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name: "Vasili Merkuryev"
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tmdb_id: 86851
wikidata_id: "Q2370666"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 April 1904"
died: "12 May 1978"
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# Vasili Merkuryev

## Identity

Vasili Merkuryev

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vasili-merkuryev
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vasili-merkuryev
- **IMDb ID:** nm0580959
- **TMDB ID:** 86851
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2370666
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Merkuryev, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2370666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580959/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86851

Actor. Born 6 April 1904 in Ostrov, Pskov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Pskov Oblast, Russia]. Died 12 May 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 April 1904, Ostrov, Pskov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Pskov Oblast, Russia]
- **Died:** 12 May 1978
- **Also known as:** Vasili Merkuriev, V. Merkuryev, Vasiliy Merkurev, Василий Васильевич Меркyрьев, Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev, В. Меркурьев, ვასილ მერკურიევი, ვასილ მერკურევი
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Merkuryev, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2370666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580959/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86851

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Cranes Are Flying*](https://film.one/film/the-cranes-are-flying.md) (87)

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## Biography

Vasili Merkuryev (also credited as Vasiliy Merkurev) was a Soviet actor, theatre director and pedagogue. Born on 6 April 1904 in Ostrov, Pskov Governorate, Russian Empire, he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Theatrical Art in 1926 and began his stage career in the 1920s. From 1937 until his death he was a leading actor and director at the Alexandrinsky Theatre (Pushkin Drama Theatre) in Leningrad.

Merkuryev appeared in more than 40 films between 1935 and 1974. He is known for his roles as the forester in *Cinderella* (1947), Fyodor Ivanovich in *The Cranes Are Flying* (1957) and Academician Blagovidov in *Moscow-Cassiopeia* (1974). He received the title People's Artist of the USSR in 1960 and was awarded the State Prize of the USSR three times.

He died on 12 May 1978 in Leningrad.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Cranes Are Flying* (1957), Fi1m 87, as Fyodor Ivanovich — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cranes-are-flying.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Great Tamer* (1974), as Vasily Vasilyevich
- *Kseniya, Fyodor's Beloved Wife* (1974), as personnel manager
- *Faithful Friend Sancho* (1974), Actor
- *Moscow-Cassiopeia* (1974), as академик Благовидов
- *Here Is Our Home* (1974), Actor
- *A.P. Chekhov's Scenes* (1973), Actor
- *Our Friend Maxim* (1973), Actor
- *Proshchaniye s Peterburgom* (1971), Actor
- *The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev* (1971), as Vasiliy Lukyanov
- *Late Child* (1971), Actor
- *A Nest of Gentry* (1969), as Gedeonovsky
- *Exam for Rank* (1969), Actor
- *Roll Call* (1966), Actor
- *New Year's Calendar* (1966), Actor
- *Whistle Stop* (1963), as Pavel Pavlovich
- *I Accept the Fight* (1963), Actor
- *Cherry Town* (1963), as Drebednyov
- *Mommy and Two Drones* (1963), as a visitor to the cutlet shop
- *Happy Birthday* (1962), as Gromov
- *Be Happy, Ani!* (1961), as Andrey Petrovich
- *Chronicle of Flaming Years* (1961), Actor
- *The Girl With Whom I Was Friends* (1961), as Uncle Kolya
- *A Summer to Remember* (1960), as uncle Kostya
- *A Sleepless Night* (1960), as Snegiryov
- *Abyss* (1960), Actor
- *Hot Soul* (1960), Actor
- *People on the Bridge* (1959), as Ivan Bulygin
- *First Day* (1958), as Sailor
- *In a Quiet Marina* (1958), as Aleksandr Lukich Pushkov
- *The Cranes Are Flying* (1957), as Fyodor Ivanovich — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cranes-are-flying.md)
- *An Ordinary Man* (1957), as Ladygin
- *Behind the Footlights* (1956), as Lev Gurych Sinichkin
- *The Highlight of the Program* (1956), Actor
- *Twelfth Night* (1955), as Малволио
- *World Champion* (1955), as Fyodor Bessonov
- *Did We Meet Somewhere Before* (1954), Actor
- *True Friends* (1954), as Nestratov
- *The Honor of Comrade* (1953), Actor
- *The Forest* (1953), as Ivan Petrovich Vosmibratov
- *The Encounter of a Lifetime* (1952), Actor
- *The Unforgettable Year 1919* (1951), as Bryzgalov
- *The Miners of Donetsk* (1951), as Gorovoi, Sidor Trofimovich Gorovoy
- *The Battle of Stalingrad* (1949), as Col. Gen. Voronov
- *The Star* (1949), as Anikanov
- *Story of a Real Man* (1948), as Stepan Ivanovich
- *Cinderella* (1947), as Forester
- *The Sky Slow-Mover* (1946), as Senior Lieutenant Semyon Tucha
- *The Vow* (1946), as Gen. Nikolai Voronov
- *The Great Glinka* (1946), as Jacob Ulanov Ulyanich
- *The Road Home* (1946), as Karlis, the Mechanic
- *Naval Battalion* (1946), as Captive SS Officer
- *Tanker "Derbent"* (1941), Actor
- *Song about Friendship* (1941), Actor
- *Member of the Government* (1940), as Сташков
- *Patriot* (1939), as Fellow Traveler
- *Guest* (1939), Actor
- *Surgery* (1939), as бас Измученков
- *Red Tanks* (1939), as полковник фон Хартен
- *Komsomolsk* (1938), as военный представитель
- *Professor Mamlock* (1938), as Franz Krauss
- *The Golden Taiga* (1937), Actor
- *The Return of Maxim* (1937), as Menshevik student
- *Fedka* (1937), as Luke
- *The Girlfriends* (1936), as postman (uncredited)
- *Engineer Gof* (1935), as Stas
- *Ninth of January* (1925), as Young worker (uncredited)

## Awards

### Other awards — 10 won

- Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR 1979: Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR (won)
- Order of Lenin 1974: Order of Lenin (won)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1964: Order of the Red Banner of Labour (won)
- People's Artist of the USSR 1960: People's Artist of the USSR (won)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR 1955: People's Artist of the RSFSR (won)
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree 1952: Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (won), for *The Miners of Donetsk*
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1950: Order of the Red Banner of Labour (won)
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree 1949: Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (won), for *Tale of a True Man*
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR 1947: Honored Artist of the RSFSR (won)
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree 1947: Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (won), for *The Great Glinka*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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