Actor Alexey Dikiy: biography, filmography, photo

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

The memory of outstanding people who are no longer alive remains forever in the hearts of relatives, friends and other connoisseurs of their work. Alexey Dikiy is a man with a capital letter. Its popularity has not lost its relevance today. And the works with his participation in the theater and cinema make you think not only of the old generation, but also of a younger audience. Who is this talented and unforgettable person?

Biography

The future actor and director Alexei Denisovich was born in February 1889. Yekaterinoslav became his hometown, where he was born and grew up. And there the young man became interested in theater and cinema.

The starting point in his life, according to those close to the actor's entourage, was the literary works of such prominent Ukrainian dramatic writers as Panas Saksagansky, Mark Kropivnitsky, Maria Zankovetskaya and Ivan Karpenko-Kary. At that time, Aleksey Dikiy was so carried away by reading that he immediately desired to become a people's artist.

The implementation of what was conceived according to the plan of Alexei began with the participation of a young talent in the Kharkov theater group of Sukhodolsky. When the child wassix years old, he played in his first play. To the surprise of the parents, the kid managed to get used to the role so much that he was immediately noticed by the right people. In particular, Ilya Uralov, who later invited Diky to a small section of arts at the modern Art Theater, considered the burgeoning talent in a little boy.

The granite of science and the first steps in an acting career

When Alexei was 20 years old, he decided to take up acting at a professional level. To do this, Alexey Dikiy (a photo of this wonderful Soviet artist can be found below) went to Moscow, where he quickly got a job at special acting courses. His teachers at that time were theater teacher Vakhtang Mchedelov and director Konstantin Marjanishvili.

A year after his move to the capital, the aspiring artist got into the main cast of the Art Theatre. It was there that he got one of his small roles in a production called "The Living Corpse".

Partial role change

At the end of 1911, Alexey Dikiy received a diploma of theater courses and decided to try himself in directing. To do this, he agreed with the representation of the Prechistensky Rabfakov Courses, which allowed him to temporarily lead a small drama club. This time Aleksey used his previous experience as a dramatic actor, combined with his unusual creative approach to teaching.

At the same time, the actor played in performances. So, he could be seen in the role of Mishafrom "Provincial" (a wonderful production based on the work of Turgenev). He also brilliantly coped with the role of Alyoshka in the play "At the Bottom" (M. Gorky) and participated in the production of "The Death of Nadezhda" by G. Heyermas.

War and short hiatus from acting

Despite his growing popularity, Aleksey Dikiy (actor and popular theater director) still had to take a temporary timeout. This decision was made by him in connection with the outbreak of the First World War.

In his own words, the war years became a terrible test for him, as they did not carry anything useful and were characterized by wasted time. Three years later, he returned to the stage of the Maly Theater (MKhT), where he was to play Lvov and Epikhodov in the performances of Ivanov and The Cherry Orchard (according to Chekhov).

Master of acting and theater direction

From the beginning of 1918, Alexei Dikiy was a guest actor for the stage of the first Studio, later renamed the Maly Theatre. There he was lucky to play roles in productions based on the works of domestic and foreign authors. For example, on this stage he was Duke John from the play "Erika XIV", played the role of Pribingl in "The Cricket on the Stove" (Ch. Dickens) and Molchanov in the production of "The Spender". In a word, at that time the young man got the roles of colorful and mischievous characters.

In parallel with the acting of the actor Alexei Denisovich, directing beckoned. So, in the middle of 1919, he managed to work on the production of the play "Stream" (according to G. Berger) andshow this play on the stage of the Vakhtangov studio. Approximately three years later, a promising director completed a new work called "The Green Parrot" (according to A. Schnitzler). Moreover, this production has become a landmark for Wild. As it turned out, it was positively evaluated not only by the audience, but also by theater critics.

Later, Alexey Dikiy (the biography of this theatrical figure is full of creative successes and spectacular works) staged another play that made a splash in the entire director's community. It was "Flea" N. S. Leskova.

Other directorial productions and work at the Bolshoi Drama Theater

In early 1928, Alexei Denisovich started staging a new play called "A Man with a Briefcase". The premiere of the play took place in the capital's theater of the Revolution. Then he was invited to Tel Aviv, where the director successfully worked from 1928 to 1929.

Even later, Aleksey Dikiy (whose personal life remained in the background after his creative activity) organized his own theater workshop, where he taught everyone who wanted to learn the intricacies of acting and directing. It was with this young team that Dikiy staged his legendary Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

In March 1936, Alexei was appointed to the position of chief director of the Bolshoi Drama Theater, where he staged a lot of wonderful performances, among which are the following:

• "Mermaid";
• "Sailors from Cattaro";
• "Scenes from chivalrous times";
• "Bigday";
• "Philistines" and others.

Private life

Since Alexei was a creative person, his personal life left much to be desired. He often fell in love, but this feeling was so fleeting and only helped him bring a certain touch of variety to his work. However, I met that one and only Aleksey Dikiy. His wife was not a famous person.

And although not much is known about his chosen one Shurochka, eyewitnesses say that her actor was afraid like fire. According to them, she was small in stature, but she spoke very loudly, especially when she scolded the director. Therefore, Alexei often "fell nuts." And sometimes it was even deserved, because because of his creative nature, the artist often sinned with light love affairs.

The work of Alexei Diky in the cinema

Special attention in the life of Alexei Denisovich deserves his film career. And although there are not many roles in his acting piggy bank, they are all associated with famous personalities, politicians and statesmen. So, at one time the artist played Admiral Nakhimov, the great commander Kutuzov and Stalin. For the role of the latter, he received personal praise from the leader.

In October 1955, the beloved artist died. After the unexpected death of Alexei Diky, he was buried in the second section of the Novodevichy Metropolitan Cemetery.