Jüri Järvet
Actor
- Born
- June 18, 1919 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
- Died
- July 5, 1995 (age 76)
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.
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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
Solaris
March 20, 1972
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
August 27, 1979
King Lear
December 15, 1970
The Last Relic
March 23, 1970
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
March 7, 1994
Summer
May 10, 1976
The Dead Season
December 6, 1968
Nipernaadi
May 14, 1983
Philipp Traum
September 30, 1990
Madness
February 17, 1969
A Fairy Tale Told at Night
August 30, 1981
City Unplugged
June 6, 1993
Acting56
- 1995Legends of Tallinn as Old Mayor (voice)
- 1994The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
- 1993Candles in the Dark
- 1993City Unplugged as Anton
- 1993Marraskuun harmaa valo as Old Man
- 1993Tear of the Prince of Darkness as Old Compositor
- 1992Luukas as Albert
- 1992He Will Receive as Demoney
- 1992The Time of Your Life
- 1991Peace Avenue as Jaak