Cast & creator
Elina Bystritskaya
Best known for To Remember, Главное с Ольгой Беловой, Quiet Flows the Don
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.
Also known as: Э. Быстрицкая, E. Bystritskaya
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film credits
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television credits
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1950–2019 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (22)
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To Remember
Narrator
1993
Главное с Ольгой Беловой
Self
2019
Quiet Flows the Don
Аксинья
1957
Seven Days After the Murder
Kira Aleksandrovna
1992
The Ostrovsky House
Глафира
1974
Wolves and Sheep
1973
Unfinished Story
Yelizaveta Muromtseva
1955
Crazy Money
1978
The Volunteers
Lelya
1958
All Remains to People
Ksenia Rumyantseva
1963
Babi Yar
2002
Russian Souvenir
Pandora Montesi
1960
Nikolay Bauman
Andreyeva
1967
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Duchess Olga
2004
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Saint Olga
2004
Brave Guys
1993
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna
1954
In Peaceful Time
Lena
1950
Eternal Fire
Glasha
1964
Summer Residents
Yulia Filippovna
1967
Farewell Tour
1992