Alexander Leopoldovich Khvylya (born Bressem, , , ''Oleksandr Leopoldovych Khvylya''; 15 July 1905 – 17 October 1976) was a Ukrainian Soviet theater and film actor who played in ''
The Diamond Arm
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Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian language, Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish language, Polish: ; 15956 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobility, Ruthenian noble ...
'', and others. He was a
People's Artist of the RSFSR
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(23 October 1963).Александр Леопольдович Хвыля: биография
Khvylya was born in the Swedish colony in the village of Oleksandro-Shultyne (
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
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,
Russian Empire
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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
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.
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, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.
from
Kyiv
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. From 1934 until the German invasion of WWII, he worked in the Kharkiv Drama Theater of Shevchenko. Later, Khvylia relocated to
Moscow
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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
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) as Kudryash
Selected Movies
* 1932 ''
Ivan
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'' (
Alexander Dovzhenko
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) as Orator (first role in movies)
* 1938 ''Karmeliuk'' (Georgiy Tasin) as Karmeliuk
* 1941 ''Bohdan Khmelnytsky'' (Ihor Savchenko) as
Kobzar
A ''kobzar'' ( ; ) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed kobza or bandura.
Tradition
The professional kobzar tradition was established during the Hetmanate Era around the sixteenth cen ...
* 1942 ''Oleksandr Parkhomenko'' (
Leonid Lukov
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Ivan Pyryev
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) as Denis Koren
* 1951 ''
Taras Shevchenko
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'' (Ihor Savchenko) as Mr. Barabash
* 1952 '' May Nights'' as the Head
* 1958 ''
Over Tissa
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Plot
T ...
'' as Gromada, general of the border guards
* 1961 ''Evenings at a
khutir
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Aleksandr Rou
Alexander Arturovich Rou (; – 28 December 1973) was a Soviet film director. He directed a number of children's fantasy films, based mostly on Russian folklore that were highly popular and often imitated in the Soviet Union. Rou received t ...
Jack Frost
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'' (
Aleksandr Rou
Alexander Arturovich Rou (; – 28 December 1973) was a Soviet film director. He directed a number of children's fantasy films, based mostly on Russian folklore that were highly popular and often imitated in the Soviet Union. Rou received t ...
) as
Jack Frost
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* 1968 ''
The Diamond Arm
''The Diamond Arm'' ( ''Brilliantovaya ruka'') is a Soviet crime comedy film made by Mosfilm and first released in 1969. The film was directed by director Leonid Gaidai and starred several famous Soviet actors, including Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mi ...
'' (
Leonid Gaidai
Leonid Iovich Gaidai (30 January 192319 November 1993) was a Soviet comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records a ...
) as Boris Savelyevich
See also
*
Gammalsvenskby
Gammalsvenskby (; ; ) is a former village that is now a neighbourhood of Zmiivka () in Beryslav Raion of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It was briefly known as Verbivka () prior to being integrated with Zmiivka. Gammalsvenskby is known for its Esto ...