Elina Bystritskaya is a Soviet and Russian actress best known for her role of Aksiniya in Sergei Gerasimov's epic screening of Mikhail Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don (1958). Jewish by ethnicity and a native of Kiev, Bystritskaya was chosen to play Aksiniya by Sholokhov himself over several distinguished candidates, notably Nonna Mordyukova. Before that, she co-starred with Sergey Bondarchuk in the Unfinished Story, an archetypal Social...
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Russkiy Suvenir
As Pandora Montesi
Quiet Flows the Don
As Aksiniya
All Remains to People
As Ksenia Rumyantseva
«Богатырь» идёт в Марто
As radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna
In Peaceful Time
As Lena
Unfinished Story
As Yelizaveta Muromtseva
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
As Saint Olga
Dachniki
As Yulia Filippovna
Seven Days After the Murder
As Kira Aleksandrovna
Brave guys
The Volunteers
As Lyolya
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
As Duchess Olga
Негасимое пламя
As Glasha
Nikolay Bauman
As Andreyeva
To Remember
As Narrator