Rozov Victor: biography, creativity. The play "Forever Alive"

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The military theme occupies a special place in Soviet cinematography. Films that are dedicated to the tragic pages of the national history of the 20th century were shot by directors a lot. But few of them became the property of Soviet and Russian culture. Rozov Viktor is a playwright and screenwriter, thanks to whom a picture was created that has become one of the best in world cinema. The life and creative path of the author of the script for the film "The Cranes Are Flying" is the topic of this article.

Biography

Rozov Viktor Sergeevich, whose plays entered the history of Soviet and Russian theatrical art, was born a year before the start of the First World War. Yaroslavl was his hometown. But here he did not live long, since the parents of the future playwright were forced to move to Kostroma in the early twenties. It was in this city, being very young, that Viktor Rozov realized that he wanted to connect his life with the theater.

After graduating from school, the future screenwriter entered the Kostroma Theater School. But when the war began, he was called to the front, from where he was demobilized a year later due to a severe wound. Rozov spent the following years in Moscow. He headed the front-line propaganda team, worked inTheater of railway workers as a director and actor. After the war, Viktor Sergeevich Rozov entered the Literary Institute. Gorky.

His plays were widely popular. The works written by Rozov Viktor Sergeevich were repeatedly filmed. The playwright received many awards and prizes. The film "The Cranes Are Flying" was appreciated not only in the Soviet Union, but also abroad.

Viktor Rozov died in 2004, in Moscow. The playwright is buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery.

Journey to different cities

When the war began, Viktor Rozov, like his famous hero from the film "The Cranes Are Flying", did not think for a minute about what he should do. And therefore, at the end of June, he was at the front. Rozov outlined his experiences in an autobiographical book called “Journey to Different Cities.”

After being seriously wounded, Rozov stayed in the hospital for several months. And in that period when he suffered from unbearable pain, a poet suddenly woke up in him. He wrote three or four poems a day. But, unfortunately, only a few have survived, and even then only in the memory of Viktor Sergeevich. These poetic works have not been published.

Dramaturgy

Rozov studied at the Literary Institute for two years. And then he went to Alma-Ata at the invitation of Natalia Sats. In this city, they jointly organized a children's theater. Only after returning to Moscow and writing the first play did Rozov continue his studies atinstitute.

The first performances based on the works of Rozov took place in the late forties. In 1949, the Soviet playwright wrote the play "His Friends". Then the work "Pages of Life" was created. In his work, Rozov Viktor Sergeevich preferred the image of a highly moral person who is able to sacrifice his own interests for the sake of a lofty goal. He created a number of characters. But at the same time, he created heroes of approximately the same age and circle.

In the fifties Viktor Rozov wrote plays mainly for the Central Children's Theatre. In collaboration with Sovremennik, one of the best productions of the Soviet period appeared. It's about the play "Forever Alive". He wrote it long before it was read by the chief director of one of the best Moscow theaters.

Scenarios

Fourteen films were made based on Rozov's works. For each of them, the script was written, of course, by the playwright himself. In 1956, the film Good Hour was released. The plot of the film is the story of one Moscow family. Rozov in his work preferred the depiction of the life of young people, since the formation of a personality and the problem of choosing one path or another were for him, as a playwright, the most interesting.

The script for the film "The Cranes Are Flying" brought fame to its author. This film was made years after Rozov's film debut. Then the scripts for the films "A Noisy Day", "Unsent Letter" were written. Twice Rozov worked in collaboration with foreign writers. The last film work of Viktor Rozov was the script for the film "Riders".

"Forever Alive": writing history

Romanticism and patriotic convictions were inherent in post-war youth. And the play "Forever Alive", which Rozov wrote during the war, was in perfect harmony with the mood that prevailed in the country. But, oddly enough, the first production, which took place in the playwright's hometown, did not evoke a special response from the audience.

More than ten years have passed, and the director Oleg Yefremov read the play. Rozov slightly reworked the playwright, removing episodes that would have been out of place in the Sovremennik Theater. Premiered in 1956.

Movie

“The Cranes Are Flying” is one of the most touching Soviet paintings. Unlike most films created in the fifties, the plot of this film was not about the victory of the Soviet people, but about the fate of individual people. Love and fidelity is the main theme of Viktor Rozov's work.

In the cultures of different countries, cranes symbolize the beginning of a new life. That is why this technique was used in the script of the film. In the center of the plot is the fate of a young man who did not return from the front. He is opposed by another character - the cousin of the protagonist. This person chose not to go to the front, having obtained a reservation through dishonest means.

The final scene in the film "The Cranes Are Flying" became one of the best in the history of Soviet cinema. At the end of the picture, according to the scenario of Rozov, the heroine is waiting for her lover onstation. But he learns from his friend that he is dead. And the flowers that were intended for the deceased soldier, she distributes to the front-line soldiers. Cranes suddenly fly in the sky. And it seems that this is a sign that the Soviet soldiers who did not return in 1945 did not leave forever. They are forever alive.