Sergei Bondarchuk Movies and Career Information

Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk (Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈfʲodʌrəvʲitʂ bəndʌrˈtʂuk], Серге́й Фё́дорович Бондарчу́к; September 25, 1920 – October 20, 1994) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Belozerka, in the Kherson Governorate, Sergei Bondarchuk spent his childhood in the cities of Yeisk and Taganrog, graduated from the Taganrog School Num.4 in 1938. His first performance as an actor was onstage of the Taganrog Theatre in 1937. He continued studies in the Rostov on Don theater school (1938-1942). After his studies, he was conscripted into the Red Army against Nazi Germany and was discharged in 1946. At the age of 32, he became the youngest Soviet actor ever to receive the top dignity of the People's Artist of the USSR. In 1955, he starred with future wife Irina Skobtseva in Othello and after four years, they married. He was previously married to Inna Makarova, mother to his elder daughter.The same year Bondarchuk was married in 1959, he made his directorial debut with Destiny of a Man based on the Sholokhov short story. Bondarchuk's western fame lies with his epic production of Tolstoy's War and Peace which on original release totaled more than ten