Boris Bystrov (1945-2024)
East German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 3005. Boris Bystrov in Volshebnaya lampa Aladdina/Aladdin's Magic Lamp (Boris Rytsarev, 1967).
On 18 August 2024, Russian actor and voice actor Boris Bystrov (1945–2024) died. He had his breakthrough as Aladdin in the famous Soviet fairy tale film Volshebnaya lampa Aladdina/Aladdin's Magic Lamp (1967). Later he was known as the Russian voice of Homer Simpson.
Boris Yevgenievich Bystrov (Russian: Борис Евгеньевич Быстров) was born in 1945 in Moscow. In 1966, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre. At 21, he became a star in the Soviet Union as Aladdin in the fantasy film Волшебная лампа Аладдина/Volshebnaya lampa Aladdina/Aladdin's Magic Lamp (Boris Rytsarev, 1967) based on the tale Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights. John Seal at IMDb: "The Soviet film industry was, perhaps unsurprisingly, a hotbed for fantastic stories of witchcraft, magic, and monsters. Aladdin's Magic Lamp is a typical example of the genre, and while it's no classic, it certainly has much in its favour. Take, for example, the marvellous opening sequence, as a black-robed magician conjures a spell under the stars and proceeds to enter Baghdad by midnight. The widescreen photography is gorgeous (though the colours on Ruscico's DVD tend to flutter), the genie in the bottle impressive, and the lead actors well cast." In 1968, Bystrov became an actor in the ensemble of the Yermolova Theatre. After his resounding success in the role of Aladdin, he also appeared in other Soviet films such as the sports comedy Удар! Ещё удар!/Goal! Another Goal! (Viktor Sadovsky, 1968) and the children's fantasy film Приключения жёлтого чемоданчика/Priklucheniya zheltogo chemodanchika/Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase (Ilya Frez, 1970). Since 1968 he has been an actor of the Moscow Drama Theatre.
In the 1970s, Boris Bystrrov started working dubbing foreign feature films and cartoons. In the animated series The Simpsons and Futurama, he voiced all the male roles for several years. He also appeared in the Soviet spy miniseries ТАСС уполномочен заявить..., /TASS upolnomochen zayavit.../TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (Vladimir Fokin, 1984) set in the Cold War era. He also played supporting parts in the films Продлись, продлись, очарованье…/Prodlis, prodlis, ocharovaniye.../Lets the Charms Last Long (Yaropolk Lapshin, 1984) and the French film La Piste du télégraphe/The Telegraph Road' (Liliane de Kermadec, 1994). The latter is a road movie, set in 1927, that follows a Russian-born woman on foot from New York towards her homeland Siberia. Boris Bystrov died in 2024 in Moscow, at the age of 79. He was married three times, to the actresses Inna Kmit, Tatyana Leibel and Irina Savina. He had two children, Yekaterina Kmit and Nikolay Bystrov. Both are actors too.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.
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Boris Bystrov (1945-2024)
East German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 3005. Boris Bystrov in Volshebnaya lampa Aladdina/Aladdin's Magic Lamp (Boris Rytsarev, 1967).
On 18 August 2024, Russian actor and voice actor Boris Bystrov (1945–2024) died. He had his breakthrough as Aladdin in the famous Soviet fairy tale film Volshebnaya lampa Aladdina/Aladdin's Magic Lamp (1967). Later he was known as the Russian voice of Homer Simpson.
Boris Yevgenievich Bystrov (Russian: Борис Евгеньевич Быстров) was born in 1945 in Moscow. In 1966, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre. At 21, he became a star in the Soviet Union as Aladdin in the fantasy film Волшебная лампа Аладдина/Volshebnaya lampa Aladdina/Aladdin's Magic Lamp (Boris Rytsarev, 1967) based on the tale Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights. John Seal at IMDb: "The Soviet film industry was, perhaps unsurprisingly, a hotbed for fantastic stories of witchcraft, magic, and monsters. Aladdin's Magic Lamp is a typical example of the genre, and while it's no classic, it certainly has much in its favour. Take, for example, the marvellous opening sequence, as a black-robed magician conjures a spell under the stars and proceeds to enter Baghdad by midnight. The widescreen photography is gorgeous (though the colours on Ruscico's DVD tend to flutter), the genie in the bottle impressive, and the lead actors well cast." In 1968, Bystrov became an actor in the ensemble of the Yermolova Theatre. After his resounding success in the role of Aladdin, he also appeared in other Soviet films such as the sports comedy Удар! Ещё удар!/Goal! Another Goal! (Viktor Sadovsky, 1968) and the children's fantasy film Приключения жёлтого чемоданчика/Priklucheniya zheltogo chemodanchika/Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase (Ilya Frez, 1970). Since 1968 he has been an actor of the Moscow Drama Theatre.
In the 1970s, Boris Bystrrov started working dubbing foreign feature films and cartoons. In the animated series The Simpsons and Futurama, he voiced all the male roles for several years. He also appeared in the Soviet spy miniseries ТАСС уполномочен заявить..., /TASS upolnomochen zayavit.../TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (Vladimir Fokin, 1984) set in the Cold War era. He also played supporting parts in the films Продлись, продлись, очарованье…/Prodlis, prodlis, ocharovaniye.../Lets the Charms Last Long (Yaropolk Lapshin, 1984) and the French film La Piste du télégraphe/The Telegraph Road' (Liliane de Kermadec, 1994). The latter is a road movie, set in 1927, that follows a Russian-born woman on foot from New York towards her homeland Siberia. Boris Bystrov died in 2024 in Moscow, at the age of 79. He was married three times, to the actresses Inna Kmit, Tatyana Leibel and Irina Savina. He had two children, Yekaterina Kmit and Nikolay Bystrov. Both are actors too.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.