The actor’s debut in the cinema took place in 1970, when the film of the unforgettable M. Khutsiev “It was the month of May” was released on Soviet screens. Having played an episodic role, Gostyukhin Vladimir Vasilievich was immediately remembered by the audience and in a short time became a popular favorite. To date, the actor’s track record of more than one hundred roles in the movie, each of them, thanks to the excellent game, does not go unnoticed.
Actor's childhood
The national artist of Belarus was born on March 10, 1946 in the Urals. The company political officer, Vasily Gostyukhin, having gone through the entire Great Patriotic War, returns to his native place, where he was offered to lead the Palace of Culture in the small Ural town Alapaevsk.
Soon, a retired senior lieutenant gets acquainted with the artist of the amateur theater Alexandra Zaykova and marries her. The result of passionate love between creative people is Gostyukhin Vladimir Vasilievich. It would seem that the fate of the boy is a foregone conclusion, because Volodya spends all his childhood in the walls of the Palace of Culture. However, the guy was distinguished by obstinacy and his own vision of the world.
You will not escape fate
After graduating from high school, Gostyukhin Vladimir Vasilievich submits documents to the Sverdlovsk College of Radio Electronics and, after successful completion of the educational institution, works as an electrician in one of the football stadiums of Sverdlovsk. Even while studying at a technical school, a young man tries himself in theatrical student productions at the city House of Culture and comes to the conclusion that acting is his vocation.
After some deliberation in 1970, Gostyukhin Vladimir Vasilievich entered the Moscow State Theater Institute. Lunacharsky. Soon, the young man is noticed by the assistant director of the film “It was the month of May,” and after watching at the Ekran creative association VV Gostyukhin they approve of the episodic role of Private Nikolai Nyrkov.
After a successful graduation from a theater college, a certified actor Vladimir Gostyukhin is called up for military service in the Soviet Army. Unfortunately, after military service in the Taman division, Vladimir Vasilievich does not find application for his acting talent. He was forced to work as a stage furniture prop at the Central Theater of the Soviet Army.
Work behind the scenes lasted a long six years, until he was lucky. In the play “Unknown Soldier” Vladimir Gostyukhin played the foreman Bochkarev, replacing the sick theater actor. After the performance, the film director Vasily Ordynsky , who was present in the auditorium, invites V.V. Gostyukhin to audition for the feature film “Walking through the agony” for the role of Alexei Krasilnikov.
Having brilliantly coped with the creative task, Vladimir Gostyukhin comes into the view of film critics and eminent directors. Suggestions for shooting in various films rained down one after another.
Vladimir Gostyukhin: actor films
The next film work is the film "Ascent" directed by Larisa Shepitko. In the military drama based on the story of Vasil Bykov, V.V. Gostyukhin gets the main role - the personnel military fisherman. The film receives international recognition at various film festivals, and Vladimir Gostyukhin is on the list of the most sought-after actors of Soviet cinema.
Petty Officer Katsuba in the movie "Petty Officer" is another big role of the actor, which brought him popular love and recognition. More than a hundred roles in the cinema and dozens of theatrical images on the stage of the Minsk theater-studio of the film actor were created by Vladimir Gostyukhin. Films with his participation are distinguished by a special mood, where the actor truthfully and reliably beat each character:
- Major McNabbs in the movie "In Search of Captain Grant";
- Cossack chieftain Platov in the film based on the work of the same name by Nikolai Leskov “Lefty”;
- Sailor Semenchuk in the movie "Mozund" based on the novel by V. Pikul;
- driver Sergey in the film of Nikita Mikhalkov “Urga - Territory of Love”;
- the television series "Truckers", where Vladimir Gostyukhin plays Fyodor Ivanovich and many other works of a talented actor.
Public and political position
Since 1993, Vladimir Vasilyevich Gostyukhin is the founder and co-founder of a new political entity - the Republican Party of Justice and Labor. The political credo of the newly created social force is to create economic prosperity in Belarus and protect the social rights of the working people of the republic.
However, the social and political activities of the beloved actor in no way affect his professional activities. Vladimir Vasilievich is still a sought-after person in his profession.