Viktor Yakovlevich Stanitsyn (; 1897–1976) was a Soviet and Russian

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and

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.Riley p.73 He appeared in a number of

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films including portraying

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

in ''

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'' (1950) as well as several other films.

Biography

Viktor was born on May 2 in 1897 in Yekaterinoslav (now —

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). He rarely acted in movies. He played in the films: "The Guilty Without Guilt" (1945), "Dead Souls" (1960, the governor), "War and Peace" (1967, Ilya Andreevich Rostov), in the Ukrainian film "The Third Strike" (1948, F. I. Tolbukhin, army general), etc. The actor and director V. Stanytsyn's great contribution to cinema and theater was recognized by state awards. He died on December 23, 1976, in Moscow. He was buried at the Vvedenskoye (German) Cemetery.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1949) as

/ General Fedor Tolbukhin * '' The Fall of Berlin'' (1950) as Winston Churchill * ''

'' (1950) as Winston Churchill * '' The Unforgettable Year 1919'' (1951) as Winston Churchill * ''

Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, Анна Каренина, p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Tolstoy called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial in ...

'' (1953) as Prince Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky * ''

Dead Souls ''Dead Souls'' ( , pre-reform spelling: ) is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adventures of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov ...

'' (1960) as Governor Stanitsyn's last cinematic role was of Ilya Rostov, in the four-part film series ''

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy. An ...

'' (1966–67), directed by

Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker of Ukrainian origin who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping p ...

References

Bibliography

* Riley, John. ''Dmitri Shostakovich: A Life in Film''. Tauris, 2005.

External links

* 1897 births 1976 deaths Ukrainian male film actors Actors from Dnipro People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Honored Artists of the RSFSR Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Academic staff of Moscow Art Theatre School Male actors from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast {{USSR-actor-stub