Peter Ustinov was born in London, England on April 16, 1921. The boy's father was a German of Russian, Ethiopian and Jewish descent, the mother came from a St. Petersburg aristocratic family.
Parents of the future actor and film director met in Russia in the city of Petrograd. During the Revolution, the young couple moved to Amsterdam and later moved to London, England.
Ustinov studied at Westminster College, especially interested in French and English, as well as other humanities subjects. Over
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Peter Ustinov was born in London, England on April 16, 1921. The boy's father was a German of Russian, Ethiopian and Jewish descent, the mother came from a St. Petersburg aristocratic family.
Parents of the future actor and film director met in Russia in the city of Petrograd. During the Revolution, the young couple moved to Amsterdam and later moved to London, England.
Ustinov studied at Westminster College, especially interested in French and English, as well as other humanities subjects.
Over time, he studied German, Spanish, Russian and Italian. He also spoke spoken Turkish and New Greek. The young man never finished college, as he categorically did not want to study mathematics and Latin.
Peter Ustinov made his debut on stage at the age of 17, and appeared in the feature film at the age of 21 as a priest in the film One of Our Planes Returned directed by Emerych Pressburger and Michael Powell.
In 1950, he played in the Herbert Wilcox film Odette, after which he began to write and stage plays in the theater. In the postwar period he often participated in the shooting of American paintings.
In 1954 he appeared in an American film.
Egyptian The story is based on the work of Miki Valtari. Then he appeared in the films "Spartacus",
" At sunset" Billy Bud, The Lost Dinosaur
"Logan's Escape" et al.
In 1977 he wrote his autobiography, Dear Me. In 2002, Peter Ustinov, on behalf of the UN Children’s Fund, came to Berlin to see an exhibition promoting the peaceful existence of nations, religions and cultures.
In addition, he was a four-time Emmy winner, and was also awarded two Oscars.
During his life he managed to star in 88 films. He died in March 2004 in Switzerland.