Oleksandr Khvylia
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Alexander Leopoldovich Khvylya was a Soviet
Ukrainian theater and film actor who played in The Diamond Arm
, The end of Chyrva Kozyr, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and others.
Khvylya was born in the Swedish colony in the village of Oleksandro-Shultyne (Yekaterinoslav Governorate
, Russian Empire
) to Swedish parents as Alexander Leopoldovich Bressem. Today the village is part of the Ivanopil rural community in Kostiantynivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast
.
from Kiev
. From 1934 and until the German aggression worked in the Kharkiv Drama Theater of Shevchenko. Later Khvylia relocated to Moscow
where he worked in the State theater of a cinema-actor.
others
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Ukrainian theater and film actor who played in The Diamond Arm
The Diamond Arm
The Diamond Arm is a 1968 Soviet comedy film filmed by Mosfilm and first released in 1968. The film was directed by slapstick director Leonid Gaidai and starred several famous Soviet actors, including Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mironov, Anatoli Papanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Svetlana Svetlichnaya. The...
, The end of Chyrva Kozyr, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and others.
Khvylya was born in the Swedish colony in the village of Oleksandro-Shultyne (Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
The Yekaterinoslav Governorate or Government of Yekaterinoslav was a governorate in the Russian Empire. Its capital was the city of Yekaterinoslav .-Administrative divisions:...
, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
) to Swedish parents as Alexander Leopoldovich Bressem. Today the village is part of the Ivanopil rural community in Kostiantynivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Donetsk. Historically, the province is an important part of the Donbas region...
.
Career
In 1922 he graduated from the Vorovsky Drama Studio. Khvylya worked in the Zankovetska Music-Drama Theater in 1924 - 1926, then in Berezil that just relocated to KharkivKharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
from Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
. From 1934 and until the German aggression worked in the Kharkiv Drama Theater of Shevchenko. Later Khvylia relocated to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
where he worked in the State theater of a cinema-actor.
Plays
- Dictatorship (Ivan Mykytenko) as Husak
- Perish of squadron (Oleksandr Korniychuk) as Baltiyets
- The Storm (Alexander Ostrovsky) as Kudryash
others
Selected Movies
- 1932 IvanIvan (film)Ivan is a 1932 Soviet film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko and his wife Yuliya Solntseva. After the critical lambasting of his film Earth, Dovzhenko returned with a more popular iteration of its main motifs. Much like Earth, Ivan concerns itself with the natural rhythms of country life,...
(Oleksandr Dovzhenko) as Orator (first role in movies) - 1938 Karmeliuk (Georgiy Tasin) as KarmeliukUstym KarmaliukUstym Yakymovych Karmаliuk was a Ukrainian peasant outlaw who became a folk hero. He is often referred to as the "Ukrainian Robin Hood" and "the last Haydamak".-Early Age:...
- 1941 Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ihor Savchenko) as KobzarKobzarA Kobzar was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment.-Tradition:Kobzars were often blind, and became predominantly so by the 1800s...
- 1942 Oleksandr Parkhomenko (Leonid LukovLeonid LukovLeonid Lukov was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1930 and 1965. Leonid Lukov was awarded Stalin Prize twice: in 1941 and 1952.-Filmography:* Scum ; 1930, short...
) as Parkhomenko - 1946 The VowThe Vow (1946 film)The Vow is a 1946 Soviet film directed by Mikhail Chiaureli. It is considered a representation of Joseph Stalin's cult of personality.-Plot:...
as Semyon BudyonnySemyon BudyonnySemyon Mikhailovich Budyonny , sometimes transliterated as Budennyj, Budyonnyy, Budennii, Budenny, Budyoni, Budyenny, or Budenny, was a Soviet cavalryman, military commander, politician and a close ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.-Early life:... - 1948 The Young GuardThe Young Guard (film)The Young Guard is a two-part 1948 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov based on the novel of the same title by Alexander Fadeyev. In 1949 a Stalin Prize for this film was awarded to Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, and the group of leading actors.The Film was also the highest...
(Sergei Gerasimov) as Shulga (his scenes later were cut out) - 1949 Konstantin Zaslonov as Secretary of Raion Committee (Stalin PrizeUSSR State PrizeThe USSR State Prize was the Soviet Union's state honour. It was established on September 9, 1966. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the prize was followed up by the State Prize of the Russian Federation....
, 1950) - 1949 Fairy Tales of KubanCossacks of the KubanThe Cossack of the Kuban from Mosfilm is a color film, glorifying the life of the farmers in the kolkhoz of the Soviet Union's Kuban region, directed by Ivan Pyryev and starring Marina Ladynina, his wife at that time.-Cast:* Marina Ladynina, as Galina...
(Ivan PyryevIvan PyryevIvan Aleksandrovich Pyryev , served as Director of the Mosfilm studios and was, for a time, the most influential man in the Soviet motion picture industry.Pyryev was born in Kamen-na-Obi, now Altai Krai, Russia...
) as Denis Koren - 1951 Taras Shevchenko (Ihor Savchenko) as Mr. Barabash
- 1952 May night as the Head
- 1961 Evenings at a khutir near DykankaDykankaDykanka is a town in Dykanskyi Raion , Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine.The settlement is located from the rail station in Poltava.- History :...
(Aleksandr RouAleksandr RouAlexander Arturovich Rou was a Soviet film director, People's Artist of RSFSR . He worked primarily in fairy-tale genre....
) as Chub - 1962 Queen of the Gas Station as Priest, the bus passenger
- 1964 Jack the FrostJack Frost (1964 film)Jack Frost is a traditional Russian Fairy tale which served as the basis for a Soviet production that was originally released in 1964. A version with a new soundtrack was released in 1966 in the U.S. It was directed by Aleksandr Rou, and starred Eduard Izotov as Ivan, Natalya Sedykh as Nastenka,...
(Aleksandr RouAleksandr RouAlexander Arturovich Rou was a Soviet film director, People's Artist of RSFSR . He worked primarily in fairy-tale genre....
) as Jack the Frost - 1968 The Diamond ArmThe Diamond ArmThe Diamond Arm is a 1968 Soviet comedy film filmed by Mosfilm and first released in 1968. The film was directed by slapstick director Leonid Gaidai and starred several famous Soviet actors, including Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mironov, Anatoli Papanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Svetlana Svetlichnaya. The...
(Leonid GaidaiLeonid GaidaiLeonid Iovich Gaidai was one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR & modern Russia...
) as Boris Savelyevich - The end of Chyrva Kozyr as Chyrva
- Secretary of the Oblast Committee as Sukhodolov
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