Petro Mikhnevych

Petro Mikhnevych

Acting
1901-10-22
Berdichev, Kievskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Biography

Petro Mikhnevych was a Ukrainian theater and cinema actor. He finished the Mykola Lysenko Music and Drama Institute in Kyiv in 1925, and during 1926-1931 he worked in the Ivan Franko Theatre in Kyiv. Later, he worked a the Kharkiv Revolutionary Theatre and the Chernivtsi Theatre. In 1954 was his film debut in the the film "Zemlya" (Earth).

Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

#1Ivanna

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Bishop

8.0 / 10
Drama

The film tells the story of the tragic fate of a young girl - the daughter of a clergyman, the Soviet partisan. The action takes place in Lviv on the eve of and during World War II.

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#2Earth

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
Drama

XIX century. The village of Dymka in Bukovina. The wealthy peasant Ivonic and his wife Maria have two sons - Mykhailo and Sava. Mykhailo has fallen in love with Anna, and is afraid to confess to his parents because it is not known how they will react. Sava fell in love with Rahira, who has a bad reputation in the village. She incites Sava's hatred towards his older brother Mykhailo, because he should get a better land.

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#3Josephine the Singer and the Mice People

Movie - 1994, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.2 / 10
DramaMusic

The mice people live in an enormous theatre, expectantly awaiting the ambiguous show by Josefina.

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#4Three Hundred Years Ago...

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as bishop

6.0 / 10
DramaHistory

In the middle of the 17th century, Ukrainian peasants and Cossacks rose up to fight against the Polish gentry rule. About the events of the National Liberation War in Ukraine under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, who with a firm hand led the insurgent masses to an alliance with Russia.

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#5The Loose Woman

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
DramaHistory

Khrystia, a peasant woman from a provincial village, decided to leave for the city in search of a better life. But, having not found there either a better life or happiness, she perishes ...

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#6Strict Game

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Zadorozhny's Father

7.0 / 10
Comedy

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#7Oleksa Dovbush

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

4.7 / 10
DramaHistoryAdventure

The story of the "Hutsul Robin Hood" Oleksa Dovbush, an 18th century Carpathian Mountains outlaw who's a popular figure of Ukrainian legend.

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#8Such a Late, Such a Warm Autumn

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Old Mikhailo-Michael Rusnak

4.0 / 10
Drama

The Bukovynian peasant Rusnak leaves the poor Bukovynian lands and goes to Canada with his little daughter Orysia - maybe he will be lucky there? And now Rusnak using the services of "Inturist" goes to his land where he was once happy.

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#9The Servant Woman

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Music

Musical film based on the opera by Mykhaylo Verykivsky, itself based on a poem by Taras Shevchenko. A young girl, seduced by a soldier, leaves her illegitimate son with a wealthy childless family, and then applies to work as a servant to the family.

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#10When Nightingales Sing

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
DramaRomance

Mariana Kudel, the best milkmaid at the Trud collective farm, actively criticizes the conservative chairman, and as a result, she now works with the worst cows. She is clearly opposed by Katya Kvitko, the record holder for milk production, who is strongly supported by the chairman. Busy with the fuss, Katya pays little attention to her work and quarrels with Vasily, a zootechnician who is in love with her, and her friend Maryana. As a result of her carelessness, the record-breaking cow Volshebnitsa dies. Maryanka works from morning till late at night and soon takes first place. Katya, however, only comes in fifth. Selfless Maryanka loves Vasily, but nevertheless helps him and Katya find each other again...

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#11Honore de Balzac's Mistake

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as episode

8.0 / 10
Drama

It is a story of the relationship of A French writer and a beautiful duchess Ganskaya. The events take place in a picturesque estate of the aristocrat on the Ukrainian land, which is under the power of Polish landowners. Ganskaya is considered to be the most important woman in Balzac’s life.

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#12Bloody Dawn

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Semen Mazhuha

8.8 / 10
Drama

1905. The peasant Marko Hrusha returns to his native village and leads a struggle against the landlords for land. He is arrested but later released. After his release, his struggle becomes even stronger...

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#13The Kyiv Resident

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as Ганжа

7.7 / 10
DramaWarHistory

The story of the growing up of the orphan Gali between the Revolution and the Great Patriotic War. Large-scale historical drama with Nina Ivanova.

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