Bruno Arturovich Freindlich (russian: Бруно Артурович Фрейндлих; 10 October 1909 – 9 July 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor.

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(1974). His daughter

Alisa Freindlich Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (russian: Алиса Бруновна Фрейндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading ac ...

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Biography

A native of Saint Petersburg and of German ancestry, Bruno Freindlich began his career as an actor performing for audiences of children. For two years he worked at the

Bolshoi Theatre of Drama Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater (russian: Большой драматический театр имени Г. А. Товстоногова; literally ''Tovstonogov Great Drama Theater''), formerly known as Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater (russian: ...

. Since 1948, he was a leading actor of the former

Alexandrine Theatre The Alexandrinsky Theatre (russian: Александринский театр) or National Drama Theatre of Russia is a theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Alexandrinsky Theatre was built for the Imperial troupe of Petersburg (Imperial trou ...

. Among his stage works were Khlestakov in '' The Government Inspector'' and Hamlet in

Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev (russian: link=no, Григорий Михайлович Козинцев; 11 May 1973) was a Soviet theatre and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964. In 1965 ...

's staging of Shakespeare's play. He played the roles of

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five- act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed ''Per Gynt'', the Norwegian fairy tale on wh ...

, père Goriot, Gayev in '' The Cherry Orchard'', Baron in '' The Lower Depths''. One of the dearest roles of Freindlich, which he played for many years, was the part of writer Ivan Turgenev in the play ''Elegy''. For the role of

Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (; 25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italians, Italian inventor and electrical engineering, electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegrap ...

in the propaganda film '' Alexander Popov'' he won the Stalin Prize (1951).

Death

Freindlich died in Petersburg at the age of 92 and was buried on 11 July 2002 at the Volkovo Cemetery.

Partial filmography

* '' Alexander Popov'' (1949) as

* ''

Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

'' (1950) as

César Cui César Antonovich Cui ( rus, Це́зарь Анто́нович Кюи́, , ˈt͡sjezərʲ ɐnˈtonəvʲɪt͡ɕ kʲʊˈi, links=no, Ru-Tsezar-Antonovich-Kyui.ogg; french: Cesarius Benjaminus Cui, links=no, italic=no; 13 March 1918) was a Ru ...

* '' Rimsky-Korsakov'' (1953) as Ramensky * '' Belinsky'' (1953) as Professor Shcheplovidov * ''Dirk'' (1954) as Nikitskiy * '' Heroes of Shipka'' (1955) as

Gyula Andrássy Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (8 March 1823 – 18 February 1890) was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and subsequently as Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (1871–1 ...

* '' Twelfth Night'' (1955) as Feste * '' Two Captains'' (1956) as Ivan Pavlovich Korablyov * ''Sofya Kovalevskaya'' (1956) as Klaus fon Shvedlits * '' Don Quixote'' (1957) as duke * '' October Days'' (1958) as Georgy Polkovnikov * '' Fathers and Sons'' (1959) as Pavel Kirsanov * '' Cain XVIII'' (1963) as Chief of Secret Police * '' Two Tickets for a Daytime Picture Show'' (1967) as Blinov * '' Dead Season'' (1968) as Valery Petrovich * ''Thunderstorm over Belaya'' (1968) as

Alexander Kolchak Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (russian: link=no, Александр Васильевич Колчак; – 7 February 1920) was an Imperial Russian admiral, military leader and polar explorer who served in the Imperial Russian Navy and fought ...

* '' Tchaikovsky'' (1970) as Turgenev * '' The Flight'' (1971) as baron

Pyotr Vrangel Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (russian: Пётр Никола́евич барон Вра́нгель, translit=Pëtr Nikoláevič Vrángel', p=ˈvranɡʲɪlʲ, german: Freiherr Peter Nikolaus von Wrangel; April 25, 1928), also known by his ni ...

* ''Timur and His Team'' (1977) as Dr. Kolokolchikov * ''

A Declaration of Love ''A Declaration of Love'' (russian: Объяснение в любви, Obyasneniye v lyubvi) is a 1977 Soviet romance film directed by Ilya Averbakh. Plot The main character is a talented, but timid writer Filippok, together with his country, i ...

'' (1978) as Filippok in old age * ''

Battle of Moscow The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between September 1941 and January ...

'' (1985, TV Series) as Boris Shaposhnikov * ''The Strange Story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1986) as Pool * ''

Stalingrad Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

'' (1990) as Boris Shaposhnikov (final film role)

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* 1909 births 2002 deaths Male actors from Saint Petersburg Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) {{USSR-actor-stub Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian people of German descent Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors Russian male voice actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet male voice actors