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Georgy Frantsevich Millyar, sometimes spelled Milliar (Russian: Георгий Францевич Милляр; 7 November 1903 in Moscow – 4 June 1993 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian actor, best known for playing evil spirits in Soviet fairy tale films, including the witch Baba Yaga in films such as Vasilisa the Beautiful ...
Georgiy Millyar is a Soviet theater and film actor. Georgiy was born in Moscow in the family of French bridge engineer Franz de Millieu, a native of Marseille, who came to Russia to work. The father died in 1906 in Yalta, when his son was not even three years old.
- January 1, 1
- Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- January 1, 1
- Moscow, Russia
Millyar was a character actor, a master of the grotesque and buffoonery. His unique voice, rattling like an old man, breaking into a belly sniffle, was perfectly suited for fairy-tale villainous roles (Baba Yaga or Koschey the Immortal).
- November 7, 1903
- June 4, 1993
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- Who Is Koschei?
- Why Is He called Koschei The Immortal?
- Where Does Koschei Live?
- The Equivalent of Hades
- Is He Really Immortal?
- Koschei in Modern Culture
The villain known as Koschei (or Kaschei) the Immortal can be found in many Russian fairy tales, both folklore and literary versions. The most famous stories where he appears are “The Frog Princess,” “Marya Morevna,” “Koschei the Immortal,” and the poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila” by Alexander Pushkin. Sometimes Koschei's physical characteristics vary sl...
Koschei looks like a walking mummy - he is a very shabby old man. He is so thin that the ancient Slavs thought of him as a living corpse who literally makes clattering sounds with his bones. Most likely the word koschei comes from the Russian word kost’(bone). In various fairy tales, Koschei does not eat or drink for a long period of time (sometime...
More often than not, Koschei’s abode is a sinister dark and cold castle or palace that’s located in the middle of nowhere, as often is stated in fairy tales. It’s very difficult to get there, not everyone can find the place, and one will encounter all sorts of obstacles and magical traps along the way. Many travelers exhaust their horses and more t...
In Slavic mythology, there’s a certain dark deity called Karachun, an evil spirit of the lower world, the lord of cold, gloom and the world of the dead. Researcher of Slavic mythology Lilia Alekseeva believes that Koschei is one of the folklore versions of Karachun, an ancient demon. “He is considered to be a wintertime Slavic deity who personifies...
Although Koschei is called “immortal”, it’s still possible to kill him, although it’s very difficult. In order to defeat the villain and be rid of him forever, you must break the enchanted needle, which is stored in an egg, and the egg in a duck, the duck in a hare, the hare in a cherished chest under an oak tree on an island in the middle of the s...
The evil old man became a popular character in cartoons and adaptations of Russian fairy tales. The most recognizable Koschei in Soviet cinema was the actor Georgy Millyar, who played the main role in the movie Koschei the Immortal(1945). To play the bony old man, Millyar did not need any special diet or preparation. The movie was shot during World...
Georgy Frantsevich Millyar. He was a Soviet/Russian actor, best known for playing evil spirits in Soviet fairy tale films, including the witch Baba Yaga in several films.
Georgy Millyar was a prominent Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People’s Artist of the RSFSR. The boy was born on November 7, 1903 in Moscow into a family of French engineer, who came to work in Russia, and daughter of an Irkutsk gold miner Elizaveta Zhuravleva.
