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Nikolai Cherkasov

Politician / Actor | * 07/27/1903 († 63, 09/14/1966) | St Petersburg, Russian Empire
Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov (Russian: Никола́й Константи́нович Черка́сов; 27 July [O.S. 14 July] 1903 – 14 September 1966) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1947. ()

An outstanding Soviet theater and film actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1937). People's Artist of the RSFSR (03/11/1939). People's Artist of the USSR (02.26.1947). He graduated from the Institute of Performing Arts (1926). Since 1919 - a mimic artist of the Petrograd Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theater, the Bolshoi Drama Theater and other theaters. In the years 1926-1929 - actor of the Leningrad Youth Theater. In 1929-1931 - artist of the Leningrad and Moscow music halls. In the years 1931-1933 - artist of the Leningrad Mobile Theater "Comedy". In 1933-1965 - artist of the Leningrad Academic Drama Theater named after Pushkin. Nikolai Cherkasov is the only actor whose face is imprinted on the order. Stalin personally chose and approved the portrait of Cherkasov for one of the highest state awards - the Soviet Order of Alexander Nevsky. Member of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR 1-2 convocations. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 3-4 convocations (1950-1958). Chairman of the Leningrad branch of the WTO (since 1948). Member of the Soviet Peace Committee (since 1949). Member of the CPSU (b) since 1940. September 14, Nikolai Konstantinovich died at the 64th year of life. When the great actor passed away, one of his students said that he died not from heart failure, but from insufficient heartiness... The actor was buried in the Necropolis of Artists of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Leningrad. July 27, 1970 the name of Cherkasov was assigned to one of the streets in Leningrad.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | History | War

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When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his sta ...

Alexander Nevsky

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1938 | 3.6/5 | 1h 49min
Drama, History, War
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A film based on the life of the Russian scientist, Klement Timiriazev, who taught at Cambridge and Oxford and was awarded the Newton Mantle for his work. Timiriazev, one of the few outstanding Russian ...

Baltic Deputy

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1937 | 2.8/5 | 1h 47min
Drama
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Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Sergei Eisenstein's final film, this is the first ...

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

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1944 | 3.7/5 | 1h 39min
Drama, History
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Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has become a fixture there. He tells about the first o ...

Mussorgsky

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1950 | 2.9/5 | 2h
History, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Nikolai Cherkasov

5x Stalin Prize 2x Order of Lenin People's Artist of the USSR 2x Order of the Red Banner of Labour Honored Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR Lenin Prize Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
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Movies with Nikolai Cherkasov as Actor(35)

as Gedeonov1965 Nights of Farewell
as scientist Fyodor Dronov1963 All Remains to People
as Czar Ivan IV1958 Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano (as N. Cherkasov)1957 Don Quixote
as Stasov1953 Rimsky-Korsakov
as Stasov1950 Mussorgsky
1949 Alexander Popov
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt1949 The Battle of Stalingrad
as kapitan Levashov1949 Happy Sailing
as Lyadov1947 Pirogov
as Arkadi Mikhailovich Gromov1947 Spring
as Lukich1946 Vo Imya Zhizni
as Czar Ivan IV1944 Ivan the Terrible, Part I
as Alexander Nevsky1943 Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
as Rodionov the father, a worker1943 The Invincible
1942 Defense of Tsaritsyn
as baron von Ungern-Sternberg1942 His Name Is Sukhe-Bator
1940 Концерт на экране
1940 60 Days
as Maksim Gorky1939 Lenin in 1918
1939 Friends
as Alexander Nevsky1938 Alexander Nevsky
as Prince Alexei1938 Peter the First, Part II
1937 За Советскую Родину
1937 Baltic Deputy
as Prince Alexei1937 Peter the First, Part I
as Billy Bones1937 Treasure Island
as white officer (uncredited)1936 The Girlfriends
as Jacques Paganel1936 Capt. Grant's Family
1935 Hectic Days
1935 Granitsa
1934 Crown Prince of the Republic
1934 Happiness
1928 My Son
as Tall Clown1928 His Excellency

TV Shows/Series with Nikolai Cherkasov as Actor(1)

as Himself / ArchiveFootage2005 Как уходили кумиры

Full Name: Nikolai Cherkasov
Citizenship: Soviet Union (former country)
Born: Monday, 07/27 1903 (July) in St Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died: Wednesday, 09/14 1966 (September) in Saint Petersburg (aged: 63)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Educated at: Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
Employer: Mariinsky Theatre, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater, Bryantsev Youth Theatre, Alexandrinsky Theatre
Member of: Soviet Peace Committee
Other names for Nikolai Cherkasov (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Nikolay Cherkasov"
"Николай Черкасов"
"Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov"
"Nikolai Tscherkassow"
"Nikolai Konstantinowitsch Tscherkassow"
Nikolai Cherkasov frequently works together with these people:
Sergei Eisenstein (12x, Crew)
Iosif Kheifits (6x, Crew)
Grigoriy Roshal (5x, Crew)
Aleksandr Zarkhi (5x, Crew)
Mikhail Zharov (5x, Actor)
Serafima Birman (4x, Actress)
Bruno Frejndlikh (4x, Actor)
Lev Arnshtam (4x, Crew)
Semyon Timoshenko (4x, Crew)
Nikolai Simonov (4x, Actor)
Vladimir Petrov (4x, Crew)
Yuri Aizenshpis (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:59735, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024