Sergey Bondarchuk
Sergey Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 β 20 October 1994) was a Soviet director, actor, and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1952). Academy Awards winner (War and Peace, 1969). BAFTA winner (Waterloo, 1971). His directorial debut was Fate of a Man, a WWII classic where he portrayed the main role. Bondarchuk is considered a master of big scale pieces with epic battle scenes that involved thousands of extras (War and Peace, Waterloo). He often starred star in his films, as well as cast his family, notably his wife, actor Irina Skobtseva (e.g. War and Peace, Vybor Tseli, Molchanie Doktora Ivensa). In late 1980s-early 1990s Bondarchuk started his long-term passion project β an adaptation of an epic novel βAnd Quiet Flows the Don,β together with the UK and Italy; however, the work could...show more
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Date of Birth
Sep 25, 1920
Place of Birth
Belozerka, Kherson Governorate, Ukrainian SSR
Date of Death
Oct 20, 1994
Age
74
Known For
Directing
Also Known As
Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук
Sergei Bondarchuk
Сергей Бондарчук
Sergej Bondartschuk
Сергій Бондарчук
Serguéi Fiódorovich Bondarchuk
Sergueï Bondartchouk