Oskar Lind
Biography
Oskar Ottovich Lind (June 15, 1904, St. Petersburg – February 6, 1976) was a Soviet actor of Estonian origin. He was an Estonian by origin. His father, Otto Janovich Lind, worked as a foundry technologist at the Lentekstilmash plant. He became a victim of repression: on February 23, 1938, he was arrested by NKVD officers and convicted under Article 58-6-11 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR ("Counterrevolutionary activity"). On October 3 of the same year, Otto Janovich Lind was shot . In his youth, Oskar Lind showed an interest in acting and decided to devote his life to the theater. Oskar Lind was an actor at the Leningrad Musical Comedy Theater, where he earned recognition for his talent and professionalism. He performed in numerous musicals, operettas, and comedy productions, winning the hearts of audiences with his charismatic performances. In addition to his work in the theater, Oskar Lind also starred in 25 films. His acting talent was demonstrated in cinema, although he most often played supporting roles.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Shared Flat Dwellers' representative
A drama about a complications in a newlyweds life.
Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Courtier
The good-natured scholar Christian-Theodore arrives in a small country where miracles occur. He falls in love with the beautiful Princess, whose marriage is a matter of national importance, because her husband will become the new king. But unlike many “suitors”, selfish thoughts are alien to Christian-Theodore. He is sincerely fascinated by her beauty and releases his Shadow, hoping to get a faithful helper in his quest to marry the Princess. But the Shadow is the embodiment of egoism, greed and meanness. Quickly betraying the scholar, he marries the Princess himself and takes the royal throne.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • as accountant
As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II, mystic Grigori Rasputin holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St Petersburg begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange practices and mesmerizing qualities, as a liability and plot his assassination. When Rasputin, known to many as the 'Mad Monk', leads Nicholas to embrace an ill-conceived military strategy, a group of determined conspirators set down a plan to eliminate him.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as pipe seller
Intensely and for a long time Valery was looking for an occasion for achievement. Seventeen years of boring life have formed a scornful gait among the young man in protest towards an eventless world. But ordinary everyday difficulties came, followed by the responsibility for making decisions. And it turned out that everyday life is not just past days. This is real life.
Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.
Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A mysterious man under the name Mister X performs in the circus, playing violin on a chair suspended in the air by ropes. His breathtakingly sad melodies reflect his internal turmoil - he's in love with a noble lady and this relationship is frowned upon in their society.
Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In January 1945 during WWII, German corporal Kaspar and a Russian fugitive become partners in survival.
Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
This lavish Soviet/Czech co-production is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's famous novel, The Gambler, which tells the story of a Russian living in Germany, in a gambling resort. This film is set at the turn of the century, and was filmed in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czechoslovakia. Played by Nikolai Burlyayev, the gambler succumbs completely to his addiction, using up every resource he has (human, spiritual and financial) in his wagering, finally becoming a rootless drifter.
Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Posetitel stolovoy
Police captain Aleshin is investigating a case related to the theft of opium at a chemical factory warehouse. Everything suggests that the offender must be sought among the employees of the enterprise. One of the workers, Frolov, is familiar to Alyoshin in another matter. And although Aleshin is confident in Frolov’s honesty, he suspects something was wrong, seeing how he hides something from him and himself suffers from it. At the dacha, the factory director Vasiltsev killed his stepfather, who turned out to be an unnecessary witness. A trace brings Aleshin to a plant employee, a certain Olga ...
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A traveling musician falls in love with a princess who is betrothed to a dictator planning to defeat his enemies with the help of an exploding mutant mosquito.