He became one of the few Soviet directorists whose film was received by the cherished for cinematographers a statuette "Oscar" - such pictures during the existence of the USSR scored only three. Yes, and as a talented actor, this man left behind a noticeable mark in the domestic and world filmmount.
September 25, 2020 turned 100 years from the day when Sergey Bondarchuk was born. On entertaining facts from his biography and personal life - in material 24cm.
1. Choice
Parents of the future famous actor and director were confident that the best career choice for the heir will be the profession of engineer. However, Sergey Bondarchuk did not share the views of the elders to his own future - she also put a goal to himself to become an artist and was not going to deviate from the chosen course.With the parents, the future artist ruled, after which he did not communicate with his father at all for some time. As a result, relatives still weakened the head, agreed with the choice of offspring. But they set the condition - the Son they wanted to see exclusively actor dramatic, not a stupid comedian.
2. halfway
With the arrival of Sergey Bondarchuk in the theater university, a curious story is connected. After school, the future director with a friend came to Moscow - to flow into the school in the theater of the revolution. Young people submitted documents and began to wait for entrance exams.
But immediately before the surrender of both covered panic - the provincials complained to the capital, forced to spend a few days at the Kursk station, succumbed to an alarming feeling and, taking the certificates, went back to the way back.
On the road, fear was weakened, and Sergey Bondarchuk realized that it would not be able to return to his relatives with a shame. Sweeping from the train in Rostov-on-Don, the guy decided to try his own strength at the local school. Fortunately, conceived, and soon Sergey was enrolled in Rostov theatrical.
3. Sholokhov
The "Fate of Man" tape became the director's debut of Sergey Bondarchuk. Before shooting started, the author of the primary source was wished to get acquainted with the novice director - writer Mikhail Sholokhov.It is known that these two were repeatedly met and spent around the nights in conversations to different topics. Thanks to these conversations, Bondarchuk managed to fully transfer all the drama and depths of the Sholokhov work on the screen.
Subsequently, the director returned to the creativity of the author, shielding "they fought for their homeland" and "Quiet Don".
4. Solo on the nerves
Among the films of Sergei Bondarchuk, the picture "War and Peace" is considered the most significant, which received Oscar. For Bondarchuk, it was only a second experience in the director's chair, but he already demonstrated an outstanding ability to find an approach to actors and achieve the required.
So, the performer of the role of Natasha Rostova Lyudmila Savelyev recalled how Sergey Fedorovich worked with her.
When they shot the scene in which the heroine suffers from the fact that it was not possible to escape with Kuragin, Bondarchuk turned exclusively to Elena Tipkina, who played Ahrosimov, who was involved in this episode, - praised and encouraged. And the young Savelyev who doubted her screen hysterical looks reliably, very nervous.
After the mass of the doubles, Lyudmila could not stand and fell into the hysteria already real, which Bondarchuk sought, who immediately began to shoot a frustrated girl.
5. Fishing and wooden fat
Sergey Bondarchuk loved and knew how to sculpt from clay, painted, cut out on the tree. They say, one day it was so earned that I forgot about my wife's birthday. Then, so as not to leave the spouse without a gift, I took the usual putty and cut out the bust of Leo Tolstoy, who presented the companion of life, - he spent the whole day to work. And Bondarchuk, passionately loved fishing.6. Women
Sergey Bondarchuk Father was more familiar. Alexei's firstborn in 1944 presented his classmate in the Rostov Theater School of Evgenia Belousov, to which the artist after the end of the war did not return, "the artist did not know about the child.
It is said that when the truth opened, Bondarchuk even temporarily divorced her first official (with a Belous Wedding did not make) inna Makarova to register relationships with the first passage and get the rights to the child.
Makarova gave birth to Bondarchuk daughter Natalia, who in the future went in the footsteps of his father, manifesting himself and as an actress, and as a director. From Inna, Sergey Fedorovich went to Irina - his heart conquered Actress Skobsev, with whom the artist played together in the film "Othello".
Together with the last wife, Bondarchuk lived until his death, overtook him in October 1994. Two children appeared in this marriage: the daughter of Elena and Son Fedor - both have chosen the path associated with cinema.
7. Son.
But the eldest son of the director Alexey in the footsteps of the Father did not go, and indeed information about the further fate of the Bondarchuk's first fate.
According to one version, after the end of the Institute of Foreign Languages, the young man, perfectly owned French, managed to work as a teacher. On the other, he did not get anywhere, continuing to live with his mother on her modest retirement and abusing alcohol. It is only known that the Son of Celebrities managed to marry twice and get a son who showed himself as a talented mathematician.
However, Sergey Bondarchuk was not aware of the state of affairs in the life of the Son - his third wife diligently stopped any attempts to contact both former spouses and children.