Viktor Andreevich Lazarev (actor)

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Viktor Andreyevich Lazarev ( Russian Виктор Андреевич Лазарев * 1. May 1918 in Moscow ; † 17th February 2007 ) was a Soviet and Russian film - actor .

Life

Lazarev, by his own admission, was an uncontrollable child and therefore had to attend an educational facility, where film studio employees became aware of him and, along with two other children , hired him for The Path to Life . He then developed an interest in acting, trained in the theater studio of the 2nd branch of the Maly Theater and received a contract with the Mosfilmstudio in 1939 . From the beginning of the 1940s, Lasarew could be seen again in front of the camera, but volunteered for the army after the outbreak of the German-Soviet war . After participating in the battles for Moscow , Stalingrad and Kursk in 1945, he was wounded in the meantime and witnessed the liberation of Berlin .

After the war, Lazarev continued his film career and appeared as a supporting actor in over 100 works until the end of his life. After suffering a heart attack in old age, he switched to the work of the second director , but occasionally stepped in front of the camera. His last film, Святое дело ( Swjatoje delo ), was released the year he died.

He was the recipient of the medal "For Merit in Combat" (1943).

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Lasarev's biography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 22, 2020
  2. a b c Interview with Lazarev on the Kommersant website (Russian), accessed on May 22, 2020
  3. a b Lasarews filmography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on May 22, 2020