Acting
Pyotr Aleynikov
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.
Filmography
Legends of Cinema
Series · 2016
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
Film · 1976
Quenching the Thirst
Film · 1968
Они не пройдут
Film · 1965
High Water
Film · 1963
Weekdays and Holidays
Film · 1961
Vanka
Film · 1960
A Home for Tanya
Film · 1959
The Unusual Voyage of Mishka Strekachyov
Film · 1959
Driver Involuntarily
Film · 1958
Land and People
Film · 1956
Poet
Film · 1956
Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades
Film · 1955
The Miners of Donetsk
Film · 1951
The Precious Seed
Film · 1948
Golden Horn
Film · 1948
The Great Glinka
Film · 1946
Naval Battalion
Film · 1946
A Great Life, Part 2
Film · 1946
The Ural Front
Film · 1944
Moscow Skies
Film · 1944
In the Name of the Motherland
Film · 1943
No Greater Love
Film · 1943
The Invincible
Film · 1943
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
Film · 1942
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #8
Film · 1942
The Humpbacked Horse
Film · 1941
Mother
Film · 1941
Incident on a Volcano
Film · 1941
Fifth Ocean
Film · 1940
Make Noise, Town
Film · 1940
Tractor Drivers
Film · 1939
A Great Life
Film · 1939
Fighters
Film · 1939
Komsomolsk
Film · 1938
The Man with the Gun
Film · 1938
For the Soviet Motherland
Film · 1937
Fedka
Film · 1937
The Brave Seven
Film · 1936
The Girlfriends
Film · 1936
Peasants
Film · 1935
Do I Love You?
Film · 1934
Counterplan
Film · 1932