Izolda Izvitskaya
Encyclopedia
Izolda Vasilyevna Izvitskaya was a Soviet actress.
Isolda Izvitskaya was born in the small town of Dzerzhinsk, Russia
. Her father was a chemist, her mother a teacher. Right after high school
she was accepted to VGIK (the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography). She was given small parts in several movies while still a student. In 1955 she was chosen for the lead in The Forty-First
, a film after a short story by Boris Lavrenyov
. The film was very successful all over the country and in 1957 it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival
where it got a very good reception. A new café in Paris
was named after her.
At home Izvitskaya was made a member of the Association for Cultural Relations with Latin America
n countries which gave her an opportunity to travel outside of the USSR.
She starred in several more movies; however, none of them was on the level of The Forty-First. Izvitskaya was getting depressed. She made several more attempts to work in films but parts were getting smaller and more scarce. In 1971 her husband, actor Eduard Bredun, left her. She had a nervous breakdown and locked herself up in her apartment in Moscow
. She was found dead at home which was empty of any food. Her husband insisted that the obituary state "poisoning with an unknown substance" as the cause of death but according the BBC Russian service she died of cold and starvation.
Isolda Izvitskaya was born in the small town of Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, situated along the Oka River, about east of Moscow. Population: The city is named after Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, a Polish Bolshevik leader who was the first head of the Cheka ....
. Her father was a chemist, her mother a teacher. Right after high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
she was accepted to VGIK (the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography). She was given small parts in several movies while still a student. In 1955 she was chosen for the lead in The Forty-First
The Forty-First (1956 film)
The Forty-First, is a 1956 Soviet film based on the novel of the same name by Boris Lavrenyev. The film was directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starred Izolda Izvitskaya and Oleg Strizhenov...
, a film after a short story by Boris Lavrenyov
Boris Lavrenyov
Boris Andreyevich Lavrenyov , born July 5 , 1891 in Kherson, died January 7, 1959 in Moscow, was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright....
. The film was very successful all over the country and in 1957 it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
where it got a very good reception. A new café in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
was named after her.
At home Izvitskaya was made a member of the Association for Cultural Relations with Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n countries which gave her an opportunity to travel outside of the USSR.
She starred in several more movies; however, none of them was on the level of The Forty-First. Izvitskaya was getting depressed. She made several more attempts to work in films but parts were getting smaller and more scarce. In 1971 her husband, actor Eduard Bredun, left her. She had a nervous breakdown and locked herself up in her apartment in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. She was found dead at home which was empty of any food. Her husband insisted that the obituary state "poisoning with an unknown substance" as the cause of death but according the BBC Russian service she died of cold and starvation.