Aleksandr Chistyakov

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Aleksandr Chistyakov

Acting January 1, 1880

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Aleksandr Chistyakov was born in 1880, he never graduated from high school, he worked as an accountant. From 1921 he studied at the First State Film School (Leo Kuleshov's worksho…

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Mother

Mother

7.1 1926 Movie
Storm Over Asia

Storm Over Asia

6.5 1928 Movie
The End of St. Petersburg

The End of St. Petersburg

6.7 1927 Movie
Outskirts

Outskirts

6.2 1933 Movie
A Severe Young Man

A Severe Young Man

5.5 1935 Movie
The Thirteen

The Thirteen

5.4 1937 Movie
The Return of Maxim

The Return of Maxim

5.3 1937 Movie
The Vyborg Side

The Vyborg Side

4.9 1939 Movie
Minin and Pozharsky

Minin and Pozharsky

6.1 1939 Movie
Stepan Razin

Stepan Razin

4.5 1939 Movie
I Love

I Love

9.5 1936 Movie
A Simple Case

A Simple Case

5.3 1930 Movie

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Aleksandr Chistyakov was born in 1880, he never graduated from high school, he worked as an accountant. From 1921 he studied at the First State Film School (Leo Kuleshov's workshop). Since 1925, he actively acted in films. The first role - a worker in the film "Arsenals" became a characteristic role for the subsequent work of the actor. He also was the champion of the Russian Empire in hammer throwing. Self-taught, he began to master hammer throwing at the end of the 19th century and in 1912 became the first record holder in Russia. He was a very good cyclist and an able wrestler too.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1946
    A Great Life, Part 2

    Movie District committee secretary

  2. 1941
    Seaman's Daughter

    Movie Captain Shestov

  3. 1940
    Yakov Sverdlov

    Movie

  4. 1940
    The Return

    Movie Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather

  5. 1940
    No One is Funnier than Us

    Movie Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev

  6. 1939
    A Great Life

    Movie District committee secretary

  7. 1939
    Minin and Pozharsky

    Movie Prokopiy Lyapunov

  8. 1939
    The Vyborg Side

    Movie Mishchenko

  9. 1939
    Stepan Razin

    Movie Prince Baryatinskiy

  10. 1938
    Professor Mamlock

    Movie Resistance member

  11. 1937
    The Miners

    Movie Nikanor

  12. 1937
    The Thirteen

    Movie Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist

  13. 1937
    The Return of Maxim

    Movie Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker

  14. 1937
    Daughter of the Motherland

    Movie Grandfather Andron

  15. 1936
    I Love

    Movie Nykanor, the old miner

  16. 1935
    A Severe Young Man

    Movie Olga's Father

More credits
  1. 1935
    Beautiful Garden

    Movie

  2. 1935
    The Pilots

    Movie Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic

  3. 1935
    Love and Hate

    Movie Vasilisa's husband

  4. 1934
    Nastenka Ustinova

    Movie Ustinov

  5. 1933
    The Last Night

    Movie

  6. 1933
    Conveyor of Death

    Movie Kashevskiy, master

  7. 1933
    Deserter

    Movie Fritz Muller

  8. 1933
    Outskirts

    Movie Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin

  9. 1932
    A Personal Affair

    Movie

  10. 1932
    Diary of a Revolutionist

    Movie Stationmaster (uncredited)

  11. 1931
    Misunderstood

    Movie Ivan Timofeyev

  12. 1930
    A Simple Case

    Movie Uncle Sasha

  13. 1929
    The Drive of Death

    Movie Machinist Gavrilov

  14. 1929
    For Your Health

    Movie Philistine

  15. 1929
    The Happy Canary

    Movie Worker

  16. 1929
    Heroes of the Furnace

    Movie Commissar

  17. 1928
    Storm Over Asia

    Movie The Russian Rebel Leader

  18. 1928
    The White Eagle

    Movie State prisoner

  19. 1928
    Salamander

    Movie Pryer, typographer

  20. 1927
    The End of St. Petersburg

    Movie Worker

  21. 1927
    Who Are You?

    Movie Beggar

  22. 1926
    Эх, яблочко, куды котишься

    Movie Machinist

  23. 1926
    Mother

    Movie Vlasov, the Father