Alexandr Chvylja
Alexander Leopoldovich Khvylya (born Bressem, Oleksandr Leopoldovych Khvylya; 15 July 1905 – 17 October 1976) was a Ukrainian Soviet theater and film actor who played in The Diamond Arm, The End of Chyrva Kozyr, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and others. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (23 October 1963). Today the village is part of the Ivanopil rural community in Kostiantynivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast.
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Alexandr Chvylja

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- Born
- 1905 · Oleksandro-Shultyne.
- Died
- 1976 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- actor
- Fields
- acting
- Honours
- Stalin Prize and 3rd degree · Order of the Red Star · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Order of the Badge of Honour · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · People's Artist of the RSFSR
- Languages
- Ukrainian · Russian
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Alexander Leopoldovich Khvylya (born Bressem, Oleksandr Leopoldovych Khvylya; 15 July 1905 – 17 October 1976) was a Ukrainian Soviet theater and film actor who played in The Diamond Arm, The End of Chyrva Kozyr, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and others. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (23 October 1963). Today the village is part of the Ivanopil rural community in Kostiantynivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast.
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Biography
The recorded working language is Ukrainian and Russian. The field of work recorded is acting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are socialist realism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Soviet Union. Employment is recorded with Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre and National Film Actors' Theatre. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, 3rd degree, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of the Badge of Honour.

Олександр Хвиля і Наталя Ужвій у фільмі "Кармелюк" 1938 р.
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Key facts
• Native Name — Александр Хвыля
Career
Career
In 1922, he graduated from the Vorovsky Drama Studio. Khvylya worked in the Zankovetska Music-Drama Theater from 1924 through 1926, then in Berezil that just relocated to Kharkiv from Kyiv. From 1934 until the German invasion of World War II, he worked in the Kharkiv Drama Theater of Shevchenko. Later, Khvylia relocated to Moscow, where he worked in the State theater of a cinema-actor.
Plays
Plays
• Dictatorship (Ivan Mykytenko) as Husak • Perish of squadron (Oleksandr Korniychuk) as Baltiyets • The Storm (Alexander Ostrovsky) as Kudryash
Selected movies
Selected movies
• 1932 Ivan (Alexander Dovzhenko) as Orator (first role in movies) • 1938 Karmeliuk (Georgiy Tasin) as Karmeliuk • 1941 Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ihor Savchenko) as Kobzar • 1942 Oleksandr Parkhomenko (Leonid Lukov) as Parkhomenko • 1946 The Liberated Earth as Kostenko • 1946 The Vow as Semyon Budyonny • 1948 Red Necktie as Vishnyakov • 1948 The Young Guard (Sergei Gerasimov) as Shulga (his scenes later were cut out) • 1949 Konstantin Zaslonov as Secretary of Raion Committee (Stalin Prize, 1950) • 1949 Fairy Tales of Kuban (Ivan Pyryev) as Denis Koren • 1951 Taras Shevchenko (Ihor Savchenko) as Mr. Barabash • 1952 May Nights as the Head • 1958 Over Tissa as Gromada, general of the border guards • 1961 Evenings at a khutir near Dykanka (Aleksandr Rou) as Chub • 1962 Queen of the Gas Station as Priest, the bus passenger • 1964 Jack Frost (Aleksandr Rou) as Jack Frost • 1968 The Diamond Arm (Leonid Gaidai) as Boris Savelyevich
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Oleksandro-Shultyne.
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Moscow.
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- 1.Biografie auf kino-teatr.ru (russisch), abgerufen am 20. November 2019
- 2.Biografie auf a-tremasov.ru (russisch), abgerufen am 18. Oktober 2020
- 3.Filmografie auf kino-teatr.ru (russisch), abgerufen am 20. November 2019
- 4.Schauspielkritiken auf hronograf.narod.ru (russisch), abgerufen am 20. November 2019
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1- socialist realismMovement
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