Soviet and russian actor, film director, screenwriter (1922–2003).
Born March 8th, 1922 in Novoukrainka.
Died June 1st, 2003 at 81 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
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