Soviet film director, screenwriter, actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (03.17.1964). People's Artist of the RSFSR (7.01.1977). People's Artist of the USSR (10/14/1983). Vladimir Basov went to the front in July 1941. First, the lieutenant of the quartermaster’s service, Basov served as the head of the club of the 4th Separate Rifle Brigade, for the excellent organization of amateur performances in combat conditions, he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". And then his military fate makes a sharp turn and Vladimir Basov becomes a mortar man. A lot of feats were made by the mortar battery of senior lieutenant Basov, he was wounded on February 23, 1945, returned to service after being wounded. The war ended with the rank of captain and as deputy chief of the operational department of the 28th separate artillery division of the breakthrough of the reserve of the High Command. In 1947 he entered the directing department (workshop of Yutkevich and Romm). Member of the CPSU (b) since 1948. Since 1952 - director of the Mosfilm film studio. In 1952, after graduating from VGIK, as an assistant director, he participated in the filming of the film "Przhevalsky" (the director of the film was his teacher Sergei Yutkevich). The first directorial work was a film adaptation of the performance of the Theater Studio of the film actor "The Workman" (1953, together with Mstislav Korchagin). As a film actor he made his debut in his film School of Courage (1954). He starred in more than 80 films. Vladimir Basov is a brilliant character and comedian. One of the best directorial work of Vladimir Basov was the film "Shield and Sword" (1968). Vladimir Basov died on the morning of September 17, 1987 from a second stroke in his Moscow apartment. He was buried at the Kuntsevsky cemetery in Moscow.

Filmography

• 1990Mousetrap — Screenplay, In Memory Of
• 1986Seven Screams Across the Sea — Director, Screenplay
• 1985Through All the Years
• 1984Comet
• 1984First Cavalry
• 1984Time and the Conways — Ernest Beevers in maturity, Director, Writer
• Look for a Woman — Monsieur Jacques-Pierre Antoine
• 1983The Story of the Voyages — Barrister
• 1983The Trust That Has Burst — Pseudo John Perpoint Morgan
• The Trust That Has Burst
• 1982Look for a Woman — Monsieur Jacques-Pierre Antoine
• 1982Never Guessed and Didn't Expect — Disinfector
• 1982New Year's Song of Father Frost
• 1982Premonition Of Love — дядя Вася
• 1982Saturday and Sunday
• 1982The Boatswain and The Parrot — (voice)
• 1982The Circus Princess — Pelikan
• 1982The Imp N13 — Teacher / Учитель
• 1982Urgent... Secret... CheKa
• 1982Vacation at Your Own Expense — Evdokimov
• 1981Be My Husband — пляжник
• 1981Facts of the Past Day — Vereschagin, Director, Writer
• 1981Silva — генерал фон Ронсдорф
• 1981Teheran '43 — taxi driver
• The Adventures of Prince Florisel
• 1981The Woman in White — Louis, Sir Fairlie's Footman
• 1980Little Stork — Director
• 1980Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears — Anton Kruglov
• Open Book — Пётр Николаевич Власенков
• 1980Pani Mariya — фотограф
• 1980Punchy Man — изобретатель
• 1980The Adventures of the Electronic — Stump
• The Adventures of the Electronic — Стамп, Vocals
• 1980The Evening Labyrinth
• 1979A Trip Through the City
• 1979Foam — Кочевряжкин
• 1979Live in Joy — Виталий Гаврилович Марципанов - «Дипломат» жулик
• 1979Schedule for the Day After Tomorrow
• 1979The Adventures of Prince Florisel — Инспектор Трентон
• 1979The Grandmothers Told in Two... — Mikhail
• 1978A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
• 1978Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street... — контролёр (новелла «Комод»)
• Domestic Circumstances — Эдуард Бубукин
• 1978Funny People! — Авдиесов, дьякон
• 1978Legends of Peruvian Indians — (voice)
• 1978The Last Bride of Zmey Gorynych — Zmey (voice) / Змей Горыныч
• 1978The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel — Block Silent
• 1978While the Dream is Mad
• Волшебный голос Джельсомино — король Джакомон
• 1977100 grams for Bravery — Ruzhevsky
• 1977About the Little Red Riding Hood — худой волк
• 1977Chefs Came to Competition... — Владислав Константинович - учитель танцев
• 1977Domestic Circumstances
• 1977Domestic Circumstances
• 1977Ivan and Colombina — кладовщик
• 1977Mimino — Rodion Vasilievich Sinitsin - the opera singer
• 1977Nose
• 1977The Miracle Voice of Gelsomino — King Giacomon
• 1977Tom Thumb — Landowner (voice)
• 1976A Sentimental Romance — Gorodnitskiy's father
• 1976Au-u! — Андрей Степаныч/король («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
• Captain Nemo — Ruaye
• 1976Days of the Turbins — Виктор Викторович Мышлаевский, штабс-капитан, Director, Writer
• 1976Slashing Fellow
• 1976The Adventures of Buratino — Duremar / Дуремар
• The Days of the Turbins — Myshlaevsky, Director, Writer
• 1976The Soldier of the Supply Column — Johann
• 1976The Sun, the Sun Again — Ван Ваныч
• 1975Afonya — Vladimir Belikov
• 1975Captain Nemo — Royer
• 1975Eastward, Beyond the Ganges
• 1975Step Forward — Streshnikov
• The Adventures of Buratino — Дуремар
• 1975Under the Roofs of Montmartre
• 1975Vassilissa Mikulishna — Tsar Vladimir (voice)
• 1973Cipollino — Prince Lemon
• 1973Country House
• 1973Hopelessly Lost — Pap Finn
• 1973I, Shapovalov T.P.
• 1973Nylon 100% — адвокат Василий Киреев, Director, Screenplay
• The Long Recess — фотограф
• 1972Back to Life — Director, Writer
• 1972Dangerous Corner — Charles Stanton, Director, Writer
• 1972Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram — Passazhir tramvaya / nachalnik otdela
• 1972The Long Recess — photographer
• 1971The Flight — Артур Артурович ("Тараканий царь")
• 1971The Guardian — Producer
• 1971The Love of Three Oranges — маэстро Дапертутто
• 1971The Roundabout — Smychkov
• 1970Bridges Over Oblivion — Bandit 1
• 1970Crime and Punishment — Luzhin
• 1970Wonderful Character
• 1969In the Thirteenth Hour of the Night — Studio Director
• 1968The Magician — Asrtist
• 1968The Shield and the Sword — Bruno, Director, Screenplay
• Щит и Меч — Director, Screenplay
• 1966Journey
• 1965Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures — a stern policeman (segment "Workmate")
• 1965Thirty-three — director of the regional museum
• 1964Silence — Director, Writer
• 1964The Blizzard — Director, Writer
• 1964Walking the Streets of Moscow — Floor Polisher
• 1961Battle on the Way — Director
• 1960Queen of Spades — (voice)
• 1960The Golden House — Director
• 1959Life Has Passed By — Director
• 1958The Incident at Mine No. 8 — Director
• 1957An Unusual Summer — Director
• 1956First Joys — Director
• 1955The Crash of the Emirate — Director
• 1954Courage School — Director
• 1953The Parasite — Director

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Legends of Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• When Idols Were Gone — Himself / ArchiveFootage