Anatoli Vladimirovich Romashin (; 1931–2000) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director. He won the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize () was one of the Soviet Union’s highest civilian honours, awarded from its establishment in September 1966 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. It recognised outstanding contributions in the fields of science, mathem ...

(1977) and was a

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achiev ...

(1982).

Biography

Anatoli Romashin was born in

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on 1 January 1931. His father was a

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, mother was an

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. His brother Vladimir (1932-2012) was an opera singer. He graduated from the

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; , ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was founded in by the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright ...

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(course of Victor Stanitsyn) in 1959. Since 1959 - an actor

Mayakovsky Theatre Mayakovsky Theater () is a theater in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1920, first as ''Terevsat'' (Theater of Revolutionary Satire, 1920-1922), then ''Revolution Theater'' (1922-1943) and ''Drama Theater'' (1944-1953). In 1954 it was renamed after Vlad ...

. The actor became widely recognized after the release of the 1974

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's film ''

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'', where Romashin played the role of

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Death

Romashin was killed in an accident on the evening of August 8, 2000 near the town of Pushkino,

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. The actor was crushed by an old pine tree that he was attempting to cut down with a chainsaw while staying at his

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. He was buried in the

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Selected filmography

*'' The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin'' (, 1965) as ''Dr. Wolf'' *''

The Seventh Companion ''The Seventh Companion'' () is a 1967 Soviet Union, Soviet drama film set in Petrograd in the years following the Russian Revolution (1917), Russian Revolution. The film marked the directorial debut of Russian director Aleksei Yuryevich German, A ...

'' (Седьмой спутник, 1967) as ''white officer'' *'' Strong with Spirit'' (Сильные духом, 1967) as ''Oberleutnant'' *'' Hit Back'' (Ответный ход, 1971) as ''Major General Nefedov'' *''

The Love of Mankind ''The Love of Mankind'' () is a 1972 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Gerasimov. Plot The film is about an architect who is passionate about his work and who has not experienced a feeling of love for 35 years of his life. And so he falls i ...

'' (Любить человека, 1972) as ''Arkhangelsky, Maria's ex-husband'' *''

'' (Агония, 1974) as ''emperor

'' *'' An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano'' (Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино, 1977) as ''Gerasim Kuzmich Petrin'' *'' Where were you, Odysseus?'' (Где ты был, Одиссей?, 1978) as SS Sturmbannführer Karl Ehrlich *'' The Rooks'' (Грачи, 1982) as ''Beloded, investigator'' *''

Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlovna Pavlova. (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, but is most recognized for creating ...

'' (Анна Павлова, 1983) as ''

Alexandre Benois Alexandre (Alexander) Nikolayevich Benois (; Salmina-Haskell, Larissa. ''Russian Paintings and Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum''. pp. 15, 23-24. Published by Ashmolean Museum, 19899 February 1960) was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, ...

'' *'' And Then Where Were None'' (Десять негритят, 1987) as ''Doctor Armstrong'' *''

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'' (Друг, 1987) as ''Friend's owner''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romashin, Anatoli 1931 births 2000 deaths Russian film directors People's Artists of the RSFSR Honored Artists of the RSFSR Soviet male stage actors Russian male stage actors Recipients of the USSR State Prize Accidental deaths in Russia Moscow Art Theatre School alumni Male actors from Saint Petersburg Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery