Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
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.
Fotos
Filme (58)
The Arrival of a Train
1996
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
1996 · Kriouchoff
Magic Hunter
1994 · Maxim
The Devil's Breath
1993 · Damian
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
1993
Parajanov: The Last Spring
1992 · Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992 · Narrator (voice)
Kerosene Salesman's Wife
1989 · Director, Writer
The Pass
1988 · Narrator (voice)
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1988 · Sir Lancelot
Ten Little Indians
1987 · Philip Lombard
Khareba and Gogia
1987 · Vokhovski
The Theater Is My House
1987 · А. Н. Островский
The Guest
1987 · Writer, Director
Two Tickets to India
1985
A Simple Death
1985 · Director, Writer
Contract
1985
Jonah, or the Artist at Work
1984 · Director, Writer
The Garden
1983 · Director
I'm Sorry
1982 · Pranas
Kafedra
1982 · Valentin Orlov
Fact
1981 · Stanislav
And I'm With You Again...
1981
The Rescuer
1980 · Николай Вараксин
Rafferty
1980 · Эймс
The Return
1980
Story of an Unknown Man
1980
Stalker
1979 · Stalker
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
1979 · Nowak
The Bodyguard
1979 · Mirzo
Who Will go to Truskavets?
1978
The Life of Beethoven
1978
The Turning Point
1978 · doctor
Forward March, Time!
1977 · Reading poem (voice)
That Was in Kokand
1977 · поручик Зайченко
Golden River
1977 · бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
The Importance of Being Earnest
1976 · Джон Уортинг
Fiery Bridge
1976
My Calling
1976
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
1976 · Vorontsov
The Lost Expedition
1975 · Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
Going My Way
1975
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
1975
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974 · Lemke
Vanyushin's Kids
1974 · Костя
Failure of Engineer Garin
1973 · Вольф
The Fourth
1972
The Gambler
1972
The Mathematician and the Devil
1972 · Черт
Hound of the Baskervilles
1971 · Джэк Стэплтон
The Fifteenth Spring
1971 · Messenger
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
1971
Drama on the Hunt
1970 · Граф Карнеев
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
1970 · Sergeant
A Nest of Gentry
1969
First Love
1969
Anna Karenina
1967 · Jules Landeau
The Mysterious Wall
1967
