Aleksandr Shalvovich Porokhovshchikov (, 31 January 1939,

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

– 15 April 2012, Moscow) was a

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and

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(1994). He died of

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and other

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at age 73 in

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Selected filmography

* '' Empire under Attack'' (Империя под ударом, 2000) as ''Vladimir Dzhunkovsky'' * '' The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment'' (Ворошиловский стрелок, 1999) as ''police colonel Pashutin'' * '' Tax Сollector'' (Мытарь, 1995) as ''Potocky'' * '' Professor Dowell's Testament'' (Завещание профессора Доуэля, 1984) * '' Return from Orbit'' (Возвращение с орбиты, 1983) as Alexey Sviridov, Major General * ''

Moon Rainbow ''Moon Rainbow'' () is a 1983 Soviet science fiction drama film directed by Andrei Yermash based on the novel of the same name by Sergei Pavlov about a person gaining inexplicable extrasensory properties in the process of space exploration. Plot ...

'' (Лунная радуга, 1983) as Back * '' Do Not Part with Your Beloved'' (С любимыми не расставайтесь, 1980) as ''Nikulin'' * ''

The Captivating Star of Happiness ''The Star of Captivating Happiness'' () is a 1975 Soviet historical romance. The title is an allusion to a line from the poem '' To Chaadayev'' by Alexander Pushkin. It is a drama with the dedication "to the women of Russia". Plot The story is ...

'' (Звезда пленительного счастья, 1975) as ''

Pavel Pestel Colonel Pavel Ivanovich Pestel (; – ) was a Russian revolutionary and ideologue of the Decembrists. Early life Pavel Pestel was born in Moscow on . He came from a Lutheran family of Saxon descent that had settled in Russia during the r ...

'' * '' Captain Nemo'' (Капитан Немо, 1975) as ''Captain Faragut'' * ''

At Home Among Strangers ''A Friend to Foes, a Foe to Friends'' (; ''Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh'') is a 1974 Soviet Red Western film starring Yuri Bogatyryov and Anatoly Solonitsyn and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. It is Mikhalkov's directorial debut. P ...

'' (Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих, 1974) as ''Kungarov'' * '' Shine, Shine, My Star'' (Гори, гори, моя звезда, 1970) as white officer

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* 1939 births 2012 deaths Russian male film actors Russian film directors Russian male stage actors Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika" Male actors from Moscow Deaths from diabetes in Russia People's Artists of Russia {{Russia-film-director-stub