Russian Satellite News Agency Moscow, July 5 According to the website of the Moscow Film Studio, director Vladimir Menshov died of the sequelae of the new crown virus infection.
"The Moscow Film Studio and the family of Vladimir Mensov sadly announce the death of Vladimir Menshov today," the source said. He was a distinguished Soviet and Russian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer, and a member of the board of directors of the Moscow Film Studio. He died of the aftermath of COVID-19 at the age of 81. ”
Vladimir Menshov is the People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic (1989), recipient of the Ussrian State Prize (1981), and recipient of the Krupskaya State Prize of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic (1978).
Born in Baku in 1939, Menshov graduated in 1965 from the Performance Department of the Nemirovich-Danček Art Theatre in Moscow and from the Graduate School of Directing at the Gerasimov Film Academy in 1970 at the Mikhail Roma Studio.
In the early 1970s, Menshov began starring in films, and in 1976 he completed his directorial debut, Joke, one of the most famous soviet films on campus life. In 1979, the film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears was released, a film that made Messhov world-famous, and the film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears is the third Film to win an Oscar after the Soviet feature films War and Peace (1968) and Desuuzara (1975).
Menshov made about 30 films, including Love and the Dove (1984), among others. As an actor, he has played about 70 roles in famous films such as The Night's Watchman and The Day Ranger, The Highly Guarded Holiday, and the TV series Catherine. In addition to his creative activities, he is also engaged in political activities. In 2003, he joined the "United Russia" party. In the 2021 election, he is the candidate for the Russian State Duma parliamentarian of the "Just Russia - Patriots - for Truth" party.