Jüri Järvet
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!.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 9.103 |
Birthday | 1919-06-18 |
Place of Birth | Tallinn, Estonia |
Also Known As | Jüri Järvet, Юри Евгеньевич Ярвет, Юри Ярвет, Yuri Yevgenyevich Yarvet, Georgi Kuznetsov, |
1972
Solaris
7.8/1540
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1970
King Lear
6.7/21
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1993
City Unplugged
6.1/7
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City Unplugged
1979
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
6.14/50
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Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
1983
The Adventurer
4.8/10
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The Adventurer
1968
Postmark from Vienna
5.2/6
A comedy about two friends who made a bet over a rare postmark.
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Postmark from Vienna
1968
The Dead Season
5.2/12
Soviet spy Ladeynikov learns that in one of the pharmaceutical centers in a small resort town works a former German war criminal Dr. Hass, who is fini...
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1989
Philipp Traum
5.1/7
A story based on "The Mysterious Stranger" novel by Mark Twain.
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Philipp Traum
1960
Actor Joller
0/0
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1988
Vernanda
5.8/4
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Vernanda
1965
The Milkman of Mäeküla
4.2/4
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The Milkman of Mäeküla
1974
Dangerous Games
6/1
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Dangerous Games
1969
Madness
5.9/9
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1975
The Accident
7.5/4
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1992
He Will Receive
8.3/3
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1981
A Fairy Tale Told at Night
4.5/7
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A Fairy Tale Told at Night
1993
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
4/4
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1974
Spring in the Forest
4.2/5
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Spring in the Forest
1977
Daisy Petal Game
0/0
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Daisy Petal Game
1972
The Committee of 19
0/0
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1984
Lurich
6/1
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Lurich
1964
Traces
0/0
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1991
Peace Street
0/0
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1972
Forest Captain
2/2
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Forest Captain
1981
Гибель 31 отдела
8/1
Police officer Jensen orders the evacuation of a leading media group's office building after a bomb threat is made. There won't be any explosion, howe...
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1981
Гибель 31 отдела
8/1
Police officer Jensen orders the evacuation of a leading media group's office building after a bomb threat is made. There won't be any explosion, howe...
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Гибель 31 отдела
1986
Litsom k litsu
7/1
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1959
Uninvited Guests
5/1
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Uninvited Guests
1967
Girl in Black
0/0
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1984
Капитан Фракасс
2/2
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1975
The Red Violin
0/0
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The Red Violin
1976
Indrek
0/0
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Indrek
1977
Time to Live, Time to Love
0/0
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1980
Wild Violets
6/1
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Wild Violets
1988
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
6/4
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Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1993
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
4.1/9
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1993
Marraskuun harmaa valo
5.7/3
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1976
Summer
6.2/12
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1992
Время вашей жизни
0/0
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1977
Data Tutashkhia
7/1
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1970
The Last Relic
6.6/18
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases...
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1993
Candles in the Dark
3/1
Candles in the Dark is the story of a girl who comes to visit her father's homeland, the Soviet Republic of Estonia. After she arrives, she finds that...
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1995
Legends of Tallinn
0/0
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1964
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
4/6
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1971
Windy Beach
0/0
The coastal people of Kaugatoma set out to build their own ship to earn a living independent of the baron's will. The baron does everything to prevent...
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1979
The Visitor
5/1
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1963
Under the Same Roof
7/1
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