Aleksandr Afanasevich Melnikov

Alexander Afanasyevich Melnikov was born on May 25, 1906. In 1925-1927 he studied at the FEX Film Workshop, in 1927-1929 at the Leningrad College of Performing Arts, at the course of F.M. Ermler. The actor has been acting in films since 1927, and although he did not play many roles, his skill was highly appreciated by many famous directors, including Vsevolod Pudovkin and Leonid Trauberg. Among the roles of Alexander Melnikov in the 1920-1930s are the secretary of the Komsomol cell ("The Wind in more

Alexander Afanasyevich Melnikov was born on May 25, 1906. In 1925-1927 he studied at the FEX Film Workshop, in 1927-1929 at the Leningrad College of Performing Arts, at the course of F.M. Ermler. The actor has been acting in films since 1927, and although he did not play many roles, his skill was highly appreciated by many famous directors, including Vsevolod Pudovkin and Leonid Trauberg. Among the roles of Alexander Melnikov in the 1920-1930s are the secretary of the Komsomol cell ("The Wind in the Face", 1929), the shepherd ("Noon", 1930), the priest ("Miracle", 1933), Sashko ("Private Case", 1933), the taxi driver ("Hot Days", 1934), the sailor Kupriyanov ("Deputy of the Baltic"), Rodion Zhukov ("Lonely Parsu White", 1937). His best role was the Red Army soldier Vaska in the film “My Homeland”. When the Great Patriotic War began, Alexander Melnikov volunteered for the front. After the end of the war, he was an actor of the Smolensk Regional Theater until 1947, then worked as an assistant director at the Lennauchfilm film studio, and in 1949-1953 served in the railway troops. Since 1953, Alexander Melnikov worked as an assistant director and second director at the film studio "Lenfilm", worked on the films "Kortik", "At the Turning Point", "Girl with whom I was friends", "Native Blood", "Army of Tragtails", "Cain XVIII". However, in the 1960s he played several cameo roles, including in the films Musicians of One Regiment (1965), Three Fat Men (1966), and The Republic of Shkid (1966). In 1966, Alexander Melnikov retired; after leaving the cinema, he worked as a guide in the Peter and Paul Fortress.