Boris Andreyev

Andreev won two State Stalin Prizes for his roles in Pyryev’s Ballad of Siberia (1946) and The Fall of Berlin (1950).

• Name — Boris Andreyev • Born — 9 February 1915 • Birthplace — Saratov, Russian Empire • Died — 25 April 1982 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow • Occupation — Actor, voice actor • Years Active — 1937–1982 • Honours — People's Artist of the USSR (1962)

Boris Andreyev was born 9 February 1915 in Saratov, Russian Empire to a family of workers. His childhood and youth years were spent in Atkarsk, Saratov Governorate. After completing the seventh grade at school, Andreyev went to work as a mechanic-electrician at a сombine factory, where he started going to a local theatrical circle. There he was noticed by a famous Saratov actor, Ivan Slonov, who suggested that he enter the Saratov Theatre Technical School, from which Boris Andreyev graduated in 1937. For a while, Boris Andreyev played on the Saratov Drama Theater's stage. During the theater tour in Moscow, film director Ivan Pyryev offered him the role of Nazar Duma in Tractor Drivers (1939). It became his first film role and also brought him great popularity in the medium. His next notable role was as Khariton Balun in A Great Life (1st part in 1939, 2nd part in 1958). During the Second World War, Andreyev with Mark Bernes acted in the legendary Soviet film Two Soldiers (1943). In the role of Ilya Zhurbin in A Big Family (1954), Andreyev demonstrated his ability to play psychologically-complicated characters. His roles in Cruelty (1959) and The Road to Berlin (1962) brought forth two of his most intense performances. The role of Vozhak in the film An Optimistic Tragedy became one of the defining performances of his career and one of its major highlights. In the 1971–1973, Boris Andreyev served as the narrator of several documentaries, such as People's Artist Andreyev, People's Artist Kasymov and People's Artist Shukur Burkhanov. Andreyev died on 25 April 1982 in Moscow, and was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1939 — Shchors — Young Red Armist — Uncredited • Tractor Drivers — Nazar Duma • The Fighters — Fighter Pilot • A Great Life — Khariton Balun • 1941 — Valery Chkalov — Mechanic 'Chizhik' • Bogdan Khmelnitskiy — Ivan, called Dovbna, Shaytan's son / Boyar Pushkin • 1942 — Combat Movie Collection 8 — Makar — (segment "Three in a Tank") • Aleksandr Parkhomenko — Anarchist — Uncredited • 1943 — Years Young — Zakhar • Son of Tajikistan — Ivan • Road to the Stars — Pilot — Uncredited • Two Soldiers — Sasha • 1944 — I Am a Sailor of the Black Sea Fleet — Stepan Polosukhin and His father Grigoriy Polosukhin • The Last Hill — Maj. Zhukovskiy • 1945 — Golden Path — Epifanstev • Dark Is the Night — Lyosha Khristoforov • 1946 — A Great Life 2 — Khariton Balun • 1948 — Ballad of Siberia — Yakov Zakharonovich Burmak • White Darkness — Soviet partisan Dugin • 1949 — Encounter at the Elbe — Sgt. Egorkin • 1950 — The Fall of Berlin — Aleksei Ivanov • Cossacks of the Kuban — Fedya • 1951 — The Unforgettable Year 1919 — Vladimir Shibayev • 1953 — Maksimka — Seaman Luchkin • 1954 — Marina's Destiny — Matvey • A Big Family — Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin • 1956 — The Mexican — Paulino Vera • Ilya Muromets — Ilya Muromets • 1958 — Poem of the Sea — Savva Zarudnyi • 1959 — The Sisters — Sailor Chugay • In Steppe Silence — episode • Cruelty — Lazar Baulin • Foma Gordeev — Zvantsev • 1961 — Chronicle of Flaming Years — general Glazunov • The Cossacks — Eroshka • 1962 — The Road to Berth — Zosima Rosomakha botsman • 1963 — Velká cesta — Voják • An Optimistic Tragedy — Vozhak • Melodies of Dunayevsky — cameo • 1964 — The Enchanted Desna — Platon Poltorak • 1965 — Above us is the Southern Cross — Fedoseenko • 1967 — On the Wild Shore — Litvinov • Aladdin and His Magic Lamp — episode • 1968 — Angel Day — Gryzlov • 1970 — Night Сall — Lavrentiy Kvashnin • 1972 — Treasure Island — Long John Silver • 1974 — Vanyushin's Children — Aleksandr Vanyushin • Entrant Ыtudent — Petro • Pyotr Martynovich and the Years of Great Life — cameo • 1975 — At the World's Limit — Trackman • 1976 — Appointed Granddaughter — Timofey • 1980 — Sergei Ivanovich Rtires — Sergey Ivanovich • 1983 — Tears Were Falling — Nikolai Vanichkin • Preface to the Battle — Mokhov