“Goodbye, my friend, goodbye. My dear, you are in my chest. The intended parting promises a meeting ahead, ”the famous Russian poet Sergei Yesenin said goodbye to his readers. But I want to quote these lines, recalling the famous Russian actor Gennady Vengerov. This man knew how to decorate the scene and to leave it beautifully.
About life and work
The biography of actor Gennady Vengerov begins in Belarus on August 27, 1959.
Although he received a diploma of an architectural college, this did not prevent the future artist from doing his favorite thing. After studying, he plays roles in the People’s Theater of the House of Culture. In 1980 he worked in the Belarusian Drama Theater.
After this, Gennady Vengerov leaves for the army. After serving the due time, he goes to Moscow to the studio-school at the Moscow Art Theater to get an actor's education.
In the fourth year, the artist created his own Sovremennik-2 theater together with Mikhail Efremov. Co-author will be the best friend of Gennady for the rest of his life.
After this period, the career begins to develop particularly successfully: he worked at the Mayakovsky Theater, moved to Germany, was an announcer on the Deutsche Welle, and worked at the DĂĽsseldorf Theater.
Since 2004, he has starred in Russian cinema, voiced various films, as well as commercials. Vengerov already at that time became a famous artist who was invited to shoot not only in Russia or Germany, but also in other countries.
Films with Gennady Vengerov were very popular, for example, “The Fighter” or “Volkov Hour”. In his arsenal of more than 120 films from different countries, including roles in Hollywood.
The actor died in 2015 in a German cancer hospital.
Act Man
"Man of action" - that is what the actor called friends. It was typical for him to make spontaneous decisions, do unreasonable things and charge others with positive.
Gennady Vengerov always knew where he was going. He was a very courageous man who never complained. According to Svetlana Rumyantseva, until the end of his life he did not grumble at fate and fought the disease with all his might.
Toward the end of his life, the artist knew six languages ​​that were given to him with ease. Having left for Germany, Gennady was able to master the state language of this country for six months perfectly. As his wife notes, this man always performed the task assigned to him.
Despite focus and determination, Gennady Vengerov remained a boy. He loved to buzz with friends, he was very positive and cheerful, he liked to be a bully. He just enjoyed life, every day he lived. This approach to life was not affected by the approach of death. The actor himself declared when he could no longer walk, spoke poorly and felt the approaching end: “I fall asleep thanks to medications, instantly, without thinking about anything. And the next day I open my eyes and rejoice at the sun, sky, a new day, hoping that he is not the last and not the last but one. "
He was an incredibly strong-willed man who proudly lived and accepted death. The roles of actor Gennady Vengerov will appear on the screens for a long time ...
Four musketeers
The list of closest people always includes friends. For the artist, this was no exception. Significant people in his life were: Mikhail Gorevoy, Sergey Shekhovtsov and Mikhail Efremov. All artists, all familiar from the time of college, talked until the end of life.
Mikhail Gorevoy said after the death of a friend that he did not believe the diagnosis of Gennady at first. He took the news calmly, but was in a state of shock for a long time. I thought that they would cure my comrade, hold them in the hospital for a bit, and then let them go home. Everything turned out to be much more tragic.
At the last conversation with Shekhovtsov, the artist was almost unable to speak, the cancer seized the lungs.
During treatment, friends visited Gennady Vengerov. The three of us gathered and came to visit him from Russia.
Sudden move
But how did the actor’s family end up in Dusseldorf? This was another spontaneous act of a creative person. They went to Israel to shoot, the path ran through Germany. But upon arrival, the actor decided to stay there, began to work on the radio, bought a house and settled.
The most interesting thing is that at this moment his wife, daughter and a suitcase with things were next to him. There was nothing else.
It all started with an ankle
An ankle fracture revealed cancer. It was a shock to everyone. When rumors began to spread on social networks, many simply did not believe it and thought it was just PR. But the disease developed rapidly, it soon became known that the great actor is really dying.
The tumor did not respond to treatment. There are two assumptions. Either the doctors discovered the disease too late, or the inflammation had an aggressive stage. All attempts by doctors helped to slow down the development of cancer only a little, but there was no hope of salvation.
In recent weeks, the actor was looking forward to the arrival of Boris Korchevnikov, but a couple of days before the plane he called him and said: "Hand over your tickets, I won’t live until the weekend."
April 22, 2015, the biography of Gennady Vengerov ends.
Live Wake
“Live Wake” - that’s what the artist called the last meeting of his best friends.
According to the memoirs of Gorevoy, Shekhovtsov and Efremov, their comrade kept up quite vigorously. He met them at the airport and began to give orders. This meeting was no different from the rest, the actors drank, remembered the past, joked, hooligans. Friends tried in every way to cheer Vengerov.
“They started with rum, then drank vodka ...”, the artist recalled in his last interview. For all the time he never showed his condition, even tried not to attach importance to the fact that he was sitting in a wheelchair. Although this was a farewell meeting, the patient did everything so that his friends would not feel it.
The comrades took Vengerov to the procedures, said goodbye to him and were sure that they would certainly meet more than once.
It was one of the best memories of the actor during his illness. It was very important to realize that there are close people who will remember you as you really were.
Farewell to the audience
A couple of days after the guests' visit, the Internet and television explode the latest news, photos of Gennady Vengerov fill the front pages. He starred in an interview where he talks about an imminent death. The artist understands that he will not live until the summer, he wants to say goodbye to his audience.
His message struck everyone. A couple of days ago they were drinking rum, and now they hear that the death of a loved one is approaching.
However, even in his statement, Gennady remains proud, he does not complain, does not lament. This person accepts death with dignity and asks others to take this event calmly.
Filming in Moscow
The actor refuses to shoot in Moscow, but he is tormented by remorse that he is letting down a huge number of people. After some time, the actor calls the director and says that he is ready to come and continue to act if he is provided with a stroller, a car with a large trunk and all the conditions for the flight. The director agrees and the patient goes to Moscow to shoot.
Even fading away from cancer, the artist thinks about work. This is real professionalism. And in the filmography of Gennady Vengerov, a new line appears.
Veil of Fear
No matter how strong this man was, he also had a tendency to be afraid. People with whom he communicated before death said that they saw this fear of the last day.
He thought a lot and talked about what awaits after death, but did not dare to share it with the healthy. Gennady loved people and understood what such conversations would mean to someone close.
However, he hid his fear very deep inside, trying not to show. Despite the illness, the actor continued to enjoy life. This is a vivid example of the strength of character that inspires people in the same situation.
Fear is a normal occurrence, but not everyone is able to overcome it.
In conclusion, I would like to note that this was not just a good actor, but also an outstanding personality who fought to the last for the right to life. He was a positive, very delicate, courageous man who would remain in the hearts of the whole country.