Background
BUCHMA, Amvrosiy was born on March 14, 1891 in L’vov.
BUCHMA, Amvrosiy was born on March 14, 1891 in L’vov.
Studied at Lysenko Musical-Dramatic Institute, Kiev.
1905 member of chorus, actor at Ukraine Drama Theater of Rus’ka Besida Association. 1914 drafted into Austrian army. Foreign anti-war agitation sent to penal batallion.
1915 surrendered to Russians. After October Revol acted for some time with the Sadovsky and Rubchak theaters. 1919 headed "New L.vov Theater” group.
1920 helped found Franko theater. 1921 helped run Franko Studio in Cherkassy. From 1922 actor at BereziV theater in Kiev.
1926-1930 at Odessa Film Studio of All-Ukraine Cinematography Board. 1930-1936 at Berezil' Theater (from 1933 the Shevchenko Theater), Khar’kov. 1936-1957 actor and producer, Franko Theater, Kiev.
1945-1948 art director, Kiev Film Studio. 1936-1940 lecturer, from 1940 professor Karpenko-Kariy State Institute of Stagecraft, Kiev. Roles: Khlestakov in Gogol's Revizor (The Government Inspector).
Gurman and Zadorozhnyy in Franko’s Ukradyonnoye schast’ye (Stolen Happiness). Pyotr, Mikhail and Ivan in Karpcnko-Kariy’s Sueta (Cares). Ivan Kalyaycv in Popovskiy’s Nakanune (On the Eve) (1925).
Gayday and Krcchet in Korneychuk’s GibeT eskadry (Death of the Squadron) and Platon Krechet (1933, 1934). Kotko in Kalayev’s Shyol soldat s fronta (A Soldier Came From the Front) (1938). Lenin in Korneychuk’s Pravda (The Truth) (1937).
Dubrava in Korneychuk's Makar Dubrava (1948) et cetera Productions: Halbe’s Molodost (Youth) (1926). Kheyerman’s Gibel’ 'Nadezhdy ’ (The End of the "Hope”) (1930).
Shevchenko's Nazar Stodolya (1931). Karpenko-Kariy's Khozyain (The Master) (1939). Kotlyarevskiy’s Natalka Poltavka (Natalya the Poltavian) (1942).
Korneychuk’s Missiya mistera Perkinsa v stranu bol’shevikov (Mister Perkins’ Mission to the Land of the Bolsheviks) (1943. Opera Natalka Poltavka (1954), et cetera
Communist Party member from 1942.