Russian and soviet actor, film and theatre director (1873–1941).
Died August 6th, 1941 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel