Sergey Solovyov. Biography and filmography of the famous director

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Sergey Solovyov was born in 1944, on August 25th. He is known as a Russian director, actor, screenwriter and producer. It should be noted that his path to glory lay through thorny jungle. We will talk about how the famous film director followed his dream in our article.

Soloviev's childhood

The famous director was born in the city of Kem. Sergei's mother, Kaleria Sergeevna Nifontova, is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. Father - Alexander Dmitrievich Solovyov - a soldier.

It is known that the family ended up in a place called Kem after the tragic events that took place. The fact is that Sergei Nikolaevich Nifontov - Solovyov's grandfather - was arrested in 1936 and sent to the Kemsky camp No. 1. As it turned out, his wife is a real "Decembrist". Without a drop of doubt, she went after her husband, taking with her two daughters - Kaleria and Maria.

Soon grandfather was released from prison, because no one could find evidence of his guilt. The family did not want to move again. Everyone decided to stay in Kem. A few years later, grandfather Sergei was taken againtaken into custody and later died.

Sergey's father came to Kem on a state mission. Seeing the young and beautiful Kaleria, the man immediately fell in love. It should be noted that Alexander Dmitrievich had a family in Leningrad. After some time, he divorced his wife and registered a marriage with Kaleria.

Later they got little Sergey. At that time, the Great Patriotic War was going on, so the family had a hard time. It should be said that Sergei's grandmother held the position of head of the Kemsky railway department. During the war, she was en titled to rations, but she still failed to feed her family. In addition, the Germans regularly bombed the city and took food from the locals.

A year and a half later, the family moved to Pyongyang (North Korea), as the father received the post of adviser to Kim Il Sung. In a foreign land, the Solovyovs did not live long. Fate brought them back to their homeland in Leningrad in 1947. The boy went to school there. It is worth saying that since childhood, Sergei dreamed of becoming a submariner, but fate decreed otherwise.

Youth Solovyov

After the release of the film "The Cranes Are Flying", Sergei Solovyov, whose films were subsequently watched by millions of viewers, decides to take up directing seriously. After graduating from school, he enters the Institute of Cinematography.

Movie debut

The first role of Sergei Solovyov was played by him in the film "Look at the face." In 1963, the picture was awarded the Leipzig Film Festival.

In 1968, Sergei Solovyov graduated from the institute andstaged a performance based on the play “The Moon for the Stepsons of Fate” as a graduation work.

First director's work

The very first and serious work of Sergei Solovyov is the film adaptation of the painting “Egor Bulychev and Others” (A. M. Gorky). The main role was played by Mikhail Ulyanov. And The Station Agent was the first movie to hit the big screens.

The most famous paintings brought Solovyov "Black rose - the emblem of sadness, red rose - the emblem of love", "Assa", "House under the starry sky". At the beginning of the second millennium, Sergei Aleksandrovich Solovyov made one of his best films, The Golden Rose.

It should be said that the famous cinematographer released 3 volumes of his memoirs: “The Beginning. This and that…”, “Nothing that I smoke…”, Word for word.”

Do not forget that, among other things, Sergei Solovyov (director) was the head of the Krug association at Mosfilm, a professor at VGIK, chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee from 1994 to 1997, and president of the Moscow IFC.

Private life

Sergey Solovyov (director) was married 3 times. The first - on the actress Ekaterina Vasilyeva, whom he met at VGIK. After 5 years, the couple broke up.

Second marriage Sergei Solovyov concluded with actress Marianna Kushnerova. In marriage, the young had a son - Dmitry Solovyov. It was he who became the main character of the film "Tender Age".

The third wife of Solovyov was the actress Tatyana Drubich. The couple met on set"One Hundred Days After Childhood" painting. It is worth saying that there was a big age difference between them - 15 years. The couple looked ridiculous at first: a 28-year-old married man and a 13-year-old young actress aroused indignation among those around them. In addition, the girl's parents were against these relations, and Sergei's wife was not silent - she complained to the city party committee. But the love of Tatyana and Sergey could not resist anything. After some time, the couple got married. In 1984, the young had a daughter named Anya. In 2006 she graduated from the Munich Higher School of Theater and Arts in piano. Now the girl lives and works in Moscow.

Unfortunately, in 1989, Tatyana and Sergei divorced.

Let's wish the famous actor, film director, screenwriter and producer success in his future projects!