Alexander Leonidowitsch Kaidanowski
Alexander Leonidowitsch Kaidanovsky (also: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky; Russian Александр Леонидович Кайдановский ; born July 23, 1946 in Rostov-on-Don ; † December 3, 1995 in Moscow ) was a Soviet-Russian actor.
Life
Kaidanowski studied at the drama school in his birthplace and then worked at the theater there. From 1969 to 1971 he worked at the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow, then until 1973 at the Chekhov Art Theater . Kaidanowski played one of his film roles in 1977 in Valery Ahadov's film Who goes to Truskavets . In the mid-1970s he starred in historical adventure films. He achieved his international breakthrough and the climax of his career in 1979 with the title role in Andrei Tarkowski's work Stalker .
In the following years Kaidanowski worked in addition to his acting in feature films and TV productions as a screenwriter and director. At the 1994 Cannes Film Festival he was a member of the jury; The jury president was Clint Eastwood .
Kaidanowski was married to Irina Anatoljewna Bytschkowa from 1966 to 1975, with whom he had a daughter Darja (* 1970). He was married to his second wife, the actress Yevgenia Pavlovna Simonova (* 1955) from 1975 to 1980. Their daughter Soja Alexandrovna Kajdanowskaja (* 1976) has also become an actress. His third wife, Natalija Sudakowa, was a ballerina at the Bolshoi Theater . Their son Andrej Alexandrowitsch Kajdanowskij (* 1987) worked at the Vienna State Opera , among others . Kaidanowski was married to his fourth wife, Inna Pivars (* 1968), in 1995. The marriage lasted three weeks until his death. Kaidanowski died in December 1995 after his third heart attack. He was buried in the Kunzewoer cemetery .
Filmography (selection)
- 1967: Anna Karenina ( Анна Каренина / Anna Karenina )
- 1970: Red Square ( Красная площадь / Krasnaja ploschtschad )
- 1970: A quiet day at the end of the war ( Спокойный день в конце войны / Spokojnyj den w konze wojny )
- 1972: The Fourth ( Четвёртый / Tschetwjortyj )
- 1973: Failure of the engineer Garin ( Крах инженера Гарина / Krach inshenera Garina )
- 1974: His among strangers, a stranger among his own kind ( Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих / Swoj sredi Tschushich, Tschushoj sredi swoich )
- 1975: Diamonds for the dictatorship of the proletariat ( Бриллианты для диктатуры пролетариата / Brillianty dlja dictatury proletariata )
- 1976: Golden River ( Золотая речка / Solotaja retschka )
- 1977: Who goes to Truskavets ( Кто поедет в Трускавец / Kto pojedet w Truskavets )
- 1979: Stalker ( Сталкер / Stalker )
- 1987: And then there was no more ( Десять негритят / Desjat negritjat )
Web links
- Alexander Kaidanovsky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Александр Кайдановский , russainmoviesdirectory.com (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zoya Kaydanovskaya , imdb.com
- ↑ Кайдановский Александр Леонидович , donlib.ru (Russian)
- ^ Gravestone on Kaidanowski's grave ( memento from December 25, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), m-necropol.ru
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kaidanowski, Alexander Leonidowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Кайдановский, Александр Леонидович (Russian); Kaidanovsky, Aleksandr (English) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostov on Don |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd December 1995 |
| Place of death | Moscow |