Pyotr Kadochnikov: the tragic fate of a talented actor

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Year 1980. This year was remembered not only for the Olympics, but also for the release of the two-part film "Pious March" on the big screen. This comedy was based on the play by Tirso de Molina. And Peter Kadochnikov, who will be discussed, played in it the role of the brother of the main character Dona Marta - Don Antonio.

Childhood years in a beloved family

On New Year's Eve 1945 (December 27, 1944), in the vicinity of Tbilisi, a son was born in the family of famous actors of the Leningrad Youth Theater Pavel Kadochnikov and Rosalia Kotovich, who was named Petya.

Pavel Kadochnikov was a legendary person - a handsome man, a talented actor, a jack of all trades and just a very good, decent person. Rosalia Kotovich was a fairly successful actress, but for the sake of her husband at one point she left the stage. Even if she later regretted it, it was only in moments of weakness. Pavel Petrovich earned well, and they could afford to invite an au pair. But Rozalia Ivanovna loved to do everything herself, because all thiswas for her beloved family members. She was an excellent cook and often spoiled her home with delicious dishes. With her husband, she always went to the shooting and even there she managed to create comfort for him.

Here in such a wonderful family, little Peter Kadochnikov grew up in love and respect.

Adolescence and youth

Peter grew up as a very diligent boy, very decent and inquisitive. At school he studied well. He liked the learning process itself, and Peter tried to learn as much as possible from each lesson.

He graduated from school with a gold medal. After he entered the Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Physics. And only much later, having already studied and received a diploma, he decided to enter the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. The choice fell on the Faculty of Film Studies, because, unlike acting, it was allowed to study in absentia. Peter graduated from this educational institution, receiving a diploma with honors.

Unlike his paternal half-brother Konstantin, Pyotr Kadochnikov, being a very shy person by nature, often refuses to act in films. And his father (Pavel Petrovich) had to practically force him to come to the set. Pyotr Pavlovich preferred to work at home, in his office. He could type scripts all night long. Pavel Kadochnikov was always proud of Peter, his youngest son, even if his achievements were very modest. He really liked that Peter was a jack of all trades, because the younger Kadochnikov knew how to do everything around the house.absolutely, but the elder was completely incapable of this.

Working afternoon tea

Pyotr Kadochnikov, whose personal life became of interest to fans after the release of the first of his few films, worked according to his profession. He worked on Leningrad television as a host of a program for movie lovers. He liked the work, and the program was very popular. Sometimes he starred in episodic and very small roles at Lenfilm and in films produced by the Sverdlovsk Film Studio.

1974 is an important time in his biography, because it was then that Pyotr Kadochnikov first appeared on the big screen. His creative path was very short, and he managed to star in only a few films.

Severe Don Antonio

The mass audience recognized him well after Peter Pavlovich played the role of Don Antonio in the musical comedy "Pious Marta". Its popularity has increased many times over. The story in comedy is quite simple. The main character, Doña Marta, the intractable father wants to marry a decent, but elderly man. And the girl loves the young student. But it is impossible to legally marry him, because after one fight with swords, the student stabbed his beloved brother to death, who tried to drive him away from his sister's balcony. So the girl has to come up with the observance of her vow of celibacy. How it all ended, most viewers know.

By the way, in two films the actor Pyotr Kadochnikov played with his father - Pavel Kadochnikov. It's already mentioned abovePious Marta and Silva.

Great tragedy

Once upon a time, trouble knocked on a happy and friendly family. It was the summer of 1981. The Kadochnikovs went on vacation to the B altic states, to Ingalin. They had a good rest, and on the last day they decided to have a picnic with their friends. Not without a small amount of alcohol, and the adults decided to fool around. Peter Kadochnikov, whose biography was so short, wanted to “ride.”

He was a fearless man and was very fond of climbing a tall tree, then to roll down the branches. But on that terrible day, for some reason, for such pranks, Pyotr Pavlovich chose not a birch, as usual, but a pine. This led to tragedy. If you ride on birch branches, they will bend. The pine was brittle and broke. Kadochnikov fell down from a great height and crashed. He was taken to the hospital with numerous fractures, bruises and a head injury. Three days later, without regaining consciousness, he left this mortal world.

Relatives took this death hard. At some point, Rosalia Ivanovna even blamed her daughter-in-law, the wife of her son, for what had happened. She believed that the friends with whom her son and his wife spent their holidays arranged everything, that it was practically a murder, and the daughter-in-law was to blame. Subsequently, they had to disperse (and before they all lived together, there was a big friendly family). Even the daughter of Pyotr Pavlovich did not find out about this immediately, but after a few months - she was not told about what had happened, so as not to inflict psychological trauma on the child.

Kadochnikov was buried at the Serafimovsky cemetery in Leningrad.