Chirkov B.P. (1901-1982), film actor

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CHIRKOV Boris Petrovich (1901-1982), film and theatre actor, author of books and articles, People’s Artist of the USSR (1950) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1975). After graduating from the Leningrad Institute of Stage Arts in 1926 he worked at the Leningrad Youth Theatre and the New Youth Theatre. Becoming involved in cinema in 1918, he played close to 40 roles, attaining fame for the role of Maxim, a revolutionary worker from St. Petersburg, in the Maxim Trilogy, which included The Youth of Maxim, The Return of Maxim, and Vyborgskaya Side (New Horizons), directed by G. M. Kozintsev and L. Z. Trauberg in 1935-39. He also worked at Lenfilm, playing in the Brothers Vasilyev's Chapaev (1934), L. O. Arnstam's Friends (Three Women) (1936), S. I. Yutkevich's Man with the Gun (1938), and A. S. Gerasimov's Teacher (1939). He moved to Moscow in 1945. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941, 1947, 1949, and 1952.

Reference: Кваснецкая М. Чирков // Орлова, Чирков, Бабочкин, Андреев: Сб. ст. М., 1961. С. 23-43. (Труд актера; Вып. 9); Чирков Б. П. Про нас, про актеров. 2-е изд., доп. М., 1970.

V. А. Kuznetsova. Arnstam Leo Oskarovich
Chirkov Boris Petrovich
Gerasimov Sergey Apollinarievich
Kozintsev Grigory Mikhailovich
the Vasilyevs
Trauberg Leonid Zakharovich
Yutkevich Sergey Iosifovich
Чирков Б. П. Про нас, про актеров. 2-е изд., доп. М., 1970
Кваснецкая М. Чирков // Орлова, Чирков, Бабочкин, Андреев: Сб. ст. М., 1961 Young People's Theatre
Lenfilm, Film Studio