Acting
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (23 July 1946 — 2 December 1995) was a Soviet actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as Stalker, At Home Among Strangers, and The Bodyguard. Prior to pursuing an acting career, Kaydanovskiy attended technical college where he trained to become a welder. In 1965 he started studying acting at The Rostov Theatre School and the Shchukin theatrical school in Moscow. Before completing the course he took his first part in the film The Mysterious Wall and upon graduation in 1969, he worked as stage actor, making his debut at the Vakhtangov Theatre in 1969. In 1971, he was invited to join the prestigious Moscow Arts Theatre, a rare privilege for a 25-year-old graduate. He made his major film debut in At Home Among Strangers, and over the next few years appeared in some two dozen films, including the satirical comedy Diamonds for Dictatorship of the Proletariat and The Life of Beethoven. At his peak in the '70s Kaidanovsky was among the USSR’s most popular actors, and it was at this point that famed Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky, impressed by the looks and the acting technique of Kaidanovsky in Diamonds, invited him to play the title role in his new film, Stalker. The role earned Kaydanovskiy international acclaim. In 1985 he directed A Simple Death, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. In 1993 he directed Just Death, which was about the death of Leo Tolstoy.
Filmography
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Film · 1996
The Arrival of a Train
Film · 1996
Magic Hunter
Film · 1994
The Devil's Breath
Film · 1993
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Film · 1993
To Remember
Series · 1993
Parajanov: The Last Spring
Film · 1992
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Film · 1992
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Film · 1988
The Pass
Film · 1988
The Theater Is My House
Film · 1987
Ten Little Indians
Film · 1987
Khareba and Gogia
Film · 1987
Two Tickets to India
Film · 1985
Contract
Film · 1985
Kafedra
Film · 1982
I'm Sorry
Film · 1982
And I'm With You Again...
Film · 1981
Fact
Film · 1981
The Rescuer
Film · 1980
Rafferty
Film · 1980
The Return
Film · 1980
Story of an Unknown Man
Film · 1980
Stalker
Film · 1979
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Film · 1979
The Bodyguard
Film · 1979
The Turning Point
Film · 1978
Who Will go to Truskavets?
Film · 1978
The Life of Beethoven
Film · 1978
Golden River
Film · 1977
That Was in Kokand
Film · 1977
Forward March, Time!
Film · 1977
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Film · 1976
My Calling
Film · 1976
The Importance of Being Earnest
Film · 1976
Fiery Bridge
Film · 1976
The Lost Expedition
Film · 1975
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
Film · 1975
Going My Way
Film · 1975
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Film · 1974
Vanyushin's Kids
Film · 1974
Failure of Engineer Garin
Film · 1973
Failure of Engineer Garin
Series · 1973
The Gambler
Film · 1972
The Mathematician and the Devil
Film · 1972
The Fourth
Film · 1972
Past and Thoughts
Series · 1972
The Fifteenth Spring
Film · 1971
Hound of the Baskervilles
Film · 1971
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
Film · 1971
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
Series · 1971
Hound of the Baskervilles
Series · 1971
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
Film · 1970
Drama on the Hunt
Film · 1970
A Nest of Gentry
Film · 1969
First Love
Film · 1969
The Mysterious Wall
Film · 1967
Anna Karenina
Film · 1967