Elina Bystritskaya

Acting

Elina Bystritskaya

Born — Died

1928-04-04 — 2019-04-26

Place of birth

Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Known for

Acting

Credits

22 titles

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.

Known for

To Remember poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

To Remember

1993

Quiet Flows the Don poster
6.3

Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist — Grigoriy Melekhov.

Quiet Flows the Don

1957

Главное с Ольгой Беловой poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Главное с Ольгой Беловой

2019

The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga poster
0.5

The first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". Tells the story of pagan Rus' during the time of Prince Igor, his murder by the Drevlyans, Olga's revenge, Olga's repentance and adoption of Christianity.

The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga

2004

Unfinished Story poster
5.3

The local doctor Yelizaveta Maksimovna is a beautiful woman and a wonderful sympathetic person. She is lonely, although she is cared for by a confident and promising colleague. Yelizaveta Maksimovna has one patient, a manly, full-energy ship builder Yershov, chained to the bed with a paralysis of both legs. All doctors recommend him rest, and Elizaveta Maksimovna advises to work and not feel sorry for herself. Yershov with all his heart falls in love with his doctor, and she loves him, but she does not dare to say her feelings. Ershov thinks that he has no hopes, but...

Unfinished Story

1955

Seven Days After the Murder poster
5.8

A terrible tragedy occurs in the family of a famous general: one of his daughters is killed. The investigator leading the case understands that an outwardly prosperous and friendly family only seems to be pretending to be happy.

Seven Days After the Murder

1992

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

1970s · 3 titles

1960s · 5 titles

Nikolay Bauman poster
7.0

This film tells about two years of life (1904-1905) of the revolutionary-Leninist, one of the founders of the newspaper "Iskra" Nikolai Ernestovich Bauman, who was killed on October 18, 1905 by a Black Hundred, a security agent, during a demonstration of the Moscow committee of the RSDLP.

Nikolay Bauman

1967

All Remains to People poster
4.8

Renowned scientist Dronov works in Novosibirsk on the creation of ultra-modern engine. He has a bad heart, he was afraid not to have time to finish the job, and test engine at a factory in Moscow, unfortunately, is not the first time passes unsuccessfully. Dronov abandons the rest of the work, even the leadership of the Institute entrusts to his disciple Morozov.

All Remains to People

1963

Russian Souvenir poster
4.6

The end of the 1950s. The Chinese passenger plane, following the Beijing-Moscow flight, enters a thunderstorm and makes an emergency landing in the Baikal region. In addition to the Soviet citizen Varvara Komarova, all other passengers are foreigners. Using a stop, they explore new cities and get acquainted with the life, work and rest of Soviet people.

Russian Souvenir

1960

Summer Residents poster
7.0

In the focus of the film is the fate of Varvara Basova, whose painfully soulless, philistine-gray existence, devoid of ideals and moral content. Relevant today, the picture sounds like a verdict to all who are mired in vulgarity, who have exchanged life for petty pleasures, profit, empty philosophizing.

Summer Residents

1967

Eternal Fire poster
9.0

About the difficult fate of a former political prisoner who came in search of his son in the places where he served his sentence.

Eternal Fire

1964

1950s · 5 titles

Quiet Flows the Don poster
6.3

Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist — Grigoriy Melekhov.

Quiet Flows the Don

1957

Unfinished Story poster
5.3

The local doctor Yelizaveta Maksimovna is a beautiful woman and a wonderful sympathetic person. She is lonely, although she is cared for by a confident and promising colleague. Yelizaveta Maksimovna has one patient, a manly, full-energy ship builder Yershov, chained to the bed with a paralysis of both legs. All doctors recommend him rest, and Elizaveta Maksimovna advises to work and not feel sorry for herself. Yershov with all his heart falls in love with his doctor, and she loves him, but she does not dare to say her feelings. Ershov thinks that he has no hopes, but...

Unfinished Story

1955

«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto poster
7.5

The Soviet steamer Bogatyr delivers construction materials and rafts with timber to the earthquake-stricken city of Marto. However, foreign intelligence is preparing a sabotage operation on the Bogatyr...

«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto

1954

The Volunteers poster
5.5

Together with hundreds of other boys and girls, Komsomol members Kolya Kaitanov, Slava Ufimtsev, Alyosha Akishin, Lyolya and Masha came to the construction of the first stage of the Moscow metro. They are united by the romance of the feat, the desire to always be on the most difficult and dangerous site.

The Volunteers

1958

In Peaceful Time poster
6.2

A few days from the life of Soviet submariners - during a regular peaceful time...

In Peaceful Time

1950

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