Afanasi Belov was born on January 25, 1909 in village Vosty, Kozelsk uyezd, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ulyanovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Zakonnyy brak (1985), Der unbekannte Nachfolger (1976) and Der Weg zum K.O. (1947). He died on October 30, 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].