Vladimir Menshov

Biography

Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. He was noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Although Menshov mostly worked as an actor, he is better known for the films he directed, especially for the 1979 melodrama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Actress Vera Alentova, who starred in the film, is the mother of Vladimir Menshov's daughter Yuliya Menshova.

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Awards & recognition

• ★Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class · 2017
• ★Golden Eagle Awards · 2014
• ★Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class · 2010
• ★honorary citizen of Astrakhan · 2007
• ★Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class · 1999