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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (23 July 1946 — 2 December 1995) was a Soviet actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as Stalker, At Home Among Strangers, and The Bodyguard.
Prior to pursuing an acting career, Kaydanovskiy attended technical college where he trained to become a welder. In 1965 he started studying acting at The Rostov Theatre School and the Shchukin theatrical school in Moscow. Before completing the course he took his first part in the film The Mysterious Wall and upon graduation in 1969, he worked as stage actor, making his debut at the Vakhtangov Theatre in 1969. In 1971, he was invited to join the prestigious Moscow Arts Theatre, a rare privilege for a 25-y…
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (23 July 1946 — 2 December 1995) was a Soviet actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as Stalker, At Home Among Strangers, and The Bodyguard. Prior to pursuing an acting career, Kaydanovskiy attended technical college where he trained to become a welder. In 1965 he started studying acting at The Rostov Theatre School and the Shchukin theatrical school in Moscow. Before completing the course he took his first part in the film The Mysterious Wall and upon graduation in 1969, he worked as stage actor, making his debut at the Vakhtangov Theatre in 1969. In 1971, he was invited to join the prestigious Moscow Arts Theatre, a rare privilege for a 25-year-old graduate. He made his major film debut in At Home Among Strangers, and over the next few years appeared in some two dozen films, including the satirical comedy Diamonds for Dictatorship of the Proletariat and The Life of Beethoven. At his peak in the '70s Kaidanovsky was among the USSR’s most popular actors, and it was at this point that famed Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky, impressed by the looks and the acting technique of Kaidanovsky in Diamonds, invited him to play the title role in his new film, Stalker. The role earned Kaydanovskiy international acclaim. In 1985 he directed A Simple Death, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. In 1993 he directed Just Death, which was about the death of Leo Tolstoy.
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy's Filmography
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The Arrival of a Train
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
as Kriouchoff
Magic Hunter
as Maxim
The Devil's Breath
as Damian
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Parajanov: The Last Spring
as Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
as Narrator (voice)
The Pass
as Narrator (voice)
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Lancelot
Ten Little Indians
as Philip Lombard
Khareba and Gogia
as Vokhovski
The Theater Is My House
as А. Н. Островский
Two Tickets to India
Contract
I'm Sorry
as Pranas
Kafedra
as Valentin Orlov
Fact
as Stanislav
And I'm With You Again...
The Rescuer
as Николай Вараксин
Rafferty
as Эймс
The Return
Story of an Unknown Man
Stalker
as Stalker
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
as Nowak
The Bodyguard
as Mirzo
Who Will go to Truskavets?
The Life of Beethoven
The Turning Point
as doctor
Forward March, Time!
as Reading poem (voice)
That Was in Kokand
as поручик Зайченко
Golden River
as бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Джон Уортинг
Fiery Bridge
My Calling
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
as Vorontsov
The Lost Expedition
as Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
Going My Way
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
as Lemke
Vanyushin's Kids
as Костя
Failure of Engineer Garin
as Вольф
The Fourth
The Gambler
The Mathematician and the Devil
as Черт
Hound of the Baskervilles
as Джэк Стэплтон
The Fifteenth Spring
as Messenger
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
Drama on the Hunt
as Граф Карнеев
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
as Sergeant
A Nest of Gentry
First Love
Anna Karenina
as Jules Landeau
