Colleagues called him a man with a difficult fate. The famous actor Sergei Bekhterev took place in the profession and was in demand in it. His talent is multifaceted, so he was subject to the most diverse images. For this, he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia, although there was an inexplicable paradox: the venerable actor Sergei Bekhterev did not have his own living space. Of course, his native temple of Melpomene was supposed to solve such a problem, and he gave the actor the keys to the office apartment, but the actor did not live in it. He lost his own home, falling for the bait of scammers. He took this deception hard. What was the creative path of the famous actor? Let's take a closer look at this issue.
Biography
Sergey Bekhterev, whose biography at first glance may seem unremarkable, is a native of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. He was born on May 19, 1958.
It cannot be said that his childhood wascloudless and rosy: the mother passed away early, and the father left the family before her death and remarried. The burden of raising the boy fell on the shoulders of his grandmother, who surrounded him with care. At the same time, Sergei Bekhterev's father tried to keep in touch with him, and the boy eventually found a common language with his stepmother.
Love for the great art of the actor emerged in early childhood. Sergei Bekhterev said that when he was 4 years old, he wanted to try on the images of two bright and charismatic leaders: Lenin and Hitler. Seven years later, he was lucky to act in films: he took part in the film directed by Leonid Makarychev "Amazing Mortgage". After that, he decided to link his life forever with the art of acting.
Teaching Acting
In 1979, a young man becomes a professional actor, having received a diploma from LGITMiK (now the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts). He was taught the basics of reincarnation in the workshop of Arkady Katsman and Lev Dodin.
After graduating from high school, he enters the troupe of the St. Petersburg State Small Drama Theater (theater of Europe), where he will play his best roles. After some time, he will begin to work as a performer in TO "Art-Peter".
Theatrical work
The role of Lieutenant Vetkin in the play "Gentlemen Officers" (1980) became a test balloon on the theater stage. This was followed by a brilliant image of Guskov's father in the production of "Live and Remember" based on Rasputin. Gradually the viewer began to turnattention to the talent of the young actor. Especially the theater-goers noted the role of Gregory, filigree performed by Bekhterev in Lev Dodin's play "The House". The actor broke a storm of applause. Sergei Bekhterev turns into a famous actor. He is gladly approved for roles in classical productions: "The Seagull", "Demons", "Lord of the Flies". His masterful work staged by F. Abramov "Brothers and Sisters" in 1986 was awarded the State Prize of the USSR.
He brilliantly reincarnated as the authorized Ganichev. The artist Sergei Bekhterev was able to portray his hero as accurately as possible: a wolf grin, iron teeth, inflamed consciousness - a kind of combination of an executioner and a saint. Ganichev takes away the last from poor families, and his children suffer from night blindness. In general, there was something to play, and the actor brilliantly coped with the task.
As already emphasized, the versatility of Sergei Stanislavovich's talent was evident. He played both comedic roles (the young shepherd in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale) and dramatic roles (Gaev in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard). He also succeeded in the images of fairy-tale heroes (the Master in "Star Boy" by O. Wilde). He even played women on stage (a prostitute in Coltes' Roberto Zucco).
In 2003, a graduate of LGITMiK, in partnership with Olga Obukhovskaya, staged the production “Vaclav Nijinsky. Married to God.”
It should be noted that Sergei Bekhterev, whose roles were memorable for the viewer, sometimes complained that his native temple of Melpomene, in which he served for a long time, could notassist in solving the urgent housing issue.
Even after he left the theater of Europe, he did not have his own corner, wandering around friends and acquaintances. Sergei Bekhterev, an actor who was known throughout the country, even occasionally lived with his stepmother.
Film work
A graduate of LGITMiK devoted most of his creative time to serving in the theater, but sometimes he also acted in films. And in the field of cinema, he also gained fame and success. Sergei Bekhterev, whose films were included in the golden fund of Soviet cinema, was loved and recognizable by the public. The actor was discovered by the famous director Dmitry Svetozarov, who was able to see a real nugget under the guise of a “trivial intellectual”. It was he who, without much thought, approved the actor for the role of a person with disabilities, who is a genius and a villain in one person. The film was called "The Arithmetic of Murder", and for participation in it, Sergei Bekhterev was awarded the Best Actor award at the International Film Festival, which was held in 1993 in Valenciennes.
It should be noted his work in such popular films as "The Life of Klim Samgin" (Stepan Tomilin), "Blonde Around the Corner" (Nervous Buyer), "Heart of a Dog" (Medium).
Bekhterev did not refuse to participate in television series either. Here are some of them: “Saboteur. End of the War”, “Gangster Petersburg”, “National Security Agent”.
Television and radio work
The actor spent a lot of time ontelevision, participating in the cycles of programs "Studio-F", "Boyarsky Dvor", "Little Performance". For more than twenty years, Sergei Stanislavovich worked on the radio, reading poetry and prose to listeners.
Private life
Did Bekhterev have a family? Yes, he was married to a professional fine arts woman.
Then their marriage fell apart. Also, Sergei Stanislavovich had an adopted son, whom his ex-wife left him. Then he moved to live in Spain.
Last years of life
In the final period of his life, the actor complained about the difficult financial conditions in which his compatriots were forced to live. He was also disappointed that, in today's realities, the theater is not able to provide housing for its actors. Bekhterev often mentioned that he lacked funds: there was not enough money even to maintain his own he alth, which did not get better over the years. “I was pulled out of the other world twice. The Lord does not accept me, which means that I have not done enough on this earth,”the actor said.
Sergey Stanislavovich died on November 13, 2008 after a long illness, from which he was treated in one of the clinics of the Northern capital. He was buried at the Volkovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg.
