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Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk (IPA: [sʲɪrˈgʲej ˈfʲodʌrəvʲitʂ bəndʌr'tʂuk], Russian: Серге́й Фё́дорович Бондарчу́к; Ukrainian: Сергі́й Фе́дорович Бондарчу́к September 25, 1920 – October 20, 1994) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor.

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.

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.

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• Sergei Bondarchuk Died
  1993

  Sergei Bondarchuk died

• The Battle of Neretva
  1968

  The Battle of Neretva (also known as Bitka na Neretvi) is a 1969 Yugoslavian war film. The film was written by Stevan Bulajić and Veljko Bulajić, and directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is based on the true events of World War II. The Battle of Neretva was due to a strategic plan for a combined Axis powers attack in 1943 against the Yugoslav Partisans. The plan was also known as the Fourth enemy offensive and occurred on the Neretva in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is often considered the best motion picture made in the Former Yugoslavia.[citation needed] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the year after Sergei Bondarchuk (playing the role of Martin in Neretva) won the honour for Voyna i mir. The English language version features a powerful score by American composer Bernard Herrmann. One of the original posters for the English version of the movie was made by Pablo Picasso. ...,
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• War and Peace
  Apr 27, 1968

  War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир; Voyna i mir) is a Soviet-produced film adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace. Sergei Bondarchuk directed the film, co-wrote the screenplay and starred in the role of Pierre. The film took 7 years to produce and cost over $100 million. It has been estimated that if inflation is taken into account, a film of this magnitude would cost over 500 million dollars today,[1] making War and Peace the most expensive film ever made [2]. Pre-production started on Mosfilm in 1961, and filming commenced in 1963. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the Battle of Borodino scene included 120,000 soldiers, making it one of the largest battle scenes ever filmed. Many museums in the USSR contributed artifacts for the production design, making it one of the most elaborate films ever created. War and Peace was one of the first films in the USSR to be shot in 70 mm. The process was called "Sovscope 70" in the USA, and was the Soviet version of "Todd...
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• Sergei Bondarchuk's Birthday
  1919

  Sergei Bondarchuk was born