Ilya Rutberg is a talented Soviet film and theater actor. He is a recognized master of pantomime and the founder of the Student Theater of Moscow State University. The biography of this wonderful person will be discussed in our article.
Childhood and youth
Actor Ilya Rutberg was born in 1932, May 17, in Leningrad. He grew up in an intelligent Jewish family. His father, Grigory Rutberg, worked as an engineer, and his mother, Maria Rabinovich, taught English and worked as a translator. The boy had the ability to exact sciences. After graduating from school, he entered the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and in 1956 received the qualification of electric power industry. As a physics student, Ilya dreamed of science. He had no idea that his life would go in a completely different scenario. The secretary of the Komsomol organization Rutberg was sent to the drama circle. Social work carried away the young man. When it was time to choose: science or art, Ilya chose the second.
Admission to the theater university
The story of how the actor Ilya Rutberg was educated at a theater university is worthy of attention. The actor recalled that seven times he entered various educational institutions, and each time he was expelled for "skits." Moreover, his partners most often passed this sad fate. Elem Klimov (director), Armen Medvedev (Minister of Cinematography), in their youth, made humorous evenings with Ilya Grigorievich. However, he was expelled, but they were not. However, the future actor was very viable. Subsequently, he proudly declared that he now teaches at those universities from which he was once kicked out.
In 1966, the actor Ilya Rutberg, whose filmography is presented in this article, nevertheless graduated from the State Institute of Theater Cinema (the course of Maria Knebel). He received a director’s diploma.
First roles
Ilya Rutberg appeared on the screen in 1958. He played the role of a bully in the film "The Street is full of surprises." Then he played a charming guy Edika in a fun comedy called "Seriously." After that, he managed to realize the image of a serious pilot in the film "Nights Without Mercy."
Actor Ilya Rutberg, whose biography is covered in this article, came to the cinema in the early 1960s. Since then, he has been able to play in more than fifty films. Many of his roles were episodic, but not one of them went unnoticed.
Filmography
Actor Ilya Rutberg is a master of the bright episode. Many viewers remembered him as a guide from the short film "Foreigners", filmed by director Eduard Zmeiro. The audience also liked the physical education instructor from the well-known for all time film "Welcome, or No Trespassing", created by Elem Klimov. Ilya Rutberg made his unforgettable role in the film "Nameless Star", where he portrayed Mr. Pasco. Brilliantly, the actor played the head of the gendarmerie in the film "The Magic Voice of Jalsamino" directed by Lisitsian Tamara. I remember the actor Ilya Rutberg in the role of an eccentric and modest tuner in the film "Once upon a time there was a tuner ...". He embodied on the screen the image of the father of a gifted child. Together with Vladimir Nosik, Rolan Bykov, Mikhail Lvov, Elena Sanaeva, the artist managed to create a unique atmosphere reigning around the child prodigies.
Mime master
Actor Ilya Rutberg is considered a great master of pantomime. He is also one of the founders of the student theater at Moscow State University. The artist headed the department of plastic culture and pantomime at the Academy of Retraining of Workers in Culture, Art and Tourism. When Ilya Grigoryevich taught at the circus school, Marcel Marceau attended his lesson . He approved the methods of the actor, despite the fact that the actor Ilya Rutberg learned everything himself. The artist claimed that complete ignorance of the foundations of this art served him well. He managed to create a completely new, original approach to the subject. For example, before the start of classes, his students lay and relaxed for several minutes in order to master the ability to command each muscle of their body individually. Marcel Marceau had never heard of such a reception, but recognized it as effective.
Actor Ilya Rutberg, photos of which you can see in our article, is the author of a textbook and original monographs on the art of pantomime. In 1983, he defended a dissertation in GITIS on the topic "Problems of revealing scenic actions in pantomime" and became a candidate of art history.
Personal life
The actor Ilya Rutberg adored various holidays. The artist’s family gathered at a large table, on which there always stood Olivier salad. Irina Suvorova (wife of Ilya Grigorievich) persistently supported this tradition of the Soviet period. When everything is good in the family, everyone is alive and healthy - this is the best holiday. So claimed Rutberg. He adored his wife, daughter Julia, grandson Grishka, son-in-law Tolya and even the cat Katya. The artist called his family Italian. Everyone in her endlessly called back to make sure that the others were all right. The main and most respected woman among the Rutbergs was considered to be grandmother Elena Alexandrovna. She lived for 90 years. Against this background, the rest of the family seemed young. And only after the death of the grandmother did everyone realize that they had matured long ago.
Daughter Julia
The daughter followed in the footsteps of the pope and also became an artist. Now Julia Rutberg is a very popular and popular actress. Her film debut took place in the film "Rouen Maiden nicknamed Pyshka". Julia managed to create vivid images in TV shows and movies: Moscow Windows, Family Secrets, Plot, Goodbye Dr. Freud, Eating Served, and many others. The actress works on television and radio. She is the host and co-author of a television series on theater art called Saturday Night with the Star.
Family collection
Ilya Grigoryevich had an amazing sense of humor. He called the family animal ... a camel. Images and figures of this desert inhabitant were brought to him from all over the world. Plush, straw, thread, glass and other incarnations of this animal flooded the artist’s house. There is something camel in him and his daughter Julia, claimed actor Ilya Rutberg. Photos of his family partially confirm this fact. In addition, the artist liked the patient, hardy, strong animals very much.
Actor's death
Ilya Grigorievich had serious leg problems. In 2014, in January, he was placed in the Department of Surgery with a diagnosis of trophic ulcer of the leg. Doctors then limited themselves to medical treatment, and everything turned out well, but on October 30 the actor had a heart attack. He died in the eighty-third year of life. Farewell to a wonderful artist took place in the actor’s house on November 3. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
Now you know about the fate of actor Ilya Rutberg.