Actor
Elina Bystritskaya
Born 1928 · Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
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.
Acting
Quiet Flows the Don
Аксинья · 1957
Eternal Fire
Glasha · 1964
To Remember
Narrator · 1993
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna · 1954
Summer Residents
Yulia Filippovna · 1967
Nikolay Bauman
Andreyeva · 1967
In Peaceful Time
Lena · 1950
Unfinished Story
Yelizaveta Muromtseva · 1955
The Volunteers
Lyolya · 1958
Seven Days After the Murder
Kira Aleksandrovna · 1992
All Remains to People
Ksenia Rumyantseva · 1963
Russian Souvenir
Pandora Montesi · 1960
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Saint Olga · 2004
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Duchess Olga · 2004
Главное с Ольгой Беловой
Self · 2019
The Ostrovsky House
Глафира · 1974