Valeri Kozinets

Valeri Yevseevich Kozinets (May 9, 1939 – November 8, 2020) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and screenwriter.

Biography In the 1960s, Kozinets was an actor at the Moscow Yermolova Theatre. From 1971 to 1977, he was an actor at Mosfilm. In 1977, he joined Lenfilm.

In 1972, he starred in the main role of Ruslan in the film adaptation of the poem by A. Pushkin “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, directed by Alexander Ptushko.

Valeri Kozinets died in Saint Petersburg on November 8, 2020, at the age of 81.

Selected filmography

Actor 1968 – Spartacus in Razbudite Mukhina 1972 – Ruslan in Ruslan and Ludmila 1976 – Aleksey Antonov in 72 gradusa nizhe nulya 1982 – A pirate in Treasure Island 1991 – Savely in Get Thee Out

Screenwriter 2011 – We declare war on you (miniseries)