Biography

Vladimir Gajdarov was born on July 25, 1893 in Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for The Victors and the Vanquished (1949), Helen of Troy (1924) and Michel Strogoff (1926). He was married to Olga Gzovskaya. He died on December 17, 1976 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].

As a palefaced bewitch he acted in movies like "Der Mann mit der eisernen Maske" (1922), "Der brennende Acker" (1922) by F.W. Murnau.

With the arise of the sound film was his flexibility on the international parquet seriously reduced because of the different languages. He only appeared in some German productions and later in the Russian productions.

The Russian actor Wladimir Gaidarow began his film career in Russia with "Yeyo zhertva" (1917) and "Otyets Sergei - Vater Sergius" (1917) at Ivan Mosjoukin's side. In the following years he moved in different countries as an actor, besides France he expecially found rewarding roles in Germany.

When the National Socialists seized the power in Germany he returned to his home country Russia.