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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Rostov-na-Donu, Rostovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (23 July 1946 — 2 December 1995) was a Soviet actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as Stalker, At Home Among Strangers, and The B…
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (23 July 1946 — 2 December 1995) was a Soviet actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as Stalker, At Home Among Strangers, and The Bodyguard. Prior to pursuing an acting career, Kaydanovskiy attended technical college where he trained to become a welder. In 1965 he started studying acting at The Rostov Theatre School and the Shchukin theatrical school in Moscow. Before completing the course he took his first part in the film The Mysterious Wall and upon graduation in 1969, he worked as stage actor, making his debut at the Vakhtangov Theatre in 1969. In 1971, he was invited to join the prestigious Moscow Arts Theatre, a rare privilege for a 25-year-old graduate. He made his major film debut in At Home Among Strangers, and over the next few years appeared in some two dozen films, including the satirical comedy Diamonds for Dictatorship of the Proletariat and The Life of Beethoven. At his peak in the '70s Kaidanovsky was among the USSR’s most popular actors, and it was at this point that famed Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky, impressed by the looks and the acting technique of Kaidanovsky in Diamonds, invited him to play the title role in his new film, Stalker. The role earned Kaydanovskiy international acclaim. In 1985 he directed A Simple Death, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. In 1993 he directed Just Death, which was about the death of Leo Tolstoy.
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1996
The Arrival of a Train
Movie
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1996
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Movie Kriouchoff
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1994
Magic Hunter
Movie Maxim
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1993
To Remember
TV show Himself - archiveFootage
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1993
The Devil's Breath
Movie Damian
- 1993
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1992
Parajanov: The Last Spring
Movie Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
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1992
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1989
Kerosene Salesman's Wife
Movie Director
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1988
The Pass
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1988
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie Sir Lancelot
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1987
Ten Little Indians
Movie Philip Lombard
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1987
Khareba and Gogia
Movie Vokhovski
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1987
The Theater Is My House
Movie А. Н. Островский
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1987
The Guest
Movie Writer
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1985
Two Tickets to India
Movie
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1985
A Simple Death
Movie Director
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1985
Contract
Movie
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1984
Jonah, or the Artist at Work
Movie Director
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1983
The Garden
Movie Director
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1982
I'm Sorry
Movie Pranas
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1982
Kafedra
Movie Valentin Orlov
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1981
Fact
Movie Stanislav
- 1981
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1980
The Rescuer
Movie Николай Вараксин
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1980
Rafferty
Movie Эймс
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1980
The Return
Movie
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1980
Story of an Unknown Man
Movie
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1979
Stalker
Movie Stalker
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1979
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Movie Nowak
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1979
The Bodyguard
Movie Mirzo
- 1978
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1978
The Life of Beethoven
Movie
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1978
The Turning Point
Movie doctor
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1977
Forward March, Time!
Movie Reading poem (voice)
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1977
That Was in Kokand
Movie поручик Зайченко
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1977
Golden River
Movie бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
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1976
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie Джон Уортинг
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1976
Fiery Bridge
Movie
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1976
My Calling
Movie
