Sergei Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 — 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 – an adaptation of an epic novel “And Quiet Flows the Don,” together with the UK and Italy; however, the work couldn't be finished before the actor-director passed away in 1994. His son, actor-director Fyodor Bondarchuk, finished the piece in 2006.

Personal Details

• Born: 1920-09-25 in Belozerka, Kherson Governorate, Ukrainian SSR
• Known For: Directing

Sergey Bondarchuk Movies List

Looking for Sergey Bondarchuk movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• War and Peace (1968)
• Fate of a Man (1959)
• War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965)
• War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1966)
• They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
• War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 (1967)
• The Battle of Neretva (1969)
• War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov (1967)
• ¡Qué Viva México! (1979)
• Uncle Vanya (1970)

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