Soviet film actor Boris Sichkin was born in Kiev on August 18, 1922. When the boy was four years old, his father died. The older brother undertook to teach the five-year-old Boria dance, in order to somehow earn a living. The first performances of the Sichkin dance duo took place at the bazaar. And then the brothers began to speak on a separate platform in front of the criminals gathered there. These viewers paid well.
Study and work in the ensemble
At the age of fifteen, Boris Sichkin submitted documents to the Kiev School of Choreography and at the same time began to dance in the Ukrainian SSR Folk Dance Ensemble. The young artist quickly became a favorite of the whole team, he had a cheerful, friendly character and a great desire to succeed.
Before the war, Boris Sichkin was accepted into the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kiev Military District. During the war he was a member of the front-line ensemble, in which he worked together with Efim Berezin, Yuri Timoshenko and choreographer Boris Kamenkovich. For the highly artistic performance of popular folk dances, the artist Sichkin was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". The young artist was proud of the award and tried his best to prove himself.
In 1947 - 48 years, Boris Sichkin was a soloist in the Alexandrov Ensemble, then, from 1948 to 1966, he worked at the Mosconcert. He participated in the programs of the jazz ensemble under the direction of Eddie Rosner. He acted as a choreographer in staging choreographic scenes and numbers. Sichkin Boris Mikhailovich received the greatest fame after playing the role of coupletist Buba Kastorsky.
False accusation
In 1973, Sichkin was arrested on charges of misappropriation of state property. Later, the article was reclassified as "Theft of state property on an especially large scale." Boris Sichkin received a sentence and was sent to prison. However, a year later he was released. The case was not closed, but sent for an additional investigation. For several years, investigators unraveled the theft case, but Sichkin’s guilt was not there. Soon he was finally acquitted.
Emigration
In 1979, Buba Kastorsky left for the United States. Having settled in Brighton Beach in New York, he became a member of the editorial board of the Russian Bazaar newspaper. In 1994, the artist came to Russia to meet friends and earn some money. Using his connections, Sichkin starred in several films. A year later, he returned to America.
The last few years of his life, Boris Moiseevich spent in an economy-class house for the poor in the Queens district in western New York. March 21, 2002 Sichkin died of a massive heart attack. He was buried in a cemetery in America, but a few years later, at the insistence of his wife and close relatives, he was exhumed. The remains were cremated, and the ashes were transported to Moscow. On April 18, 2008, the ritual urn was solemnly placed in a separate columbaria cell at the Vagankovsky cemetery.
Filmography
During his career in cinema, Sichkin starred in thirty full-length films and several television programs. For many, he was a favorite actor, funny and charming. Boris Sichkin, films with the participation of which brought people joy, remained forever in the memory of his fans.
The following is a list of selected films with Boris Sichkin:
- "Captain of the Blue Lagoon", the role of smuggler (1962);
- "Goodbye Boys," host of the entertainer (1964);
- "Elusive Avengers" character of Buba Kastorsky (1966);
- "The Last Rogue", an employee of a reference agency (1966);
- "New Adventures of the Elusive", the role of Buba Kastorski (1968);
- "Intervention", the role of coupletist (1969);
- "At war, as at war", the old Selivanov (1969);
- "Barbarian Beauty", the groom (1970);
- The Golden Gate, episode (1969);
- "And a man plays the trumpet", hotel administrator Boris Mikhailovich (1970);
- "Love for Oranges", a disguised cook (1970);
- The Path of Love, guest (1971);
- Big Amber, a jury member, music critic (1971);
- Fifty to Fifty, a visitor to the billiard room (1972);
- "The Last Days of Pompeii", Vladimir Kukin (1972);
- “The train costs two minutes,” the sick pretender (1972);
- Golden Horns, the character of Dandelion, the robber (1972);
- The Twelve Chairs, reporter for the Stanok newspaper (1976);
- "Cook and Singer", director of the House of Life, Barmaley Hassan (1978);
- "Sweet Lorraine", the role of Ivan (1989);
- "The Last Days", Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1989);
- "Superintendent", electrician (1991);
- "Nixon", Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1995);
- "Poor Sasha", Rastopchin Aristarchus, a tramp (1997);
- "Permanent residence", Nathan (2001).