Viktor Stanitsyn
| Viktor Stanitsyn PAU | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
2 May 1897 Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire |
| Died |
24 December 1976 (aged 79) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Other names | Viktor Yakovlevich Geze |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1932-1967 (film) |
Viktor Yakovlevich Stanitsyn (Russian: Ви́ктор Я́ковлевич Стани́цын; 1897–1976) was a Ukrainian-born stage and film actor.[1] He appeared in a number of Soviet era films including portraying Winston Churchill in The Lights of Baku (1950) as well as several other films.
Biography
Born April 20 (May 2) in 1897 in Yekaterinoslav (now — Dnipro, Ukraine).
Selected filmography
- The Battle of Stalingrad (1949) as Winston Churchill / General Fedor Tolbukhin
- The Fall of Berlin (1950) as Winston Churchill
- The Lights of Baku (1950) as Winston Churchill
- The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951) as Winston Churchill
- Anna Karenina (1953) as Prince Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky
- Dead Souls (1960) as Governor
Stanitsyn's last cinematic role was of Ilya Rostov, in the four-part film series War and Peace (1966–67), directed by Sergei Bondarchuk.
References
- ↑ Riley p.73
Bibliography
- Riley, John. Dmitri Shostakovich: A Life in Film. Tauris, 2005.
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