Ильф и Петров
The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Shveitser's comedy "The Little Golden Calf" based on the book by Ilf and Petrov became the next step in his career: he managed to create an unforgettable sparkling image of a naive petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies "Viy" (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama "Not Under the Jurisdiction" (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin's "Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky's "The Last Victim" (1975).