Director Alexei Korenev: biography and filmography

Everyone knows the film "Big Change". The name of its creator is known by few. The director of this famous film is Alexei Korenev. How did the creative and life path of the creator of popular Soviet paintings evolve?

Biography

Korenev Alexey Alexandrovich was born in Moscow in 1927. My father was in charge of the finance department in a very serious organization. But the son did not become an economist or an engineer. He dreamed of a movie from an early age. Alexei Korenev entered the VGIK, joined the CPSU. I married a woman who gave birth to two daughters. The eldest became an artist. The youngest is an actress. Elena Koreneva after the premiere of "Romance of the Lovers" knew everything in the Soviet Union.

After graduating from the institute, the director had many difficulties. First, in the absence of an ideological idea, the picture of Chernomorochka was banned. However, to achieve access to the screens of this film Korenev still succeeded. But later he had difficulties in creating almost every film.

Alexey Korenev passed away in 2000. In recent years, he not only did not shoot films, but barely made ends meet. In the second marriage, the director had a daughter. In order to feed the family, Korenev had to constantly look for a part-time job, which often had nothing to do with the world of cinematography.

Creation

At the beginning of his career, Korenev worked as the second director in several films. For example, in the Carnival Night. Then he gradually began to make films himself.

Alexei Korenev is a director who was one of the first to draw attention to the work of writer Victoria Tokareva. On her work, he shot the film "Literature lesson", which was released many years after its creation. For a long time the picture lay on the shelf. The artistic council decided that in an uncomplicated story about a teacher who decided to live a day without lying, there is enemy propaganda. The film "You are summoned by Taimyr" also had a difficult fate. The picture was created by Galich's work. However, the writer was deported from the country in 1972, after which the film was withdrawn from the hire.

Before presenting the description and the history of the creation of the most famous films of this director, one should list the most famous films. What pictures did Alexey Korenev take? His filmography includes the following films:

1. "Literature lesson".
2. "Taimyr is calling you."
3. "Big change".
4. "For family reasons".
5. "Three days in Moscow."

The last film of his Alexei Korenev took in the ill-fated 1991. The painting is called "Dura". The main roles in it were played by Nikolai Karachentsov, Anna Samokhina, Larisa Udovichenko.

"Big change"

This film has become truly popular. His characters fell in love with the audience. Songs from the film Korenev became real hits. Certainly, the selection of actors for a multi-part film took a lot of time and energy. But each of the approved artists after the premiere became famous. The success of the film is due to the director's work and the genius of the ensemble.

The hero of this film is a young historian. Nestor Petrovich was not able to enter post-graduate studies. He was angry and got a job as a teacher in the evening school. Teaching adult students was not easy. In addition, one of the students fell in love with the young teacher. She expressed her feelings, anonimously treating Nestor with homemade cakes. Young historian, despite the difficulties, his work fell in love. In conclusion of this story, his beloved girl - Polina - returned to him.

One of the secondary roles was played by the eldest daughter of the director. Korenev wanted to take the younger one, Elena. However, she refused, which she later regretted.

"Literature lesson"

The film was created in 1968 on the story of Tokarev's "A Day Without Lies." George Danelia took part in writing the script. During the filming, the material was modified several times. The director planned the film originally and called: "Day without lies." But is it really so difficult for a Soviet man to live without a lie? Khudsovetu did not like the name. The picture had to be renamed. But even after all the changes, Korenev's film was not allowed to rent for a long time.