The year is 1980. This year was remembered not only by the Olympics, but also by the release on the big screen of the two-part film "Pious Martha." This comedy was shot based on the play of Tirso de Molina. And Pyotr Kadochnikov, which will be discussed, played the role of the brother of the main character Donja Marta - don Antonio.
Children's years in a beloved family
On the eve of the new year 1945 (December 27, 1944) in the vicinity of Tbilisi in the family of famous actors of the Leningrad Youth Theater Pavel Kadochnikov and Rosalia Kotovich a son was born, who was named Petya.
Pavel Kadochnikov was a legendary person - a handsome man, a talented actor, a jack of all trades and just a very good, decent person. Rosalia Kotovich was a fairly successful actress, but for the sake of her husband one day she left the stage. Even if later she regretted it, it was only in moments of weakness. Pavel Petrovich made good money, and they could afford to invite an au pair. But Rosalia Ivanovna loved to do everything herself, because all this was for her beloved members of her family. She cooked beautifully and often indulged her home with delicious dishes. With her husband, she always went to the shooting and even there managed to create comfort for him.
Here in such a wonderful family, in love and respect, little Peter Kadochnikov grew up.
Adolescence and youth
Peter grew up a very diligent boy, very decent and inquisitive. He studied well at school. He liked the learning process, and Peter tried to learn as much knowledge as possible from each lesson.
He graduated from school with a gold medal. After he entered the Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Physics. And only much later, having already unlearned and received a diploma, he decided to enter the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. The choice fell on the faculty of cinema, because, unlike the acting, it was allowed to study in absentia. Peter graduated from this institution, receiving a diploma with honors.
Unlike the half-brother of Konstantin’s father, Pyotr Kadochnikov, being a very shy person by nature, often refuses to film. And his father (Pavel Petrovich) had to practically force him to come to the set. Pyotr Pavlovich preferred to work at home, in his office. He could type scripts all night long. Pavel Kadochnikov was always proud of Peter, his youngest son, even if his achievements were very modest. He really liked that Peter was a jack of all trades, because the younger Kadochnikov was able to do everything at home absolutely, but the senior was completely incapable of this.
Working snack
Pyotr Kadochnikov, whose personal life began to interest fans after the release of the first of his few films, worked in his profession. He worked on Leningrad television as the host of programs for moviegoers. He liked the work, and the program was very popular. Sometimes he starred in episodic and very small roles on Lenfilm and in films produced by the Sverdlovsk film studio.
1974 is an important time in his biography, because it was then that Peter Kadochnikov first appeared on the big screen. His career was very short, and he managed to star in only a few films.
The harsh don Antonio
The mass audience recognized him well after Pyotr Pavlovich played the role of Don Antonio in the musical comedy “Pious Marta”. His popularity has increased many times. The story in the comedy is pretty simple. The main character, Donya Martha, the intractable father wants to marry a decent, but elderly man. And the girl loves a young student. But it is impossible to combine legal marriage with him, because after one fight on swords, a student stabbed his beloved sibling, who tried to drive him away from his sister’s balcony. So the girl has to come up with her observance of the vow of celibacy. How it all ended, most viewers know.
By the way, in two films actor Peter Kadochnikov played with his father - Pavel Kadochnikov. These are the “Pious Martha” and “Silva” already mentioned above.
Great tragedy
Once a disaster struck a happy and friendly family. It was the summer of 1981. The spouses of the Kadochnikovs went on vacation to the Baltic states, to Ingalin. They rested well, and on the last day they decided to have a picnic with friends. Without a small amount of alcohol could not do, and adults decided to fool around. Pyotr Kadochnikov, whose biography was so short, wanted to "ride".
He was a fearless man and loved to climb a tall tree, and then slide down the branches. But for that terrible day Pyotr Pavlovich for some reason chose not a birch, as usual, but a pine for such pranks. This led to the tragedy. If you ride on birch branches, they will bend. The pine tree was fragile and broke. Kadochnikov crashed down from a great height and crashed. He was taken to the hospital with numerous fractures, bruises and a head injury. Three days later, without regaining consciousness, he left this mortal world.
Relatives were hard on this death. At some point, Rosaliya Ivanovna even accused her daughter-in-law - the wife of her son. She believed that the friends with whom the son and wife spent their holidays all arranged that it was almost a murder, and that the daughter-in-law was to blame. Subsequently, they had to leave (and before everyone lived together, there was a large friendly family). Even the daughter of Pyotr Pavlovich did not learn about this right away, but after a few months - they did not tell her what had happened so as not to cause psychological trauma to the child.
Kadochnikov was buried at the Serafimovsky cemetery in Leningrad.