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Vasili Lanovoy

Acting Born Jan 16, 1934 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR 24 credits

Biography

Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold, dashing characters, combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes, a tendency evident in many of his early features, however, he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War II-themed films. In 2000s, Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Soviet-era party bosses, such as Yuri Andropov in the 2005 TV film Brezhnev. In 2013, he played the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Russian movie The Three Musketeers.

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Full filmography

  • Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) as Karl Wolf - SS Obergruppenfuehrer
  • War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1966) as Anatol
  • War and Peace (1968) as Anatol Kuragin
  • War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1966) as Anatol
  • Soldiers of Freedom (1977) as Andrei Grechko
  • Scarlet Sails (1961) as Arthur Grey
  • War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 (1967) as Anatol
  • Офицеры (2006) as Алексей Фёдорович Осоргин (генерал, отец Егора)
  • Три мушкетёра (2013) as Кардинал Ришелье
  • Defeat (1987)
  • Picture (1985) as Дмитрий Иванович Уваров
  • Anna Karenina (1967) as Vronsky
  • Striped Trip (1961) as episode (uncredited)
  • Brezhnev (2005) as Yuri Andropov
  • Stronger Than a Hurricane (1961) as Fyodor Khmara
  • Главное с Ольгой Беловой (2019) as Народный артист СССР
  • The Strategy of Victory (1984) as читает советские документы
  • Pavel Korchagin (1956) as Pavel Korchagin
  • Dark Sun (1980) as Professor Obermeier
  • The Days of the Turbins (1976) as Shervinsky
  • Брежнев (2005) as Юрий Андропов
  • Collegues (1962) as Aleksey Maksimov
  • The Three Musketeers (2013) as кардинал Ришелье
  • The Sixth of July (1968) as Felix Dzerzhinsky