Ivan Shvedoff

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Ivan Shvedoff (* 1969 in Leningrad ) is a Russian actor and theater director.

Life

At the age of 21, Shvedoff graduated from the St. Petersburg State Theater Academy with a degree in Actors for Theater and Cinema . Several offers from various Leningrad theaters followed immediately. However, the actor wanted to go his own way and instead staged the play As You Like It in Sweden .

The collapse of the Soviet Union also resulted in the decline of the film industry there, so that Shvedoff continued his career abroad. After starring in Achim von Borries ' award-winning feature film debut England! Having played the role of the terminally ill "Valeri", he increasingly accepted film offers from Germany. In 2003 he worked again under the direction of Achim von Börries in Was uses love in thoughts and in Hans-Christian Schmid's Lights , which takes place in the border area between East German Frankfurt (Oder) and Polish Słubice .

In 2003 the film Zuckerbrot was made , directed by Hartmut Schoen and also responsible for the script. In 2004, Shvedoff was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize together with director Schoen and editor Gabriela Sperl for the role of German-Russian “Mitja” stranded in Berlin . Both continued their successful collaboration in 2005 with Der Grenzer und das Mädchen . In 2007 Shvedoff was seen together with Valerie Koch and Esther Schweins in the film The Caller , which was shown at the Berlinale . In addition, Shvedoff has repeatedly appeared in front of the camera for international productions.

Ivan Shvedoff lives in Prague.

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

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Awards

  • 2001: Heimat in Europa award for the best young actor
  • 2001: Silver Iris at the Brussels International Film Festival for the leading role in England!
  • 2004: Adolf Grimme Prize for Carrot

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personal data
SURNAME Shvedoff, Ivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad