
Alla Kazanskaya
Acting
Biography
Alla Alexandrovna Kazanskaya (Russian: Алла Александровна Казанская) (15 June 1920 – 25 June 2008) was a Russian stage and film actress. She began her career at the age of 18 at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. Her most notable film appearance was in the Academy Award-winning drama Burnt by the Sun (1994).
Born: June 15, 1920
Place of Birth: Kishinev, Romania
Known For

Burnt by the Sun
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin Dmitri from Moscow, who charms the women and little Nadia with his games and pianistic bravura. But Kotov isn't fooled: this is the time of Stalin's repression, with telephone calls in the middle of the night spelling doom - and he knows that Dmitri isn't paying a social call...

Youth of Commanders

Faust
A despairing scholar sells his soul to Satan in exchange for one night with a beautiful young woman.

The Saint
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.

If the Stars Are Falling
The Hedgehog and the Bear decide to wipe the dust off the stars so their brightness won't fade out.

Prairie Station
About the labor exploits of gold miners, the old partisan Fedor Potanin and his son, the leader Stepan.

Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel
The final part of Mikhalkov's trilogy about Divisional Commander Kotov finds him returning home during World War II having been betrayed, narrowly escaped execution for treason and nearly reduced to dust in a prison camp. Only to discover that everything has changed and he will have to fight again for his name, for his honor, and for his love.

Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man
TV version of the Vakhtangov's Theater play. The plot makes fun of secular society and shows what can turn cynical attempts to deceive people if they want to get to power and money.

Bountiful Summer
The war is over. The Red Army soldier Pyotr tries to find himself in a peaceful life. He takes the place of an accountant, and long-time friend Nazar, who has already grown to the post of the head of a collective farm, helps him in this. Together they achieve high performance indicators of their wards, skillfully solving controversial issues and emerging from confused situations.

The Iron Curtain
1947 ... The Savchenko family returns to Moscow from evacuation - husband and wife with Kostya's little son. They settle with Grandma Kostya in a huge communal apartment. Street meets the boy with a flock of local boys. Then there were: the division of the territory with the "Sretensky"; trophy movie “Girl of my dreams”; a school with separate education, camp discipline and essays about the border guard Karatsyup. And the monetary reform of 1947, when all of their savings depreciated in an instant, and the boys let out boats from banknotes in puddles.
Filmography
as Lidiya Stepanovna
as Anna Lopukhina
as Old Russian Lady
as Anna Markovna, Grandmother
as Aunt Tasya
as Hortense
as Лизавета Прокофьевна
as Narrator (voice)
as Turusina
as генеральша
as Antonina
as Nadezhda
as Galina Polevaya