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. 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 the 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 The Man Who Murdered (1931) as Prince Cernuwicz The Black Hussar (1932) as Prince Potovski Man Without a Name (1932) 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 Paris Does Not Exist (1969) as the old man References Bibliography Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999. External links 1893 births 1970 deaths Russian male film actors Russian male silent film actors Russian male stage actors Ukrainian male stage actors Ukrainian male film actors Ukrainian male silent film actors People who emigrated to escape Bolshevism Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France Actors from Poltava