He sincerely wanted to become a singer. To do this, he entered the music school at the vocal department. A year passed, then a second. And only thanks to the happiest accident the world of music lost an unknown voice, and the world of cinematography acquired its future star - Comrade Sukhov. It is under this surname that the actor Anatoly Kuznetsov is known and loved by everyone.
Choice of profession
Anatoly Borisovich was born in Moscow on the last day of 1930 - December 31. At that time, the Kuznetsovs huddled in a communal apartment located in Honey Lane. The head of the family was a professional singer, he worked in jazz, and on radio, and in opera. So it seemed to everyone that the path of Kuznetsov Jr. was already predetermined: after all, the boy loves music, and he has good vocal abilities.
In general, this happened: after graduating from 10 classes, Anatoly Kuznetsov decides to connect his life with music and enters a music school. And then something happened that the artist himself jokingly called "seduction" from the true path. At first, his teacher, who taught stage skills, apparently noticing the studentās ability to transform, constantly began to tell Anatoly that his voice was fragile, often disappearing, so Nina Osipovna strongly advised him on a theatrical career. The point in the "seduction" was put by a cousin, by that time already famous artist Mikhail Kuznetsov. And in 1951, Anatoly Kuznetsov decided to become an actor.
The path to cinema
In order to guarantee admission to a theater university, Kuznetsov submits documents at once in two: so then I had to take exams at the Shchukinsky school and the Moscow Art Theater School. The result was amazing: he was among those enrolled in both educational institutions. And again, Michael helped the choice, giving his brother the main argument - the continuation of the
family tradition. So in the Moscow Art Theater began the biography of Anatoly Kuznetsov as an artist.
The graduation performance on the Turgenevās āFreebieā (character Kuzovkin) took place in 1955. According to the distribution of the young actor, the wonderful Yaroslavl Drama Theater named after Volkov was waiting, but he did not wait. It turns out that while still studying at the school-studio, Anatoly Kuznetsov became interested in cinema. His filmography begins in 1954, when he made his debut in the film "Dangerous Trails." In this picture, Kuznetsov played a positive character. It was a story about how a young scientist Vasily Zheludev exposed an experienced saboteur.
Kuznetsov Anatoly: family
In the year of graduation from the Moscow Art Theater Studio, our hero starred in two films at once, and the next year he already worked in three films at once. Among them is āCase at Mine Eightā (directed by Vladimir Basov).
At the same time The biography of Anatoly Kuznetsov was replenished with one important fact - marriage. He met Alexandra as a student at one of the parties at Galina Volchek. The fact that the girl is the daughter of the legendary pilot Lyapidevsky, the same one who participated in the rescue of the Chelyuskins, for which he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, did not stop Anatoly at all. He persistently courted for several years.
Leaving for the shooting, he tried to call Sasha almost daily. It remained to take a decisive step. One day, quite unexpectedly, having arrived in Moscow from Kiev, Anatoly Borisovich first appeared at Alexandra and from the threshold suggested that she go with him. The girl was only able to whisper in fear something about the parents who are in the next room. But Kuznetsov resolutely declared his intention to marry them too, to which Alexandraās mother said that her daughter should soon go to school, and her father agreed to marriage. And the wedding took place.
Alexandra Anatolyevna safely entered and graduated from the directing department of VGIK, made popular science films and faithfully waited from her husbandās creative business trips. But a few years will pass, and a sore point will appear in the interview, which Anatoly Kuznetsov (actor) will avoid - children.
Finally, in 1974, his wife gave him a daughter, Irina. The reason for the unpleasant topic disappeared on its own. Her beloved heiress grew up, graduated from Moscow University, and Irina Kuznetsova devoted her life to art.
These different, different roles.
There were a lot of shootings. In the fifties in nine scenes played by Anatoly Kuznetsov. The filmography of the sixties already has 14 works.
- In 1960, he appeared on the screens by the driver Lenka in Wait for Letters. According to critics, this was one of his most successful roles of the time.
- In the same year, in āFortuneā he created the image of Andreev.
- In 1961, Kuznetsov appeared before the audience as a pioneer leader Seryu Rudenko (āMy friend, Kolka!ā).
- In 1962, he starred in two films at once: "Alder Island" and "How I was independent."
- In 1963, the negative hero Pavel from Morning Trains appeared.
- The year 1964 was marked by the comedy āGive a Pitiful Bookā, where the hero Ivan Ilyich Kondakov had to remain without a bride.
- In 1965, the āPackageā and āConscienceā were released.
- In 1967 - āThe Indian Kingdomā with Jean Petrichenko and āSpring on the Oderā with Major Lubentsov.
- 1968 gave āMeetings at Dawnā and the legendary āLiberationā.
- And in 1969 a masterpiece was born, and a few months later the world learned about a new cinematic legend - āThe White Sun of the Desertā.
Comrade Sukhov
The picture was released in 1970. Without this main role, the biography of Anatoly Kuznetsov as an artist could be completely different. But what happened happened. It is from this film and until now it remains an ageless comrade Sukhov for millions of viewers.
This soldier, who had arisen in the middle of the desert, who, according to his friend, was worth a whole company, from the first second disposes to himself. His mastery of the Russian peasant is visible in everything - both in everyday life and in battle. Fyodor Sukhov is perceived as a genuine person, so his name passed to the artist.
The artist Kuznetsov Anatoly received unprecedented popularity with dignity. Do not shake his family beliefs and letters from tens of thousands of fans. Even to such incidents as the story (by the way, completely genuine) about his double, traveling around cities and villages, he only caused a smile and an apologizing shrug.
Abroad
The film āWhite Sun of the Desertā seemed to open the iron curtain, so genuine was the interest of foreign viewers in it. And along with the film, our hero often traveled to countries. As the artist himself admitted, he was interested in looking at himself, speaking either in French, then in Japanese, then in Spanish.
Anatoly Kuznetsov visited ten African countries, not counting Europe, even in Mexico and Japan. And for some reason, the image of Fedor Sukhov was perceived by all peoples very close to his heart. Apparently, his male charisma has become international.
And in one of the eastern countries there was an anecdotal situation. Before showing the wide audience, people from government agencies got acquainted with the film. One of them was dissatisfied with the picture. How can this be: in his harem there are only two wives, and some Soviet soldier has as many as nine.
And another aspect in the acting life of Kuznetsov was added by Sukhov. The artist was invited to star in foreign directors. The result of this collaboration was three paintings: in 1976, the Soviet-Bulgarian āBrotherā and the Soviet-Czechoslovak āOne Srebrenikā, in 1979 - āGordubalā.
Roles that passed by
Anatoly Borisovich never had a shortage of offers to take part in a particular painting. But sometimes he himself refused work, about which he later regretted it. The main role in M. Ershovās film āNative Bloodā went to
Yevgeny Matveev, and in the film āChairmanā,
Ivan Lapikov played instead
.The most offensive of the losses was Maxim Podberezovikov, an investigator from Beware of the Car. At first, this image seemed to Kuznetsov cloyingly positive and boring. But when the film was released, already at the first viewing, the artistās heart sank from resentment for an inattentive reading of the script.
Everything a hundredfold later paid off in the "White Sun of the Desert." But it was here that Anatoly Kuznetsov was accidental. Georgy Yumatov was approved for the role of Sukhov, to whom unforeseen circumstances did not allow him to take part in the filming, and then everyone rushed to look for a new applicant. One of the scriptwriters lived near Kuznetsov and, by chance meeting Anatoly, offered him a role. And hit the bull's eye.
And there was also the loss of the investigator (embodied by George Burkov) from The Old Man-Robbers, work in the famous Ryazanov's Garage (chairman of the garage cooperative) also passed by . Kuznetsov also refused to shoot in the āPrizeā by S. Mikaelian, Oleg Yankovsky got this role. But still in the life of our hero Sukhov already happened in the film, which every artist dreams of.
Long movie life
Despite the rejection of some roles, Anatoly Kuznetsov, filmography whom annually increased by a dozen or two paintings, was always in demand. The seventies were marked by 22 works. Among them:
- worker from "On the Way to Lenin";
- general from Stolen Train;
- Roshchin from Return of the Boat;
- Vesnin from "Hot Snow";
- Lyapkin-Tyapkin from Incognito from St. Petersburg;
- Ryabinin from "Doves";
- and another half dozen no less memorable roles.
Starting from the 80s, Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov starred in fifty films. I was satisfied with some of my work, but not very much with others. He passed away on March 7, 2014, by all the beloved and revered movie actor.
Awards and titles
- In 1979, Anatoly Kuznetsov received the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR.
- After almost 20 years (only in 1998) he was awarded the State Prize of Russia for the incarnation of Sukhov.
- Has orders: Honor and "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree.