Aleksandr Shalvovich Porokhovshchikov (russian: Александр Шалвович Пороховщиков, 31 January 1939,

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– 15 April 2012, Moscow) was a

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film and

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and film director,

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(1994). He died of

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and other

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at age 73 in

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Selected filmography

* '' Empire under Attack'' (Империя под ударом, 2000) as ''Vladimir Dzhunkovsky'' * ''

The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment The Voroshilov Sharpshooter (russian: Ворошиловский стрелок, translit. ''Voroshilovskiy strelok'', named after a badge for markmanship) is a 1999 Russian vigilante drama film directed by Stanislav Govorukhin based on th ...

'' (Ворошиловский стрелок, 1999) as ''police colonel Pashutin'' * '' Tax Сollector'' (Мытарь, 1995) as ''Potocky'' * '' Professor Dowell's Testament'' (Завещание профессора Доуэля, 1984) * '' Return from Orbit'' (Возвращение с орбиты, 1983) as Alexey Sviridov, Major General * ''

Moon Rainbow ''Moon Rainbow'' (russian: Лунная радуга, Lunnaya raduga) is a 1983 Soviet science fiction film directed by Andrei Yermash based on the novel of the same name by Sergei Pavlov about a person gaining inexplicable extrasensory properties ...

'' (Лунная радуга, 1983) as Back * ''

Do Not Part with Your Beloved ''Do Not Part with Your Beloved'' or (russian: С любимыми не расставайтесь, S lyubimymi ne rasstavaytes) is a Soviet romantic drama, directed by Pavel Arsenov in 1980. The film is based on the eponymous play written in 1971 ...

'' (С любимыми не расставайтесь, 1980) as ''Nikulin'' * ''

The Captivating Star of Happiness ''The Captivating Star of Happiness'' (russian: Звезда пленительного счастья, Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya, The Star of Fascinating Happiness) is a 1975 Soviet historical drama. The title is an allusion to a line from a ...

'' (Звезда пленительного счастья, 1975) as ''

Pavel Pestel Colonel Pavel Ivanovich Pestel (russian: Павел Иванович Пестель; in Moscow – in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian revolutionary and ideologue of the Decembrists. Early life Pestel came from a Lutheran family of Saxo ...

'' * ''

Captain Nemo Captain Nemo (; later identified as an Indian, Prince Dakkar) is a fictional character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction classics, ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' ...

'' (Капитан Немо, 1975) as ''Captain Faragut'' * ''

At Home Among Strangers ''Friend to Foes, Foe to Friends'' (russian: Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих; ''Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh'') is a 1974 Soviet film starring Yuri Bogatyryov and Anatoly Solonitsyn and directed by Ni ...

'' (Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих, 1974) as ''Kungarov'' * ''

Shine, Shine, My Star "Shine, Shine, My Star" (russian: "Гори, гори, моя звезда") is an acclaimed Russian romance. The authorship of the song was uncertain for some time, being ascribed to various people, including Nikolay Gumilyov and Ivan Bunin. A ...

'' (Гори, гори, моя звезда, 1970) as white officer

References

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* 1939 births 2012 deaths Russian male film actors Russian film directors Russian male stage actors Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika" Male actors from Moscow Deaths from diabetes People's Artists of Russia {{Russia-bio-stub