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Sergei Bondarchuk
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: September 25, 1920 in Belozersk, Ukraine, USSR Death: October 20, 1994 Biography:Ukraine-born actor/director "Sergei Bondarchuk" was trained for a performing career at the Rostov Theatrical Institute, then applied himself to learning the intricacies of behind-the-camera work at the All Union State Film Institute. His first acting opportunity occured in a special services unit with the Soviet Army during World War II, after which he became a member of the actor's faculty of the Moscow Film Institute. "Bondarchuk"'s initial film role was in "The Young Guard" (1948), but the first part to win him fame was in 1951's "Taras Shevchenko". His subsequent activities have been almost exclusively within the boundaries of the former Soviet Union, though "Bondarchuk" did appear in "Roberto Rossellini"'s "It Was Night in Rome" (1960) and directed the Italian-Russian coproduction "Waterloo" (1970), which he also scripted. For most American filmgoers, "Sergei Bondarchuk"'s fame rests upon his... Full Biography
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