Biography of Aleksandrov film director

Interesting facts biography Soviet director Grigory Vasilievich Aleksandrov managed not only to become famous in his homeland, but to declare himself in the world film industry. Some call him a revolutionary of Soviet cinema - he was the first to introduce compatriots to the genre of musical comedy. Childhood and youth Grigory Mormonenko The real name, according to the recording in the Metric Book, was born on January 10 23 in Yekaterinburg.

Aleksandrov in the memoirs of "era and cinema" claimed that his father was a mining. It is known for certain that Gregory began working at the Yekaterinburg Opera Theater at 12 years old. He worked part -time as a person with a shooter, assistant button and illuminator. In parallel with this, he graduated from the local music school in the violin class and directors of the workers and peasant theater with the province.

In M, the young man was accepted into the troupe of the Proletcult theater. In the new team, he met with Sergey Eisenstein, a director who later left a bright one in the history of world film art. Grigory Alexandrov, who set himself the goal of constantly improving in the profession, went to Hollywood together with Eisenstein and operator Eduard Tisse in the year.

The purpose of the business trip was to study the experience of foreign sound film production. Aleksandrov did not miss the opportunity to get acquainted with the legendary artists, among whom Charlie Chaplin also included. Director Grigory Alexandrov after the return of Grigory Vasilyevich from a foreign trip to M in his biography, significant changes occur.

The directorial tandem with Eisenstein is replaced by creative freedom. In M, Alexandrov presented the short film “International”, praising Joseph Stalin and his policy pursued by him. The musical comedy was part of the program of the 2nd International Venice Festival. It is worth saying that she was published thanks to Maxim Gorky. The brainchild of Alexandrov did not receive approval in the People's Commissariat of Education and was supposed to be in the archive.

And only the influence of the playwright, who insisted on watching the films of Stalin, was saved by the matter. The latter approved the comedy, despite the lack of party propaganda in it. Grigory Alexandrov helped to consolidate success with the Soviet viewer and authorities. Initially, Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov and Valentin Kataev were the scriptwriters: on their play “Under the Circus Dome” and the picture was founded.

But the director, dissatisfied with the text, processed it so much that the writers refused to indicate their names in the credits. In M, the filmmaker was presented by the musical film "Volga-Volga", which has been working over four years. Over time, Aleksandrov took off the military drama “One Family”, which was publicly shown once - in mid -October - and was not allowed to hire. According to censorship, the tape slightly covered the struggle of the Soviet people with the fascist invaders.

Then Grigory Alexandrov sat in the directorial chair of the military detective “Meeting on the Elbe”. In m, the film turned out to be the leader of the rental in the Soviet Union, collecting at least 24.2 million spectators from the screens. During his work, the director, like many participants in the crew, was awarded the first two for the third time for the first two were the Kirk and Volga-Volga tape.

Three years later, the filmmaker introduced the biographical tape “Glinka composer” dedicated to Mikhail Glinka to the audience. The main role was played by Boris Smirnov. At the International Festival in the Locarno Creation, the master received a prize of foreign critics for the best film. Later, Grigory Vasilievich, together with Sergey Gerasimov, Ilya Kopalin, Elizabeth Swilova and other colleagues, presented the “Great Farewell” documentary.

It covered mourning measures related to the death of Joseph Vissarionovich on March 5 of the year. Filming was carried out throughout the territory of the Soviet Union by the forces of operators. By the way, Lyubov Orlova, who played the main role, was also not enthusiastic about how she portrayed her heroine: “Whatever the frame is, then the void ... And I have quails and surveys of myself ...

as if I only do that I am trying to repeat the techniques found, but I can’t do anything.” The last project in the filmography of Grigory Alexandrov was the documentary “Love Orlova”, dedicated to the memory of the great actress. Elena Mikhailova helped the author in its creation, and the prime minister took place in March. She became famous thanks to work in the pop group "Blue Blouse".

At the next performance, the girl noticed the delighted look of the future chosen one and fell in love. In m, the spouses had a son, who was named Douglas in honor of the American actor Douglas Faerbenx. The marriage broke up after the filmmaker’s trip to America: while he was on a business trip, Ivanova started her lover. The new wife of Alexandrov was Lyubov Orlov.

For both, the marriage became the second in a row. The envious people gossiped that this union was fictitious, but joint photos of happy lovers confirm the opposite. Grigory Vasilievich lived with Orlova until her death in m. He took Galina Krylova, the widow of his son.Douglas died in September and managed to give his father the only grandson who was named in his honor Gregory.

Galina took care of the elderly director, followed the use of medicines and prepared the dishes that he loved. Aleksandrov, in response, made her the heiress of everything that he managed to earn. Death died the director on December 16. The cause of death was the disease of the kidneys affected by the infection.

Krylova, who had brightened up in recent years, Grigory Vasilyevich, at that moment was on a foreign business trip. Aleksandrov was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery, not far from the grave of Lyubov Orlova.