Alexander Kaidonovsky
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Actor
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and film director
Film director
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His best known roles are in film
Film
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s such as At Home Among Strangers
At Home Among Strangers
At Home among Strangers is a 1974 Soviet film starring Yuri Bogatyryov and Anatoly Solonitsyn and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Some hail it as the most significant of osterns...
(1974), Telokhranitel
Telokhranitel
The Bodyguard , is a 1979 Soviet film released by Tadjikfilm. It is one of the best known of the Red Westerns and directed by the veteran feature and documentary maker, Ali Khamraev....
/The Bodyguard (1979) and Stalker (1979).
Prior to pursuing an acting career, Kaidanovsky attended technical college where he was training to become a welder. Apparently a prospect of becoming a worker did not appeal to him and in 1965 he started studying acting at The Rostov Theatre School and the Schukin Institute in Moscow. Before completing the course he took his first part in the film Tainstvennaya stena (A Mysterious Wall), (1967) and upon graduation in 1969, he worked as stage actor.
In 1985 he directed A Simple Death
A Simple Death
A Simple Death is a 1985 Soviet drama film directed by Alexander Kaidanovsky. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Valeriy Priyomykhov - Ivan Ilyich* Alisa Frejndlikh* Vytautas Paukste...
, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
1987 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Yves Montand*Danièle Heymann*Elem Klimov*Gérald Calderon*Jeremy Thomas*Jerzy Skolimowski*Nicola Piovani*Norman Mailer*Theo Angelopoulos-Feature film competition:...
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Kaidanovsky made his theatre debut at the Eugene Vakhtangov Theatre in 1969. In 1971 he was invited to join MKHAT, the Moscow Arts Theatre, the best classical theatre in Russia, a rare privilege for a 25-year-old graduate.
He made his major film debut in Yours Among Strangers and a Stranger Among Yours (1974), and over the next few years appeared in some two dozen films, including the satirical comedy Diamonds for Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1976) and The Life of Beethoven (1980). At his peak in the '70s Kaidanovsky was among Soviet Russia's most popular actors, and it was at this point that famed Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century....
, impressed by the looks and the acting technique of Kaidanovsky in Diamonds, invited him to play the title-role in his new film, Stalker (1979). This role earned Kaidanovsky international acclaim.
Filmography
- Tainstvennaya stena (1967)
- Anna KareninaAnna KareninaAnna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger...
(1967) - Spokoynyy den v kontse voyny (short 1970)
- Pervaya lyubov (TV movie 1971)
- Shantazh (TV movie 1972)
- Pyatnadtsataya vesna (1972)
- Chetvyortyy (1972)
- Krakh inzhenera Garina (TV mini-series 1973)
- Deti Vanyushina (1973)
- Igrok (1974)
- At Home Among Strangers, Stranger at Home (1974)
- Propavshaya ekspeditsiya (1975)
- Pod kryshami Monmartra (1975)
- Moy dom, teatr (1975)
- Kto poedet v Truskavets (1977)
- Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata (1977)
- Zolotaya rechka (1977)
- Test pilota PirxaTest pilota PirxaInquest of Pilot Pirx is a joint Polish//Estonian/Ukrainian 1979 film directed by Marek Piestrak based on the story The Inquest by Stanisław Lem from his short story collection More Tales of Pirx the Pilot. It was adapted for film by Vladimir Valutsky. It is a joint production by Dovzhenko Film...
(1979) - StalkerStalker (film)Stalker is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with a screenplay written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, loosely based on their novel Roadside Picnic...
(1979) - Spasatel (1980)
- Story of an Unknown Man (1980)
- RaffertyRaffertyRafferty, from Ó Raifeartaigh, is an Irish surname, and may refer to* Bill Rafferty* Billy Rafferty* Chips Rafferty* Frances Rafferty* Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer* Jack Rafferty* Kevin Rafferty* Larry Rafferty* Max Rafferty* Ronan Rafferty...
(TV movie 1980) - Povorot (1980)
- I s vami snova ya... (TV movie 1981)
- FaktasFaktasFaktas is a 1981 Soviet war film directed by Almantas Grikevicius. It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, where Yelena Solovey won the award for Best Supporting Actress.-Cast:* Regimantas Adomaitis* Donatas Banionis* Juozas Budraitis...
(1981) - TelokhranitelTelokhranitelThe Bodyguard , is a 1979 Soviet film released by Tadjikfilm. It is one of the best known of the Red Westerns and directed by the veteran feature and documentary maker, Ali Khamraev....
(1982) - Atsiprasau (1985)
- Khareba da Gogia (1987)
- Desyat negrityatDesyat NegrityatDesyat Negrityat is a 1987 Soviet film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None . It was directed by Stanislav Govorukhin, who also penned the script...
(1987) - Novye priklyucheniya yanki pri dvore korolya Artura (1988)
- Listopad (1992)
- El aliento del diablo (1993)
- Tear of the Prince of Darkness (1993)
- Magic Hunter (1994)
- Secrets Shared with a Stranger (1995)
- Propavshaya ekspeditsiya (TV movie 1996)
- Pribytiye poyezda (1996)