Anatoli Vladimirovich Romashin (russian: Анато́лий Влади́мирович Рома́шин; 1931–2000) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director. He won the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

(1977) and was a

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...

(1982).

Biography

Anatoli Romashin was born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

on 1 January 1931. His father was a

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

, mother was an Estonian. His brother Vladimir (1932-2012) was an opera singer. He graduated from the

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ...

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(course of Victor Stanitsyn) in 1959. Since 1959 - an actor

Mayakovsky Theatre Mayakovsky Theater (russian: Театр Маяковского; Московский академический театр имени Вл. Маяковского) is a theater in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1920, first as ''Terevsat'' (Theater of R ...

. The actor became widely recognized after the release of the 1974

Elem Klimov Elem Germanovich Klimov (russian: link=no, Элем Германович Климов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and was married to film dire ...

's film ''

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'', where Romashin played the role of

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.Погиб Анатолий Ромашин
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Death

He was killed in an accident on the evening of August 8, 2000 near the town of Pushkino,

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actor was impaled by a huge old pine, that he was trying to chainsaw on his

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. He was buried on the

Vagankovo Cemetery Vagankovo Cemetery (russian: Ваганьковское кладбище, Vagan'kovskoye kladbishche), established in 1771, is located in the Presnya district of Moscow. It started in the aftermath of the Moscow plague riot of 1771 outside the cit ...

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Selected filmography

*'' The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin'' (russian: Гиперболоид инженера Гарина, 1965) as ''Dr. Wolf'' *'' The Seventh Companion'' (Седьмой спутник, 1967) as ''white officer'' *''

Strong with Spirit ''Strong with Spirit'' (russian: Сильные духом, Silnye dukhom) is a 1967 Soviet spy film directed by Viktor Georgiyev based on a screenplay by Anatoli Grebnev and Aleksandr Lukin. It tells the story of the Soviet intelligence office ...

'' (Сильные духом, 1967) as ''Oberleutnant'' *'' Hit Back'' (Ответный ход, 1971) as ''Major General Nefedov'' *''

'' (Агония, 1974) as ''emperor

'' *'' An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano'' (Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино, 1977) as ''Gerasim Kuzmich Petrin'' *'' Where were you, Odysseus?'' (Где ты был, Одиссей?, 1978) as SS Sturmbannführer Karl Ehrlich *''

Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlovna Pavlova ( , rus, Анна Павловна Павлова ), born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova ( rus, Анна Матвеевна Павлова; – 23 January 1931), was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th ...

'' (Анна Павлова, 1983) as ''

Alexandre Benois Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Бенуа́, also spelled Alexander Benois; ,Salmina-Haskell, Larissa. ''Russian Paintings and Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum''. pp. 15, 23-24. Published by ...

'' *'' And Then Where Were None'' (Десять негритят, 1987) as ''Doctor Armstrong'' *''

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'' (Друг, 1987) as ''Friend's owner''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romashin, Anatoli 1931 births 2000 deaths Russian film directors People's Artists of the RSFSR Honored Artists of the RSFSR Soviet male stage actors Russian male stage actors Recipients of the USSR State Prize Accidental deaths in Russia Moscow Art Theatre School alumni Male actors from Saint Petersburg Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery