Georgi Yungvald Khilkevich

Georgi YungvaldKhilkevich was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, theatre director and set designer. Most famous for his musicals and Alexandre Dumas adaptations. He directedmotion pictures and TV films between 1966 and 2009. Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR and Ukraine .

Georgi YungvaldKhilkevich was born into a theatrical family of noble heritage. His mother Nina Ivanovna Buiko was a ballet dancer. His maternal grandfather Ivan Petrovich Buiko came from an old Russian family and served as a colonel in the Imperial Russian Army and a commandant in Warsaw. He joined Bolsheviks in 1917. Georgis father Emil Iosifovich YungvaldKhilkevich was an acclaimed theater director and one of the founders of the Uzbek National Theater of Opera and Ballet . His paternal grandfather came from Polish szlachta and owned railroads in Western Ukraine, while his wife Elena Cavalieri was an Italian she was said to be the sister of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri who was very popular in the Russian Empire and regularly visited Kiev with concerts.

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