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Maxim Monguzhukovich Munzuk (Tuvan: Максим Монгужук-оглу Мунзук; (2 May 1910 – 28 July 1999 in Kyzyl, Tyva, Russia) was a Tuvan actor, one of the founders of the Republic of Tuva's regional theatre. He is best known for playing the title role in Akira Kurosawa's film Dersu Uzala.[1]

The versatile and creative Munzuk was an actor, director, singer, collector of musical folklore, composer, and teacher. Originally a musician in the military, Munzuk served as the commander of Tyva’s Artillery Regiment orchestra. He founded the Tuvan musical-drama theatre in the 1930s and played a huge number of roles of the most varied characters.[1]

Akira Kurosawa picked Munzuk as the lead in his Soviet-financed epic Dersu Uzala (1975), along with Yuri Solomin as writer-explorer Vladimir Arsenyev on whose 1923 book the film was based. Munzuk's impressive acting owed greatly to the film’s international success — the picture won the 1975 Academy Award as Best Foreign Picture.[1]

He was awarded the titles of People's Artist of the RSFSR and of the Tuvan ASSR, and was also awarded the State Prize of the Republic of Tuva.

In 2004, the government of Tuva funded a prize for Best Actor named after Munzuk, awarded annually at a national competition; the same year, the Dersu Uzala Foundation was inaugurated, also named in Munzuk’s memory and intended to support Tuvinian artists.[1]

Filmography

1. Loss of the Witness (Пропажа свидетеля) (1971, Detective) as Tykhe
2. Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) (1975, Adventures) as Dersu Uzala
3. Preliminary Investigation (Предварительное расследование) (1978)
4. Siberiade (1979) as Fedyka
5. A Walk Worthy of Men (Прогулка, достойная мужчин) (1979, Film-story)
6. On the Lord's Track (По следу властелина) (1979, Adventures)
7. Last Hunting (Последняя охота) (1980, Drama history)
8. Valentine (Валентина) (1981, Melodrama) as Ilya Eremeyev - an Evenk-hunter
9. Revenge (Месть) (1989, Historical / Biographic)
10. Pod severnym siyaniyem (1990) as Old Niyako (final film role)

References

External links

• Maxim Munzuk at IMDb
• Charity Foundation "Dersu Uzala" named Maxim Munzuk (in Russian)
• Dersu Uzala Info

На других языках

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- [en] Maxim Munzuk

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[es] Maksim Munzuk

Maksim Monguzhukovich Munzuk o Maxim Munzuk (en ruso, Макси́м Монгужу́кович Мунзу́к; 2 de mayo de 1910-28 de julio de 1999) fue un actor ruso de etnia tuvana. Se le conoce por ser el protagonista de Dersu Uzala, una de las películas más conocidas del director japonés Akira Kurosawa.[1][2]

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[ru] Мунзук, Максим Монгужукович

Максим Монгужукович Мунзук (15 сентября 1912 (по другим данным — 2 мая 1910 года), с. Межегей в Тандинском кожууне, Китайская Республика — 28 июля 1999, Кызыл, Тува, Россия) — советский тувинский и российский актёр, один из основателей национального театра. Исполнитель роли Дерсу Узалы в одноимённом фильме Акиры Куросавы. Народный артист РСФСР (1975). Народный артист Тувинской АССР (1966).

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