Vitaly Mefodyevich Solomin

Vitaly Mefodjewitsch Solomin ( Russian Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин ; born December 12, 1941 in Chita , Soviet Union; † May 27, 2002 in Moscow ) was a Russian actor .

Life

Between 1959 and 1963 he studied acting. From the second semester he began to play in the Maly Theater in Moscow, where he stayed after graduating until his death in 2002. He came to film at an early age and played his first film role in 1963 in the film "The Elder Sister". His most famous role was that of Dr. Watson in the Soviet film adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , late 1970s to mid 1980s, together with his film partner Vasily Borisovich Liwanow . These film adaptations are characterized by a particularly authentic reproduction of the time around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as excellent acting performances by the two main actors. Further films, especially well-known in Russia, are:

• Siberiada (1978)
• The Bat (1979)
• Silva (1981)
• Queen of Spades (1982)
• The winter cherry (1985)
• The Winter Cherry 2 (1990)

In 1995/6 Solomin tried his hand at filming. The result was the film "Die Jagd", for which he also wrote the script. Since the 1970s, Solomin has also worked as a theater director in the Malij Theater in Moscow. He directed the plays:

• My favorite clown (by Wassilij Liwanow)
• The Living Corpse (by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy )
• The wild one (by A. Ostrowskij)

Almost all of the plays that he directed, Solomin also appeared as the main actor. In 1997 he directed the musical "The Kretschinsky Wedding" by AWSuhovo-Kobilin, which was also performed in the Malij Theater. In 1977 he was awarded the A. Popov Gold Medal for his role in the play "Lyubov Yarovaya". During a theatrical performance, Solomin suffered a serious heart attack and was admitted to hospital, where he died on May 27, 2002.

Web links

• Vitaly Solomin in Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography in Russian