Gennady Leonidowitsch Wassiljew

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Gennadi Leonidovich Vasiliev ( Russian Геннадий Леонидович Васильев * 31 August 1940 in Mikhailovka , Soviet Union ; † 21st October 1999 in Moscow ) was a Soviet and Russian film - director and screenwriter .

Life and accomplishments

Vasilyev joined in 1960 as a co-author of the screenplay to Пиковая дама ( Pikowaja at that ) to Pushkin's The Queen of Spades first appearance. In 1968 he completed his training at the State Institute for the Performing Arts and attended further courses for directors and screenwriters until 1973. At the same time, Vasilyev was the director of the Komsomol Theater in Rostov-on-Don . In 1973 he was hired by the Gorkistudio and in the same year shot Ты приходи к нам, приходи ( Ty prichodi k nam, prichodi ), part of the film series Однажды летом ( Odnaschdy letom ). Finist - Heller Falke followed two years later . The genre of the fairy tale or fantasy film should then be preferred by him.

In 1978 with Новые приключения капитана Врунгеля ( Novye Priklyucheniya kapitana Wrungelja ) a children's film with comedic elements, four years later, he worked with Василий Буслаев ( Vasily Buslajew ) elements of the history of film in his work a. Vasilyev dedicated himself to this topic in greater depth in The Original Rus (1986) and Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1991) based on Alexei Tolstoy's drama. Together with Shashi Kapoor he also shot the Indian- Soviet co-production Ajooba or Чёрный принц Аджуба ( Tschjorny prinz Adschuba , 1989).

Vasilyev died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1999 at the age of 59.

Private life

He was married to Tatjana Turtschan, an employee of the Gorkistudio. His stepdaughter Xenia Turtschan (* 1967) was seen in five of his films in small roles. The marriage also gave birth to a son named Yegor, who is employed as a news director at the Ostankino television center .

Vasilyev belonged to the CPSU from 1964 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1975: Finist - Heller Falke (Finist - jasny sokol)
  • 1977: The Thieving King (Poka bjut tschasy) (also screenplay)
  • 1983: Bold warriors from Novgorod (Wasili Buslajew) (also screenplay)
  • 1986: The original Rus (Rus isnatschalnaja) (also screenplay)
  • 1989: Ajooba (Tschjorny prinz Adschuba) (co-director)
  • 1991: Tsar Ivan the Terrible (Tsar Ivan Grozny) (also screenplay)
  • 1997: The Magic Portrait (Wolschebny portret) (also screenplay and speaker)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Vasilyev's biography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
  2. ↑ Pikowaja dama in the Internet Movie Database , accessed on May 23, 2020
  3. ↑ a b Vasiliev's profile on istoriya-kino.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
  4. ↑ a b c Vasilyev's biography on pomnipro.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
  5. ↑ Vasiliev's filmography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
  6. ↑ Film data for Новые приключения капитана Врунгеля on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
  7. ↑ Film data for Василий Буслаев on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
  8. ↑ Film data for The Original Rus on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
  9. ↑ Film data on Tsar Ivan the Terrible on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
  10. ↑ Ajooba film data on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
  11. ↑ Turchan's biography at kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 23, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Wassiljew, Gennady Leonidowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vasilyev, Gennady; Васильев, Геннадий Леонидович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Mikhailovka , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1999
Place of death Moscow