“Life Passed By,” “Cruel Romance,” “Planet of Storms,” “Time to Collect Stones,” “Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin,” are paintings that made Yury Sarantsev memorable to the audience. This actor often starred in episodes and supporting roles than embodied the images of the main characters. During his life, he managed to take part in the filming of about 150 films and series, and was actively engaged in dubbing. What is the story of the star?
Yuri Sarantsev: family
The hero of this article was born in the Saratov region, the first years of his life passed there. Yuri Sarantsev was born in October 1928. His parents were not related to the world of dramatic art. My father was a military man, and my mother was engaged in housework.
Childhood
Yuri Sarantsev in childhood was not distinguished by good health, he was constantly ill. Doctors advised the family to change the climate. Fortunately, the father of Jura just decided to transfer to the Far East. A man took a family with him. The new climate has had a beneficial effect on children's health. The boy grew stronger, stopped hurting, began to play sports.
Sarantsev showed interest in the dramatic art already in his school years. His family lived near the House of Pioneers, under which the drama circle worked. The boy began to visit him out of curiosity, then he pulled himself in. He liked to try on more and more new images.
Education
After graduation, Yuri Sarantsev went to the capital. The young man was going to enter the Institute of Physical Education, but fate decreed otherwise. A friend of Sarantsev was going to take entrance exams at VGIK. He took Yura with him for company.
A friend couldn’t do it, but the selection committee praised the natural data of Sarantsev. First, Yuri got into the workshop of Sergei Yutkevich, then Mikhail Romm began to teach his course.
Debut
From the biography of Yuri Sarantsev it follows that on the set he first appeared in his student years. The young man made his debut in the short film "In the Steppe", the plot of which was borrowed from the story "Steppe Sun". Yuri played the city committee of the Komsomol. Acting students were not recommended to act in films, but Sarantsev did not pay attention to this.
In 1952, the picture “The Conquerors of the Peaks” was presented to the audience court. In this film, Sarantsev brilliantly played the role of climber Vitaly Simbirtsev. His fearless hero in a storm rescues his colleagues from certain death.
Amplois
Yuri Sarantsev is an actor who lacked a distinct role. This talented person coped equally with comedic and dramatic roles. He convincingly played attendants, engineers, salesmen, military, law enforcement officers. Today, Sarantsev could play the role of a village peasant, and tomorrow - to embody the image of an intellectual millionaire.
Directors rarely offered Yuri the main roles. More often, he played supporting characters, starred in episodes.
50s movies
During this period, actor Yuri Sarantsev actively acted in films. The list of films with his participation, released in the 50s, is contained below.
- "Steppe Dawns".
- "Faithful friends".
- "The blue bird."
- "Good morning".
- "Pedagogical poem."
- "Ways and Fates."
- "Different fates."
- “Captain of the Old Turtle.”
- "The Pursuit of Glory."
- "Case at mine eight."
- Amazing Sunday.
- "Happiness must be protected."
- "Life passed by."
- "Vania".
- "I'm writing to you…".
- "This festive evening."
- "Three stories of Chekhov."
Vivid roles
Perhaps the main achievement of the talented actor in the 50s is a vivid role in the film Good Morning. Sarantsev created the image of the excavator Vasya Plotnikov. His character is a charming, funny and cocky guy. Vasya is used to respect and fame. He is constantly put forward in the forefront of labor, not paying attention to the merits of other workers. Once Vasya falls in love, and feelings change him for the better. The hero begins to realize that his personal vanity should not be negatively reflected in the collective.
In 1956, the film "Captain of the" Old Turtle "was released, the plot of which is borrowed from the work of the same name Linkov. The picture tells about the events taking place in the first years of Soviet power. The focus is on the fight against the counter-revolutionary underground. In this tape, the actor played the sailor Andrei Ermolaev. His character becomes the captain of an old patrol boat. Together with his team, the hero must catch the famous smuggler.
What other interesting films with Yuri Dmitrievich Sarantsev came out during this period? It is impossible not to note the picture "Life Passed By," presented to the audience in 1958. The film tells the story of a prisoner who escapes from a penal colony and attempts to find former friends. Yuri played one of these friends. His character rethought his life, embarked on the path of correction. The hero no longer wants to take up the old, remember the past.
60s paintings
In the 60s, films with Yuri Sarantsev were still often released. However, the hardworking and able-bodied man finally gained a reputation as a supporting actor.
This does not mean that the directors did not offer interesting roles to Sarantsev at all. He played Sheshen in “Crash”, embodied the image of Captain Gromov in “Black Business”, Migaev in “Talents and Fans”. A great impression on the audience was made by his lieutenant Prokhor in Crime and Punishment.
One cannot but mention Sarantsev's favorite work. Yuri was convinced that the role of Schwarzkopf in the film “Killed in the execution” of director Rozantsev is one of his main achievements.
70s tapes
In the 70s, the filmography of Yuri Sarantsev continued to actively replenish. In 1973, the cult picture “Only the“ old people ”Leonid Bykov was going to battle was presented to the audience court. In this tape, the actor convincingly played Colonel Vasily Vasilyevich.
Also in the 70s came the following films and TV shows with Sarantsev.
- "Four in the car."
- "Amazing boy."
- The Prisoner of Beaumont.
- "There is no turning back."
- "The end of the chieftain."
- "At the dawn of foggy youth."
- "The stolen train."
- "An unknown who knew everything."
- "Talents and fans."
- "Comrade Brigade."
- “The train stop is two minutes.”
- "Quiet".
- "Waves of the Black Sea."
- "The heirs."
- "What the stands will not know."
- "Look into the eyes ...".
- "What a man needs."
- "Killed at execution."
- "The disappearance."
- "Liberation of Prague."
- "The right of first signature."
- "Altunin makes a decision."
- "Alone among the wolves."
- The Balamut.
- "Shot in the back."
80s-90s movies
What did Yuri Dmitrievich Sarantsev do during this period? The actor began to act less frequently, but did not remain completely without work. In the 80s, he appeared in episodic roles in many sensational films. For example, Yuri embodied the image of a captain in the cult film "Cruel Romance", played the director of a restaurant car in the comedy "Married Bachelor", aimed at a youth audience. In the drama Love with Privileges, a doctor became his character.
In the 90s, the actor also had small, but vivid roles. In “Ravines” he embodied the image of Stepan Skavronov. Otli, he played in The Ghosts of the Green Room. Sarantsev tried on the role of the second secretary of the regional committee of Shustrov in the film "A dangerous criminal is wanted." Also, one cannot fail to note the role of Yuri in the paintings "Why an Alibi to an Honest Man?"
Voice behind the scene
Many viewers remembered the voice of Yuri Dmitrievich Sarantsev better than his face. The actor’s unusual timbre allowed him to dub. During his life he voiced a large number of films, television projects, cartoons. Many famous foreign actors, for example, Joe Pesci and Louis de Funes, speak the voice of Sarantsev.
Yuri Dmitrievich has been constantly dubbing since 1957, when he was enrolled in the staff of the actors of the Gorky Film Studio. In the 90s, it was this case that allowed the actor to keep the family budget afloat.
Love family
How was the personal life of actor Yuri Sarantsev? In 1954, the actor married his classmate Vera Petrova. Their relationship began under amusing circumstances. Sarantsev, who came to conquer Moscow, had not only a residence permit, but also a permanent residence. Once he was left without an apartment and was forced to take advantage of the hospitality of his classmate Vera and her parents. A few days later, the district police officer looked into the apartment and asked what the guy was doing here without a residence permit. The next day, Yuri and Vera signed. The marriage, which began as a fun joke, turned out to be strong.
Vera Petrova actively starred in films. However, the bulk of it was offered episodic roles. She appeared in many famous paintings, for example, “Easy Life”, “Frost”, “Married Bachelor”, “Cruel Romance”, “Born of the Revolution”, “Station for Two”, “Carnival Night”. Vera often starred with her husband. Fame did not come to her, but the actress did not regret it at all.
Best of all, Vera coped with the role of wife and mother. In 1962, a daughter was born in the family, it was decided to call the girl Catherine. Parents spoiled their only child. In the footsteps of mother and father, the heiress did not go, although she played in her youth a small role in the film “There is a Mountain on a Mountain”. Catherine preferred the path of the pianist. She failed to make a dizzying career, although in her youth she showed promise.
Tragedy
In total, the couple spent together over 50 years. Unfortunately, they did not manage to live to see the golden wedding. Vera Petrovna left this world in 2001, she was 74 years old. Soon after the death of her mother, Catherine moved to her father.
Illness and death
From the biography of the actor Yuri Sarantsev, it follows that he hard survived the death of his beloved wife. With Vera, he lived for more than half a century, could not imagine life without her. Catherine did everything possible to ease her father’s suffering, but she didn’t succeed.
The surviving nervous shock was the catalyst for Alzheimer's. Sarantsev observed impaired coordination and speech. Despite health problems, Yuri Dmitrievich still starred in several projects in the new century. He played in the series “Measure Out Seven Times,” he was already in a wheelchair.
Sarantsev spent the last two months of his life in a hospice. The condition of Yuri Dmitrievich was difficult. Catherine could not cope with the care of him, and she did not have money for a nurse. Sarantsev’s daughter claims that he himself insisted on going to the hospice, never wishing to return home. Catherine constantly visited her father.
A talented actor passed away in August 2005. His body was cremated, as he wished, the urn with ashes was buried in the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery. It is there that the grave of Vera Petrova is located, and Sarantseva was buried next to her. Landscaping of the grave was made only seven years later. The monument was erected in August 2012.
Interesting fact
Yuri Dmitrievich Sarantsev gained fame thanks to the cinema. Few people now remember that for many years he played on the stage of the Theater Studio of the film actor, with whom he began to collaborate in 1951. True, he played the main part of the secondary or episodic. He was practically not offered to embody the images of key characters.
Joseph Rappoport invited Sarantsev to the Vakhtangov Theater. Konstantin Skorobogatov called the actor in the legendary BDT. Yuri Dmitrievich rejected both proposals. He was afraid that work in the theater would prevent him from acting in films.