Vladislav Strzhelchik

actor
theatre teacher

Years active1938–1993SpouseLyudmila ShuvalovaAwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR (1974)

Vladislav Ignatievich Strzhelchik (Russian: Владисла́в Игна́тьевич Стрже́льчик; 1921–1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1974).^[1]

Biography

Vladislav Strzhelchik born in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg, Russia). His father, Ignatiy Petrovich was a native of Poland (Polish: Ignacy Strzelczyk) who settled in St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 20th century.

In 1938 Vladislav Strzhelchik was accepted into the studio of the Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater and in the same year he became an actor of this theater, where he worked all his life. He graduated from the studio only in 1947. During the Great Patriotic War, Vladislav Strzhelchik was drafted into the Red Army and served in the infantry at the forefront.^[2]

In 1959–1968 Strzhelchik lectured at the Leningrad Institute for Theatre, Music and Cinematography, since 1966 at the Leningrad Institute for Culture.

He died in Saint Petersburg on September 11, 1995, and buried actor on the famous Literatorskie mostki ("Writer's footworks") of Volkovo Cemetery.^[3]

Selected filmography

Ivan Pavlov (Russian: Иван Павлов, 1949) as high-school student (uncredited)
Resurrection (Воскресение, 1960–61) as Earl Shembok
War and Peace (Война и мир, 1960–61) as Napoleon
Major Whirlwind (Майор Вихрь, 1967) as Abwehr сolonel Berg
Sofiya Perovskaya (Софья Перовская, 1967) as Alexander II of Russia / inquisitor
Tchaikovsky (Чайковский, 1969) as Nikolai Rubinstein
The Adjutant of His Excellency (Адъютант его превосходительства, 1969) as general Kovalevsky
Liberation (Освобождение, 1970–71) as general Aleksei Antonov
The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers (Корона Российской Империи, или Снова Неуловимые, 1971) as Naryshkin, a professional burglar
Privalov's Millions (Приваловские миллионы, 1973) as Alexander Polovodov
The Straw Hat (Соломенная шляпка, 1974) as Antoine Petitpierre Nonancourt
The Captivating Star of Happiness (Звезда пленительного счастья, 1975) as Count Ivan Laval
Father Sergius (Отец Сергий, 1978) as Nicholas I
Khanuma (Ханума, 1978) as Prince Vano Pantiashvili
Treasure Island (Остров сокровищ, 1982) as Squire Trelawney
Time for Rest from Saturday to Monday (Время отдыха с субботы до понедельника, 1984) as Aleksey
Gardes-Marines, Ahead! (Гардемарины, вперёд!, 1988) as Jean Armand de Lestocq

Honors

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1954)
People's Artist of the RSFSR (1965)
People's Artist of the USSR (October 4, 1974)
Hero of Socialist Labour (1988)

References

^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman / Littlefield. pp. 713–714. ISBN 978-1442268425.
^ Интервью с актёром в журнале «Советский экран»
^ Владислав Стржельчик. Чтобы помнили