Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

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 Smotkunovkiys 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 Dostoyevskys The Idiot in Bolshoi Drama Theater 1957 and Tolstoys Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in Maly Theatre 1973 Awarded the title of Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1974