Elina Bystritskaya
Date of birth: 1928-04-04
Place of birth: Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Elina Bystritskaya, Элина Быстрицкая
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Russian Souvenir
1960-06-27
The end of the 1950s. The Chinese passenger plane, following the Beijing-Moscow flight, enters a thu
Quiet Flows the Don
1957-10-26
Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the Fir
All Remains to People
1963-12-28
Renowned scientist Dronov works in Novosibirsk on the creation of ultra-modern engine. He has a bad
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
1954-10-25
The Soviet steamer Bogatyr delivers construction materials and rafts with timber to the earthquake-s
In Peaceful Time
1950-06-06
A few days from the life of Soviet submariners - during a regular peaceful time...
Unfinished Story
1955-10-17
The local doctor Yelizaveta Maksimovna is a beautiful woman and a wonderful sympathetic person. She
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004-12-31
The first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Tell
Summer Residents
1967-09-25
In the focus of the film is the fate of Varvara Basova, whose painfully soulless, philistine-gray ex
Seven Days After the Murder
1991-01-03
A terrible tragedy occurs in the family of a famous general: one of his daughters is killed. The inv
Brave Guys
1993-05-14
Four veteran pilots were invited by the leadership of the military unit to perform a special task. A
The Volunteers
1958-10-20
Based on the novel of the same name in the verses of Yevgeni Dolmatovsky. Together with hundreds of
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004-12-31
The second part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Th
Eternal Fire
1964-12-07
About the difficult fate of a former political prisoner who came in search of his son in the places
Nikolay Bauman
1967-11-03
This film tells about two years of life (1904-1905) of the revolutionary-Leninist, one of the founde
Guilty Without Guilt
1985-10-28
A story based on a classic play by Alexander Ostrovsky.
Babi Yar
2002-08-31
Melodrama about the mass shooting of Ukrainian Jewry at Babi Yar in Kyiv during the Second World War
Farewell Tour
1992-10-04
Four actresses of the provincial theater are traveling in one compartment on tour to Moscow. They ar
Crazy Money
1978-07-03
A story about the morals of 19th-century Russian nobility resonates in a striking way with the reali
Wolves and Sheep
1973-01-30
Ostrovsky and the Maly Theatre tell us an age-old story, as old as the world itself, about how some
The Ostrovsky House
1974-03-18
A production of the State Academic Maly Theater. The film, dedicated to the memory of Alexander Niko