Alexander Leopoldovich Khvylya (born Bressem, russian: Александр Леопольдович Хвыля, uk, Олександр Леопольдович Хвиля, ''Oleksandr Leopoldovych Khvylya''; 15 July 1905 – 17 October 1976) was a Soviet theater and film actor who played in ''

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Bohdan Khmelnytsky Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...

'', and others. He was a

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orches ...

(23 October 1963).Александр Леопольдович Хвыля - биография
/ref> Khvylya was born in the Swedish colony in the village of Oleksandro-Shultyne (

Yekaterinoslav Governorate The Yekaterinoslav Governorate (russian: Екатеринославская губерния, Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya; uk, Катеринославська губернія, translit=Katerynoslavska huberniia) or Government of Yekaterinos ...

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) to Swedish parents as Alexander Leopoldovich Bressem. Today the village is part of the Ivanopil rural community in Kostiantynivka Raion,

Donetsk Oblast The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...

Career

In 1922 he graduated from the Vorovsky Drama Studio. Khvylya worked in the Zankovetska Music-Drama Theater from 1924 through 1926, then in Berezil that just relocated to

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. From 1934 until the German invasion of WWII, he worked in the Kharkiv Drama Theater of Shevchenko. Later, Khvylia relocated to

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, where he worked in the State theater of a cinema-actor.

Plays

* ''Dictatorship'' (Ivan Mykytenko) as Husak * ''Perish of squadron'' (Oleksandr Korniychuk) as Baltiyets * '' The Storm'' (

Alexander Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original ...

) as Kudryash others

Selected Movies

* 1932 ''

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'' (

Alexander Dovzhenko Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko or Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( uk, Олександр Петрович Довженко, ''Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko''; russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Довже́нко, ''Aleksandr Petro ...

) as Orator (first role in movies) * 1938 ''Karmeliuk'' (Georgiy Tasin) as Karmeliuk * 1941 ''Bohdan Khmelnytsky'' (Ihor Savchenko) as

Kobzar A ''kobzar'' ( ua, кобзар, pl. kobzari ua, кобзарі) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed bandura or kobza. Tradition Kobzars were often blind and became predominantly so b ...

* 1942 ''Oleksandr Parkhomenko'' ( Leonid Lukov) as Parkhomenko * 1946 '' The Liberated Earth'' * 1946 '' The Vow'' as

Semyon Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy ( rus, Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bʊˈdʲɵnːɨj, a=ru-Simeon Budyonniy.ogg; – 26 October 1973) was a Russian c ...

* 1948 '' Red Necktie'' as Vishnyakov * 1948 '' The Young Guard'' ( Sergei Gerasimov) as Shulga (his scenes later were cut out)350. Dangerous roles
''Chronographъ'' * 1949 ''Konstantin Zaslonov'' as Secretary of Raion Committee ( Stalin Prize, 1950) * 1949 '' Fairy Tales of Kuban'' (

Ivan Pyryev Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Пы́рьев; – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six Stal ...

) as Denis Koren * 1951 ''Taras Shevchenko'' (Ihor Savchenko) as Mr. Barabash * 1952 '' May nights'' as the Head * 1958 ''

Over Tissa ''Over Tissa'' (russian: Над Тиссой, Nad Tissoy) is a 1958 Soviet thriller film directed by Dmitri Vasilyev and based on the eponymous book by Alexander Avdeenko. The picture was the box-office leader of the year 1958 in the USSR, it was ...

'' as Gromada, general of the border guards * 1961 ''Evenings at a

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near Dykanka'' (

Aleksandr Rou Alexander Arturovich Rou (also, Rowe, from his Irish father's name) (russian: Александр Артурович Роу, – 28 December 1973) was a Soviet film director, and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1968). He directed a number of chi ...

) as Chub * 1962 '' Queen of the Gas Station'' as Priest, the bus passenger * 1964 ''

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'' (

) as

* 1968 ''

'' (

Leonid Gaidai Leonid Iovich Gaidai (russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the fo ...

) as Boris Savelyevich * ''The end of Chyrva Kozyr'' as Chyrva * ''Secretary of the Oblast Committee'' as Sukhodolov others

References

External links

Encyclopedia of Ukraine

The same Parkhomenko. Rabochaya Gazeta February 21, 2009

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khvylya, Alexander 1905 births 1976 deaths People from Donetsk Oblast Soviet male stage actors Soviet male film actors Ukrainian male film actors Ukrainian people of Swedish descent Ukrainian male stage actors People's Artists of the RSFSR Stalin Prize winners Burials at Kuntsevo Cemetery Communist Party of the Soviet Union members

Career

Plays

Selected Movies

See also

References

External links