Today we will talk about who Boris Dobrodeev is. Biography and the main creative achievements of this person will be described later. This is a Soviet screenwriter and laureate of the Lenin Prize.
Biography
Boris Dobrodeev was born in 1927, on April 28, in Voronezh. For several years he lived in Tbilisi. In 1949 he graduated from the scriptwriting
faculty of VGIK. Among the classmates of our hero was Alexander Volodin. In his student years he worked as a freelance special correspondent for the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. This is how Boris Dobrodeev began his professional career. "Mosfilm" opened its doors to him during the time of the "little picture." There he was invited as editor of the script department and managed to achieve phenomenal success. Its leader was Konstantin Kuzakov. After a while, our hero became deputy chief editor of the studio. Since 1957 he began to work as a screenwriter. He worked in cinema for about 60 years. He participated in the embodiment of more than 80 full-length documentary and art films.
Karl Marx and The First Teacher
Boris Dobrodeev created many script works for feature films. We turn to the most famous of them. He took part in the creation of the television series Karl Marx. Youth". This work was carried out jointly with A. B. Grebnev. The director of the picture was L. A. Kulidzhanov. The next work was the tape "First teacher." Ch. T. Aitmatov became the co-author of our hero. The plot was based on his novel of the same name. The film was directed by A.S. Konchalovsky. This film won a prize at the International
Venice Festival.
"Sofia Kovalevskaya"
Boris Dobrodeev worked on the creation of two episodes of the painting “Particularly Important Task”. Its co-author was P. A. Popogrebsky. The director of the picture was E. S. Matveev. She was released in 1980. The plot is based on the dramatic story of the birth of the legendary attack aircraft Il-2. Next was work on the television series "Sofia Kovalevskaya." The co-author was D. Vasiliu. The director of the picture is A. A. Shakhmaliev. The plot tells about the fate of an outstanding scientist - a woman mathematician, who was one of the first women to devote herself to Russian science.
Other jobs
Our hero took part in the work on two series of the painting “Beethoven’s Life”. The film was directed by B. D. Galanter.
The tape was released in 1979. Next was the television series "Split." Our hero worked on it together with D. Vasiliu. The director was S.N. Kolosov. The tape was released in 1993. The picture tells about the drama of social democracy in Russia, as well as the historical defeat of this phenomenon during the second congress of the RSDLP. All these events led to the emergence of Bolshevism and its victory. The film also highlights the theme of human friendship between Lenin and Martov, which turned into enmity.
Our hero proved himself in non-fiction films. Based on his scripts, several dozens of various documentary films are embodied. Their main genre is historical and biographical. The paintings tell about composers - Shostakovich, Borodin and Beethoven, about writers - Erenburg and Gorky, about the scientists Gubkin and Mendeleev, about statesmen - Frunze, Kollontai and Krasin, about Chkalov (pilot), about Ilyushin (aircraft designer). A number of tapes, based on the scripts of Dobrodeev, raise the theme of anti-fascists of the 1930s, the events of the Civil War in Spain. Many of these works have won international recognition.
Later, our hero took part in the creation of the film "Gorky's friend - Andreev." The plot tells the story of this public figure and actress. The picture was awarded the Golden Pigeon Award - the main prize at the International Film Festival in Leipzig.
Next was work on the tape "People of the Earth and Sky." Its plot tells about Y. Garnayev - Hero of the USSR, a test pilot. The film was awarded the "Silver Dove" - the prize of the International Film Festival in Leipzig.
The next work - “This is a troubled student” - tells about the riots that took place in 1968. The film was awarded the prize of the International Union of Students at the Leipzig Film Festival.
The next tape, Nine Days and a Whole Life, tells the story of L. S. Soboleva, the doctor who saved people during 3 outbreaks of the plague. This work won the main prize of the International Film Festival in Oberhausen. The film "Ninth Height" tells the story of the heroes of construction projects in Siberia. The next work was the picture "Aircraft sing." It is dedicated to aircraft designer S.V. Ilyushin. The tape won a prize at the International Film Festival in Leipzig.
Awards and prizes
Boris Dobrodeev in 1982 was awarded the Lenin Prize for the script for the film about Karl Marx. His work on the painting "Ninth Height" was also noted. For her, he received the State Prize of the RSFSR named after the Vasilyev brothers.
The award also marked the film "The Disturbing Sky of Spain." For work on it, our hero was awarded the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR T. G. Shevchenko. Now you know who Boris Dobrodeev is. Photos of him are attached to this material.