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Jüri Järvet
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Jüri Järvet (June 18, 1919 – July 5, 1995) was an Estonian actor. His name sometimes appears as Yuri Yevgenyevich Yarvet, an incorrect back-transliteration from the Russian transliteration Юри Евгеньевич Ярвет. His birthname was Georgi Kuznetsov, and he took the Estonian form in 1938.
Järvet is best known in the West for the role of Dr. Snaut in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, but he played in numerous other films both in Russian and his native Estonian. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1975, and the USSR State Prize in 1981.
Järvet played the title role in a powerful version of King Lear (1971) filmed on bleak landscapes in his native Estonia by Russian director Grig…
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Jüri Järvet (June 18, 1919 – July 5, 1995) was an Estonian actor. His name sometimes appears as Yuri Yevgenyevich Yarvet, an incorrect back-transliteration from the Russian transliteration Юри Евгеньевич Ярвет. His birthname was Georgi Kuznetsov, and he took the Estonian form in 1938. Järvet is best known in the West for the role of Dr. Snaut in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, but he played in numerous other films both in Russian and his native Estonian. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1975, and the USSR State Prize in 1981. Järvet played the title role in a powerful version of King Lear (1971) filmed on bleak landscapes in his native Estonia by Russian director Grigori Kozintsev and released in 1970. Kozintsev shared the screenwriting credit with Boris Pasternak; the score was by Dmitri Shostakovich. His son Jüri Järvet Jr. has also acted in several movies, including All My Lenins and Khrustalyov, My Car!.
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BODY OF WORK
Jüri Järvet's Filmography
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Legends of Tallinn
as Old Mayor (voice)
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
Candles in the Dark
City Unplugged
as Anton
Marraskuun harmaa valo
as Old Man
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
as Old Compositor
Luukas
as Albert
He Will Receive
as Demoney
The Time of Your Life
Peace Avenue
as Jaak
Surmatants
as Tallinna linnapea
Philipp Traum
as Father Peter
The Watchmaker and the Chicken
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
Vernanda
Face to Face
as Золле
In the Time of the Law of the Wolf
Lurich
as Lawyer
Cargo With No Markings
as контрабандист
Täna õhtul...
as Self
Капитан Фракасс
as Матамор
Nipernaadi
as Siimon Vaa
A Fairy Tale Told at Night
as Waldmännchen
Murder on the 31st Floor
as Karl Branner
Wild Violets
as Lipp
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
as Alex Snewahr
The Visitor
Daisy Petal Game
as Oskar (segment "Poacher")
Time to Live, Time to Love
Summer
as Toots's Father
Indrek
as Religion Teacher
The Accident
as Вальтер - судья
The Red Violin
as Peek
An Unusual Story
as Psychiatrist
Spring in the Forest
as Minna's Father
Dangerous Games
as Õline
The Committee of 19
as Techer
Solaris
as Dr. Snaut
Forest Captain
as Jõnn
Lack of Wind
as Saare Sander
Echoes of the Past
as Zeifert
Windy Beach
as Hollmann
King Lear
as King Lear
The Last Relic
as Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
Madness
as Windisch
The Dead Season
as Professor O'Reilly
Postmark from Vienna
as Martin Roll
Girl in Black
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
as Peetrus
The Milkman of Mäeküla
as Tõnu Prillup
Traces
as Elmar
Under the Same Roof
as Tõnis
Laulu sõber
as Ott Kuu, traktorist
Actor Joller
as Ruts
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