Pyotr Aleynikov

Actor

July 12, 1914 — June 9, 1965 (50 years)
Born into poverty, Aleynikov lost his family at an early age, forcing him to street-life before transitioning to an orphanage in the early 1920s.  He discovered a love of movies when a local film projectionist began training him in the craft.  Following time in a Russian labor compound, Aleinikov studied drama in Leningrad and made his film debut in the 1932 film “Counter”.  His talent for music and comedy led him to numerous roles of varying degree of local fame that grew as World War II intensified.  He continued to star and support in films until disagreements between him and production teams intensified, leaving him without work until his 1955 performance in “Land and People”.  His career often suffered disturbances due to his heavy reliance on alcohol, which would later take his life.

Known For

  • The Humpbacked Horse
    The Humpbacked Horse1941
  • A Great Life
    A Great Life1939
  • Tractor Drivers
    Tractor Drivers1939
  • No Greater Love
    No Greater Love1943
  • Moscow Skies
    Moscow Skies1944
  • The Brave Seven
    The Brave Seven1936
  • Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades
    Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades1955
  • A Home for Tanya
    A Home for Tanya1959
  • The Great Glinka
    The Great Glinka1946
  • Driver Involuntarily
    Driver Involuntarily1958
  • A Comedy of Days Gone By
    A Comedy of Days Gone By1980
  • The Invincible
    The Invincible1943
  • Komsomolsk
    Komsomolsk1938

Filmography

1980
1961
1960
1959
Otchiy dom · as Fyodor
1958
Shofyor ponevole · as Шофёр Грузовика
1957
Poet · as Soldier
1955
1951
Miners of the Don · as Andrey Postoyko
1946
The Great Glinka · as Alexander Pushkin
1944
1944
Moscow Skies · as Lieutenant Ilya Streltsov
1943
1943
No Greater Love · as Senya
1943
Nepobedimye · as Grisha, A Driver
1942
Alexander Parkhomenko · as Gaivoron
1941
The Humpbacked Horse · as Ivanushka
1939
Istrebiteli · as Lieutenant (uncredited)
1939
Bolshaya zhizn · as Vanya Kursky
1939
Tractor Drivers · as Savka
1938
The Man with the Gun · as Soldier
1938
City of Youth · as Petka Aleinikov
1936
Seven Brave Men · as Moliboga, Cook
1936
Three Women · as Wounded
1935
Peasants · as Petka, A Boy
1932
Shame · as Slepnitsyn, Young Worker (uncredited)