Evgeniy Evstigneev

Acting

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Born 1926-10-09 · Nizhny Novgorod, RSFSR, USSR

Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Evstigneev - Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, theater teacher; People's Artist of the USSR (1983), laureate of the State Prize of the USSR (1974) and the State Prize of the RSFSR. brothers Vasiliev (1990), holder of the Order of Lenin (1986). Since 1957, he has been an actor in the Sovremennik Theater. He played his first significant role in the theater in 1960 in the play "The Naked King" based on the play by E.L. Schwartz. After this performance, the performer of the main role - the king - the actor became famous. His last role in this theater was Dorn in A.P.'s The Seagull. Chekhov in 1970. In 1964, he played the role of Dynin in the debut film directed by E.G. Klimov “Welcome, or No Trespassing”. In 1971, following O. N. Efremov, he joined the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater. His first role on the new stage was Volodya in the play "Valentin and Valentine" based on the play by M.M. Roshchina. In 1988, he played the role of Professor Preobrazhenskiy in the two-part TV movie Heart of a Dog. At the turn of the 1990s, he played Firs in the Anton Chekhov Theater in The Cherry Orchard, in 1991 - in the ARTel of ARTist Sergey Yursky-Glov in the play Players-XXI. In total, he starred in more than a hundred tapes in films and on television.

Acting credits

Ballad of a Soldier poster
8.0

During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.

Ballad of a Soldier

1959

Arbiter poster
4.5

The city "N" seized by chaos and lawlessness. A hitman nicknamed "The Arbiter" accomplishes justice. Experienced investigator and his partner, a young police lieutenant, decided to catch the mysterious killer. During the investigation, it turns out that the killer is a man who were a victim once.

Arbiter

1992

Amazing Berendeev poster
9.5

After starting learning in a technical school a young student Sergey Berendeev proves to everybody that he's a real inventor.

Amazing Berendeev

1976

The Man With the Accordion poster
9.0

Dmitry Gromtsev was a volunteer to go the front where he was wounded. He couldn't get back to his beloved profession of musician. The movie tells us about difficult destiny of a person who couldn't become an artist because of war.

The Man With the Accordion

1985

The Property of Republic poster
5.8

Spring of 1918. Tarakanov, managing the estate of Prince Tikhvinsky, with the help of a former court fencing teacher Marquess and a street kid Keshka, is stealing a collection of paintings and sculptures from the abandoned estate owners. Hoping to transport her abroad, criminals wander with a circus troupe, and in their wake goes a tireless criminal investigator — Makar Ovchinnikov.

The Property of Republic

1972

My Destiny poster
7.0

Mikhail Nikolaevich Ermakov has come a long and difficult life path. At the age of nineteen, the student, the son of a worker, was sent on a Komsomol ticket to work in the Cheka. In one of the operations he was seriously wounded. And now, many years later, General Ermakov comes to Moscow and settles in the house where he spent his youth...

My Destiny

1974

In a Hard Hour poster
8.0

1941 year. The Siberian carpenter Kuzma Kroykov arrived in Moscow as part of a rifle company. In a line of fighters, he walked through the streets of Moscow at night and in a village near Moscow met Varvara Oknova. Resolute, tall and beautiful, she won his heart. But soon the protracted terrible battles for Moscow began...

In a Hard Hour

1961

Young-Green poster
6.5

The beginning of the 1950s. Nikolai Babushkin, a young specialist in one of the taiga construction sites, who had just been elected a deputy of the district council, was sent behind a brick to the city of Dzhegor. He is already familiar with the bold project of the engineer Cheremnykh, according to which one of the shops of the brick factory can be transferred to the production of expanded clay blocks in a short time. To provide the construction site with the necessary material, Nikolai gathers a team and helps the inventor to implement the project. There, in Dzhegor, he meets Irina, a graduate of the architectural institute …

Young-Green

1962

In the Enemy's Den poster
6.4

Russia, 1919. A young soldier of the First Cavalry Army, Aleksei Mikhalyov, is sent to work in the provincial Cheka. Here in the south of the country there is a large White Guard underground led by the elusive Markov. Aleksei gets into the gang, where he is mistaken for his own. The day of the operation to eliminate the white underground is appointed. But unforeseen circumstances destroy the plans of the Chekists.

In the Enemy's Den

1964

Touches on the V. I. Lenin's Portrait poster
10.0

Life and works of V.I. Lenin during the difficult period for the country of 1918.

Touches on the V. I. Lenin's Portrait

1967

Old Men: Robbers poster
7.2

An old detective does not want to retire. The only way out is to prove to his boss that he still can catch criminals. The problem is that there were no crimes recently to work on. Together with his retired friend he decides to commit a perfect crime himself and then quickly solve it. Real problems start when a real criminal steals money he has stolen.

Old Men: Robbers

1972

Strange People poster
4.6

A comedy based on three short novels by Vasiliy Shukshin.

Strange People

1969

The Ugly Story poster
5.8

Based on a satirical short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky concerning the escapades of a Russian civil servant.

The Ugly Story

1966

Never poster
5.2

A new shipyard director arrives in the city. New orders began at the factory, but, unfortunately, the new leader had flaws: there was something unusually tough, callous in his attitude to people ...

Never

1962

Заседание парткома poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Заседание парткома

1977

Heart of a Dog poster
7.9

In 1920s Moscow, shortly after the October Revolution, a stray dog named Sharik is taken in by Professor Preobrazhensky, a wealthy and respected surgeon. The professor performs a daring medical experiment on the dog that changes him into a human being. As the newly transformed Sharikov begins to navigate life in the professor’s apartment, his crude behavior and revolutionary ideas turn the household upside down.

Heart of a Dog

1988

Bridges Over Oblivion poster
7.0

Kirovakan, Armenia, 1968. A street in the town is being renamed, but nobody seems to know whom after. A chance encounter between a student running late to his thesis defense, and a young woman determined to leave the town forever. 25 years earlier, Genrikh Zakaryan, a young resistance fighter, smuggles a secret Nazi operations map through occupied territory. Imaginings and history meld into one, echoes of past and future coalesce: “the fate of Genrikh Zakaryan is intangibly intertwined with the fate of today’s youth.”

Bridges Over Oblivion

1970

The Days of Surgeon Mishkin poster
5.8

A story about a good doctor - surgeon Mishkin who works in a countryside hospital.

The Days of Surgeon Mishkin

1976

Our Theatre poster
NR

An overview of the 75-year history of the Moscow Art Theatre containing unique historical footage, including rare excerpts from various stage productions.

Our Theatre

1975

Человек из страны Грин poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Человек из страны Грин

1983

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia poster
7.3

In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. As more people learn about it, they head to Leningrad to find the lion where it is rumoured to be buried.

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia

1974

Nine Days of One Year poster
6.8

Set in the Soviet scientific community, the story follows two dedicated physicists whose close friendship unfolds amid dangerous nuclear research, shaped by their shared affection for a strong-willed woman. Radiation exposure, scientific ambition, and romantic rivalries intersect as the characters confront the physical risks of their work and the personal consequences of their choices.

Nine Days of One Year

1962

The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike' poster
5.6

1942, Polar region. The Germans are preparing to capture Murmansk. The submarine Sch-721 is considered lucky, and its captain Aleksei Strogov has the ability to extricate himself from the most difficult situations. He also develops tactics for a periscope-free torpedo attack, despite the skepticism of colleagues and management. And now, when the Happy "Pike" had to take on board the crew of another Soviet submarine, and she was on the seabed with almost no oxygen, Aleksei manages to save people and perform the operation, paying for it with his life...

The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'

1973

About the Little Red Riding Hood poster
6.0

A sequel to the well-known story about a Little Red Riding Hood (Krasnaya Shapochka). This time, a family of a slain wolf decides to avenge his death. So they falsely inform Little Red Riding Hood that her grandma is sick and prepare to eat her on her way.

About the Little Red Riding Hood

1977