Gregori Mikhailovich Chmara (Ukrainian: Григорій Михайлович Хмара, Russian: Григорий Михайлович Хмара; 29 July 1878 – 3 February 1970) was a Ukrainian-born stage and film actor whose career spanned six decades.
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Biography
Born in Poltava, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), Chmara began his career in 1910 at the Moscow Art Theater. He made several films in Russia and following the Russian Revolution he went to Germany where he performed as a singer. After meeting the Danish actress Asta Nielsen, the two fell in love and lived together, but never married.
In 1930, he began appearing in Polish and French films, as well as German films. His last film role was in the Stellio Lorenzi-directed French television film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky novel Crime and Punishment (Crime et châtiment), filmed in 1970 and released in 1971. Chmara died in France in 1970.
Selected filmography
Raskolnikow (1923) as Rodion Raskolnikow
I.N.R.I. (1923) as Jesus Christ
The House by the Sea (1924) as Enrico
Hedda Gabler (1925) as Eilert Lövborg
Joyless Street (1925) as Pjotr Orlow
Athletes (1925) as Dr. Kürer
Living Buddhas (1925) as Jebsun
The Case of Prosecutor M (1928) as Poljarin
Orient (1928)
Rasputin (1928) as Grigori Rasputin
A Strong Man (1929)
The Schlemihl (1931) as Fürst Janitscheff
The Man Who Murdered (1931) as Prince Cernuwicz
The Black Hussar (1932) as Prince Potovski
Man Without a Name (1932)
The Tsar's Diamond (1932) as Falscher Großfürst
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932) as the pasha
A Friend Will Come Tonight (1946) as the monocle-wearing German officer
Mission in Tangier (1949) as the Russian singer
Mannequins of Paris (1956) as Boris
Elena and Her Men (1956) as Elena's servant
A Bomb for a Dictator (1957) as the inquisitive passenger
Mon pote le gitan (1959) as Grandpa
Arsène Lupin Versus Arsène Lupin (1962) as Basile
Paris Does Not Exist (1969) as the old man