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Jüri Järvet

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Jüri Järvet

Born June 18, 1919 in Tallinn, Harju County, EstoniaDied July 5, 199555 films

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.

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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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Solaris posterFirst watchSolaris19727.8as Dr. SnautA psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station.View film

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Dead Mountaineer's Hotel poster6.3Dead Mountaineer's Hotel1979

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. 1995Legends of TallinnOld Mayor (voice)
  2. 1994The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
  3. 1993Candles in the Dark
  4. 1993City UnpluggedAnton
  5. 1993Marraskuun harmaa valoOld Man
  6. 1993Tear of the Prince of DarknessOld Compositor
  7. 1992LuukasAlbert
  8. 1992He Will ReceiveDemoney
  9. 1992The Time of Your Life
  10. 1991Peace AvenueJaak
  11. 1991SurmatantsTallinna linnapea
  12. 1990Philipp TraumFather Peter
  13. 1989The Watchmaker and the Chicken
  14. 1988Dance Around the Steam Boiler
  15. 1988Vernanda
  16. 1986Face to FaceЗолле
  17. 1986In the Time of the Law of the Wolf
  18. 1984LurichLawyer
  19. 1984Cargo With No Markingsконтрабандист
  20. 1984Капитан ФракассМатамор
  21. 1983NipernaadiSiimon Vaa
  22. 1981A Fairy Tale Told at NightWaldmännchen
  23. 1981Murder on the 31st FloorKarl Branner
  24. 1980Wild VioletsLipp
  25. 1979Dead Mountaineer's HotelAlex Snewahr
  26. 1979The Visitor
  27. 1978Daisy Petal GameOskar (segment "Poacher")
  28. 1977Time to Live, Time to Love
  29. 1976SummerToots's Father
  30. 1976IndrekReligion Teacher
  31. 1975The AccidentВальтер - судья
  32. 1975The Red ViolinPeek
  33. 1974An Unusual StoryPsychiatrist
  34. 1974Spring in the ForestMinna's Father
  35. 1974Dangerous GamesÕline
  36. 1972The Committee of 19Techer
  37. 1972SolarisDr. Snaut
  38. 1972Forest CaptainJõnn
  39. 1971Lack of WindSaare Sander
  40. 1971Echoes of the PastZeifert
  41. 1971Windy BeachHollmann
  42. 1970King LearKing Lear
  43. 1970The Last RelicBrother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
  44. 1969MadnessWindisch
  45. 1968The Dead SeasonProfessor O'Reilly
  46. 1968Postmark from ViennaMartin Roll
  47. 1967Girl in Black
  48. 1965The New Devil of HellsbottomPeetrus
  49. 1965The Milkman of MäekülaTõnu Prillup
  50. 1964TracesElmar
  51. 1963Under the Same RoofTõnis
  52. 1962Laulu sõberOtt Kuu, traktorist
  53. 1960Actor JollerRuts
  54. 1959Uninvited Guests
  55. 1955Andrus' Happiness