Acting
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.
To Remember
1993 · TV
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
1971 · TV
Stalker
1979 · Movie
Golden River
1977 · Movie
Anna Karenina
1967 · Movie
A Nest of Gentry
1969 · Movie
Hound of the Baskervilles
1971 · Movie
Ten Little Indians
1987 · Movie
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974 · Movie
The Arrival of a Train
1996 · Movie
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1988 · Movie
Failure of Engineer Garin
1973 · TV
Khareba and Gogia
1987 · Movie
The Bodyguard
1979 · Movie
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
1976 · Movie
Two Tickets to India
1985 · Movie
The Turning Point
1978 · Movie
Past and Thoughts
1972 · TV
Parajanov: The Last Spring
1992 · Movie
The Lost Expedition
1975 · Movie
Fact
1981 · Movie
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
1979 · Movie
Vanyushin's Kids
1974 · Movie
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992 · Movie
Going My Way
1975 · Movie
The Theater Is My House
1987 · Movie
Forward March, Time!
1977 · Movie
The Mysterious Wall
1967 · Movie
Drama on the Hunt
1970 · Movie
The Importance of Being Earnest
1976 · Movie
The Pass
1988 · Movie
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
1975 · Movie
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
1996 · Movie
The Rescuer
1980 · Movie
The Fifteenth Spring
1971 · Movie
The Gambler
1972 · Movie
And I'm With You Again...
1981 · Movie
Who Will go to Truskavets?
1978 · Movie
First Love
1969 · Movie
Failure of Engineer Garin
1973 · Movie
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
1970 · Movie
Rafferty
1980 · Movie
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
1971 · Movie
The Return
1980 · Movie
Kafedra
1982 · Movie
That Was in Kokand
1977 · Movie
The Fourth
1972 · Movie
The Life of Beethoven
1978 · Movie
Story of an Unknown Man
1980 · Movie
Contract
1985 · Movie
The Mathematician and the Devil
1972 · Movie
Fiery Bridge
1976 · Movie
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
1993 · Movie
My Calling
1976 · Movie
Magic Hunter
1994 · Movie
I'm Sorry
1982 · Movie
The Devil's Breath
1993 · Movie
