Pyotr Aleynikov
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.
The Precious Seed
Vanka
Weekdays and Holidays
The Humpbacked Horse
(Ivanushka)
Golden Horn
The Brave Seven
(Moliboga, cook)
Land and People
(Ignat Ushkin)
The Great Glinka
(Alexander Pushkin)
Peasants
(Petka, a boy)
Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades
The Miners of Donetsk
(Andrey Postoyko)
Tractor Drivers
(Savka)
A Home for Tanya
(Fyodor)
Мать
(underground worker)
A Great Life
(Vanya Kursky)
Driver Involuntarily
(шофёр грузовика)
The Unusual Voyage of Mishka Strekachyov
(policeman)
In the Name of the Motherland
(Ilyin)
The Ural Front
For the Soviet Motherland
(Eino)
High Water
Poet
(soldier)
Naval Battalion
(Petya)
No Greater Love
(Senya)
Fifth Ocean
(Kovtunov)
Incident on a Volcano
(Shatalov)
A Great Life, Part 2
(Vanya Kurskiy)
Make Noise, Town
(Vasya, the inventor)
Komsomolsk
(Petka Aleinikov)
Fedka
(Villager (uncredited))
Moscow Skies
(lieutenant Ilya Streltsov)
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
(Gaivoron)
Они не пройдут
(The old man around the campfire)
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
(Himself (archive footage))
Fighters
(Lieutenant (uncredited))
Quenching the Thirst
(Maryutin)
Shame
(Slepnitsyn, young worker (uncredited))
Do I Love You?
(Character name not specified)
The Girlfriends
(wounded)
The Man with the Gun
(Soldier)
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #8
(underground worker, Night Over Belgrade)
Легенды кино
(Self (archive footage))