Jüri Järvet
Known for: Acting
Born: June 18, 1919
Died: July 5, 1995
Place of birth: Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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!.
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Filmography
57 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Legends of Tallinn
1995
4.9
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
1994
6.0
Candles in the Dark
1993
6.2
City Unplugged
1993
6.2
Marraskuun harmaa valo
1993
4.2
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
1993
8.0
Luukas
1992
8.8
He Will Receive
1992
9.0
The Time of Your Life
1992
9.0
Peace Avenue
1991
7.0
Surmatants
1991
5.1
Philipp Traum
1990
7.0
The Watchmaker and the Chicken
1989
6.8
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
5.6
Vernanda
1988
8.5
Face to Face
1986
8.0
In the Time of the Law of the Wolf
1986
7.3
Lurich
1984
4.4
Cargo With No Markings
1984
NR
Täna õhtul...
1984
2.0
Капитан Фракасс
1984
4.8
Nipernaadi
1983
5.2
A Fairy Tale Told at Night
1981
8.5
Murder on the 31st Floor
1981
8.0
Wild Violets
1980
6.3
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
1979
7.3
The Visitor
1979
5.5
Daisy Petal Game
1978
7.0
Data Tutashkhia
1977
9.0
Time to Live, Time to Love
1977
6.3
Summer
1976
NR
Indrek
1976
6.5
The Accident
1975NR
Авария
1975
9.0
The Red Violin
1975
8.0
An Unusual Story
1974
5.2
Spring in the Forest
1974
7.5
Dangerous Games
1974
7.5
The Committee of 19
1972
7.8
Solaris
1972
4.7
Forest Captain
1972
7.0
Lack of Wind
1971
NR
Echoes of the Past
1971
9.0
Windy Beach
1971
6.7
King Lear
1970
6.4
The Last Relic
1970
6.1
Madness
1969
5.3
The Dead Season
1968
5.3
Postmark from Vienna
1968
9.0
Girl in Black
1967
5.1
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
1965
5.7
The Milkman of Mäeküla
1965
8.0
Traces
1964
8.5
Under the Same Roof
1963
8.5
Laulu sõber
1962
8.5
Meeting by Chance
1961
NR
Actor Joller
1960
7.0
Uninvited Guests
1959
5.7
Andrus' Happiness
1955