Sergei Bondarchuk

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Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk (IPA: [sʲɪr�gʲej �fʲod�r�vʲit� b�nd�r't�uk], Russian: Се�ге�й Ф��до�ови� �онда����к; Ukrainian: Се�г��й Фе�до�ови� �онда����к September 25, 1920 &ndash; October 20, 1994) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor. <p>Born in Bilozerka, near Kherson city, Sergei Bondarchuk spent his childhood in the cities of Yeisk and Taganrog, graduated from the Taganrog School Num.4 in 1938. His first performance as an actor was onstage of the Taganrog Theatre in 1937. He continued studies in the Rostov on Don theater school (1938-1942). After his studies, he was conscripted into the Red Army against Nazi Germany, and was discharged in 1946. <p>At the age of 32, he became the youngest Soviet actor ever to receive the top dignity of the People's Artist of the USSR. In 1955, he starred with future wife Irina Skobtseva in Otello and after four years, they married. He was previously married to Inna Makarova, mother to his elder daughter. <p>Bondarchuk's western fame lies...