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.  

Most Known For

Легенды кино

as Self (archive footage)

The Humpbacked Horse

as Ivanushka

Fighters

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

A Great Life

as Vanya Kursky

The Brave Seven

as Moliboga, cook

For the Soviet Motherland

as Eino

The Miners of Donetsk

as Andrey Postoyko

Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades

Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #8

as underground worker, Night Over Belgrade

The Precious Seed

A Home for Tanya

as Fyodor

The Great Glinka

as Alexander Pushkin

Fedka

as Villager (uncredited)

Shame

as Slepnitsyn, young worker (uncredited)

No Greater Love

as Senya

Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

as Himself (archive footage)

The Ural Front

High Water

Fifth Ocean

as Kovtunov

Peasants

as Petka, a boy