Oleg Yankovskiy

Born: 1944-02-23

Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (Russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; February 23, 1944 – May 20, 2009) was a Soviet/Russian actor who has excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Alla Pugacheva, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR.


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Mirror

as The Father
Released: 1975-03-07

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that...

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Nostalgia

as Andrei Gorchakov
Released: 1983-05-01

A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.

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The Man Who Cried

as Father
Released: 2000-08-29

A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love...

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Mute Witness

as Larsen
Released: 1995-09-28

Billy is mute, but it hasn't kept her from becoming a successful makeup artist. While in Russia,...

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Hipsters

as Fred's father
Released: 2008-12-25

In this hit Russian musical, a group of friends flaunts Soviet authority in 1950s Moscow by...

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To Kill a Dragon

as Дракон
Released: 1988-11-11

Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot...

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Ordinary Miracle

as Волшебник
Released: 1978-10-02

A wizard invents characters who all come to life and start to arrive at his house: a King, his...

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The Very Same Munchhausen

as Baron von Münchhausen
Released: 1979-12-31

A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. His...

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Сохранившие огонь

as uncredited
Released: 1970-04-21

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Alissa

as Kosicz
Released: 1998-07-29

The son of an editor discovers that one of his father's writers is a former criminal from the...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 1

as Jack Stapleton / Hugo Baskerville
Released: 1981-07-25

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel...

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Chinese Tea-Set

as Дмитрий Петрович Строганов
Released: 2000-01-03

The film is set in 1913 Russia during the celebrations of the Tricentennial Anniversary of the...

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The Musicians from Bremen

as uncredited
Released: 2000-06-06

The classic story about a musicians from Bremen is told in not so classical way.

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Trust

as Pyatakov
Released: 1976-08-20

Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical...

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The Dream of Russia

as Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician
Released: 1992-06-25

Sumptuous filming of the journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean...

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The Passport

as Borya - nicknamed «Paris»
Released: 1990-06-06

A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds...

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My Tender and Affectionate Beast

as Kamyshev
Released: 1978-05-16

An aristocrat falls for a young woman who brings him ruin. Based on Chekhov's story. AKA A...

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The Captivating Star of Happiness

as Кондратий Рылеев
Released: 1975-11-11

In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite...

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Tsar

as Metropolitanate Philipp
Released: 2009-11-04

In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested...

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Assassin of the Tsar

as Dr. Smirnov / Tsar Nicholas II
Released: 1991-10-02

A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the...

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Andrey Tarkovsky in Nostalghia

as Self
Released: 1984-05-05

A poetic and intimate scene-by-scene look into the filming of Tarkovsky's 'Nostalghia'.

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My Twentieth Century

as Z
Released: 1989-09-01

A tale of twin girls, Dóra and Lili, who are born in 1880 Budapest at the same moment Thomas...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 2

as Jack Stapleton / Hugo Baskerville
Released: 1981-07-26

The second part of the Russian TV adaption.

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Anna Karenina

as Aleksei Aleksandrovich Karenin
Released: 2009-03-01

The film adaptation of the famous novel by Leo Tolstoy. The story of the illegal and tragic love...

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A Sweet Woman

as Tikhon Dmitrievich Sokolov
Released: 1976-06-06

A story about life and love of a young girl Anna who moves from her village to a big city.

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Flights in Dreams and in Reality

as Sergei Makarov
Released: 1982-10-04

On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he...

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The Bonus

as Lev Solomakhin, Communist party boss at the company, second-in-command
Released: 1974-01-01

A small construction team led by Potapov suddenly refuses to receive a bonus payment from their...

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A Ballad of Love

as Andrei
Released: 1970-02-20

Leningrade. Galina works as a restorer at Catherine Palace; she is a sculptor as well and takes...

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Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky

as Self
Released: 2012-04-04

Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky. The film uses unique materials related to...

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A Sentimental Romance

as Ilya Gorodnitskiy
Released: 1976-12-01

The film is set in the 1920s. Shura Sevastyanov is an aspiring journalist in a small newspaper,...

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Сержант милиции

as uncredited
Released: 1975-08-11

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The Kiss

as Михаил Рябович
Released: 1983-10-22

The film is based on the short story by Anton Chekhov. Gentlemen invited to tea by the local...

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Under a Stone Sky

as Яшка (шофёр-одессит)
Released: 1974-10-25

In the autumn of 1944, contrary to the order of the Nazi command to evacuate to the south,...

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Crusader

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-10

At the filming movie about the crusaders, in Turkey, with one of the stunts died in accident....

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Two Comrades Were Serving

as Andrei Nekrasov
Released: 1968-10-21

Set during the last days of the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. The Crimea...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Jack Stapleton/Hugo Baskerville
Released: 1981-07-25

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his country house, Dr James Mortimer asks Sherlock...

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Ревизор

as Ammos Fedorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin, the judge
Released: 1996-10-08

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Ivan & Abraham

as Prince
Released: 1993-05-26

In 1930s Poland Christian boy Ivan goes to live with a Jewish family to learn a trade. He...

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72 Degrees Below Zero

as Sergei Popov
Released: 1976-09-08

Antarctic station "Vostok" threatens conservation due to lack of fuel. Volunteer squad is called...

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Love by Request

as Igor Bragin
Released: 1982-11-01

Two people: Igor, an ex-athlete living aimlessly and chasing rubles to get drunk and Vera, a...

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Kreutzer Sonata

as Позднышев
Released: 1987-07-22

A revelatory discussion on a train. Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel of the same name.

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The House That Swift Built

as Джонатан Свифт
Released: 1982-06-06

An immaculate, vivid and breathtaking implementation of Swift's romanticism.

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A Long, Long Deal

as Владимир Воронцов, следователь
Released: 1977-09-10

A murder just happened and it seems the answer is simple on who and how did it. But a casual...

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Yankovsky

as Archive footage
Released: 2015-02-19

This film is not about Oleg Yankovsky in the usual sense: not a biography of a great actor, not...

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Birds of Paradise

as uncredited
Released: 2008-04-01

The events of the film take place in the Soviet Union in the early 1980s. It is forbidden to...

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Evenings on a farm near Dikanka

as uncredited
Released: 1983-12-17

A fantasy film on the theme of the early works of Nikolai Gogol, tightly interwoven with his...

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Racers

as Nikolay Nikolaevich Sergachev
Released: 1972-03-31

An unpleasant incident on the winter track results in a conflict between two racing drivers: the...

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Come Look at Me

as Igor
Released: 2000-06-06

The movie is about an old disabled lady who lives with her spinster daughter. The lady...

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Я, Франциск Скорина...

as Frantsisk (Grigoriy) Skorina
Released: 1970-11-30

A film about the Belarusian publisher and educator Francis (Georgy) Skaryna, who lived in the...

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The Lover

as Дмитрий Чарышев
Released: 2002-10-24

This is a remarkably subtle film–a character study that focuses on Mitya’s attempts to cope with...

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Reckoning

as uncredited
Released: 1970-01-23

A young man discovers that his father behaved dishonourably during wartime.

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Bed of Procust

as Ladima
Released: 2001-01-01

The poet and journalist Ladima commits suicide and his friend, Fred Vasilescu, tries to find out...

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The Spy

as uncredited
Released: 1987-09-11

1916: on the verge of being evicted from his apartment, unable to find a job, with a desperate...

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The Turning Point

as Viktor Vedeneyev
Released: 1979-04-09

The newlyweds return to Moscow after a wonderful sea cruise on the Black Sea. It seems that they...

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Шут Балакирев

as Peter The Great
Released: 2001-05-14

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Paradise Apple

as Zhora
Released: 1998-01-01

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Guard Me, My Talisman

as Алексей Петрович Дмитриев, журналист
Released: 1986-08-31

The setting for this off-beat drama of love and jealousy is the Pushkin Poetry Festival in...

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Белая земля

as Frank Ritter
Released: 1971-08-21

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Doctor Zhivago

as uncredited
Released: 2006-04-01

Russian TV miniseries of Boris Pasternak's classic novel.

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We, the Undersigned

as Gennadiy Mikhailovich Semyonov
Released: 1981-03-14

The main events unfold in the train. The acceptance committee from Moscow, revealing...

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Two hussars

as uncredited
Released: 1984-06-06

Drama on the novel of the same name L. N. Tolstoy. Two hussars - father and son - two morals,...

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The Hat

as Dmitry Denisov - trumpeter
Released: 1981-03-19

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Обратная связь

as uncredited
Released: 1978-04-17

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Mado, poste restante

as Jean-Marie
Released: 1990-10-03

In this gentle comedy, Mado (Marianne Groves) is the letter-carrier for her small town, and she...

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Guilty Without Guilt

as uncredited
Released: 2008-10-05

In a small provincial town, a famous actress comes on tour, who once fled from here from the...

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Other People's Letters

as Priachin
Released: 1975-12-16

Zina is sixteen. She is a manipulative schoolgirl living in a small Russian town among sincere...

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Wait For Me, Anna

as uncredited
Released: 1969-09-29

A love story during wartime.

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Poor, Poor Pavel

as Count Palen
Released: 2003-06-21

Lenfilm's most recent major production spins a kind of historical fantasy based on real...

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Гнев

as uncredited
Released: 1974-09-16

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Мой дом - театр

as uncredited
Released: 1987-04-01

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Marriage

as uncredited
Released: 2009-04-22

About the hapless bridegroom Podkolesin, who escaped from the bride through the window, and the...

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Hamlet

as uncredited
Released: 1989-08-01

TV performance of the famous work of Shakespeare.

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Peer Gynt

as Peer Gynt
Released: 1979-01-01

Peer Gynt grew up a handsome guy, girls peered at him, and he dreamed of becoming a king and...

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The First Love

as uncredited
Released: 1995-04-26

Based on the story of the same name by I. Turgenev. A story about the romantic feeling of...

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Dictatorship of Conscience

as Фридрих Энгельс
Released: 1988-05-25

Performance of the Lenkom Theater based on the play by M. Shatrov.

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Tales of Belkin. Shot

as Count
Released: 1981-08-17

Over officer Silvio laughed at the fate itself in the image of a brilliant and successful...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

as Jack Stapleton / Hugo Baskerville
First aired: 1980-03-22

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson is a series of five films produced by Lenfilm...

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Memories of Sherlock Holmes

as Jack Stapleton
First aired: 2000-04-03

Detective television series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Five films about Sherlock...

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Сегодня вечером

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2012-09-01

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The Shield and the Sword

as Heinrich Schwarzkopf
First aired: 1968-08-19

The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most...

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Anna Karenina

as uncredited
First aired: 2013-03-04

The film adaptation of the famous novel by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy. The story of the illegal and...

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