Pyotr Aleynikov
Biography
Born into poverty, Aleynikov lost his family at an early age, forcing him to street-life before transitioning to an orphanage in the early 1920s. He discovered a love of movies when a local film projectionist began training him in the craft. Following time in a Russian labor compound, Aleinikov studied drama in Leningrad and made his film debut in the 1932 film “Counter”. His talent for music and comedy led him to numerous roles of varying degree of local fame that grew as World War II intensified. He continued to star and support in films until disagreements between him and production teams intensified, leaving him without work until his 1955 performance in “Land and People”. His career often suffered disturbances due to his heavy reliance on alcohol, which would later take his life.
Filmography
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
1976
as Himself (archive footage)
Quenching the Thirst
1968
as Maryutin
Они не пройдут
1965
as The old man around the campfire
High Water
1963
Weekdays and Holidays
1961
Vanka
1960
The Unusual Voyage of Mishka Strekachyov
1959
as policeman
A Home for Tanya
1959
as Fyodor
Driver Involuntarily
1958
as шофёр грузовика
Poet
1956
as soldier
Land and People
1956
as Ignat Ushkin
Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades
1955
The Miners of Donetsk
1951
as Andrey Postoyko
Golden Horn
1948
The Precious Seed
1948
A Great Life, Part 2
1946
as Vanya Kurskiy
The Great Glinka
1946
as Alexander Pushkin
Naval Battalion
1946
as Petya
The Ural Front
1944
Moscow Skies
1944
as lieutenant Ilya Streltsov
In the Name of the Motherland
1943
as Ilyin
No Greater Love
1943
as Senya
The Invincible
1943
as Grisha, a driver
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
1942
as Gaivoron