Popular in the 60-70s, the Soviet actor in his short life managed to play about 40 roles. Stanislav Khitrov became famous throughout the country due to his small role in the cult film of that time - “Girls”, after which he won popular love. His acting career and life itself were ruined by a destructive passion for alcohol.
early years
Stanislav Khitrov was born in the Soviet capital on July 22, 1936. The early childhood years fell on hard war times. After graduating from high school in 1954, he entered the acting faculty of VGIK. He studied at the studio of the Moscow Art Theater actor Vladimir Belokurov, who almost immediately singled him out, drawing attention to his natural acting talent and comprehensive talent. Not only teachers considered this, for example, actress Ariadna Shengelaya, who studied on the same course with him, said that Khitrov was considered the most talented student in their stream.
Already at the institute, the young guy was easily given diverse roles: he easily coped with both comedic and dramatic ones. And even tried himself in age-related images, which were also given to him with brilliance. At the final exams at the institute, the student got the role of Chebutykin in Chekhov's Three Sisters. After the diploma performance, members of the examination committee noted that Stanislav Khitrov is an actor with outstanding abilities. VGIK he graduated in 1959 with honors.
The beginning of an acting career
In the last courses he actively acted in films, the artist already had several small roles, including the image of a worker in the film "Tales of Lenin" (1957), Yurko in "Overtaking the Wind" (1958), as well as the boyfriend’s boyfriend in "Street of Youth" (1958).
After graduating from VGIK, the working biography of Stanislav Khitrov began in the troupe of the Theater-Studio of the film actor. Soon he received his first main role as Yasha Toporkov in the film of the same name, which became the first full-length film of Evgeni Karelov. The 1960 film tells of a young production leader who is tormented by his conscience because he performed the “left” outfit.
At the peak of fame
Popular fame and popularity for the actor Stanislav Khitrov brought the supporting role in the comedy "Girls", filmed in 1961 by director Yuri Chulyukin. His character, a young and cheerful lumberjack Filya Yegorov, moderately hooligan, but still at heart positive, could not but arouse the sympathy of millions of Soviet spectators.
In subsequent years, the actor starred in many films, and he was equally good at both positive and negative characters. Vivid images were remembered and aroused sympathy. The leading roles in the 1962 films became successful works: the film novel "After the Wedding" (Ilya Semakin), the melodrama "The Return of Veronica" (Igor Malyutin). The undoubted acting successes were the supporting roles played by Stanislav Khitrov during this period. The audience warmly received Kolya Sayenko, a cheerful lap-walker and truant from the picture "Time, Go!" (1965), and the tragic captain Kolya Sobolevsky from the military drama "I come from childhood" (1966). Many recall Khitrov as the obliging servant of Pechorin in the film adaptation of the novel “Hero of Our Time”.
Last roles
With the beginning of the seventies, the career of Stanislav Khitrov began to decline, he increasingly began to drink alcohol. Sometimes he even came into the shooting while intoxicated, which the directors really did not like. True, after the "magic" word "motor", the actor played, almost like in previous times. If at the peak of his career he starred in 2-3 films per year, now Khitrov has been “idle” for several years.
In 1973, he flashed in an episode of the famous Soviet TV series "Eternal Call", and the last work of Khitrov was the role of the sex in the television adaptation of "Dead Souls" (1984).
personal information
The personal life of Stanislav Khitrov, as well as the career of the artist, were ruined by an addiction to alcohol. With his wife Galina, they lived together for a very short time. The couple had a son, Sergei, whom the actor loved very much and was proud of him as a continuer of his kind. And even dreamed of grandchildren. But the love of alcohol ruined marriage. Khitrov did not drink hard, but often drank heavily, which soon bothered his young wife. And they got divorced.
In recent years, Khitrov lived with his sick mother for one small pension. He worried that he was dependent, but still continued to drink. As his neighbors recalled, the actor, after drinking, often read poetry, taking one of the books. He had a large library, which he gradually sold out, because books were expensive.
The popular actor lived in solitude and closed, but one day he was hospitalized with a broken leg. Since the medical institution was crowded, he was put in the corridor. Khitrov caught a cold in a draft, pneumonia began, from which he died on May 24, 1985. The actor was only 48 years old. He was buried in the Yesenin alley of the Vagankovsky cemetery, near relatives. Mom died later in a nursing home. The grave is regularly looked after. In the “To Remember” program, Leonid Filatov erroneously claimed the opposite - he said that Khitrov’s burial place was lost because the grave was destroyed.