Pyotr Aleynikov
Actor
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.
Filmography
Tractor Drivers
as Savka 1939
The Brave Seven
as Moliboga, cook 1936
The Man with the Gun
as Soldier 1938
A Home for Tanya
as Fyodor 1959
Shame
as Slepnitsyn, young worker (uncredited) 1932
Peasants
as Petka, a boy 1935
Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades
1955
No Greater Love
as Senya 1943
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
as Gaivoron 1942
Driver Involuntarily
as шофёр грузовика 1958
In the Name of the Motherland
as Ilyin 1943
Poet
as soldier 1956
Moscow Skies
as lieutenant Ilya Streltsov 1944
A Great Life
as Vanya Kursky 1939
The Miners of Donetsk
as Andrey Postoyko 1951
Naval Battalion
as Petya 1946