Evgeny Evstigneev: Filmography, Best Actors
Evstigneev, whose filmography includesmore than a hundred paintings, was considered one of the leading Soviet actors. On the films with the participation of Yevgeny Alexandrovich, many generations grew up, because he started his creative activity back in 1957. How did the fate of the famous artist come about and what pictures of his filmography became classics of Russian cinema?
early years
Yevgeny Yevstigneyev had difficult youthful years. He was born in 1926 in the family of a metallurgist and a miller.
My father died when the boy was only three. When the Great Patriotic War broke out, Evstigneev just graduated from the school-seven. He only entered the technical school, as his stepfather passed away. From now on, it was necessary to somehow provide for himself and his mother, so the young man quit his studies and got a job as a fitter at the plant.
In parallel, Eugene was carried away by music. A couple of years later, the future actor turned into a multi-instrumentalist: he played drums, piano, forks. At one of the performances of the jazz orchestra Evstigneeva noticed the director of the Gorky Theater School and advised him to become a dramatic actor. At the age of 25, the actor graduated from the school, and at 28 he again went to study, but already to the Moscow Art Theater school to receive a distribution to the Moscow theater. As a result, Evstigneev entered the permanent troupe of the Sovremennik Theater.
Evgeny Evstigneev: films, filmography. "Watch out for the car"
For the first time on Soviet screens EugeneAlexandrovich appeared when he turned 31: he was entrusted with the role of Peterson in the drama of Vladimir Petrov "Duel." It was 10 years before the actor won the right to play in the best films with the best actors. A sharp rise is associated primarily with the participation of Evstigneev in the picture of Eldar Ryazanov "Beware of the car."
This film is distinguished by a unique actingcomposition. The leading roles in the tape were performed by the leading Soviet artists - Innokenty Smoktunovsky ("The Queen of Spades") and Oleg Efremov ("Three poplars on Plyushchikha"). Also in the picture were involved Olga Aroseva ("Old Robbers"), Andrei Mironov ("12 chairs"), Anatoly Papanov ("Diamond Arm"). Eugene Evstigneev got the role of the director of the national theater, in which the main character played by Smoktunovsky.
The plot of the picture is dedicated to the Soviet "Robin Hood", who punishes bribe takers and speculators by stealing their cars.
Evstigneev: filmography. "Golden calf"
Spurious works of Ilf and Petrova for a long timehave already become classics, and Ostap Bender is a popular favorite. In 1968, a wonderful screen version of one of the comic books appeared on the screens, the main character of which is the great combinator: we are talking about the "Golden Calf".
The role of Ostap Bender in the film of Mikhail Schweitzerplayed Sergei Jurassic ("The venue can not be changed"). Also in the picture appeared Leonid Kuravlev ("Afonya"), Zinovy Gerdt ("Straw Hat") and Yevgeny Evstigneev, who was entrusted with the role of underground millionaire Alexander Koreiko.
The meaning of the picture is that this time an adventurerBender decided to take millions from an underground Soviet millionaire. This combination promised to be a win-win, because Koreiko, unfairly making his money, would not even turn to the police. However, having received the desired one million, Bender does not feel satisfaction. In addition, when the Soviet border passes, he loses all his wealth and remains at the broken trough.
"Zigzag of luck"
Evstigneev, whose filmography is full of various comedies, in 1968 he began work on another project by Eldar Ryazanov.
This time the director was shooting the film "Zigzag of Fortune"speech in which was about the everyday life of employees of the provincial photo studio. The monotony of the days was disturbed by an atypical situation: photo artist Vladimir Oreshnikov suddenly won 10,000 rubles. All would be fine, but only a bond for a loan he bought for public money. Between the staff of the "Sovremennik" shop a small "war" breaks out, because it is not so easy to divide the funds won by Oreshnikov.
The main role in the picture was performed by Evgeny Leonov("Gentlemen of Fortune"). In addition to him, Irina Skobtseva ("I walk around Moscow"), Valentina Talyzina ("The Old Robbers"), Gottlieb Roninson ("Twelve Chairs") were involved in the tape. Yevgeny Evstigneev played in the film of Ivan Kalachev, director of the motor depot.
"Seventeen Moments of Spring"
Evgeny Evstigneev, whose filmography1970 had more than forty paintings, knew how to choose worthy projects for participation. He was lucky to enter the cast of one of the best films of the Soviet Union, entitled "Seventeen Moments of Spring".
The picture was taken by Tatyana Lioznova in 1973. The peculiarity of the tape was that it combined elements of a detective, a thriller and melodrama. Speech in the film was about the Soviet intelligence officer Stirlitz, who managed to penetrate the highest political circles in Germany and obtained secret information for the Soviet authorities. The main role in this project went to Vyacheslav Tikhonov ("Young Guard"). In the frame were collected such stars as Oleg Tabakov (War and Peace), Vasily Lanovoy ("Officers"), Leonid Bronevoi ("Investigators lead the Connoisseurs"), Valentin Gaft ("Garage") and many others. Eugene Evstigneev Lioznova instructed the role of Professor Werner Pleisher.
"The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia"
Evstigneev Evgeny Alexandrovich was on the list of favorite actors of Eldar Ryazanov. Already by the 70th actor starred in three pictures of the great master of comedy.
In 1973, he again appeared on the set of his project: this time Ryazanov, together with the Italian director Franco Prosperi, shot the picture "The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia".
This tape can be called a masterpiece of entertainmentcinema, at least, by the standards of the 70's. Sparky humor, a bit of buffoonery, beautiful and talented actors, full-scale shooting against the backdrop of beautiful landscapes and many, many tricks. That only there are races on cars and a scene of landing of the plane on the Moscow line. True, the trick with the plane was filmed at the airport, putting up around the scenery, but nevertheless the spectacle turned out spectacular.
Evgeny Evstigneev played in the film of one of theseekers of the pre-revolutionary treasure hidden in St. Petersburg. The character of Evstigneev was of a bad temper, and he did not get up from a wheelchair because of his limp. But this did not prevent the hero of Eugene Alexandrovich from chasing all Russia for treasure.
"About the Little Red Riding Hood"
In 1977, I tried myself in the new genre of Evstigneev: the filmography of the actor was replenished with the most real children's fairy tale.
The creator of the film "The Adventures of Pinocchio" director Leonid Nechaev with the support of the studio "Belarusfilm" released in the late 70's a musical dedicated to the adventures of the Little Red Riding Hood.
The events shown in the film are, as it were,the continuation of the story that happened to the girl in the original tale. The wolves decided to take revenge on Little Red Riding Hood for their relative, who was killed by a woodcutter. They tell the girl the false news that her grandmother was ill again. When Little Red Riding Hood goes to his grandmother, the wolves repeatedly try to put the child in a sack, but each time the girl gets out of the dangerous situation.
Yevgeny Evstigneev received theStargazer. And I even played a song of Astrologer myself. Along with him in the film, starred Rina Zelenaya, Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Basov, Galina Volchek and many other famous actors.
"For family reasons"
Evgeny Evstigneev, whose filmography consists mainly of films that became classics of cinema, in 1977 agreed to appear in another good comedy.
This is a picture of "For familycircumstances ", in which the main roles were played by such stars as Galina Polsky (" Vanity of vanities "), Evgeny Steblov (" I walk around Moscow "), Vladimir Basov (" The Princess of the Circus "), Rolan Bykov (" The Wedding of Balzaminov "), Anatoly Papanov ("Give a plaintive book") and many others.
Evgeni Evstigneev got the role of infantilean artist who, despite his considerable age, continues to live with his mother. Soon he meets the heroine of Galina Polsky, and they decide to get married. But will not the artist's mom upset all the plans of an elderly couple?
"Meeting place can not be Changed"
Indeed, the cult Soviet film is considered a picture of Stanislav Govorukhin "The meeting place can not be changed." Evstigneev Evgeny Alexandrovich was also involved in it.
The filmography of the actor often included projects where he played crooks and rogues. This time the director saw in Evstigneev an ideal performer of the role of the swindler Ruchechnik.
The plot of the picture "The meeting place can not be changed"It is devoted to the history of the capture of the dangerous gang "Black Cat". Captain MUR Zheglov and Senior Lieutenant Sharapov throughout the film are trying to expose the elusive bandits. The hero Evstigneev was not part of the "Black Cat", but was involved in another case, which was investigated in parallel by the brave Mourovians.
"We are from jazz"
Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov simply could not help but invite Evstigneev to appear in his film "We are from Jazz." And in fact: the actor about five years of his life gave work to a jazz orchestra!
The picture was successful. According to the newsreel "The Soviet Screen", the project "We are from Jazz" was declared the best film of 1983. In addition to Evstigneev, Igor Sklyar ("Children of Monday"), Alexander Pankratov-Cherny ("Sibiriada"), Pyotr Shcherbakov ("Zastava Ilicha"),
Other projects
The actor Evstigneev, whose filmography by the end80's was approaching the turn of a hundred films, was shot in many worthy pictures. For example, he embodied Bestuzhev's image in all the paintings of Svetlana Druzhinina devoted to the adventures of midshipmen.
Filmography Evstigneev Evgeny Alexandrovichincludes also a remarkable picture "The Heart of a Dog," based on the Bulgakov story. When the actor died (it happened in 1992), in his arsenal there were about 116 works of art.
