Gregori Chmara
Gregori Mikhailovich Chmara was a Ukrainian-born stage and film actor whose career spanned six decades.Biography
Born in Poltava, Russian Empire, 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, filmed in 1970 and released in 1971. Chmara died in France in 1970.Selected filmography
