Elina Bystritskaya
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
To Remember
Narrator
1993
Film
Quiet Flows the Don
Аксинья
1957
Series
Главное с Ольгой Беловой
Self
2019
Film
Unfinished Story
Yelizaveta Muromtseva
1955
Film
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Duchess Olga
2004
Film
Eternal Fire
Glasha
1964
Film
Summer Residents
Yulia Filippovna
1967
Film
Russian Souvenir
Pandora Montesi
1960
Film
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Saint Olga
2004
Film
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna
1954
Film
Seven Days After the Murder
Kira Aleksandrovna
1992
Film
The Volunteers
Lyolya
1958
Film
All Remains to People
Ksenia Rumyantseva
1963
Film
Farewell Tour
1992
Film
The Ostrovsky House
Глафира
1974
Film
Nikolay Bauman
Andreyeva
1967
Film
Brave Guys
1993
Film
In Peaceful Time
Lena
1950
Film
Crazy Money
1978
Film
Babi Yar
2002
Film
Wolves and Sheep
1973
Film
Guilty Without Guilt
1985