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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kalyagin (russian: Александр Александрович Калягин; born 25 May 1942) is a
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
and
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
n actor and director, member of the
Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation The Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (russian: Общественная палата Российской Федерации), sometimes shortened to Civic Chamber (russian: Общественная палата), is a consultative civil s ...
,
People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...
(1983), Laureate of the State Prizes for his works in the theater and the cinema. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Hello, I'm Your Aunt!'' (1975) and ''
Dead Souls ''Dead Souls'' (russian: «Мёртвые души», ''Mjórtvyje dúshi'') is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adv ...
'' (1984).


Biography

In 1965 Kalyagin graduated from the
Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute The Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute (russian: Театральный институт имени Бориса Щукина) is a Russian drama college in Moscow, formed in 1914 as part of the Vakhtangov Theatre. In 2002 it was granted the Academy ...
and later worked in
Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ...
and some other Moscow theaters. In 1996 he was elected the Head of the Union of Theatrical Figures of Russia, and in 2003 he joined the
United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...
party. Currently he is an art director of the Moscow Theater 'Et Cetera'.


Filmography

;Actor * '' Long-Haired Wonder'' (1974) * '' Hello, I'm Your Aunt!'' (1975) * ''
A Slave of Love ''A Slave of Love'' (russian: Раба любви, Raba lyubvi) is a 1976 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov and written by Friedrich Gorenstein and Andrey Konchalovskiy. It stars Elena Solovey, Rodion Nakhapetov and A ...
'' (1976) * ''
Wounded Game ''Wounded Game'' (russian: Подранки, Podranki) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolai Gubenko. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Juozas Budraitis * Aleksandr Kalyagin * Zhanna Bolotova * Rolan Bykov * ...
'' (1977) * ''
Interrogation Interrogation (also called questioning) is interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, intelligence agencies, organized crime syndicates, and terrorist organizations with the goal of eliciting useful informa ...
'' (1979) * ''
The Old New Year The Old New Year (russian: Cтаpый Нoвый гoд, Stariy Noviy god) is a 1981 Soviet comedy film directed by Naum Ardashnikov and Oleg Yefremov. After the successful staging at the Moscow Art Theatre (directed by Oleg Yefremov), based on Mi ...
'' (1980) * ''
Dead Souls ''Dead Souls'' (russian: «Мёртвые души», ''Mjórtvyje dúshi'') is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adv ...
'' (1984) * ''
A Rogue's Saga , image = , caption = , director = Viktor Tregubovich , producer = , writer = Anatoli Grebnev , starring = , music = Alexey Rybnikov , cinematography = Valeri Myulgaut , editing ...
'' (1984) * ''
The Last Road ''The Last Road'' (russian: Последняя дорога) is a 1986 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Menaker. Plot The film tells about the last days of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. The film tries to answer the questions: Wh ...
'' (1986) * ''
The Kreutzer Sonata ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (russian: Крейцерова соната, ) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven), Kreutzer Sonata. The novella was published in 1889, and was promptly censored by the Rus ...
'' (1987) * ''
Me Ivan, You Abraham ''Me Ivan, You Abraham'' (french: Moi Ivan, toi Abraham; be, Я — Іван, ты — Абрам, italic=yes) is a 1993 French-Belarusian film written and directed by Yolande Zauberman. It won the Award of the Youth (French film) at the 1993 Ca ...
'' (1993) * '' Children of Iron Gods'' (1993) ;Voice actor * ''
Leopold the Cat ''Leopold the Cat'' (russian: Кот Леопольд, ''Kot Leopold'') is a Soviet/Russian animated short film series about a good-natured and prudent cat, Leopold. Leopold always wears a bow tie even when swimming. Throughout the series, he has ...
'' (1975–1987) * '' Tale of Tales'' (1979)


References


External links

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Alexander Kalyagin official website
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