Jüri Järvet profile
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Jüri Järvet

18th June 1919 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia Acting

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!.

56 Movies 1 TV Shows 58 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Luukas poster
Luukas 12th October 1992 as Albert
Lurich poster
Lurich 20th August 1984 as Lawyer
Summer poster
Summer 10th May 1976 as Toots's Father
Indrek poster
Indrek 2nd February 1976 as Religion Teacher
Madness poster
Madness 17th February 1969 as Windisch
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Traces 13th January 1964 as Elmar