Karev Alexander is a famous domestic theater and film actor. He also worked as a theater teacher and staged productions himself. He has many awards, including the Stalin Prize and the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, which he was awarded in 1969.
Actor Biography
Karev Alexander was born in 1899. He was born in the village of Khislavichi, which at that time was part of the Mogilev province. And now it is part of the Smolensk region, located on the territory of the Russian Federation. It is noteworthy that Karev is his pseudonym. The real name of the actor is Shebshel ​​Michelevich Prudkin.
The hero of our article from childhood dreamed of becoming an actor. But its Jewish roots repaired many obstacles. Therefore, in order to achieve the desired, he even had to change his name and be called Karev Alexander.
He spent almost his entire career at the Moscow Art Academic Theater. Later, becoming a venerable artist, he even taught at a school-studio located at the Moscow Art Theater.
Pupils of Karev
For many, Karev Alexander Mikhailovich remained in his memory not as an actor and director, but as a brilliant theater teacher. Among his graduates are many celebrities, some of them are still popular.
Among his students, it is necessary to note the People's Artist of the USSR Leonid Bronevoy, who played Muller in the series of 17 moments of spring by Tatyana Lioznova. Galina Volchek, who became the main director and artistic director of the Sovremennik Theater. People's Artist of the RSFSR Igor Kvasha, who became famous in the films “The Same Munchausen”, “The Man from Kapucin Boulevard”, “The Master and Margarita”. Vsevolod Shilovsky - People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Awards and prizes
For his acting and teaching activities, Karev Alexander was awarded a large number of awards and prizes.
For staging the play “Alien Shadow” in 1950 based on the work of Konstantin Simonov received the Stalin Prize of the first degree. In 1969 he became an honored artist, and in 1948 an honored artist of the RSFSR.
By the end of the 40s he was awarded most of the awards. In 1946, the government awarded Karev the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War", and in 1948 he received the Order of Honor for his theater work.
Director's productions
Alexander Karev, whose biography was associated with the theater, not only played on stage, but also staged performances as a director.
At the Moscow Art Academic Theater, which in those years bore the name of Maxim Gorky, he was remembered for two high-profile productions. This is a play based on the play by Sergei Mikhalkov "The Lost House". The premiere in the capital took place in 1951.
A few years later, Karev staged a play based on the works of the American prose writer John Steinbeck. It was called Jupiter Laughs.
Movie roles
Many viewers and researchers remembered Karev and his work in the cinema. On the big screen, he first appeared in 1936. In the comedy of Vladimir Korsh-Sablin and Joseph Shapiro "Seekers of Happiness," he played the collective farm chairman Nathan.
This picture is dedicated to the Jews who moved to the Far East, in the Birobidzhan collective farm called "Roite-Feld." Events unfold in 1928. In the center of the story is the Dvoir family. They move from abroad (though from where it is not reported) and begin to live in the Far East.
In Birobidzhan, they join the collective farm. Ahead of them is hard work. The daughter of the head of the family in a new place falls in love with the fisherman Korney, a native of these places.
At this time, the spouse of Basi's second daughter, named Pinya Kopman, does not want to work. He dreams of only one thing - to find a lot of gold and hide with him in China. There he sees himself as a large industrialist, the owner of a suspenders factory. His plan is revealed by the brother of Basi Lev. In order not to be caught, Pinya attacks him, inflicts wounds, and hides himself.
However, the suspicion of a crime falls on the fisherman Korney. But everything falls into place when Pina is detained at the border. He admits everything, and all the gold that he has lured during this time turns out to be fake.
At the same time, the plot line of Basi’s romantic relationship with the collective farm chairman Nathan, who is played by Karev, is unfolding. In the finale of the picture, everyone walks at the wedding of Rosa and Korney.
"School of slander"
Many also remembered Karev for his role in the comedy of Abram Rome 's School of Slander, which was released in 1952. This film is a play based on the play of the same name by the British Richard Sheridan, who lived in the XVIII century. Mostly actors from the Moscow Art Academic Theater were involved in the production.
Karev gets the role of Moses. The film-play "School of Slander" itself is a classic example of a comedy of manners. It is a brilliantly made satire on 18th century British aristocratic society.
The plot revolves around the relationship of yesterday's provincial lady Teesle, who received an enviable status after she married Sir Peter. In an instant, Lady Teesle finds herself in high British society. She communicates in the salon of the famous Lady Sniruel. This salon is called the "school of slander."
The main character is happy to plunge into social life. But soon, to his surprise, he discovers that he is a victim of vile intrigues. Sheridan, who wrote this story in the 18th century, could not completely abandon the sentimentalism that prevailed in those days. But the features of realistic drama, which became popular only in the 19th century, are noticeable in the work.
The hero of our article, Karev, died in 1975 at the age of 76. He was buried in the capital.