Boris Chirkov

Boris Petrovich Chirkov (13 August 190128 May 1982) was a Soviet and Russian actor and pedagogue.

Chirkov was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor title (1975) and three Orders of Lenin (1938, 1967, 1975). For his movie roles, he won four Stalin Prizes (1941, 1947, 1949, 1952) and a Stanislavski Prize (1979).

Life and career Chirkov was born in Brianka on 13 August 1901. He appeared in 50 films between 1928 and 1975. From 1945-1950 he was director of Moscow Theatre-Studio of the Film Actor.

Chirkov was especially celebrated for his performances in the Maksim trilogy: The Youth of Maxim (1935), The Return of Maxim (1937), and The Vyborg Side (1938). He was awarded Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR (1979), two Stalin Prizes first degree (1941, 1952) and two Stalin Prizes second degree (1947, 1949). People's Artist of the USSR (1950) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1975). Chirkov died in Moscow on 28 May 1982.

Selected filmography

My Son (1928) – Patashon Luna sleva (1929) – Orskiy Rodnoy brat (1929) – Grishka Alone (1931) – Man Talking on the Phone Pesnya o shchastye (1934) – Chief disciplinary section Chapaev (1934) – Peasant The Youth of Maxim (1935) – Maksim Girl Friends (1936) – Senka Lenochka i vinograd (1936) The Return of Maxim (1937) – Maksim The Defense of Volotchayevsk (1937) – Old Man The Great Citizen (1938) – Maksim, the investigator Chelovek s ruzhyom (1938) – Yevtushenko The Vyborg Side (1938) – Maksim Minin and Pozharsky (1939) – Roman The New Teacher (1939) – Stepan Ivanovich Lautin Boyevoy kinosbornik 3 (1941) – (segment "Antosha Rybkin") This Is the Enemy (1942) Aleksandr Parkhomenko (1942) – Nestor Makhno Antosha Rybkin (1942) – Antosha Rybkin The Front (1943) – Udivitelnyy Partizany v stepyakh Ukrainy (1943) – Grandfather Taras Kutuzov (1944) – Lavilov Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (1945) – Zakhar Fomichyov The Great Glinka (1946) – Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka The Court of Honor (1948) – Andrey Vereyskiy akademik Three Encounters (1949) – Nikanor Samoseev Dream of a Cossack (1951) – Kondratyev The Miners of Donetsk (1951) – Stepan Nedolya The Boarder (1953) True Friends (1954) – Chishov Dimitrovgradtsy (1956) – Sobolev For the Power of the Soviets (1956) – Secreatary Chernoivanenko Svoimi rukami (1956) – Rudenko Ryadom s nami (1958) – Stletov Dorogoy moy chelovek (1958) Kievlyanka (1958) – Yakov Petrovich Sereda Mechty sbyvayutsya (1959) – Pavel Andreyevich Leshchuk Poteryannaya fotografiya (1959) Nasledniki (1960) Svoya golova na plechakh (1961) – Kolkhoz Chairman Gorizont (1962) – Likhobaba A Trip Without a Load (1963) - Ded na aerodrome Greshnyy angel (1963) – Religioznyy starik Kain XVIII (1963) – Lavatory Worker The Alive and the Dead (1964) – Gavrila Biryukov Möcüzälär adasi (1964) Golubaya chashka (1964) Artakarg handznararutyun (1966) – Police spy Pervyy posetitel (1966) Myatezhnaya zastava (1967) Seven Old Men and a Girl (1970, TV Movie) Shutite? (1971) – (segment "Vanderbul' bezhit za gorizont") Izhorskiy batalon (1972) – Vanechka Po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu (1973) Rosa (1975) Gorozhane (1976) – Stariy master