Vladimir Osenev

Vladimir Ivanovich Osenev (Russian: Владимир Иванович Осенев; 8 September 1908 – 1 April 1977) was a Soviet stage, film and voice actor. After graduating from Vakhtangov Theatre in the 1930s he had a stage career spanning four decades. Yet he was more noticed by his occasional appearances in films and animation series, such as the award-winning Winnie-the-Pooh trilogy. He also played in The Brothers Karamazov, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1969. Osenev was made an Honored Artist of Russia in 1956 and People's Artist of Russia in 1969.[1][2]

Vladimir Osenev
Born	8 September 1908 Moscow, Russia
Died	1 April 1977 (aged 68) Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Stage, film and voice actor
Years active	1933–1977

Osenev considered himself a serious actor and first despised the "childish" text of the narrator in Winnie-the-Pooh, but changed his attitude after seeing the final result.[3]

Filmography

• Boule de Suif (1934) as German soldier (uncredited)
• Glinka (1946)
• Admiral Ushakov (1953)
• Mnogo shuma iz nichego (1956)
• Man without a Passport (1966) as Fyodor Katko
• Major Whirlwind (1967, TV Series) as Krauch
• The Seventh Companion (1968) as Priklonsky
• The Shield and the Sword (1968, TV Mini-Series) as Hitler
• The Brothers Karamazov (1969) as judge
• Subject for a Short Story (1969) as Kurbatov
• Winnie-the-Pooh (1969, Short) as Narrator (voice, as V. Osenev)
• The Flight (1971) as Tikhiy
• Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit (1971, Short) as Narrator (voice, as V. Osenev)
• Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972, Short) as Narrator (voice, as V. Osenev)
• Pyatdesyat na pyatdesyat (1973)
• Zemlya, do vostrebovaniya (1973) as Police Crime Department Agent
• Mnogo shuma iz nichego (1973)
• Tovarishch general (1974) as General von Leinz
• Svet v kontse tonnelya (1974) as Pavel Siminovich
• Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata (1975) as Stopansky
• Rodiny soldat (1975) as general von Rauben
• Paradizes atslegas (1975) as Pavel Nasonov
• Agony (1981) as Shturmer (final film role)

References

1. Осенев Владимир Иванович. animator.ru
2. Осенев Владимир Иванович. kino-teatr.ru
3. Kapkov, Segey (2006). Мастера дураковаляния (Interview with Khitruk in Russian). Kinovedcheskie Zapiski, Vol. 80

External links

• Vladimir Osenev on IMDb