Shukshin film biography

The documentary for the Letniy of Vasily Shukshin July 27 to report on the technical problem of Vasily Shukshin - a brilliant director, a subtle -sensing writer and actor of unique charm, in which the audience saw a person close in spirit. Shukshin managed to accurately and vividly reveal the characters of ordinary people from the people in his works that his stories and films became a classic of literature and cinema.

His success can hardly be called a happy occasion. According to a close friend of George Burkov, Shukshin purposefully went to fame: he exactly imagined who he wanted to be and what he wanted to do. Each of his steps in his career was thought out and calculated. In every hero he created, character, the features of Shukshin himself are visible: a fan of drinking, pink, loving, rustic ...

But only at first glance. There were many legends about Vasily Shukshin. We will figure out how they were born, which of them was supported by the director himself and why. In our film, we will show the real Shukshin through the eyes of friends and native director - his daughter Olga, as well as the grandson of Vasily. The myths of Shukshin already begin with his father.

The director himself contributed in many ways: for example, in some memoirs he wrote that his father died in the war, in others - that he died of illness. Most likely, Shukshin simply did not want to remember the painful truth: his father was repressed. Makar Leontyevich, by nationality, Mordvin was arrested, then exiled to the Siberian camp and shot during collectivization. After the arrest of his father, before receiving a passport, Shukshin was even called the mother’s surname - Vasily Popov.

We met with the biographer of Vasily Makarovich, a teacher of Altai State University Dmitry Maryin.

He debunked some myths and explained what was actually happening in the life of Shukshin. Almost from the train, in Kirsz boots he went to the institute and struck the commission with his pressure and energy. In fact, he planned to act for a long time. It turns out that Shukshin himself came up with the legend to explain to his bride why he remains to live in Moscow. He called her to Moscow, but Maria did not want to go to an unfamiliar city where there were no amenities.

This quarreled spouses, Shukshin left alone. We will show the native village of Vasily Makarovich and his villagers, we will go to the Shukshin Museum. By the way, about the Kirsz boots. They became a kind of business card of the actor. Spectators are really used to seeing Shukshin on the screen. The stereotype went from here: Shukshin is such a “folk” that he also walks in “Kirzachi” in life.

But everyone who knew Shukshin says: nothing like that. He was dressed in a city and quite fashionable: jeans, leather jackets. No worse than Vysotsky. Bella Akhmadulina, with whom he met at the beginning of x, was selected for him. However, of course, Shukshin was never a victim of fashion. Moreover, while studying at VGIK, he even fought with dudes, as the leader of the party cell.

Many consider the film “Two Fedors” by Shukshin’s first acting work, but this is not so: for the first time he appeared on the screen in the famous film “Quiet Don”, played in a tiny episode of a sailor peeping from under the wattle fence. With this film, Shukshin’s career as an actor began. For the second time, he starred in a short film of the “killer”, where he played with Andrei Tarkovsky.

And after that he got the main role in the film “Two Fedors”. Shukshin directors loved for his type of village man. He, like no one knew the life of a village man and perfectly embodied him on the screen. From here a new stereotype appeared that Shukshin is the same as his heroes: not very educated, not very competent. In fact, Shukshin was well -read, at the institute he studied “excellent”.

He received the only four for the essay. In the career of writer Shukshin, his second wife Victoria Sofronova, daughter of Anatoly Sofronov, the Soviet poet and writer, editor of the Light, helped in many respects. She worked as the editor of the magazine "Moscow", and they agreed with Shukshin on literary grounds. Victoria praised Vasily's stories, but at the same time helped to edit them, explained how best to file, what to fix.

She became for Shukshin not only and not so much as a wife as a teacher. Their marriage broke up when Shukshin fell in love with Lydia Fedoseeva. Lidia Fedoseeva became Shukshina as an ideal wife - goodbye and patient. In this marriage, two daughters were born, whom Shukshin loved very much. The interview was given to us by Olga Shukshina - the youngest daughter of Vasily and Lydia.

Together with her, we went to the cemetery to Vasily Makarovich. Many speculations exist around the death of Vasily Shukshin. He died during the filming in the film "They fought for their homeland." The official cause of Shukshin’s death is heart failure. But they informally talked about the murder. Indeed, in the circumstances of the director’s death there are incomprehensible moments: the mismatch of the poses in which Burkov found him and in which the examination was carried out, the mess in the cabin spoke of some kind of gas that smells of cinnamon and from which one can die from cardiac arrest.Experts have long proved: such gas is simply not in nature.

Shukshin's death was natural. For many years he suffered from ulcerative illness, drank, smoked a lot. And although he stopped drinking alcohol long before his death, he slept little, worked at night on scenarios and stories, drank liters of coffee and gave himself experiences. For the family, for the fate of the films, the heart simply could not stand it. Together with Anatoly Kovtun, who was often photographed by Vasily Makarovich, we will visit the ship where Vasily Shukshin spent his last days of his life.

No matter how many legends and delusions there are around the name of Vasily Shukshin, though one. He is a brilliant storyteller and director with a unique vision. His stories and novels are still filming, they make theatrical productions on them. The heroes of Shukshin’s stories and films did not lose their relevance even half a century after the appearance. They still make them empathize with their problems, cry and laugh.

In one of his early letters, Vasily Shukshin wrote like this: “In addition to art, nothing can do good.” With his art - stories, stories, films - he tried to make people kinder. Therefore, the work of Vasily Shukshin will be significant for a long time and for a long time will fulfill this important mission - to make us all kinder. The film takes part in:.