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It has been 66 years since the actress's death
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Ukrainian actress Inna Burduchenko-Kyrylyuk tragically died at the age of 21 due to an accident on a film set. The actress was buried alongside her husband at Baikove Cemetery.
"Telegraf" decided to find out what is known about the Ukrainian actress and what she died from. Today marks 66 years since the actress's death.
The future actress was born on 31 March 1939. After finishing school, Inna went to the capital and tried to enter the Kyiv State Institute of Theatrical Arts named after Karpenko-Kary, but without success. The young woman refused to live without theater and got a job as a props assistant on the stage of the regional theater in her hometown. Burduchenko took an active part in crowd scenes and later received the role of Gemma in the play "The Gadfly." This success was her first significant achievement, and in 1957 she was admitted to the capital's institute.
In 1959 the director Viktor Ivchenko's film "Ivanna" was released, in which Inna played the lead role. The film achieved tremendous success domestically and abroad, and a year later won an award at the All-Union festival.
Some time later, at one of the premieres the actress met Ihor Kyryliuk, and the couple soon married. 1960 the couple were expecting their first child, but that fateful year tragedy struck Inna.
Tragedy on the set of the film "A Flower on the Stone"
During filming, which took place in the Donbas, scenes of the film "A Flower on the Stone" (working title "No One Has Loved Like This Yet"), in which Burduchenko's character rescued a flag from a barrack, the actress entered the burning building several times on the director Anatoliy Slesarenko's instruction, despite warnings from the cinematographer and crew members about the danger to the actress. In one take, Inna's heel got caught between floorboards and a burning beam fell on her. Miner Serhiy Ivanov, who was an extra in the crowd scenes, rushed to help and carried the star out of the fire.
The 21-year-old actress was hospitalized at the Donetsk medical center with burns covering 78% of her body. Many donors gave their blood and skin for the actress, but she never recovered: she died two weeks later — on 15 August 1960. Burduchenko was three months pregnant. Three years later, also on 15 August, her husband Ivan tragically died in a car accident.
Director Slesarenko was convicted of criminal negligence and sentenced to five years in prison, but was released early under amnesty in 1963. The film was completed by Serhiy Paradzhanov and released in 1962.
Where Inna Burduchenko is buried: photos of the grave
Inna Burduchenko was buried at Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv, plot No. 8a. Her beloved husband is buried next to her.
Recall that near Odesa in 2020 a well-known Russian actor died. Earlier we wrote what Andriy Kraska's grave looks like.
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