Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Birthday: 1928-02-08

Place of Birth: Pavlovsky Posad, Soviet Union

Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was born in Pavlovsky Posad near Moscow. His mother was a kindergarten teacher and his father an engineer in the local textile factory. Vyacheslav dreamed of acting but his parents envisioned a different career, and during the war he worked in a munitions factory. After employment as a metal worker, he began [training for an] acting career in 1945 by entering, not without difficulty, the Actors’ Faculty of VGIK. After graduating VGIK with honours in 1950, he began his acting career on stage of Theatre Studio of Film Actor, where he worked for six years. In 1948 he married Nonna Mordyukova, a popular actress at the time (the couple had one son, Vladimir, also an actor who died in 1990). The marriage was dissolved in 1963. Later Tikhonov married a second time to Tamara Ivanovna Tikhonova and had one child with her, Anna Tikhonova (also an actor) in 1969. He died on 4 December 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed his condolences to Tikhonov's family.

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Woina i Mir
Woina i Mir

A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of "War and Peace," from conceptual sketches and costume des...

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Profession: Film Actor
Profession: Film Actor

Vyacheslav Tikhonov's roles are discussed by his colleagues....

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To Kill a Dragon
To Kill a Dragon

Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes ...

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War and Peace
War and Peace

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr...

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Zosya
Zosya

In this WWII drama, Russian soldiers take a break at a scenic farm in Poland, and the unit is able t...

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Burnt by the Sun
Burnt by the Sun

Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his y...

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Venture
Venture

On board the ocean liner, the agents of the special services of the three former union republics, ar...

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The Codex of Disgrace
The Codex of Disgrace

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Four Winds of Heaven
Four Winds of Heaven

A young girl Svetlana just arrived to the small town when a war begun. Her fiancé Igor did not meet ...

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May Stars
May Stars

May 1945. On the outskirts of Prague, ordinary people meet Soviet soldiers-liberators with tears of ...

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They Fought for Their Motherland
They Fought for Their Motherland

In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of ...

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The Young Guard
The Young Guard

In 1942, local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance in the city of Krasnodon during t...

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We'll Live Till Monday
We'll Live Till Monday

A respected history teacher, Ilya Semenovich Melnikov, decides to quit his job due to distressing ru...

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It Happened in Penkovo
It Happened in Penkovo

Tractor driver Matvey Morozov returns to his native village from the prison. And he recalls the stor...

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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high ...

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Extraordinary Accident
Extraordinary Accident

The crew of a soviet cargo falls prey to an act of piracy in waters between China and Taiwan, and ar...

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In Peaceful Time
In Peaceful Time

A few days from the life of Soviet submariners - during a regular peaceful time......

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Heart Beats Again
Heart Beats Again

A drama about a daily life of a doctors in a military hospital....

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An Optimistic Tragedy
An Optimistic Tragedy

1918 year. A woman commissar has been appointed from the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party to...

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Front in the Rear of the Enemy
Front in the Rear of the Enemy

A final episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance during WWII. The film is set ...

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Front Beyond the Front Line
Front Beyond the Front Line

A second episode in the trilogy about the partisans fighting against the Nazis during the WWII on th...

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Front Without Flanks
Front Without Flanks

A first episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance against the Nazi occupation o...

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It Can Not Be Forgotten
It Can Not Be Forgotten

The story unfolds in a post-war town in Western Ukraine. The enemy agents are trying to subvert comm...

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Love with Benefits
Love with Benefits

USSR, late 80's. Kozhemyakin, the former deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, comes to Yalta...

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Midshipman Panin
Midshipman Panin

It is May 1912. Thirteen political prisoners are being tried in a naval fortress of Kronstadt. They ...

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White Bim Black Ear
White Bim Black Ear

A touching story about a white Gordon Setter with black ear, who became homeless because of his mast...

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Demons
Demons

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The Roundabout
The Roundabout

Satirical comedy based on the notebooks and short stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: "Romance with ...

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Thirst
Thirst

Based on real events. Vyacheslav Tikhonov, in the first of his spy roles, portrays a scout in an ope...

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Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...

An omnibus of comical shorts....

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War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova

As 1809 nears its end, Natasha attends her first ball, where Andrei falls in love with her with the ...

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War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, y...

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War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov

As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded so...

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Maximka
Maximka

Saved by Russian sailors black boy turned out to be the smart and kind nipper....

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Stars On the Wings
Stars On the Wings

Aviation school. Future officers of the jet squadron are engaged in practical studies. When performi...

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Impatience of the Soul
Impatience of the Soul

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...And Other Officials
...And Other Officials

The plot structure of the film is based on a commonplace situation from the practice of foreign trad...

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Two Lives
Two Lives

In the center of the film - two lives, two destinies. A simple, illiterate soldier Vostrikov of the ...

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Sweet Friend of Long Forgotten Years
Sweet Friend of Long Forgotten Years

Maria, the wife of a successful official from St. Petersburg, met with a provincial engineer. A chan...

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A Boulevard Romance
A Boulevard Romance

The film was shot on the story of Valentin Pikul “Go and do not sin”, which tells about the real eve...

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The Man from the Other Side
The Man from the Other Side

After the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. A Russian engineer gets the assignment to purchase loc...

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European Story
European Story

Two candidates are vying for the post of mayor of one of the major Western European cities - the Soc...

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The Ghosts of the Green Room
The Ghosts of the Green Room

According to the story of JB Prestley "Jenny Villiers." Actors of the London Theater gathered in the...

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Yegor Bulychyov and Others
Yegor Bulychyov and Others

In the center of the film is a powerful, peculiar, talented Russian man, the largest timber merchant...

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Family Happiness
Family Happiness

The film comprises four novellas: (1) “From Boredom”. A wealthy matron, bored with life, embarks on...

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Andersen. Life Without Love
Andersen. Life Without Love

Drama based on life and love of a famous Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen....

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Through the Eyes of a Wolf
Through the Eyes of a Wolf

In the not distant future, flights beyond the solar system are becoming a reality. At the same time,...

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Берлинский экспресс
Берлинский экспресс

The action of the picture takes place on the eve of the Second World War. A senior Soviet diplomat w...

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An Essay for Victory Day
An Essay for Victory Day

The heroic crew of the fighter jet reunites a quarter of a century later. Fate has separated these c...

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Across Red Nights
Across Red Nights

Moscow, the years of perestroika. The quiet life of Eduard and Pavla turns into a nightmare one day....

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Provincial Benefit
Provincial Benefit

Life in art based on the plays of A. Ostrovsky: "Talents and Admirers", "Forest", etc....

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The Incomparable
The Incomparable

Anastasia Dmitrievna Vyaltseva, who performed on the opera stage, was called "incomparable" during h...

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Why Was Olof Palme Killed?
Why Was Olof Palme Killed?

From the cycle "Political Theater". The teleplay is built as a kind of investigation into the assas...

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Appeal
Appeal

At a meeting of the bureau, under pressure from the first secretary of the district committee of the...

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Píseň o stromu a růži
Píseň o stromu a růži

Soviet engineer Kuznecov is coming to Prague as an expert on work with the tunneling shield in const...

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The Dialogue
The Dialogue

Political TV movie about the joint work of the Soviet journalist Ershov (V. Tikhonov) and the West G...

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Aurora
Aurora

Children will learn the fate of the legendary cruiser «Aurora»....

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Vacation at Your Own Expense
Vacation at Your Own Expense

A young girl from the Siberian province arrives in Moscow for her beloved, whom she met during his b...

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Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko

Growing up in a Ukrainian peasant family, knowing all hardships of serf life, young artist and poet ...

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Approaching the Future
Approaching the Future

The hero of the film, academician Sergei Vasilyevich Lunin, director of the Kiev Research Institute ...

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