Ivan Desny
Ivan Desny (actually Ivan Nikolai Desnitzky; born December 28, 1922 in Beijing, then Republic of China, † April 13, 2002 in Ascona, Switzerland ) was a French- German actor Russo- Swedish origin.
Life
As a child of a Russian diplomat Desny was born in 1922 in Beijing. He spent his youth in Tehran, Washington, DC, Paris and Brisbane. During the Second World War Desny came in a German labor camp.
1956 and 1957 he played in the movies by Falk Harnack, Anastasia, the Czar's Last Daughter and like a whirlwind, the male lead. His partner in both films was Lilli Palmer. Later he turned and Others 1974 The conscience (Touch Me Not ) with Lee Remick, Michael Hinz, Ingrid Garbo and 1993 crime scene - Dangerous Friendship. In the early scene of the crime thrillers with Sieghardt Rupp Cologne customs investigators Kressin he played the mysterious Mr. Sievers, who put behind nearly all the crimes of Kressin sequences, but was never caught. In 1980 he received the Film Award for many years of excellent work in the German film.
In 2002 Desny was criticized because, although healthy, occurred for a newspaper article as supposedly cured cancer patient. It has not been approved in Germany and strong in effect as an anti- cancer compound controversial drug Galavit of Desny was touted as a miracle cure for cancer.
Desny died on 13 April 2002 of pneumonia. His ashes were buried in the municipal cemetery of Ascona, Ticino Canton.