Alexander Kazakov, whose biography is full of a large number of creative events, undoubtedly deserved one of the highest positions among the most talented actors of our time.
Biography
The actor was born on November 25, 1941 in the city of Balashikha, Moscow Region. It was during this period that he received the status of a regional center. The town, in which at that time about 40 thousand people lived, with the assignment of the status, an active message was given in the direction of industrial development. Alexander Kazakov grew up in an ordinary proletarian environment, but after graduating from school he entered the theater school. Was a student of Tovstonogov.
Career start
Kazakov Alexander Ivanovich is an actor who is an Honored Artist of Russia, director and screenwriter. The beginning of a career can be considered his employment after graduating from a theater school at the Taganka Theater. The mass audience was able to get to know him for the first time after the release of the feature film "The Unknown Heir" in 1974, in which Alexander Kazakov made his debut as an actor. The main roles in this film were played by Mikhail Pugovkin and Evgeny Gerasimov. The film showseveryday life of a construction team, which includes a newcomer with non-standard thinking. Alexander Kazakov played here the episodic role of one of the workers of the brigade, who has seven brothers and takes care of the youngest, who wants to study as an engineer and goes to college. At this time, the actor Alexander Kazakov was already 33 years old - a considerable age to start a career.
First serious work
The next role in the film "Wormwood - Bitter Grass" has already become noticeable for Alexander Kazakov. Here he played the role of military Trofim, who returned to his native village from Germany after the victory. With him was a girl who lost her memory in a concentration camp, whom the guy could not leave to the mercy of fate out of compassion and helped to return to a real full life. Alexander Kazakov, whose photo is shown below, played a role in tandem with actress Olga Prokhorova. This film can be considered the first great work of Kazakov Alexander Ivanovich as an actor in the cinema. The book by P. L. Proskurin was definitely waiting for the right hour. And finally, in 1982, it coincided. Director A. S altykov made a feature film that did not leave anyone indifferent. The relevance of this film is not lost today.
Continuing creative career
Until the end of the eighties, Alexander Kazakov starred in nine more films, the most notable of which include Once Upon a Time Shilov, Confrontation and Walking People. In the two-part film "Once Upon a Time Shilov", based on the play "Molva" by AthanasiusSalynsky, the famous director Vladimir Motyl is trying to comprehend the reasons for the degeneration of the revolution, to show the discrepancy between reality and the slogans proclaimed by the Bolsheviks. Alexander Kazakov helped him in this, playing the role of a fighter of the civil war and revolution, squadron commander Ivan Shilov, who cannot and does not want to understand or accept the ideas of the new economic policy of the state, because he did not fight for that and did not dream about it. For the first time, Lenin's ideas of building a state, which were considered unshakable, were questioned in the film.
TV series
In the six-episode television series "Confrontation" based on the novel by Yulian Semyonov, released in 1985, Alexander Kazakov played the role of a sawmill worker, Spiridon Kalinovich Deryabin. The film, starring Oleg Basilashvili and Andrei Boltnev, shows the investigation of terrible crimes that were committed in different years. Spiridon Deryabin assists investigator Colonel Kostenko in the search for the criminal. The small role played by Alexander Kazakov in this film is thought out to the end, it shows a living person and his character. Often, in modern series, such the highest level of acting is simply absent.
In the three-part film "Walking People" directed by Ilya Gurin, released in 1988, the role of the famous leader of the peasant uprising Stepan Razin was played by none other than Alexander Kazakov, the actor whose photoshown next. This is a film about the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich, a story about the 17th century, which went down in Russian history as a “rebellious” century. The split of the church and the rejection by the Old Believers of the reforms of Patriarch Nikon. "Walking people" at that time were called fugitive peasants. The events take place during the "Copper Riot" that broke out in Moscow. The archer's son Semyon Lazarev, who is one of the instigators of the rebellion, joins the army of Stepan Razin. In terms of the strength of the emotions evoked, the role played by Alexander Kazakov can only be compared with the role of Emelyan Pugachev, which was played by actor Sergei Lukyanov in The Captain's Daughter.
Best creative period
In the nineties, the creative career of Alexander Kazakov continued to develop. During this period, he not only starred in nine films, but also acted as a director and screenwriter of two films - "Master of the East" and "Screw", and in the second film he also played a role as an actor. The films released during this period of time brought the actor the greatest fame and popularity. First of all, it is necessary to highlight such paintings as "Beyond the last line", "Screw" and "Wolf's blood".
In the film "Beyond the last line" the actor played the role of a corrupt police captain Kostikov. Alexander Kazakov perfectly revealed the negative image, the opposite of the image of the main character of the picture, performed by Evgeny Sidikhin. The famous boxer, who was thrown out of life, has to contact a gang of criminals, which includes a corrupt captain. But there is always an invisible linewhich a true hero cannot cross. The contrast between cynicism and meanness, on the one hand, and justice and honor, on the other, is shown. Also in the film, one of the main roles was played by singer Alexander Talkov.
"Wolf's Blood" directed by Nikolai Istanbul, released in 1995, was remembered by many. The film is based on the historical novel Forgiveness Sunday by Leonid Monchinsky. There is a split in the country, it is not clear who is fighting for whom. Gangs of marauders constantly make raids on villages and villages, killing and intimidating the inhabitants. The entire horror of the civil war in the post-revolutionary period of 1917 is shown. Alexander Kazakov, who played the role of Ataman Sirko in the film, was able to properly convey the spirit and essence of that time. The picture can already be called a classic Russian action movie.
Life after 60
From 2000 to 2013, Alexander Kazakov, as an actor, starred in more than 20 films, including TV shows. In 2007, another of his directorial works was released - the film "Special Purpose Prison", where Alexander also played one of the roles. The last work of the artist in the cinema was the film "Two Winters and Three Summers", released in 2013.
He constantly played in the Taganka Theater, took part together with Vsevolod Abdulov and Yanklovich in programs dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Vysotsky, and read his poems. And what a voice - Tagansky, real. His monologue Khlopushi from Yesenin's poem "Pugachev" is simply a masterpiece. And also Alexander Kazakov - a bard who performs songsown composition, which "touch the soul". His song about the drake was noted by V. Vysotsky. He was engaged in martial arts, loved basketball and hockey.
Recent years
Alexander Kazakov participated in the creation and was one of the four hosts of the Adult People program, which has been on TVC since 2011. This program has become a kind of encyclopedia for people of pre-retirement age and pensioners who already have experience. Here the issues of providing pensioners with various benefits, including land tax, according to the social card of a Muscovite, questions of finding a job after going on a well-deserved rest, were considered. The opportunities for pensioners to receive free sanatorium vouchers from the social security authorities were not ignored. Leading programs themselves became participants in the plots. There were no boring conversations. It was a kind of social series, where the characters studied all the issues from the inside and only then gave the viewers recommendations and specific advice. A total of 48 programs were created, the last of which was released at the end of December 2012. And six months later, a talented actor, director, screenwriter, bard and TV presenter Alexander Kazakov passed away.
Alexander Ivanovich Kazakov died on June 15, 2013 in Balashikha, Moscow Region. At that time he was a little over 71 years old. The actor was buried at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan, next to his mother and family.
An interesting fine actor with a memorable characteristic voice. He deserves big roles.
