Jüri Järvet

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Jüri Järvet

Acting June 18, 1919

Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia

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 transl…

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Solaris

Solaris

7.8 1972 Movie
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

6.3 1979 Movie
The Last Relic

The Last Relic

6.4 1970 Movie
Data Tutashkhia

Data Tutashkhia

7.0 1977 TV Show
King Lear

King Lear

6.7 1970 Movie
The Milkman of Mäeküla

The Milkman of Mäeküla

5.7 1965 Movie
Nipernaadi

Nipernaadi

4.8 1983 Movie
Madness

Madness

6.1 1969 Movie
Summer

Summer

6.3 1976 Movie
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later

The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later

4.9 1994 Movie
The Dead Season

The Dead Season

5.3 1968 Movie
Postmark from Vienna

Postmark from Vienna

5.3 1968 Movie

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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!.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1995
    Legends of Tallinn

    Movie Old Mayor (voice)

  2. 1994
    The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later

    Movie

  3. 1993
    Candles in the Dark

    Movie

  4. 1993
    City Unplugged

    Movie Anton

  5. 1993
    Marraskuun harmaa valo

    Movie Old Man

  6. 1993
    Tear of the Prince of Darkness

    Movie Old Compositor

  7. 1992
    Luukas

    Movie Albert

  8. 1992
    He Will Receive

    Movie Demoney

  9. 1992
    The Time of Your Life

    Movie

  10. 1991
    Peace Avenue

    Movie Jaak

  11. 1991
    Surmatants

    Movie Tallinna linnapea

  12. 1990
    Philipp Traum

    Movie Father Peter

  13. 1989
    The Watchmaker and the Chicken

    Movie

  14. 1988
    Dance Around the Steam Boiler

    Movie

  15. 1988
    Vernanda

    Movie

  16. 1986
    Face to Face

    Movie Золле

More credits
  1. 1986
    In the Time of the Law of the Wolf

    Movie

  2. 1984
    Lurich

    Movie Lawyer

  3. 1984
    Cargo With No Markings

    Movie контрабандист

  4. 1984
    Täna õhtul...

    Movie Self

  5. 1984
    Капитан Фракасс

    Movie Матамор

  6. 1983
    Nipernaadi

    Movie Siimon Vaa

  7. 1981
    A Fairy Tale Told at Night

    Movie Waldmännchen

  8. 1981
    Murder on the 31st Floor

    Movie Karl Branner

  9. 1980
    Wild Violets

    Movie Lipp

  10. 1979
    Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

    Movie Alex Snewahr

  11. 1979
    The Visitor

    Movie

  12. 1978
    Daisy Petal Game

    Movie Oskar (segment "Poacher")

  13. 1977
    Data Tutashkhia

    TV show Count Seged

  14. 1977
    Time to Live, Time to Love

    Movie

  15. 1976
    Summer

    Movie Toots's Father

  16. 1976
    Indrek

    Movie Religion Teacher

  17. 1975
    Авария

    TV show Вальтер, судья

  18. 1975
    The Accident

    Movie Вальтер - судья

  19. 1975
    The Red Violin

    Movie Peek

  20. 1974
    An Unusual Story

    Movie Psychiatrist

  21. 1974
    Spring in the Forest

    Movie Minna's Father

  22. 1974
    Dangerous Games

    Movie Õline

  23. 1972
    The Committee of 19

    Movie Techer

  24. 1972
    Solaris

    Movie Dr. Snaut