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Mihai Volontir (9 March 1934 – 15 September 2015) was a Soviet and Moldovan actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1984).[1]

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Mihai Volontir
Mihai Volontir in a 1960s film
Born	(1934-03-09)9 March 1934 Glinjeni, Kingdom of Romania
Died	15 September 2015(2015-09-15) (aged 81) Chișinău, Moldova
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957-2015

Biography

Volontir was born on 9 March 1934 in the village of Glinjeni, Moldova. He attended the Pedagogical Institution in Orhei from 1952 to 1955.

After over a decade of working in theatre, Volontir began appearing in films made at the Moldova-Film studio in 1967. He became famous in the late 1970s after his roles in In the Zone of Special Attention and The Gypsy film series. The films were so popular that he is still strongly associated with his character, Budulai, a wise lone gypsy. His performance resulted in increased tolerance towards gypsy communities in the Soviet Union. The film series was revived fifteen years later with a new production as well as a TV series.

Volontir worked at the Vasile Alecsandri Theatre in Bălţi, where he was employed as an actor from 1957 until his death in 2015.

He was also a supporter of the Romanian identity.[2]

17 September 2015, the day of his funeral, was declared a day of National Mourning in Moldova.[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Se cauta un paznic	Ivan Turbinca
1968	Eto mgnovenie	Mihai Adam
1972	That Sweet Word: Liberty!	Carlos Caro
1973	Dmitriy Kantemir	Dmitri Kantemir
1973	Chetvyortyy
1974	Muzhchiny sedeyut rano	Andrey Rezlog
1975	Tütak säsi	Cabrayil
1977	Koren zhizni	Lukyan Batyr
1978	In the Zone of Special Attention	Praporshchik Volentir
1978	Agent sekretnoy sluzhby
1979	Centaurs	Evaristo
1979	Bezotvetnaya lyubov	Passerby
1981	Ot Buga do Visly	Vershigora, commander of guerrilla connection
1981	Hit Back	Praporshchik Volentir
1982	Olenya okhota	Golovin
1982	Incident at Map Grid 36-80	Skiba
1982	Eta muzhskaya druzhba	Anton Greku
1983	Bud schastliva, Yuliya	Radu
1984	Obvineniye
1985	Ya za tebya otvechayu
1986	Vilkolakio pedsakai
1989	Vernymi ostanemsya
1990	Stuk v dver
1992	Vinovata li ya...		(final film role)

Awards

• Order of the Republic (Moldova)
• Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1980)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1984)

See also

• Cinema of Moldova

References

External links

• Mihai Volontir at IMDb
• Volontir biography and photos

На других языках

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[ru] Волонтир, Михай Ермолаевич

Миха́й (Михаи́л) Ермола́евич Волонти́р (молд. Mihai Volontir; 9 марта 1934, с. Глинжены, жудец Орхей, Бессарабия, Королевство Румыния — 15 сентября 2015, Кишинёв, Молдавия) — советский и молдавский актёр театра и кино, театральный режиссёр, певец. Лауреат Государственной премии Молдавской ССР (1976) и Государственной премии РСФСР им. братьев Васильевых (1980). Народный артист СССР (1984). Кавалер молдавского ордена Республики (2012).

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