Nikolai Kapitonovich Svobodin (Russian: Николай Капитонович Свободин; 20 May 1898 – 20 September 1965) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and theater pedagogue.
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Personal life
He was born in village Uzmorye, Novouzensky Uyezd as Nikolai Kapitonovich Pechkin (Russian: Печкин). He became a member of Moscow Art Theatre in 1938. He taught at Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts from 1934 to 1941, and at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography from 1963 to 1964.
He died in Moscow, and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.
Filmography
The Lonely White Sail (1937) as Master of the world
Lenin in October (1937) as Valerian Rutkovsky, socialist revolutionary
Lenin in 1918 (1939) as Valerian Rutkovsky
The Great Glinka (1946) as Baron Yegor Fyodorovich Rosen
The Court of Honor (1948) as Professor Sergei Fyodorovich Losev
Secret Mission (1950) as German industrialist
Przhevalsky (1951) as Grand Duke
Admiral Ushakov (1953) as Mordovtsev
Attack from the Sea (1953) as Mordovtsev
Resurrection (1960) as Retired colonel, juror
Northern Story (1960) as Colonel Kiselyov
Awards and honors
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1948)
Stalin Prize, 1st class (1949) – for his performance as professor Losev in The Court of Honor
People's Artist of the RSFSR (1954)
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"