)
Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush
Dina
(1990)
Mother
(1990)
The Siege of Venice
(1991)
Death Line
(1991)
теневой мафиози Луковецкий
Genius
(1991)
Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц»
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