Elina Bystritskaya

Elina 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: Acting

Born: Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine], 1928-04-04

Died: 2019-04-26

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	In Peaceful Time	Lena	57
2	1954	«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto	radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna	80
3	1955	Unfinished Story	Yelizaveta Muromtseva	49
4	1957	Quiet Flows the Don	Аксинья	61
5	1958	The Volunteers	Lyolya	48
6	1960	Russian Souvenir	Pandora Montesi	32
7	1963	All Remains to People	Ksenia Rumyantseva	40
8	1964	Негасимое пламя	Glasha	0
9	1967	Summer Residents	Yulia Filippovna	70
10	1967	Nikolay Bauman	Andreyeva	0
11	1985	Guilty Without Guilt		0
12	1991	Seven Days After the Murder	Kira Aleksandrovna	55
13	1992	Farewell Tour		0
14	1993	Brave Guys		90
15	2002	Babi Yar		0
16	2004	The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga	Saint Olga	5
17	2004	Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun	Duchess Olga	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Quiet Flows the Don		0
2	1993	To Remember	Narrator	70
3	2019	Главное с Ольгой Беловой	Self	0

Elina Bystritskaya

Film

Television