Pyotr Aleynikov

Acting

Born: 1914-07-12 · Кривель, Могилёвская губерния, Российская империя

Born into poverty, Aleynikov lost his family at an early age, forcing him to street-life before transitioning to an orphanage in the early 1920s.  He discovered a love of movies when a local film projectionist began training him in the craft.  Following time in a Russian labor compound, Aleinikov st…