Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevstigneyev
Evgeni Alexandrowitsch Evstignejew ( Russian Евгений Александрович Евстигнеев , scientific transliteration Evgenij Aleksandrovič Evstigneev ; born October 9, 1926 in Nizhny Novgorod ; † March 4, 1992 in London ) was a Russian film and theater actor. From the 1960s and until his death, he was one of the most famous actors in the country.
Life
Yevgeny Yevstigneyev was born into a working-class family in Nizhny Novgorod. During the Second World War he worked as a locksmith in a factory. In 1951 he completed an acting apprenticeship at Moscow's Gorky Theater and then worked at the Vladimir Theater . From 1954 to 1956 he attended the drama school of the Chekhov Art Theater in Moscow . In 1957 he got an engagement at the newly founded Sovremennik Theater , where he appeared as Satin in Maxim Gorkis Nachtasyl , as King in Yevgeny Schwarz ' The Naked King and in the roles of Kuropejew and Murowejew in Alexander Wolodin's The Appointment . In 1971 he moved back to the Chekhov Art Theater.
Yevstigneyev made his film debut in 1957 in Vladimir Petrov's The Duel . In the course of his career he made a name for himself as a grotesque comedian, who was able to characterize representatives of different social classes with his play through particularly apt representation of their human weaknesses. He gained general fame through his role as pioneer camp director in Elem Klimov's film Dobro poschalowat, ili Postoronnim vchod vospreschtschon (1964). He also played important roles in Alexander Alows and Vladimir Naumov's The Flight (1971), as Batyushka in Viktor Gres ' children's film The Black Chicken (1981) and as the blacksmith Nikita Demidow in Yaropolk Lapschin's The Armourer of the Urals (1983). One of Yevstigneyev's most prominent roles was his portrayal of Professor Preobrazhensky in the television film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov 's 1988 story “ Dog's Heart ”.
In 1974 Yevstigneyev was awarded the State Prize of the USSR and in 1983 the title of People's Artist of the USSR . The actor died of heart surgery in a London clinic in 1992. He was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.
Filmography (selection)
- 1957: The Duel (Поединок)
- 1959: The Ballad of the Soldier (Баллада о солдате)
- 1962: Following the sun (Человек идёт за солнцем)
- 1962: nine days of a year (Девять дней одного года)
- 1963: Conqueror of the Skies (Им покоряется небо)
- 1964: Welcome or unauthorized entry prohibited (Добро пожаловать, или Посторонним вход воспрещён)
- 1964: Heroes of the Cheka (Сотрудник ЧК)
- 1965: Loyalty (Верность)
- 1966: be careful, car thief! (Берегись автомобиля)
- 1967: Stewardess (Стюардесса) - TV movie
- 1968: The golden calf (Золотой телёнок)
- 1968: Fridtjof Nansen (Всего одна жизнь)
- 1969: Strange People (Странные люди)
- 1970: Tchaikovsky (Чайковский)
- 1970: Accused of murder (Обвиняются в убийстве)
- 1971: The Escape (Бег)
- 1972: Stolen Treasures (Достояние республики)
- 1972: The ancients, these robbers (Старики-разбойники)
- 1973: Seventeen Moments of Spring (Семнадцать мгновений весны) - TV movie
- 1973: The dacha (Дача)
- 1973: My uncle Mischa (Моя судьба)
- 1973: Nachtasyl (На дне) - TV film
- 1974: The Incredible Adventures of the Italians in Russia (Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России)
- 1976: I invented the "perpetual motion machine" (Потрясающий Берендеев)
- 1976: The days of the surgeon Mishkin (Дни хирурга Мишкина) - TV movie
- 1976: Towards the bright fire (На ясный огонь)
- 1977: Till Ulenspiegel (Легенда о Тиле)
- 1977: Life and death of Ferdinand Luce (Жизнь и смерть Фердинанда Люса)
- 1977: Little Red Riding Hood with a difference (Про Красную Шапочку)
- 1977: With broken wings (Повесть о неизвестном актёре)
- 1978: The Black Cat (Место встречи изменить нельзя) - TV movie
- 1978: Family Stories (По семейным обстоятельствам)
- 1979: Sanja, the flying inventor (Примите телеграмму в долг)
- 1981: The Black Chicken (Чёрная курица, или Подземные жители)
- 1982: Waiting in front of the registry office (Любимая женщина механика Гаврилова)
- 1983: We from Jazz (Мы из джаза)
- 1983: The Urals Armorer (Демидовы)
- 1985: The man with the accordion (Человек с аккордеоном)
- 1985: Winter evening in Gagra (Зимний вечер в Гаграх)
- 1988: The City of Zero (Город Зеро)
- 1988: Dog heart / Sobache serdtse (Собачье сердце)
- 1989: New adventures of a Yankee at King Arthur's court (Новые приключения янки при дворе короля Артура)
literature
Evstigneev, Evgenij in Hans-Michael Bock (Hrsg.): Lexikon Filmschauspieler International, Henschel Verlag Berlin, 1995, p. 249 f. ISBN 3-89487-199-7
Web links
- Yevgeny Jewstignejew in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Evstigneev Biography and Full Filmography (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yevstigneyev, Yevgeny Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Евстигнеев, Евгений Алексадрович (Russian); Evstigneev, Evgenij Alexandrovič (scientific transliteration) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nizhny Novgorod |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4th 1992 |
| Place of death | London |