The biography of the artist Bondarchuk

For the performance, he received excellent grades from the selection committee and was enrolled in the third year of the institute. Often he was invited to play in student performances and perform at reporting concerts. He was a powerful person, although he was all, or already - twenty -seven years. " Bondarchuk did not fit the role of one of the members of the organization of the same name by age.

However, Gerasimov allowed his student to choose any other role in the picture. After the “Young Guard”, Sergei Bondarchuk began to call in the cinema. For the second film in the year, he received the Stalin Prize of the first degree and the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In the next few years, Bondarchuk often began to give the main roles. The last tape brought the artist fame abroad.

Soon, Sergei Bondarchuk was invited to voice him for the All -Union Radio Program. Sholokhov himself heard the performance of the artist and sent Bondarchuk a telegram in which he wrote: “Now I can’t imagine another artist who could read this way: you read better than I wrote.” At this time, Bondarchuk just decided to try himself in directing. He was looking for a suitable scenario and ultimately decided to dwell on the "fate of man." To make this film has become more for me than a "creative plan." More than a dream.

This was the goal of my life ”Sergey Bondarchuk about the story of Mikhail Sholokhov“ The Fate of Man ”according to the magazine“ Soviet screen ”, the year Bondarchuk could not get permission to shoot for a long time. In the Union of filmmakers, he was considered a good actor, but did not think that he could make a worthy film himself. However, soon the director received permission and in July began filming.

They shot the picture quickly - in just seventy -four days. The film was released next year and became very popular. About 40 million people looked at him. At the Soviet and international film festivals, the Fate of Man was awarded, including prizes at competitions in Moscow, Melbourne and Sydney. In the year, for this tape, Sergei Bondarchuk received the Lenin Prize. Moreover, the "fate of man" stunned the whole world.

But for me, a past front and then falling out for two years in hospitals, the “fate of man” is the road because it was clearly shown: the Patriotic War was a folk war, which was won by both the front and the rear. Ivan Pyryev refused to shoot a picture. The script for the epic Bondarchuk wrote together with Vasily Solovyov. The director said: "It is necessary that everyone understands - we do not want to show ourselves with the help of Tolstoy, but with the help of cinema means we want to express the unique that Tolstoy discovered in the literature." The director for a long time selected the actors for the film, refused famous artists and arranged long tests.

Vasily Soloviev recalled: “Sergey was convinced that Pierre was a picture. He is her sound. All understanding by Tolstoy and life and God go through Pierre. In the film adaptation, both genuine objects of the beginning of the 19th century, and copies that were made specifically for the picture were used. The shooting of the epic lasted about six years. Especially for the film, a separate cinema cavalry regiment was created.

Over five hundred thousand idle cartridges were made for episodes. The whole of our, then a huge, indestructible country, “war and peace”, Nikolai Ivanov, based on the book “Sergey Bondarchuk, worked at the film and peace” with skill and inspiration. His war and the world ”Sergey Bondarchuk for a long time was looking for a composer for the film. Vasily Soloviev wrote: “The composer, as a rule, appears on the film, when a significant part is shot, watches the material, and, agreeing with what he saw, writes music.

We - on the contrary - Bondarchuk shot some episodes already under composed with Ovchinnik music. ” The shooting was given to Bondarchuk hard, from stress he even survived the clinical death. The film crew had to stop the work on the film and do installation and voice acting. In the process, Bondarchuk stopped his heart - he was hardly saved by the doctors. The first episode of the epic was released in the year and became the leader of the rental.

The next three parts of the War and Peace showed in the year. The film was very popular. Four episodes of the epic in conjunction watched over millions of spectators. The picture won recognition abroad. His theme was the battle of Waterloo in the year. Bondarchuk agreed and in the same year wrote a script for the picture. The brilliant artist himself, he never divided the actors into the main and secondary, was equally attentive to everyone: it doesn’t matter - you are the main hero, or play an episodic with one remark.

Evgeny Samoilov, “Nutryak” based on the book “Sergey Bondarchuk. His war and peace ”Despite Bondarchuk's efforts, the film failed at the box office. But the director did not leave creativity. Actress Zinaida Kiriyenko wrote: “In my opinion, he missed this Sholokhov romance through his heart, through his attitude and beautifully gathered actors, real guys, very reliable.” Music for the film at the invitation of Bondarchuk again composed composer Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov.

The following year, Bondarchuk returned to the film adaptation of Chekhov’s story “Steppe”, in which he played the main role - the singing Emelyan.For several years, he took a break in directing and focused on acting - he starred in the films “velvet season” and “binding”.

Bondarchuk decided to film the collections of reports of the American writer John Reed "Risen Mexico" and "Ten Days that shocked the world."