Elina Bystritskaya
Acting
Born: 1928-04-04 · Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Died: 2019-04-26
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 turn
🎬 Movies (20)
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
Saint Olga
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004
Duchess Olga
Babi Yar
2002
Brave Guys
1993
Seven Days After the Murder
1992
Kira Aleksandrovna
Farewell Tour
1992
Guilty Without Guilt
1985
Crazy Money
1978
The Ostrovsky House
1974
Глафира
Wolves and Sheep
1973
Summer Residents
1967
Yulia Filippovna
Nikolay Bauman
1967
Andreyeva
Eternal Fire
1964
Glasha
All Remains to People
1963
Ksenia Rumyantseva
Russian Souvenir
1960
Pandora Montesi
The Volunteers
1958
Lyolya
Quiet Flows the Don
1957
Аксинья
Unfinished Story
1955
Yelizaveta Muromtseva
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
1954
radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna
In Peaceful Time
1950
Lena
