Viktor Stanitsyn

Viktor Yakovlevich Stanitsyn (Ви́ктор Я́ковлевич Стани́цын; 1897–1976) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He appeared in a number of Soviet era films including portraying Winston Churchill in The Lights of Baku (1950) as well as several other films.

Biography
Viktor was born on May 2 in 1897 in Yekaterinoslav (now — Dnipro, Ukraine).

He rarely acted in movies. He played in the films: "The Guilty Without Guilt" (1945), "Dead Souls" (1960, the governor), "War and Peace" (1967, Ilya Andreevich Rostov), in the Ukrainian film "The Third Strike" (1948, F. I. Tolbukhin, army general), etc.

The actor and director V. Stanytsyn's great contribution to cinema and theater was recognized by state awards.

He died on December 23, 1976, in Moscow. He was buried at the Vvedenskoye (German) Cemetery.

Selected filmography

 * The Battle of Stalingrad (1949) as Winston Churchill / General Fedor Tolbukhin
 * The Fall of Berlin (1950) as Winston Churchill
 * The Lights of Baku (1950) as Winston Churchill
 * The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951) as Winston Churchill
 * Anna Karenina (1953) as Prince Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky
 * Dead Souls (1960) as Governor

Stanitsyn's last cinematic role was of Ilya Rostov, in the four-part film series War and Peace (1966–67), directed by Sergei Bondarchuk.