Elina Bystritskaya
Elina Bystritskaya is a Soviet and Russian actress best known for her role of Aksiniya in Sergei Gerasimov's epic screening of Mikhail Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don (1958). Jewish by ethnicity and a native of Kiev, Bystritskaya was chosen to play Aksiniya by Sholokhov himself over several distinguished candidates, notably Nonna Mordyukova. Before that, she co-starred with Sergey Bondarchuk in the Unfinished Story, an archetypal Socialist Realist film. In the 1960's, Bystritskaya turned to theatre work in the Maly Theatre and her appearances on screen grew sporadic. She was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1978.
The Volunteers
as LyolyaBased on the novel of the same name in the verses of Yevgeni Dolmatovsky. Together with...
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Quiet Flows the Don
as AksiniyaBased on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the...
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Russkiy Suvenir
as Pandora MontesiThe end of the 1950s. The Chinese passenger plane, following the Beijing-Moscow flight, enters a...
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Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
as Duchess OlgaThe second part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars"....
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Unfinished Story
as Yelizaveta MuromtsevaThe local doctor Yelizaveta Maksimovna is a beautiful woman and a wonderful sympathetic person....
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Seven Days After the Murder
as Kira AleksandrovnaA terrible tragedy occurs in the family of a famous general: one of his daughters is killed. The...
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All Remains to People
as Ksenia RumyantsevaRenowned scientist Dronov works in Novosibirsk on the creation of ultra-modern engine. He has a...
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Brave guys
as uncreditedFour veteran pilots were invited by the leadership of the military unit to perform a special...
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The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
as Saint OlgaThe first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars"....
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Dachniki
as Yulia FilippovnaIn the focus of the film is the fate of Varvara Basova, whose painfully soulless,...
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In Peaceful Time
as LenaA few days from the life of Soviet submariners - during a regular peaceful time...
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