Pyotr Aleynikov
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.
Acting
Movie
The Humpbacked Horse
as Ivanushka
1941
Movie
Tractor Drivers
as Savka
1939
Movie
The Brave Seven
as Moliboga, cook
1936
Movie
The Man with the Gun
as Soldier
1938
Movie
A Home for Tanya
as Fyodor
1959
Movie
Counterplan
as Slepnitsyn, young worker (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Peasants
as Petka, a boy
1935
Movie
Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades
1955
Movie
No Greater Love
as Senya
1943
Movie
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
as Gaivoron
1942
Movie
Driver Involuntarily
as шофёр грузовика
1958
Movie
The Invincible
as Grisha, a driver
1943
Movie
In the Name of the Motherland
as Ilyin
1943
Movie
Poet
as soldier
1956
Movie
Moscow Skies
as lieutenant Ilya Streltsov
1944
Movie
A Great Life
as Vanya Kursky
1939
Movie
The Great Glinka
as Alexander Pushkin
1946
Movie
The Miners of Donetsk
as Andrey Postoyko
1951
Movie
Naval Battalion
as Petya
1946
Movie
Fifth Ocean
as Kovtunov
1940
Movie
Incident on a Volcano
as Shatalov
1941
Movie
Fighters
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
1939
Movie
The Girlfriends
as wounded
1936
Movie
The Unusual Voyage of Mishka Strekachyov
as policeman
1959