Maxim Munzuk is an actor of the USSR. A native of Tuva. He became famous worldwide for his role in the famous film Dersu Uzala. The first role was played by the actor in 1972. In 1990, his last movie job happened. He died in Kyzyl on July 28, 1999 at the age of 89. He played roles in films of the genres of drama, crime, adventure. The mass audience remembered him by his role in the series "Siberia". He has the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR and People's Artist of the Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
Biography
Maxim Munzuk was born on May 2, 1910 (according to other sources, his date of birth is September 15, 1912). The future actor was not even 18 years old when he voluntarily entered the ranks of the Tuva People's Revolutionary Army, where he found a music teacher in the person of Korovin Semyon Grigoryevich. As a bandmaster, this man first taught Maxim the musical basics, and then accepted him into his orchestra. Maxim Munzuk, thus, began to play the trumpet.
Having noticed how talented his student, Korovin seeks permission from the local authorities to send Maxim to study in the capital of the USSR. Permission was obtained, and soon the young man ended up in Moscow, but the lack of a confirmed musical education did not allow him to become a student of the Institute. Gnesins. However, the future actor still remained in the capital, enrolling in the tank school. The study bore fruit: Maxim Munzuk perfectly learned the Russian language, which enabled him to work later as a translator in his homeland.
Immersion in creativity
But the strings of fate after his return home again lead him to art. First, he becomes the bandmaster of a military orchestra, and when a theatrical studio appeared in Kyzyl, he receives the position of manager. Shortly after his appointment, he began to combine administrative activities with acting. It so happened that in the play “Hairaan Bot” he had a chance to play several roles, and he performed each of them brilliantly.
Thanks to his knowledge of the Russian language, the actor Maxim Munzuk, whose biography is full of bright events, in 1939 became one of the authors of the translation into the Tuvan language of the drama "Love Spring". At that time, the actor had many wonderful roles in such performances as “Rebellion” according to D. Furmanov, “Russian People” according to K. Simonov, “Poverty is not a vice” according to N. Ostrovsky and others. In those years, the actor-teacher-director I. Ya. Pernev helped to improve the actor.
In 1947, Maxim Munzuk, already a director, presented the audience with the play Sumon Teacher, in which he told the story of the formation of a new Tuvan village, when local people had to adapt to a sedentary lifestyle. Over his entire period of creativity, he staged more than 30 performances, performed several dozen theatrical roles.
Movie roles
In 1972, a large audience became acquainted with this wonderful actor in the crime film “Witness Disappearance”, where he played one of the main roles, becoming a partner of Valery Zolotukhin. In this story, they try to solve a crime - the murder of a scientist-zoologist. The investigation is very complicated, because there is practically no evidence.
Three years later, actor Maxim Munzuk received what many famous actors dreamed of - the main role in the film of the inimitable director Akira Kurasawa. The biographical drama “Dersu Uzala” tells the story of the fate of two comrades - the writer Arsenyev and a brave hunter, whose wisdom and kindness cause sincere admiration of the audience during their joint fascinating journey. The film, for the production of which $ 4 million was spent, received several awards, including the Oscar as the best film in a foreign language.
In the late 1970s, director Andrei Konchalovsky invited the actor to play in the military drama in the format of the mini-series Sibiriada. In the film, the music for which was written by Eduard Artemyev, the main roles were performed by Natalya Andreichenko and Sergey Shakurov. In this story, a small Siberian village becomes the scene of everyday confrontation between the rich Solomins and the poor Ustyuzhanins. The film won the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, receiving the Grand Prix of the jury.
Noteworthy role
In 1988, actor Maxim Munzuk, whose photos are displayed here, played the main role in the film “Fortune Telling on a Lamb Shovel”. In this drama about the 1950s, the fate of people of different nationalities exiled to one of the Siberian villages is described. The main characters of this exciting story - grandfather - a collector of medicinal herbs - and his grandson, who are separated after the old man is falsely accused of murder.
Maxim Munzuk forever inscribed himself in the history of cinema, presenting himself to the audience as a hunter in Akira Kurasava's film “Dersu Uzala”. At that time, the actor was already 63 years old. His characters are always sincere, and films with his participation are always interesting and memorable. Time has no power over them.