Sergei Dmitrievich Stolyarov

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Sergei Dmitrievich Stoljarow ( Russian Сергей Дмитриевич Столяров * 4 . Jul / 17th July  1911 greg. In Bessubowo, Tula Governorate , Russian Empire ; † 9. December 1969 in Moscow ) was a Soviet theater - and film - actor .

Life and accomplishments

Sergei Stolyarov was born in the village of Bessubowo south of Moscow. His exact date of birth was long considered unknown. Stoljarov himself celebrated his birthday on November 1st. T. is still mentioned today. At the beginning of the 21st century, however, July 4th could be determined as the exact date of birth according to the Julian calendar.

Stolyarov had three brothers named Alexander, Pyotr and Roman, and a sister. The father worked as a forester , the family lived in modest circumstances. After the outbreak of World War I , a wealthy local farmer was hired by lot for army service . He then praised a hut, a cow and a horse as a reward for a substitute, for which Dmitri Stolyarov reported. He died in a gas attack in 1914. As a result, the family fell into poverty, and Sergei had to contribute to a living as a child. While herding a cow he had an accident and lost part of a ring finger.

In 1919 the mother sent her sons to Tashkent to escape the local poverty. However, Sergei fell ill with typhus on the way and his brothers took him to the Kursk hospital . Then he was assigned to the local orphanage . Here Stolyarov gained his first theater experience in a play about the French Revolution .

At the end of the 1920s, Stolyarov completed his first professional training and worked as a locksmith on the Kiev Railway. At the same time, he learned the basics of acting through the proletarian culture program and under the supervision of Alexei Diki until 1931. Here he also received a recommendation for the Moscow Art Theater . In 1932 the young actor passed the entrance exam for the famous theater with a recitation from Gorky's night asylum and was selected from 500 applicants by Vladimir Nemirowitsch-Danchenko , Konstantin Stanislawskis and Vsevolod Meyerhold . He played two years at the Art Theater and then moved as a result of his military service at the Theater of the Red Army in Moscow. The blonde mime stayed here until 1938. Further stations in his stage career were to be the Mossoviet Theater (1940–1942) and the Moscow State Theater of Cinema Actors , where Stolyarov played from 1944 until shortly before his death.

Stoljarov's cinematic work began in 1935 with the lead role in the drama Аэроград ( Aerograd ), in which he played a pilot. After two smaller engagements in the same year, he played a supporting supporting role in Цирк ( Zirk ), whose director Grigori Alexandrov became aware of the young actor through Аэроград. In protest against the execution of the cameraman Vladimir Semjonowitsch Nilsen, Stolyarov boycotted the premiere of Цирк. Because of this, he was again not invited to the Paris World's Fair , where the work was running. His relationship with Alexandrov also deteriorated noticeably over the years, so that there was never another collaboration. However, thanks to his role in Цирк, Stolayrov was reunited with his mother and brother Roman, who recognized him on the movie poster.

In 1938 he gave the title role in Руслан и Людмила ( Ruslan i Lyudmila ). The genre of fairy tale and fantasy films was to be formative for his further career, although he initially had reservations about works of this kind. For Alexander Rou's second film Die Schöne Wassilissa (1940) he played the leading role of the farmer's son Ivan, who saves the title character. The film should see many re-screenings over the years and has also been shown internationally. A few years later, Stolyarov gave a similar role as here in Der immortliche Kaschtschai (1945), another work by Rous. In the meantime he played members of the military and navy in three films.

After the outbreak of the German-Soviet war , Stoljarow volunteered for the army, but was demobilized again after a short time and evacuated from the Mosfilmstudio to Alma-Ata together with his family and colleagues in the autumn of 1941 . On the way, Stolyarov's ration cards were stolen. He then hunted a mountain goat himself. In Alma-Ata he was involved in the performance of the play Русские люди ( Russkije ljudi ). Stolyarov donated the proceeds to the defense fund , for which Stalin sent him a telegram of thanks.

After the war, Stolyarov gave his next leading role in the musical comedy Love wins (1947). A few years later he had his international breakthrough with Sadko's Adventure (1952) by Alexander Ptuschko, and the French magazine Cinema even included Stolajrov in its list of the world's most important cinema actors. Thanks to Sadko's great success , Stolyarov was able to travel to Argentina as part of a delegation, where he met the then President Juan Perón .

This was followed by The Secret of Two Oceans (1955) and the fantasy film The Struggle for the Golden Gate (1956), in which the blonde mime played the legendary figure Aljoscha Popowitsch . In the next few years only minor roles followed in less well-known works. Stolyarov came into conflict with the directors of the Theater of Cinema Actors in the 1960s , as he was accused of not complying with his work standard, which was very hard on the actor. During this time he also wrote his own screenplay, which was not to be made into a film until 1970 under the title Когда расходится туман ( Kogda raschoditsja tuman ). His 28th and last role was Stoljarov in 1967 as the main actor in Туманность Андромеды ( Tumannost Andromedy ). His work also includes the theatrical recording Мой дом на земле ( Moi dom na semle , 1963) and the animated film Сармико ( Sarmko , 1952), in which he was heard as a voice actor . Stolyarov was subscribed to the role of the flawless and exemplary hero throughout his film career and enjoyed great popularity with Soviet audiences. The actor and folk artist of the RSFSR Valentin Iosifowitsch Gaft (* 1935), who met Stolyarov in his youth, describes him as his role model.

In 1968 his health deteriorated noticeably, he suffered from swollen legs and shortness of breath. Stoljarov initially refused an examination, but eventually went to medical treatment, and a lymphosarcoma was diagnosed. He succumbed to the disease in December 1969 and was buried in the Wagankowoer Friedhof , Section 1.

Sergei Stoljarow is not identical to the actor Sergei Vsevolodowitsch Stoljarow (* 1947).

Honors

Stolyarov received the Stalin Prize in 1951 for his role in Far From Moscow (1950) and was honored with the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1957 . In the year of his death, he was appointed People's Artist of the USSR .

In 1997, his work was the subject of the 32nd episode of the documentary series Чтобы помнили ( Chtoby pomnili ), in which his widow and son also had their say. Eight years later he was also recognized with a contribution in the television series Как уходили кумиры ( Kak uchodili kumiry ).

Stolyarov's likeness is the model for the figure of the worker in Wera Muchina's sculpture Worker and Kolkhoz Peasant Woman .

Private

During his time at the Red Army Theater , Stolyarov met Olga Dmitrijewna Konstantinowa, a student of the drama teacher Yuri Alexandrovich Savadsky, who was to become his wife. Their son Kirill (January 28, 1937 - October 11, 2012) also embarked on the career of a theater and film actor, in Blue Paths (1948) and The Secret of Two Oceans he played small supporting roles alongside his father. Kirill's son Sergei (* 1962) is also an actor.

Stolyarov and his family lived in modest circumstances, they owned neither a car nor a dacha . The only actor he had personal contact with was his hunting companion Boris Babotschkin .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Biography of Sergei Stoljarov at kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 17, 2020
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Biography of Sergei Stoljarov at 24smi.org (Russian), accessed on July 16, 2020
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Interview statements about Stolyarov on chtoby-pomnili.net (Russian), accessed on July 17, 2020
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Sergei Stoljarov's filmography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 17, 2020
  5. ↑ Valentina Sorogoschskaja's biography on a-tremasov.ru (Russian), accessed on July 16, 2020
  6. ↑ The beautiful Wassilissa in the Internet Movie Database (English), accessed on July 16, 2020
  7. ↑ Valentin Gafts biography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 17, 2020
  8. ↑ Sergei W. Stoljarov's biography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 17, 2020
  9. ↑ Film data for Чтобы помнили № 32 on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 15, 2020
  10. ↑ Profile of Kirill Stolyarov at kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 16, 2020
  11. ↑ Sergei K. Stoljarov's biography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 17, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Stolyarov, Sergei Dmitrievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Столяров, Сергей Дмитриевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Bessubowo, Tula Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 9th December 1969
Place of death Moscow