Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Acteur, Directeur, Scénariste

23 juillet 1946 — 3 décembre 1995 (49 ans)
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.

Connue pour

  • Stalker
    Stalker1979
  • Le rêve d'un homme ridicule
    Le rêve d'un homme ridicule1992
  • Ten Little Indians
    Ten Little Indians1987
  • Le Nôtre parmi les autres
    Le Nôtre parmi les autres1974
  • Le Procès du Piote Pirx
    Le Procès du Piote Pirx1979
  • The Pass
    The Pass1988
  • La Mort d'Ivan Illitch
    La Mort d'Ivan Illitch1985
  • Le Retour
    Le Retour1980
  • Zolotaya rechka
    Zolotaya rechka1977
  • Time, Forward!
    Time, Forward!1977
  • I'm Sorry
    I'm Sorry1982
  • Khareba da Gogia
    Khareba da Gogia1987
  • Une journée tranquille à la fin de la guerre
    Une journée tranquille à la fin de la guerre1970
  • Povorot
    Povorot1979
  • Confidences à un inconnu
    Confidences à un inconnu1996

Filmographie

1995
1995
1994
Magic Hunter · as Maxim
1993
1993
1992
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man · as Narrator (voice)
1992
November · as Priest
1989
1988
The Pass · as Narrator (voice)
1987
Ten Little Indians · as Philip Lombard
1987
Khareba da Gogia · as Vokhovski
1985
1982
I'm Sorry · as Pranas
1981
Fact · as Stanislav
1980
Spasatel · as Николай Вараксин
1980
Rafferty · as Эймс
1980
1980
1979
Stalker · as Stalker
1979
1979
Povorot · as Doctor
1979
The Bodyguard · as Mirzo
1977
1977
Time, Forward! · as Reading Poem (voice)
1977
Zolotaya rechka · as Бывший Царский Офицер Кирилл Зимин
1976
1975
Propavshaya ekspeditsiya · as Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший Царский Офицер)
1975
1975
1974
1973
Failure of Engineer Garin · as Вольф
1973
1973
1972
1972
Pyatnadtsataya vesna · as Messenger
1972
Shantazh · as Cast
1971
Sobaka Baskerviley · as Джэк Стэплтон
1971
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi · as Борис Миркин - Скупщик Золота
1970
1969
1969
1968
1967
Anna Karenina · as Jules Landeau