Person
Elina Bystritskaya
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 4, 1928
- Died
- Apr 26, 2019
- From
- Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
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.
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Credits
Quiet Flows the Don
Unfinished Story
To Remember
The Volunteers
Russian Souvenir
All Remains to People
Seven Days After the Murder
In Peaceful Time
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
Summer Residents
Brave Guys
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Eternal Fire
Nikolay Bauman
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Guilty Without Guilt
Babi Yar
Farewell Tour