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Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky

Actor · 1940 – 2008 · Voroshilov, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR

Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since childhood, he studied literature, arts, and music, and enjoyed a special atmosphere of his father's circle. He studied music at Lvov College of Music, graduating in 1961 as orchestral conductor, then studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical school in Moscow, graduating in 1966 as an actor. In 1966, he made his film debut in 'Kto vernetsa - dolyubit' by director Leonid Osyka. Khmelnitsky shot to popularity with roles in _Sofiya Perovskaya (1967)_ by director Lev Arnshtam, and in _Krasnaya palatka (1970)_. In the USSR, he was best known as Robin Hood in Strely Robin Guda (1975), and later reprized the role in The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983). From 1964 to 1984 Khmelnitsky was a member of the troupe under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. There his stage partners were Vladimir Vysotskiy, Leonid Filatov, Venyamin Smekhov, Alla Demidova, Zinaida Slavina, Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Boris Galkin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Nina Shatskaya, Leonid Yarmolnik, and other notable Russian actors. During the 60s and 70s, Khmelnitsky played leading roles in Taganka productions, such as 'Pugachev' and 'Master i Margarita', a stage adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. He also wrote music for several Taganka productions. Boris Khmelnitsky enjoyed recognition in the former Soviet Union, and was part of the intellectual milieu known as "the 60s generation." He was designated People's Actor of Russia (2000). He died of a chronic illness on February 16, 2008, and was laid to rest next to his parents in Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his ex-wife Marianna Vertinskaya and their daughter Darya Khmelnitskaya.

Movies19

  • Movie6.0

    The Red Tent

    Красная палатка

    1969 · 74 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    Вечір на Івана Купала

    1968 · 21 votes

  • Movie5.1

    Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

    Тарас Бульб

    2009 · 77 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Savage Hunt of King Stakh

    Дикая охота короля Стаха

    1979 · 19 votes

  • Movie4.5

    Interception

    Перехват

    1986 · 11 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Jonathan degli orsi

    Jonathan of the Bears

    1995 · 29 votes

  • Movie

    The Trial in Ershovka

    Суд в Ершовке

    1987

  • Movie3.0

    Prince Igor

    Князь Игорь

    1969 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.0

    The Caravan Of Death

    Караван смерти

    1991 · 4 votes

  • Movie4.7

    Tragedy, Rock Style

    Трагедия в стиле рок

    1989 · 10 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Hatred

    Ненависть

    1978 · 1 votes

  • Movie

    Savraska

    Савраска

    1989

  • Movie

    Sultan Beybars

    Султан Бейбарс

    1989

  • Movie3.7

    The Black Arrow

    Черная стрела

    1985 · 10 votes

  • Movie4.5

    Murder at Sunshine-Manor

    Убийство в Саншайн-Менор

    1992 · 2 votes

  • Movie4.5

    The Hetman's Jewels

    Гетьманські клейноди

    1993 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Beybars

    Бейбарс

    1990 · 1 votes

  • Movie

    A Certificate of Poverty

    Свидетельство о бедности

    1979

  • Movie5.9

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    Лісова пісня. Мавка

    1980 · 18 votes

Series2

  • TV8.0

    In Search of Captain Grant

    В поисках капитана Гранта

    1985 · 4 votes

  • TV7.0

    A Person Changes Skin

    Человек меняет кожу

    1982 · 2 votes