Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko (russian: Николай Олимпиевич Гриценко, uk, Микола Олімпійович Гриценко; 24 July 1912 – 8 December 1979) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1942 and 1978. Gritsenko also was member of the Vakhtangov Theatre company in Moscow, Russia. There he was designated

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 ...

and People's Artist of the USSR. He died on 8 December 1979, and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery, in Moscow, Russia.Николай Гриценко (Как они умерли)
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Partial filmography

* '' Mashenka'' (1942) - Kolya * ''Starinnyy vodevil'' (1947) - Lt. Anton Petrovich Fadeev * ''Proshchay, Amerika!'' (1949) * ''

Dream of a Cossack ''Dream of a Cossack'' (russian: Кавалер Золотой Звезды, translit. ''Kavalier zolotoy zvezdy'') is a 1951 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman based on the novel ''The Golden Star Chavalier'' by Semyon Babayevsky ...

'' (1951) - Artamashov * ''

The Night Before Christmas ''A Visit from St. Nicholas'', more commonly known as ''The Night Before Christmas'' and ''Twas the Night Before Christmas'' from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title ''Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas'' i ...

'' (1951) - Vakula (voice) * ''

Hostile Whirlwinds ''Hostile Whirlwinds'' (russian: Вихри враждебные, Vikhri vrazhdebnye) is a 1953 Soviet historical film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov based on a screenplay by Nikolai Pogodin. Plot summary Film portrays the first years of Soviet ...

'' (1953) - Schreder * ''

Marina's Destiny ''Marina's Destiny'' (russian: Судьба Марины, translit=Sud’ba Mariny) is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Viktor Ivchenko. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film takes place in Ukraine, in the villag ...

'' (1953) - Terenty * '' The Safety Match'' (1954) - Psekov, estate manager * ''

A Big Family ''A Big Family'' (russian: Больша́я семья́, translit. Bolshaya semya) is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. It was based on Vsevolod Kochetov's novel ''Zhu ...

'' (1954) - club manager * ''

The Road ''The Road'' is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that ha ...

'' (1955) - Ivan Alekseevich *'' The Sisters'' (1957) * ''Vosemnadtsatyy god'' (1958) * ''Khmuroe utro'' (1959) - Vadim Roshchin * ''Volnyy veter'' (1961) - Georg Stan * ''

Barrier of the Unknown ''Barrier of the Unknown'' (russian: Барьер неизвестности, Barier neizvestnosti) is a 1961 Soviet science fiction film directed by Nikita Kurikhin. The film tells about the creators and testers of the Soviet piloted hypersonic ...

'' (1962) - Vadim Lagin * ''Ponedelnik: den tyazhyolyy'' (1964) - Kuzma Yegorovich Stryapkov * ''Russkiy les'' (1964) - Aleksandr Gratsiyansky * ''Mat i machekha'' (1964) - Fedor Zhurbenko * ''

Man without a Passport ''Man without a Passport'' (russian: Человек без паспорта) is a 1966 Soviet thriller film directed by Anatoly Bobrovsky. Plot The film tells about the Soviet counterintelligence, trying to find and neutralize the spies who were ...

'' (1966) - Pyotr Izmaylov * ''Dva goda nad propastyu'' (1966) - Colonel Miller * ''Mesta tut tikhie'' (1967) - Saveliy Petrovich Fisyuk * ''

Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...

'' (1967) - Karenin * ''Aprum er mi mard'' (1968) * ''Zhuravushka'' (1969) - Markelov * '' Razvyazka'' (1969) - Terekhov * ''

The Adjutant of His Excellency ''The Adjutant of His Excellency'' (russian: Адъютант его превосходительства, Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva) is a Soviet television mini-series which was produced in 1969 and is set during the Russian civil war. The ...

'' (1970, TV Series) - Vikentiy Pavlovich Speransky * '' Family Happiness'' (1970) - Vaksin * ''Ya, Frantsisk Skorina...'' (1970) - Reichenberg * ''Schastye Anny'' (1971) - Prokhor Lychkov * ''Veseli Zhabokrychi'' (1971) - Vasil Mironovich * ''

The Land of Sannikov ''The Land of Sannikov'' (russian: Земля Санникова, Zemlya Sannikova) is a Soviet 1974 adventure film about the fictional Sannikov Land loosely based on the 1924 novel of the same name by Vladimir Obruchev. Plot The exiled settle ...

'' (1973) - Trifon Stepanovich Perfilyev, gold mines * ''Chyornyy prints'' (1973) - Ananiy Mytnikov * ''

Seventeen Moments of Spring ''Seventeen Moments of Spring'' (russian: Семнадцать мгновений весны, Semnadtsat' mgnoveniy vesny) is a 1973 Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by Yu ...

'' (1973, TV Mini-Series) - general in the train * ''

'' (1973) - Trifon Perfilyev * ''Chelovek v shtatskom'' (1973) - baron Erich von Ostenfelzen * ''Doker'' (1973) * ''Vremya ee synovey'' (1974) - Anton Trofimovich Gulyayev * ''Prestuplenie'' (1976) - Pyotr Yegorovich * ''Stazhyor'' (1976) - Aleksandr Trofimov * ''Vragi'' (1978) - General Pechenegov * ''Ssylnyy 011'' (1978) - Varlamtsev * ''

Father Sergius "Father Sergius" (russian: Отец Сергий, Otets Sergiy) is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy between 1890 and 1898 and first published (posthumously) in 1911.Julian Connolly in Charles A. Moser (ed.), ''The Cambridge History of Russian ...

'' (1979) - General Korotkov * ''Myatezhnaya barrikada'' (1979)

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* * 1912 births 1979 deaths People from Yasynuvata Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Stalin Prize winners {{Ukraine-actor-stub Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors Russian male television actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet male television actors Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery