Ivan Koval-Samborsky

Ivan Koval-Samborsky
Born
Іван Іванович Коваль-Самборський
Ivan Ivanovich Koval-Samborsky

(1893-09-16)16 September 1893
Kharkiv, Russian Empire
Died10 January 1962(1962-01-10) (aged 68)
Soviet Union
OccupationActor
Years active1925-1961 (film)

Ivan Koval-Samborsky (Ukrainian: Іван Коваль-Самборський; 16 September 1893 – 10 January 1962) was a Ukrainian stage and film actor.[1] After establishing himself in the Soviet film industry in the 1920s, he briefly went to work in Germany during the late 1920s before returning to Russia following the arrival of sound. In 1938 he was arrested by the Soviet authorities, leading to his most recent film, the anti-Nazi The Swamp Soldiers, having to be reshot to minimize his role.[2] He did not appear in another film until 1957.

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 369–374. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Gershenson p.20