Andrei Andreyevich Fajt (russian: Андрей Андреевич Файт; 29 August 1903 – 17 January 1976) was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1976. He was born in
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
, Russia and died in
Moscow
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.
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Selected filmography
* ''The Battleship Potemkin
'' Battleship Potemkin'' (russian: Бронено́сец «Потёмкин», ''Bronenosets Potyomkin''), sometimes rendered as ''Battleship Potyomkin'', is a 1925 Soviet silent
drama film produced by Mosfilm. Directed and co-written by S ...
'' (1925)
* ''The Bay of Death
''The Bay of Death'' (russian: Бухта смерти, Bukhta smerti) is a 1926 Soviet silent drama film directed by Abram Room.
Synopsis
One of the southern ports are taken over by the whites. After a failed attempt to steal ammunition from t ...
'' (1926)
* ''The Happy Canary
''The Happy Canary'' or ''The Gay Canary'' (russian: Весёлая канарейка, Vesyolaya kanareyka) is a 1929 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Lev Kuleshov and starring Galina Kravchenko, Andrey Fayt and Ada Vojtsik.
The film ...
'' (1929)
* ''The Great Consoler
''The Great Consoler'' (russian: Великий утешитель, translit. Velikiy uteshitel) is a 1933 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov and starring Konstantin Khokhlov. The film is based on the facts from the biography of t ...
'' (1933)
* '' Outskirts'' (1933)
* '' Dzhulbars'' (1933)
* ''The Thirteen
''The Thirteen'' (russian: Тринадцать, Trinadtsat) is a 1937 Soviet red western action film directed by Mikhail Romm.
Plot
In Soviet Central Asia, ten demobilized Red Army soldiers ride through the desert to the railroad. Three more p ...
'' (1937)
* ''Wish upon a Pike
''Wish upon a Pike'', also known as ''The Magic Fish'' (russian: По щучьему веленью, Po shchuchemu veleniyu), is a 1938 fantasy film directed by Alexander Rowe, which was his debut and filmed at Soyuzdetfilm. It is adapted from a ...
'' (1938)
* '' Minin and Pozharsky'' (1939)
* ''Siberians
The Siberians, or Siberiaks, (russian: сибиряки, sibiryaki, ) are the majority inhabitants of Siberia, as well as the (sub)ethnic or ethnographic group of the Russians.
As demonym
The demonym ''Siberian'' can be restricted to either t ...
'' (1940)
* '' Salavat Yulayev'' (1941)
* '' The Young Guard (1948)
* ''Encounter at the Elbe
''Encounter at the Elbe'' (in ) is a Soviet war film released in 1949 from Mosfilm, describing the conflict, spying, and collaboration between the Soviet Army advancing from the east and the U.S. Army advancing from the west. The two allied force ...
'' (1949)
* ''The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later re ...
'' (1949)
* ''The Composer Glinka
''Kompozitor Glinka'' (russian: Композитор Глинка; English literal translation, Composer Glinka; American release title ''Man of Music'') is a 1952 Soviet biographical film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov.
Plot
The young compos ...
'' (1952)
* ''Admiral Ushakov
Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov ( rus, Фёдор Фёдорович Ушако́в, p=ʊʂɐˈkof; – ) was an 18th century Russian naval commander and admiral. He is notable for winning every engagement he participated in as the Admiral of t ...
'' (1953)
* ''The Star
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'' (1953)
* ''A Lesson in History
''A Lesson in History'' (russian: link=no, Урок истории, bg, Урокът на историята) is a 1957 joint Soviet– Bulgarian historical drama film directed by Lev Arnshtam and Hristo Piskov about Georgi Dimitrov and the Lei ...
'' (1957)
* ''The Idiot
''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69.
The title is an ...
'' (1958)
* ''On Distant Shores
''On distant shores'' ( az, Uzaq sahillərdə) is a 1958 Soviet-era Azerbaijani war film. Co-written by Imran Gasimov, Hasan Seyidbeyli, directed by Tofig Taghizade, the film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Seco ...
'' (1958)
* ''The Secret of the Fortress
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'' (1959)
* ''Peace to Him Who Enters
''Peace to Him Who Enters'' (russian: Мир входящему, Mir vkhodyashchemu) is a 1961 Soviet drama film written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov. Set in World War II, it tells the story of three Soviet soldiers who try ...
'' (1961)
* ''Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
''Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors'' (russian: Королевство кривых зеркал, translit. ''Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal'') is a 1963 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on the novel, '' Kingdom of Crooked Mirro ...
'' (1964)
* ''Aladdin's Magic Lamp
''Aladdin's Magic Lamp'' (russian: Волшебная лампа Аладдина, Volshebnaya lampa Aladdina) is a 1967 Soviet fantasy film directed by Boris Rytsarev based on the tale Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights.
Plot
A magici ...
'' (1966)
* ''Strong with Spirit
''Strong with Spirit'' (russian: Сильные духом, Silnye dukhom) is a 1967 Soviet spy film directed by Viktor Georgiyev based on a screenplay by Anatoli Grebnev and Aleksandr Lukin. It tells the story of the Soviet intelligence officer ...
'' (1967)
* ''Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes
''Fire, Water, and Trumpets'' (russian: Огонь, вода и… медные трубы, ''Ogon', voda i... mednye truby'') is a 1968 Soviet Union, Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou. Its story and characters are derived from Slavic ...
'' (1968)
* ''The Diamond Arm
''The Diamond Arm'' (russian: Бриллиантовая рука ''Brilliantovaya ruka'') is a Soviet crime comedy film made by Mosfilm and first released in 1969. The film was directed by director Leonid Gaidai and starred several famous Soviet ...
'' (1969)
* ''The Lanfier Colony
''The Lanfier Colony'' ( cs, Kolonie Lanfieri, russian: Колония Ланфиер) is a 1969 Czech-Soviet Action film, action, Romantic film, romantic, drama film directed by Jan Schmidt (director), Jan Schmidt. It was entered into the 6th M ...
'' (1969)
* '''' (1971)
* ''Privalov's Millions
Privalov's Millions (russian: Приваловские миллионы, Privalovskiye milliony) is a 1972 two-part drama film based on the novel by Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak.
Plot
In his native city in the Urals back Sergey Privalov - heir to a c ...
'' (1972)
* ''Hopelessly Lost
''Hopelessly Lost'' (russian: Совсем пропащий, Sovsem propashchiy) is a 1973 Soviet adventure comedy directed by Georgiy Daneliya based on Mark Twain's 1884 novel ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''. Cinematography by Vadim Yusov. It ...
'' (1973)
* ''The Flight of Mr. McKinley
''The Flight of Mr. McKinley'' (russian: Бегство мистера Мак-Кинли, Begstvo mistera Mak-Kinli) is a 1975 Soviet science fiction film directed by Mikhail Schweitzer.
Plot
A scientist invents the colloid gas — a creation that ...
'' (1975)
* ''The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a h ...
'' (1976; Posthumous Release)
* ''How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor
''How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor'' (russian: Сказ про то, как царь Пётр арапа женил, ''Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil'') is a 1976 musical film directed by the Russian filmmaker Alexander Mi ...
'' (1976; Posthumous Release)
References
External links
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1903 births
1976 deaths
Soviet male film actors
Russian male film actors
Russian male silent film actors
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
Male actors from the Russian Empire
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