Vladimir Menshov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vladimir Menshov

Soviet film director

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1939

Place of Birth: Baku

Profession: screenwriter, actor, television presenter, lecturer, film director, film producer, film actor, presenter

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov (Russian: ?????´??? ???????´????? ??????´?; born 17 September 1939 in Baku) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director.
He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Although his output as an actor outnumbers his output as a director, he is best known for the five films he directed, the most famous of which is the 1979 melodrama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Actress Vera Alentova, who starred in the film, is the mother of Vladimir Menshov's daughter Yuliya Menshova.