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Maksim Munzuk

Actor / Composer | * 05/02/1910 († 89, 07/28/1999) | Kyzyl, Tyva (Russia)
Maxim Monguzhukovich Munzuk (Tuvan: Максим Монгужук-оглу Мунзук; 2 May 1910 – 28 July 1999 in Kyzyl, Tyva, Russia) was a Tuvan actor, one of the founders of the Republic of Tuva's regional theatre. He is best known for playing the title role in Akira Kurosawa's film Dersu Uzala. The versatile and creative Munzuk was an actor, director, singer, collector of musical folklore, composer, and teacher. Originally a musician in the military, Munzuk served as the commander of Tyva’s Artillery Regiment orchestra. He founded the Tuvan musical-drama theatre in the 1930s and played a huge number of roles of the most varied characters. Akira Kurosawa picked Munzuk as the lead in his Soviet-financed epic Dersu Uzala (1975), along with Yuri Solomin as writer-explorer Vladimir Arsenyev on whose 1923 book the film was based. Munzuk's impressive acting contributed greatly to the film’s international success — the picture won the 1975 Academy Award as Best Foreign Picture. He was awarded the titles of People's Artist of the RSFSR and of the Tuvan ASSR, and was also awarded the State Prize of the Republic of Tuv... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | War

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Awards & Nominations for Maksim Munzuk

People's Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR Order of Friendship of Peoples
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Movies with Maksim Munzuk as Actor(7)

as Old Yan1989 Revenge
as Ilya1980 Valentina
1979 Последняя охота
as Fedyka1979 Siberiade
1978 Алмазная тропа
as Dersu Uzala1975 Dersu Uzala

TV Shows/Series with Maksim Munzuk as Actor(1)

as Fed'ka1979 Сибириада

Citizenships: Soviet Union (former country), Russia
Born: Monday, 05/02 1910 (May) in Kyzyl, Tyva (Russia)
Died: Wednesday, 07/28 1999 (July) in Kyzyl (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: Russian (RU)
Spouses (current/former): Kara-Kys Munzuk
Other names for Maksim Munzuk (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Maxim Monguzhukovich Munzuk"
"Maxim Munzuk"
Maksim Munzuk frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (2x, Crew)
Nikita Mikhalkov (2x, Crew)
Gleb Panfilov (2x, Crew)
Toshio Gotô (2x, Crew)
Viktor Zhanov (2x, Crew)
Daniil Netrebin (1x, Actor)
Igor Teplov (1x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:269371, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024