Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Cast

Born

August 30, 1934 · Bogorodsk, Bogorodskiy rayon, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]

Died

June 11, 1982

Birth name

Otto Alekseevich Solonitsyn

The famous Russian actor was discovered by Andrei Tarkovsky. He was looking for an actor to play the part of Andrei Rublev for his second full-length film and accidentally found the completely unknown Solonitsyn in Chelyabinsk. He worked there as an amateur actor. After Andrei Rublev, he played main parts in many of Russia's best movies.