Sergey Solovyov was born in 1944, on August 25. He is known as a Russian director, actor, screenwriter and producer. It should be noted that his path to glory lay through thorny wilds. About how the famous film director followed his dream, we will talk in our article.
Soloviev’s childhood
The famous director was born in the city of Kem. Sergey’s mother - Kaleria Sergeevna Nifontova is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. Father - Alexander Dmitrievich Solovyov - a serviceman.
It is known that the family got into a place called Kem after the tragic events. The fact is that Sergei Nikolayevich Nifontov, Solovyov’s grandfather, was arrested in 1936 and sent to Kem camp No. 1. As it turned out, his wife is a real "Decembrist." Without a doubt, she went after her husband, taking with her two daughters - Kaleria and Maria.
Soon, his grandfather was released from prison, since no one could find evidence of his guilt. The family did not want to move again. Everyone decided to stay in Kemi. A few years later, grandfather Sergei was again taken into custody, and later he died.
Sergey's father arrived in Kem with a state mission. Seeing a young and beautiful Kaleria, the man immediately fell in love. It should be noted that in Leningrad Alexander Dmitrievich had a family. After some time, he divorced his wife and registered a marriage with Kaleria.
Later they had little Sergey. At that time the Great Patriotic War was going on, so the family had a hard time. It should be said that Sergey’s grandmother served as the head of the Kemsky railway department. During the war, she was supposed to have a ration, but still could not feed her family. In addition, the Germans regularly bombed the city and took food from local residents.
After a year and a half, the family moved to Pyongyang (North Korea), since his father received the position of adviser to Kim Il Sung. In a foreign land, the Solovyovs did not live long. Fate returned them to their homeland in Leningrad in 1947. There the boy went to school. It is worth saying that since childhood, Sergei dreamed of becoming a submariner, but fate decreed otherwise.
Youth Solovyov
After the release of the film “Cranes Are Flying,” Sergei Solovyov, whose films were subsequently watched by millions of viewers, decides to seriously engage in directing. After graduating from school, he enters the Institute of Cinematography.
Movie debut
The first role of Sergey Solovyov was played by him in the film “Look at the face”. In 1963, the film was awarded the Leipzig Film Festival Prize.
In 1968, Sergei Solovyov graduated from the institute and staged a thesis on the play “The Moon for the Stepsons of Fate” as a thesis.
The first directorial work
The very first and most serious work of Sergei Solovyov is the film adaptation of the film “Yegor Bulychev and Others” (A. M. Gorky). The main role was played by Mikhail Ulyanov. And "Station Warden" was the first film to be released on large screens.
The greatest fame brought Solovyov paintings "Black rose - the emblem of sadness, red rose - the emblem of love", "Assa", "House under the starry sky." At the beginning of the second millennium, Sergey Alexandrovich Solovyov made one of his best films - Golden Rose.
It should be said that the famous filmmaker released 3 volumes of his memoirs: “The Beginning. That's it ... "," Nothing that I smoke ... ", Word for word."
Do not forget that, among other things, Sergey Solovyov (director) was the head of the Krug association under Mosfilm, a professor at VGIK, chairman of the Russian IC from 1994 to 1997, and president of the Moscow IFC.
Personal life
Sergey Solovyov (director) was married 3 times. The first is on actress Ekaterina Vasilyeva, whom he met at VGIK. After 5 years, the couple broke up.
The second marriage Sergey Solovyov concluded with actress Marianna Kushnerova. In marriage, a young son appeared - Dmitry Solovyov. It was he who became the protagonist of the film "Tender Age."
Solovyov’s third wife was actress Tatyana Drubich. The couple met on the set of the film "One Hundred Days After Childhood." It is worth saying that between them there was a big age difference - 15 years. The couple at first looked ridiculous: a 28-year-old married man and a 13-year-old young actress aroused indignation among others. In addition, the girl’s parents were against this relationship, and Sergei’s wife did not keep silent - she complained to the city party. But nothing could resist the love of Tatyana and Sergey. After a while, the couple got married. In 1984, a young daughter named Anya was born to the young. In 2006, she graduated from the Higher School of Theater and Arts of Munich in piano. Now the girl lives and works in Moscow.
Unfortunately, in 1989 Tatyana and Sergey divorced.
We wish the famous actor, film director, screenwriter and producer success in his future projects!