Gregori Chmara
| Grigori Chmara | |
|---|---|
 Gregori Chmara in 1918 | |
| Born |
Gregori Mikhailovich Chmara 29 July 1878 Poltava, Russian Empire |
| Died |
3 February 1970 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1910–1970 |
Gregori Mikhailovich Chmara (Ukrainian: Хмара Григорій Михайлович, Russian: Хмара Григорий Михайлович; 29 July 1878 - 3 February 1970) was a Ukrainian-born stage and film actor whose career spanned six decades.
Born in Poltava, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), Chmara began his career in 1910 at the Moscow Art Theater. He made several films in Russia and following the Russian Revolution he went to Germany where he performed as a singer. After meeting the Danish actress Asta Nielsen, the two fell in love and lived together, but never married. [1]
In the 1930, he began appearing in Polish and French films, as well as German films. His last film role was in the Stellio Lorenzi-directed French television film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky novel Crime and Punishment (Crime et châtiment), filmed in 1970 and released in 1971. Chmara died in France in 1970.
Selected filmography
- Raskolnikow (1923)
- I.N.R.I. (1923)
- The House by the Sea (1924)
- Hedda Gabler (1925)
- Joyless Street (1925)
- Athletes (1925)
- Living Buddhas (1925)
- The Case of Prosecutor M (1928)
- Dornenweg einer Fürstin (1928)
- The Man Who Murdered (1931)
- The Black Hussar (1932)
- Man Without a Name (1932)
- Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932)
- A Friend Will Come Tonight (1946)
- Mission in Tangier (1949)
- Paris Does Not Exist (1969)
References
Bibliography
- Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.