Anatoli Romashin


Anatoli Vladimirovich Romashin was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director. He won the USSR State Prize and was a People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Biography

Anatoli Romashin was born in Leningrad on 1 January 1931. His father was a Russian, mother was an Estonian. His brother Vladimir was an opera singer.
He graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School in 1959. Since 1959 - an actor Mayakovsky Theatre.
The actor became widely recognized after the release of the 1974 Elem Klimov's film Agony, where Romashin played the role of Nicholas II.
In recent years, he played in the under the directorship of Sergei Prokhanov.
According to critics, Romashin was the perfect actor for the role of a Russian intelligent. His artistic career included a lot of such roles.

Death

He was killed in an accident on the evening of August 8, 2000 near the town of Pushkino, Moscow Oblast actor was impaled by a huge old pine, that he was trying to chainsaw on his dacha. He was buried on the Vagankovo Cemetery. Six months later the dacha was destroyed by fire.

Selected filmography