Mikhail Konstantinowitsch Trojanowski

Mikhail Konstantinowitsch Trojanowski ( Russian Михаил Константиинович Трояновский ; born November 7, 1889 in Glasowo , Smolensk Governorate , Russian Empire ; † December 4, 1964 in Moscow , RSFSR , USSR ) was a Soviet actor .

First years of life

Michail Trojanowski was born the son of the public employee Konstantin Ivanovich Trojanowski. He attended the Smolensk grammar school from 1901 to 1908 , where he worked in a pharmacy after finishing school. In 1911 he obtained the relevant exam at the University of Kharkiv . In 1915 Trojanowski attended an improvised course at Moscow University and was drafted into military service the following year , during which he worked in a hospital. He was able to continue his university studies, but a degree was not possible due to the war . In 1917 Trojanowski was ordered to the Western Front (in Central European parlance: Eastern Front ), where he belonged to the 2nd Siberian Rifle Division. After the end of the war , Trojanowski first went to Minsk and joined the Red Army department there . After demobilization in 1919, he joined the National Pharmacists' Association of Western Russia and from 1920 worked as a pharmacist in Minsk, but moved to Dorogobusch the following year . From 1922 Trojanowski was employed in the medical department of the Belarusian-Baltic Railway, but gave up this position in 1934 in favor of his professional acting career.

Acting career

Trojanowski had already been interested in the theater towards the end of his school days, but was only able to realize this passion from 1922. From 1923 he worked as an actor on several Moscow theaters before he was hired by the Semperante Theater in 1934 . From 1939 to 1945 he worked for the Soyuzdjetfilm film studio and then for 12 years for the Moscow State Theater of Film Actors .

Trojanowski made his film debut in 1937 in Тайга золотая , followed a year later with appearances in В людях , where he was seen for the first time as the leading actor, and Gorky's childhood already played important roles. After he played Maxim Gorki's grandfather in the latter , he played another historical figure with Leonti Dubelt in Broken Fetters . In Sergei Jutkewitsch's Othello film adaptation of The Moor of Venice he acted as the Doge . Trojanowski was also involved in several fairy tale films, including a. to Alexander Ptuschko's award-winning work Die Steinerne Blume and Alexander Rou's early work Das Wunderpferdchen . Trojanowski's filmography comprises 83 works, his last films were published posthumously.

Michail Trojanowski died at the age of 75 and was buried in the Donskoy cemetery .

Honors

In 1944 Trojanowski was awarded the Order of Lenin for his service in both world wars , and in 1958 he was also awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR .

Filmography (selection)

• 1936: Gorky's childhood
• 1941: The miracle horse
• 1945: The indomitable
• 1946: The stone flower
• 1947: spring
• 1948: The Russian Question
• 1951: Shackles broken
• 1953: Sadko's adventure
• 1953: Breakfast with the leader
• 1955: Dangerous paths
• 1956: My friend the sailor
• 1956: The Moor of Venice
• 1957: Race against death
• 1958: Tales about Lenin
• 1958: In the day of October
• 1959: The stolen happiness
• 1961: The night before Christmas
• 1962: The house in the seven winds
• 1967: Bela - tragedy of love

Web links

• Mikhail Konstantinovich Trojanowski in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Biography of Michail Trojanowski at kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on November 26, 2019
2. ↑ ^{a b} Biography of Michail Trojanowski on a film fan page (Russian), accessed on November 27, 2019
3. ↑ Film data for Die Steinerne Blume on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on November 26, 2019
4. ↑ Michail Trojanowski's filmography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on November 26, 2019