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Evgueni Leonov is a Actor Russe born on 2 september 1926 at Moscow (Russie)

Evgueni Leonov

Evgueni Leonov
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Birth name Евгений Павлович Леонов
Nationality Russie
Birth 2 september 1926 at Moscow (Russie)
Death 29 january 1994 (at 67 years) at Moscow (Russie)
Awards People's Artist of the USSR, Order of Lenin, USSR State Prize

Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (Russian: Евгений Павлович Леонов; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a famous Russian/Soviet actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films. Called "one of Russia's best-loved actors", he also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Vinny Pukh (Winnie-the-Pooh).

Biography

Enfant, Evgueni Leonov rêve de devenir pilote de chasse principalement du fait que son père travaillait dans une usine de construction aéronautique. Pendant la Grande Guerre patriotique, à l'instar de toute sa famille, il travaille dans une usine d'armement et d'aviation. Après la guerre, il rejoint l'école de théâtre d'art de Moscou, où il étudie sous la direction de Mikhaïl Yanchine. À partir de 1948, il jouait au théâtre Stanislavski.

En 1955, il devient membre du Parti communiste de l'Union soviétique.

En 1968, Leonov devient l'acteur du théâtre Maïakovski qu'il quittera en 1974, suite au différend avec le directeur artistique de l'époque Andreï Gontcharov . Il intègre la troupe du théâtre du Lenkom dont la direction était prise depuis peu par Mark Zakharov.

Evgueni Leonov devient un acteur fétiche de Gueorgui Danielia, apparaissant dans l'ensemble de ses films. Il attire l'attention de la critique par la justesse de ses rôles tragiques et par le naturel de son jeu. D'ailleurs nombre d'acteurs réputés évitent de jouer dans les mêmes films que lui tant sa manière naturelle de jouer les rendaient tendus.

Malgré sa brève apparition dans Le Marathon d'automne (1980) de Dainelia, son rôle hilarant d'un homme simple, fouineur, et éméché, lui vaut le prix des frères Vassiliev et le prix d'interprétation à la Mostra de Venise. Pour beaucoup, Leonov était aux Russes ce que Fernandel était aux Français.

On lui décerne l'ordre de Lenine en 1986.

En 1991, lors d'une tournée en Allemagne, il est victime d'une crise cardiaque et reste dans le coma pendant 10 jours.

Leonov meurt en 1994, en se rendant au théâtre du Lenkom à Moscou, victime d'une embolie pulmonaire. Malgré le grand froid hivernal, plus d'un demi-million de personnes se sont rendues en cortège à un service commémoratif organisé à son théâtre. Il est enterré au cimetière de Novodevitchi. La même année on lui décerne à titre posthume le prix du Kinotavr, pour l'ensemble de son œuvre.

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Filmography of Evgueni Leonov (31 films)

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The Passport, 1h43
Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Gérard Darmon, Natalya Georgyevna Gundareva, Oleg Yankovsky, Armen Djigarkhanian, Igor Kvacha, Evgueni Leonov
Roles Embassy employee in Austria
Rating74% 3.731633.731633.731633.731633.73163
Deux demi-frères, Yasha et Merab, habitent à Tbilissi en Géorgie. Yasha est musicien et Merab chauffeur de taxi. En 1987, Yasha décide de partir pour Israël. Merab, qui souhaite rester, l'accompagne à Moscou. Dans l'aéroport, ils souhaitent boire un verre de champagne ensemble avant de se séparer. Merab va acheter une bouteille dans la zone des boutiques hors taxes en utilisant le passeport de son frère, sans se rendre compte qu'il ne peut pas revenir en arrière.
To Kill a Dragon, 1h56
Directed by Mark Zakharov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Films about dragons, Films based on plays, Dystopian films
Actors Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Yankovsky, Evgueni Leonov, Viatcheslav Tikhonov, Alexandre Zbrouïev, Semion Farada
Roles Бургомистр
Rating77% 3.884153.884153.884153.884153.88415
Le bon chevalier Lancelot arrive dans une ville pour la délivrer du dragon qui l'opprime depuis 400 ans. Cependant, presque tout le monde en commençant par le burgrave s'attellent à l'en dissuader, car ils ignorent ce que c'est qu'une liberté et au fond la redoutent. Il fait connaissance du dragon. Lors de leur rencontre Lancelot peut mesurer par lui-même le degré d'acceptation de son sort par un commun et mortel qui à l'instar de Friedrichsen, un scientiste corrigé, ne se révolte pas à l'idée de sa propre castration.
The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin, 1h18
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about birds, Films about penguins
Actors Alexeï Batalov, Rolan Bykov, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Evgueni Leonov, Mona Marshall
Roles Jack (voice)
Rating74% 3.725293.725293.725293.725293.72529
The story begins with the end of winter, and the southern ocean showing the aurora australis. A flock of penguins, coming from the north, returns home. The females separate from their mates to go hunt as males build their nests from piles of pebbles. The females return to lay their eggs, only to eventually separate from the males again, whilst the males take care of the eggs. It would take forty days before the females returned. A flock of aggressive seagulls constantly threatens to steal the penguin eggs and raids the nesting grounds while the females are away. Unfortunately, the hunger and all the good food that was waiting made some of the male penguins abandon their nest. A father (black and white penguin) of a couple saves the egg of another family, meanwhile one of their two eggs is stolen from their nest. When the mother (a dark blue and white penguin) returns, the father says that one of the eggs does not belong to them. They return another penguin's egg and have one egg for themselves.
Laughter and Grief by the White Sea, 1h
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Evgueni Leonov, Boris Novikov, Tatyana Vasilyeva
Roles Grandad Senya [narrator] (voice)
Rating77% 3.871073.871073.871073.871073.87107
In the evening, several Pomor men have brought in their boats for the day and are relaxing in a fishermen's hut by the light of a kerosene lamp. The eldest of them tells them that "there has been so much untruth told about our region" that he wants to set the record straight and tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. With that said, he begins his first tale.
Kin-dza-dza!, 2h15
Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Political films, Dystopian films, Steampunk films, Space opera
Actors Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgueni Leonov, Yury Yakovlev, Levan Gabriadze
Roles Wef - The Wandering Chatlanian Singer
Rating78% 3.9478553.9478553.9478553.9478553.947855
The film is set in 1980s Moscow. Standing right in the city centre on Kalinin Prospekt, a barefoot man dressed in a tattered coat appeals to anyone with a strange request: "Tell me the number of your planet in the tenture? Or least the number of your galaxy in the spiral?". Random passers-by, two Soviet citizens previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, Vladimir Mashkov, and a "Violinist", a student from Georgia, Gedevan Aleksidze), start a conversation with him, during which the stranger shows them an alien teleportation device – "traveller". The foreman Mashkov holds out his hand to the device and, despite the stranger's warnings, presses a random button. Suddenly Uncle Vova and the violinist find themselves alone on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy. From that point on, the movie describes their long quest to find a way back home.
Welcome
Welcome (1986)
, 10minutes
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Evgueni Leonov
Roles Bear (voice)
Rating75% 3.7579253.7579253.7579253.7579253.757925
For the Matches, 1h34
Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï, Risto Orko
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Historical, Musical
Actors Evgueni Leonov, Rita Polster, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Georgy Vitsin, Ritva Valkama, Sergueï Filippov
Roles Antti Ihalainen
Rating67% 3.3899853.3899853.3899853.3899853.389985
Antti Ihalaynen (Yevgeny Leonov) lives happily on the farm with his wife Anna-Lisa (Rita Polster). Once, when the house ran out of matches and the Ihalaynens had nothing to make a fire for cooking coffee so loved by the Finns, Anna-Lisa sent her husband to a neighbor Hyuvyarinen (Sergei Filippov) for matches.
Autumn Marathon, 1h30
Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Oleg Basilashvili, Evgueni Leonov, Marina Neïolova, Natalya Georgyevna Gundareva, Galina Volchek, Norbert Kuchinke
Roles Василий Игнатьич Харитонов, сосед Бузыкина
Rating77% 3.892633.892633.892633.892633.89263
Un homme, partagé entre sa femme et sa maîtresse, mène une double vie qui l'harasse et s'enferme dans le mensonge. Pourtant, malgré l'aggravation de la situation, il ne peut se décider à choisir
Ordinary Miracle, 2h18
Directed by Mark Zakharov
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Oleg Yankovsky, Evgueni Leonov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Andreï Mironov, Yevgeniya Simonova, Vsevolod Larionov
Roles король
Rating80% 4.0396854.0396854.0396854.0396854.039685
The protagonist of the film, the Wizard (Oleg Yankovsky), invents a fairy tale to amuse himself and his wife (Irina Kupchenko). The tale's characters come to life, come to his house and set out to live their lives.
Mimino
Mimino (1977)
, 1h37
Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Vakhtang Kikabidze, Frounzik Mkrtchian, Evgueni Leonov, Borislav Brondoukov, Savely Kramarov, Leonid Kouravliov
Roles Ivan Volokhov
Rating80% 4.0441454.0441454.0441454.0441454.044145
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino (Vakhtang Kikabidze) works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircraft, so he decides to go to Moscow to follow his dream. There in a hotel he meets Armenian truck driver Roobik Khachikyan (Frunzik Mkrtchyan) who is given a place in that hotel by mistake instead of another Khachikyan (Professor), and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow.
Afonya
Afonya (1976)
, 1h32
Directed by Gueorgui Danielia
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Leonid Kouravliov, Evgueni Leonov, Yevgeniya Simonova, Savely Kramarov, Nina Maslova, Borislav Brondoukov
Roles Коля
Rating77% 3.8987953.8987953.8987953.8987953.898795
Unlucky plumber – Afanasy Borshchov (Afonya) (Leonid Kuravlev) and his friend Fedulov (Borislav Brondukov) spend all day and night avoiding work and finding opportunities to drink. Afonya takes "kickbacks" from clients and is often in trouble with the local committee for his behaviour.
The Bonus
The Bonus (1974)
, 1h23
Directed by Sergueï Mikaelian
Origin Russie
Genres Drama
Themes Politique, Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Oleg Yankovsky, Evgueni Leonov, Mikhaïl Glouzski, Armen Djigarkhanian, Nina Ourgant, Svetlana Krutchkova
Roles Vasily Potapov, gang leader
Rating73% 3.669753.669753.669753.669753.66975
At a meeting of the Communist Party committee of building trust, taskman Potapov makes a surprise announcement. He and his team refuse to receive the bonus money issued for overfulfillment of plan targets. According to Potapov, the management of the trust regularly artificially lowers targets, due to which the trust can easily overfulfill plan targets. Potapov proves his words with serious economic calculation.