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Ludmila Mikhaylovna Savelyeva (Russian: ) is a Russian film actress and ballerina. Born on 24 January 1942 in Leningrad, she achieved lasting fame in the role of Natasha Rostova in the 196668 film War and Peace, which was six years in the making. She won a Diploma prize for this role at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. ... ... ( read more! ) Sergey Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 20 October 1994) was a Soviet director, actor, and screenwriter. Peoples Artist of the USSR (1952). Academy Awards winner (War and Peace, 1969). BAFTA winner (Waterloo, 1971). His directorial debut was Fate of a Man, a WWII classic where he portrayed the main role. Bondarchuk is considered a master of big scale ... ... ( read more! ) He was born inPavlovsky PosadnearMoscow. His mother was a kindergarten teacher and his father an engineer in the local textile factory. Vyacheslav dreamed of acting but his parents envisioned a different career, and during the war he worked in a munitions factory. After employment as a metal worker, he began training for an acting career in 1945 by ... ... ( read more! ) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold, dashing characters, combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes, a tendency evident in many of his early features, however, he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War II-themed films. In 2000s, Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Soviet-era party bosses, ... ... ( read more! ) ... ...