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Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk was born in the village of Bilozerka (now in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine) on September 25, 1920, in the family of Orthodox Christian peasants Fyodor Petrovich and Tatyana Vasilievna (nee Tokarenko).
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir) is a 1966–1967 Soviet epic war drama film co-written and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.
Waterloo (Russian: Ватерлоо) is a 1970 English-language epic historical war film about the Battle of Waterloo.A co-production between Italy and the Soviet Union, it was directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
Fate of a Man (Russian: Судьба человека, translit. Sudjba cheloveka), also released as A Man's Destiny and Destiny of a Man is a 1959 Soviet World War II film adaptation of the short story by Mikhail Sholokhov, and also the directorial debut of Sergei Bondarchuk. [1]
Sergei Bondarchuk was the first Soviet director to win the award, for War and Peace. The Soviet Union submitted films for the American Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] between 1963 and 1991.
They Fought for Their Country (Russian: Они сражались за Родину, romanized: Oni srazhalis' za Rodinu) is a 1975 Soviet war film in two parts based on the eponymous novel written by Mikhail Sholokhov and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. [1]
Othello (Russian: Отелло, romanized: Otello) is a 1955 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich, [1] [2] based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival , where Yutkevich received the Best Director Award .
Bondarchuk is not only one of the top post-WW II Russian actors but also a respected director, who directed War and Peace, the eight-and-a-half-hour, $40 million epic version of Tolstoy's novel. This was the first US release for Andrei Konchalovsky , who would go on to work in the US on films such as Runaway Train ; Shy People ; and Tango and ...