Acting
Elina Bystritskaya
EN, RU, UK cinema · 20 credits
Born
4 April 1928
Died
26 April 2019 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Also known as Э. Быстрицкая · E. Bystritskaya
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
Filmography
Seven Days After the Murder
as Kira Aleksandrovna
The Ostrovsky House
as Глафира
Nikolay Bauman
as Andreyeva
Summer Residents
as Yulia Filippovna
Eternal Fire
as Glasha
All Remains to People
as Ksenia Rumyantseva
Russian Souvenir
as Pandora Montesi
The Volunteers
as Lelya
Quiet Flows the Don
as Аксинья
Unfinished Story
as Yelizaveta Muromtseva
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
as radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna
In Peaceful Time
as Lena