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.
Known for
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #8
underground worker, Night Over Belgrade
The Ural Front
Moscow Skies
lieutenant Ilya Streltsov
Aleksandr Parkhomenko
Gaivoron
The Humpbacked Horse
Ivanushka
Komsomolsk
Petka Aleinikov
Peasants
Petka, a boy
The Brave Seven
Moliboga, cook
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
Himself (archive footage)
The Precious Seed
Tractor Drivers
Savka
Vanka
The Miners of Donetsk
Andrey Postoyko
In the Name of the Motherland
Ilyin
Land and People
Ignat Ushkin
The Great Glinka
Alexander Pushkin
The Man with the Gun
Soldier
High Water
For the Soviet Motherland
Eino
Weekdays and Holidays
The Girlfriends
wounded
Naval Battalion
Petya
Incident on a Volcano
Shatalov
The Unusual Voyage of Mishka Strekachyov
policeman
A Home for Tanya
Fyodor
A Great Life
Vanya Kursky
Fifth Ocean
Kovtunov
Poet
soldier
No Greater Love
Senya
Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades
Fedka
Villager (uncredited)
Driver Involuntarily
шофёр грузовика
Do I Love You?
Character name not specified
Shame
Slepnitsyn, young worker (uncredited)
Quenching the Thirst
Maryutin
Golden Horn
Fighters
Lieutenant (uncredited)
A Great Life, Part 2
Vanya Kurskiy
Легенды кино
Self (archive footage)
Make Noise, Town
Vasya, the inventor
Мать
underground worker
Они не пройдут
The old man around the campfire