Elina Bystritskaya
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1928
- Place of birth
- Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
- Died
- April 26, 2019
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.
Movies with Elina Bystritskaya
- Quiet Flows the Don 1957 · ★ 6.3
- Unfinished Story 1955 · ★ 5.3
- The Volunteers 1958 · ★ 5.5
- Russian Souvenir 1960 · ★ 4.6
- All Remains to People 1963 · ★ 4.8
- Seven Days After the Murder 1992 · ★ 5.8
- In Peaceful Time 1950 · ★ 6.2
- «Bogatyr» Goes to Marto 1954 · ★ 7.5
- Summer Residents 1967 · ★ 7.0
- Brave Guys 1993 · ★ 9.5
- Nikolay Bauman 1968 · ★ 6.5
- The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga 2004 · ★ 0.5
- Eternal Fire 1964 · ★ 9.0
- Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun 2004
- Guilty Without Guilt 1985
- Babi Yar 2002
- Farewell Tour 1992
- Crazy Money 1978
- Wolves and Sheep 1973
- The Ostrovsky House 1974