Nikolai Sergeyevich Plotnikov (russian: Николай Сергеевич Пло́тников; 5 November 1897 – 3 February 1979) was a Soviet

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

. He appeared in the 1949 biopic ''

Ivan Pavlov Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physiol ...

''.

Selected filmography

* '' Dawn of Paris'' (1936) as General Dombrovsky *''

The Lonely White Sail The Lonely White Sail (russian: Белеет парус одинокий) is a 1937 Soviet adventure film directed by Vladimir Legoshin. Plot The film shows the events that occurred in Odessa in 1905 after the suppression of the rebellion on t ...

'' (1937) as The Plainclothes Agent of the Tsar * '' The Oppenheim Family'' (1939) as Edgar Oppenheim * '' Lenin in 1918'' (1939) as the kulak from Tamborsk *'' Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship'' (1939) as Nikiforytch *'' Gorky 3: My Universities'' (1940) as Nikiforytch * '' The Wedding'' (1944) as the best man * '' The Vow'' (1946) as Ivan Yermilov *'' The White Fang (1946)'' as Handsome Smith * ''

'' (1949) as Nikodin Vasilyevich *''

The Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later ren ...

'' (1949) as Commissioner Gurov * '' The Fall of Berlin'' (1950) as

Walther von Brauchitsch Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October 1881 – 18 October 1948) was a German field marshal and the Commander-in-Chief (''Oberbefehlshaber'') of the German Army during World War II. Born into an aristocratic military family ...

*''

Least We Forget ''Least We Forget'' (russian: Об этом забывать нельзя, Ob etom zabyvat nelzya) is a 1954 Soviet film directed by Leonid Lukov. Plot The film is based on the real life story of Yaroslav Galan. The film tells about the confron ...

'' (1954) as Vsevolod Yevgenevich Yarchuk * '' Nine Days in One Year'' (1962) as Professor Sintsov *''

Your Contemporary ''Your Contemporary'' (russian: Твой современник) is a 1967 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman. Plot The film is a continuation of ' The Communist' film. The son of Vasily Gubanov goes to Moscow with the hope of stopping t ...

'' (1967) as Professor Nitochkyn *''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises ...

'' (1972) as Piotr Nikolaïévitch Sorin

Awards

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

(1933) * Stalin Prize of the first degree (1947) *

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 orches ...

(1957)Театральная Энциклопедия. драма опера балет оперетта цирк эстрада драматург режиссёр
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People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significa ...

(1966) *

All-Union Film Festival The All-Union Film Festival (russian: Всесоюзный кинофестиваль; tr.:''Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival'', also known as ВКФ; ''VKF'') was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and hel ...

(1968) — Best Actor (''Your Contemporary'') *

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has beco ...

(1968) — Best Actor (''Your Contemporary'') *Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR (1970)Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 20. Плата — Проб. 1975. 608 стр., илл.; 21 л. илл. и карт. *two

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

(1972, 1977) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labor The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the ...

(1967) In

Vyazma Vyazma (russian: Вя́зьма) is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast, and Mozhaysk. Th ...

there is a street named after him.

References

Bibliography

* Beumers, Birgit. ''Directory of World Cinema: Russia''. Intellect Books, 2011.

External links

* 1897 births 1979 deaths People from Vyazma People from Vyazemsky Uyezd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet theatre directors Academic staff of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Russian military personnel of World War I Recipients of the Order of Lenin People's Artists of the USSR Stalin Prize winners Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery {{Soviet-bio-stub