--- name: "Natalya Bondarchuk" canonical: "https://film.one/person/natalya-bondarchuk" roles: ["Actor"] born: "10 May 1950" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-21T03:33:59.748585+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Natalya Bondarchuk Actor. Born 10 May 1950 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 10 May 1950, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia] - **Also known as:** Natalia Bondarchuk, Н. Бондарчук, N. Bondarchuk, Наталья Сергеевна Бондарчук - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalya_Bondarchuk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1190211 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Solaris*](https://film.one/film/solaris-1972.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Natalya Bondarchuk > Natalya Bondarchuk gives the difficult questions in *Solaris* a human urgency that the dialogue sometimes lacks. Her work as Hari is the strongest reason for our regard: she makes the need for another person painful and believable. In *Solaris* (1972), Natalya Bondarchuk's Hari responds to a Bruegel print with a growing awareness that is painful to watch. There is anguish in that response; understanding more does not seem to make anything easier for her. We were moved by Hari's need for another person, because the hurt in her performance remains believable even when the dialogue grows cumbersome. Andrei Tarkovsky asks us to think at length, but Bondarchuk gives us a reason to care while we do. Donatas Banionis, as Kelvin, is a useful partner precisely because his reserve can be frustrating. He is difficult to reach, and Bondarchuk makes the need for closeness matter without requiring us to find him easy company. The contrast keeps their conversations from becoming wholly abstract. There are limits to what she can do with them, though: the philosophical dialogue sometimes explains feelings she has already made clear. We would rather be allowed to stay with her reaction than have its significance discussed again. After Hari brought her international notice, Bondarchuk continued in Soviet literary and historical adaptations, playing Mariya Volkonskaya in *The Captivating Star of Happiness* (1975) and Madame de Rênal in *Red and Black* (1976). The move into directing began with *Living Rainbow* (1982), followed by *Bambi's Childhood* (1985), in which she also played Bambi's mother. On *Pushkin: The Last Duel* (2006), she took on directing, writing, producing and the lead role. That film has drawn criticism for historical and conceptual distortions; admiration for Hari is no reason to overlook those objections. Our regard for the actor rests most firmly on Hari. Bondarchuk lets us follow the character's increasing awareness without losing sight of how much it hurts. The performance holds our attention when the writing starts to insist on its own importance, although it cannot prevent those passages from dragging. Start with *Solaris*, with patience for the talk and attention to the person it sometimes talks over. ## Biography Natalya Bondarchuk is a Soviet and Russian actress and film director. Born on 10 May 1950 in Moscow, she is the daughter of actor and director Sergei Bondarchuk and actress Inna Makarova. She graduated from the acting school of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1971 and from its directing school in 1975. Her film debut came in 1969 in *By the Lake*. She is best known for playing Hari in Andrei Tarkovsky's *Solaris* (1972). Bondarchuk has appeared in other films including *You and Me* (1971), *The Captivating Star of Happiness* (1975) and *Red and Black* (1976). She has also worked as a director and received the title of Merited Artist in 1977. She is married to actor Nikolai Burlyayev. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Solaris* (1972), Fi1m 87, as Hari — [page](https://film.one/film/solaris-1972.md) ## Complete filmography (29) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA* (2017), as Hari (archive footage) - *The Mystery of Snow Queen* (2015), as Nenka · Producer, Director, Writer - *One Love of My Soul* (2007), as Natalya Volkonskaya · Producer, Director, Screenplay - *Pushkin: The Last Duel* (2006), as Екатерина Карамзина · Writer, Director, Producer - *To Remember* (1993), series, as Narrator - *Ask and It Will Be Yours* (1992), as мать Сергия Радонежского · Writer, Director - *Lermontov* (1986), Actor - *Bambi's Youth* (1986), as Bambi's mother · Director, Writer - *Bambi's Childhood* (1985), as Bambi's mother · Writer, Director - *Living Rainbow* (1985), Director - *Mother Mary* (1982), Actor - *Vasily and Vasilisa* (1981), as Aleksandra - *At the Beginning of Glorious Days* (1981), as Софья - *The Youth of Peter* (1981), as Sophya - *Adult Son* (1980), as Надежда Борисовна - *The Grandmothers Told in Two...* (1979), as hotel administrator - *Old Times in Poshekhonye* (1977), Director, Writer - *The Red and the Black* (1976), as Mme de Rênal - *The Red and the Black* (1976), series, as Madame de Renal - *For Better and for Worse* (1975), as Княгиня Волконская - *Heaven is With Me* (1974), as Ирина - *Fulfillment of Desires* (1974), Actor - *I Don't Want to Make You Wait* (1973), as Olena - *Huntsman* (1973), Actor - *Solaris* (1972), as Hari — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/solaris-1972.md) - *A Soldier Came Back from the Front* (1972), Actor - *You and Me* (1971), as Nadya - *The Petrukha Family* (1971), as Шура - *By the Lake* (1970), as Train Passenger ## Gallery - ![Natalya Bondarchuk](https://film.one/media/person/1273792/gallery-7e3ce9abe278.jpg) Natalya Bondarchuk — duma.gov.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Natalya_Bondarchuk_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Встреча с Натальей Бондарчук (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/1273792/gallery-d88741d02450.jpg) Встреча с Натальей Бондарчук (2007) — Министерство культуры Республики Татарстан, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Natalya_Bondarchuk_in_Kazan_01.jpg/1280px-Natalya_Bondarchuk_in_Kazan_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Встреча с Натальей Бондарчук (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/1273792/gallery-d3957041da7f.jpg) Встреча с Натальей Бондарчук (2007) — Министерство культуры Республики Татарстан, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Natalya_Bondarchuk_in_Kazan_02.jpg/1280px-Natalya_Bondarchuk_in_Kazan_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Встреча с Натальей Бондарчук (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/1273792/gallery-df30c7d28cc7.jpg) Встреча с Натальей Бондарчук (2007) — Министерство культуры Республики Татарстан, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Natalya_Bondarchuk_in_Kazan_03.jpg/1280px-Natalya_Bondarchuk_in_Kazan_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Natalya Bondarchuk](https://film.one/media/person/1273792/gallery-76738867a864.jpg) Natalya Bondarchuk — Image via TMDB - ![Встреча с Натальей Бондарчук (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/1273792/gallery-eb753ab56d0a.jpg) Встреча с Натальей Бондарчук (2007) — Министерство культуры Республики Татарстан, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Natalya_Bondarchuk_in_Kazan_04.jpg/1280px-Natalya_Bondarchuk_in_Kazan_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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