Elina Bystritskaya
ActingAlso Known As
Elina Bystritskaya, Элина Быстрицкая
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
(20 total)
Quiet Flows the Don
as Аксинья
Unfinished Story
as Yelizaveta Muromtseva
The Volunteers
as Lyolya
Russian Souvenir
as Pandora Montesi
All Remains to People
as Ksenia Rumyantseva
In Peaceful Time
as Lena
Seven Days After the Murder
as Kira Aleksandrovna
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
as radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna
Summer Residents
as Yulia Filippovna
Eternal Fire
as Glasha
Nikolay Bauman
as Andreyeva
The Ostrovsky House
as Глафира
TV Shows
(2 total)
To Remember
as Narrator
Главное с Ольгой Беловой
as Self