Ilf and Petrov
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).