Sergey Gerasimov: biography, photo

Without exaggeration, we can say that Sergei Gerasimov was the most famous not only in the USSR, but also abroad, the most eminent and titled director. Not a single award, not a single sign of distinction - the professor and the Hero of Socialist Labor, the academician and the People's Artist, the winner of the Lenin, State and three Stalin prizes - is well deserved . His films, truly talented, were loved by the Soviet audience. It is simply impossible to overestimate his contribution to Soviet cinema.

Aristocrat of the spirit

The ingenious man Sergey Gerasimov in the field of cinematography was fully gifted. Having received world recognition as a director, he was a great actor, an interesting screenwriter and playwright. Verses of skill SA Gerasimov has reached and as the teacher. He was a strong and integral person, sincerely believed in the truth of his work and gave himself to his favorite work entirely. During the Soviet era, they did not speak about their noble origin, and they were reluctant to recall it. A convinced member of the Communist Party since 1943, a man whose talent was appreciated by the people and the government, did not need additional decorations. Sergey Gerasimov was elegant, educated, educated and handsome. His charisma did not provide a noble lineage. Moreover, his father and his mother's brothers served time in the royal exile for anti-government activities. But in all modern biographies of the director it is emphasized both this fact and the fact that he was very fond of women, and he reciprocated them.

Becoming an Artist

But first things first. Sergey Apollinarievich Gerasimov was born in 1906 in the settlement "Decade" of the Chelyabinsk region. Actually, the borrowed property belonged to the father, this name was received already during the years of Soviet power. "The political" was the mother of the future director. Sergei was the last of five children. He lost his father at the age of three - Apollinarius Gerasimov, being an engineer-technologist at the Miass factory, tragically died during geological exploration. The nurse Natalia Evgenievna, a woman educated and gifted, engaged in the education of the boy, instilled in him a love for the beautiful. At the age of eight, Sergei Gerasimov goes to the theater and falls in love with the art of hypocrisy forever.

Beginning of cinematographic activity

His father's death affected the economic situation of the family, and the future director combined his studies in a real school with work at the plant. In 1923, at the age of 17, he was sent to Petrograd. Sergei did a good job and, at the insistence of his mother and sisters, entered the art school, although he was raving about the theater. And then a friend invited him to the factory of an eccentric actor. Gerasimov entered the studio at the very moment when she was reborn from theatrical to cinematographic. In the movie, he first starred in the small role of a fat in 1925, as the director made his debut with the film "22 unhappiness" in 1929.

Remarkable prewar paintings

Real success, which never left him, came to S. Gerasimov in 1936 with the release of his first sound tape "Seven brave". The film is still interesting to watch. By this time Sergei Gerasimov, whose personal life and career as a teacher had already developed very successfully, was a fairly well-known actor, director and teacher. The film starred his adored wife - the beautiful Tamara Makarova, and a talented student who became the discovery and beloved actor of the pre-war generation, Peter Aleinikov. Yes there was just a bouquet of favorite actors, including Leonid Utesov. Each subsequent film became an event: "Komsomolsk", "Teacher" and the drama "Masquerade", standing slightly apart, because Gerasimov was very fond of shooting modernity ("Journalist", "People and Animals", "At the Lake"), which is not Prevented him from creating such masterpieces as "Red and Black," "Quiet Don," "Leo Tolstoy." The film with Tamara Makarova in the role of Nina and the great N. S. Mordvinov in the role of Arbenin S. Gerasimov finished at night June 22, 1941. He himself brilliantly played in this picture of the Unknown. Photo of Sergei Gerasimov in this role was published in many biographical sources.

Years of War

The strong character of this man is evidenced by the fact that, together with Tamara Makarova, who worked in the hospital as a nurse, 1941-1942. Sergei Gerasimov spent in besieged Leningrad, filming "Combat cinematographers". In evacuation and then in Moscow, he becomes the author of remarkable films dedicated to the courage of soldiers and workers of the rear. Never Gerasimov did not forget about the pedagogical work - since 1944 he led the joint workshop in VGIK.

Doubtful details

Published today biographies of famous people, including the biography of Sergei Gerasimov, necessarily contain some "piquant" details, and often they come to the fore. Under Soviet power, there was no yellow press. But gossip was always, and beautiful movie stars just poured dirty. What they did not say about T. Makarova, including her orientation. The personal life of Sergei Gerasimov was also discussed. There were very persistent rumors that he was not indifferent to Lyudmila Khityaeva, who starred as Daria in "The Quiet Don", and that thanks to his patronage, she received the main role in "The Virgin Soil" by A. Ivanov. But that somehow VGIK shook with his passion for Nonna Mordyukova, somehow it was not audible at all. After the release of "Young Guard" star number 1 for a long time was considered a charming Inna Makarova, who played Lyubka Shevtsova.

Rumors, details, speculation ...

It is somehow hard to believe that the largest domestic filmmaker, a brilliant erudite man, was rejected by a huge young lady from the province and, most importantly, her mother from Yeisk because of her bald head. Maybe he also wanted a baby from the Cossack family (his children had no children with him, Arthur's adopted son, Tamara Fyodorovna's nephew), but not to such an extent that the stunning woman is fabulous, extraordinary (her eyes are unusual in shape - as if The sun rises from behind the horizon) beauty would write letters to the Central Committee to return the zabuldyga home. Something about this is from the ignorance of that era. There are rumors about the fact that he almost ruined Mordyukova's career - I would like, I ruined him so. And the role of Aksinya in the "Quiet Don" allegedly took from her and gave to E. Bystritskaya. And who gave to take? And can anyone imagine, except for the incomparable Bystritskaya, in this role. The film collected imaginable and inconceivable domestic and foreign awards, and Aksinya-Bystritskaya is the role that for centuries remains in the cinematic treasury.

Union in Heaven

Sergei Gerasimov, whose biography ended in 1985, immediately after the filming of his last masterpiece "Leo Tolstoy," where he and Tamara Makarova played the leading roles, shot 31 films, wrote scripts by 24, as an actor participated in 17. Most films starred Tamara Makarova is an actress-legend.

With his wife, he married in 1928, they lived together for more than 55 years, they had a common work. Together they conducted a workshop in VGIK, and it was called - the class of Gerasimov and Makarova, they released dozens of brilliant actors and directors. They were more than just a couple.

Favorite and only husband

Of course, Sergey Gerasimov (photo attached) was a handsome, passionate, addicted person, artistic person. Of course, he was fond of students to some extent, because among them were beauties. But now times are such that when giving interviews, especially if they are not very frequent, there is a temptation to add that this or that actress was very afraid to destroy the teacher's family. But they did not destroy. And Tamara Makarova, a refined aristocrat, lived out her life alone. She survived her husband for 12 years, living memories, the actress wrote letters to him and always said that if she happened to start life again, she would again marry Sergei Apollinarievich. A woman, unhappy in a marriage, would not have been able to write unsolicited letters to her husband.