Viktor Avdyushko
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Viktor Antonovich Avdyushko (Russian
: Виктор Антонович Авдюшко; January 11, 1925 - November 19, 1975) was a Soviet actor and a People's Artist
of the Russian SFSR.
, he left it and was admitted into the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, where he studied under Yuli Raizman
. He graduated from the academy in 1949, and joined the regular cast of the Mosfilm
studio.
. Avdyushko continued to play supporting characters during the following years, in pictures such as Cossacks of the Kuban
and Hostile Whirlwinds
. He was given his first major appearance in the 1955 Heroes of Shipka, when he depicted the Russian soldier Osnobishin.
At 1957, Avdyushko was cast for the leading role in Mikhail Schweitzer's Tight Knot, adapted from a story by Vladimir Tendryakov
. He portrayed Pavel Mansurov, an idealist Kolkhoz
general secretary who is corrupted by the power of his office. The film had to be heavily censured in order to be released, and its title was changed to Sasha Comes to Life. The full version was only released in 1988.
Jury Prize
winning Peace to Him Who Enters
and the 1964 The Alive and the Dead
, based on Konstantin Simonov
's novel. He also worked with foreign studios, mainly East Germany's DEFA: He played in Konrad Wolf
's 1958 Sun Seekers
and in Frank Beyer
's 1963 Naked among Wolves
. At 1972, he appeared in The Dawns Here Are Quiet
, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
At 26 November 1965, Avdyushko was awarded the title Meritorious Artist
of the Russian SFSR. In 28 March 1974, he was granted the title of a People's Artist
of the RSFSR He was married to Estonian actress Liina Orlova, with whom he had one daughter, future actress Marija Avdyushko-Taska.
At early 1975, as he was working on a picture in Vladivostok
during winter, Avdyushko entered the cold ocean water for a scene. He developed severe Pleural empyema, of which he died seven months later. He is buried in the Vagankovo Cemetery
.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
: Виктор Антонович Авдюшко; January 11, 1925 - November 19, 1975) was a Soviet actor and a People's Artist
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Nomenclature and significance :...
of the Russian SFSR.
Early life
Avdyushko was born to a father who worked as a weight inspector in the Kiyevsky Rail Terminal and to a housewife mother, who also raised one older daughter. Initially a student in the Moscow Aviation InstituteMoscow Aviation Institute
Moscow Aviation Institute is one of several major engineering higher education establishments in Moscow .Although the school is currently offering a wide range of majors and research...
, he left it and was admitted into the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, where he studied under Yuli Raizman
Yuli Raizman
Yuli Yakovlevich Raizman was a Soviet Russian film director and screenwriter. His film Private Life was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-Selected filmography:* The Earth Thirsts...
. He graduated from the academy in 1949, and joined the regular cast of the Mosfilm
Mosfilm
Mosfilm is a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely-acclaimed Soviet films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein , to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production and the epic Война и Мир...
studio.
Breakthrough
He made his debut on screen with a minor role in Sergei Gerasimov's 1948 film The Young GuardThe Young Guard (film)
The Young Guard is a two-part 1948 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov based on the novel of the same title by Alexander Fadeyev. In 1949 a Stalin Prize for this film was awarded to Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, and the group of leading actors.The Film was also the highest...
. Avdyushko continued to play supporting characters during the following years, in pictures such as Cossacks of the Kuban
Cossacks of the Kuban
The Cossack of the Kuban from Mosfilm is a color film, glorifying the life of the farmers in the kolkhoz of the Soviet Union's Kuban region, directed by Ivan Pyryev and starring Marina Ladynina, his wife at that time.-Cast:* Marina Ladynina, as Galina...
and Hostile Whirlwinds
Hostile Whirlwinds
Hostile Whirlwinds is a 1953 film Soviet directed by Mikhail Kalatozov based on a screenplay by Nikolai Pogodin.- Plot summary :Film exercises the first years of Soviet government, biography of Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1918-1921....
. He was given his first major appearance in the 1955 Heroes of Shipka, when he depicted the Russian soldier Osnobishin.
At 1957, Avdyushko was cast for the leading role in Mikhail Schweitzer's Tight Knot, adapted from a story by Vladimir Tendryakov
Vladimir Tendryakov
Vladimir Tendryakov was a Soviet short story writer and novelist.-Biography:He was born at Makorovskaya near Vologda in 1923. His father was a civil servant. He studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. He started writing in the late 1940s and graduated with a degree in...
. He portrayed Pavel Mansurov, an idealist Kolkhoz
Kolkhoz
A kolkhoz , plural kolkhozy, was a form of collective farming in the Soviet Union that existed along with state farms . The word is a contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство, or "collective farm", while sovkhoz is a contraction of советское хозяйство...
general secretary who is corrupted by the power of his office. The film had to be heavily censured in order to be released, and its title was changed to Sasha Comes to Life. The full version was only released in 1988.
Summit
The actor starred in many films during the 1960s and early 1970s, and performed in fifty until the end of his career, including the 1961 BiennaleVenice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
Jury Prize
Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)
The Special Jury Prize is an award given at the Venice Film Festival. It is awarded to one or two films per year and is considered less prestigious than the main award, the Golden Lion.-Awards:*1951 A Streetcar Named Desire by Elia Kazan...
winning Peace to Him Who Enters
Peace to Him Who Enters
Peace to Him Who Enters is a 1961 Soviet film written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov. Set in World War II, it tells the story of three Soviet soldiers who try to rescue a trapped pregnant German woman by taking her on a dangerous drive to a hospital.- External links :...
and the 1964 The Alive and the Dead
The Alive and the Dead
The Alive and the Dead is a 1964 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Stolper based on the eponymous novel by Konstantin Simonov.-Cast:* Kirill Lavrov - Ivan Sinzov* Viktor Avdyushko* Anatoli Papanov - General Serpilin* Aleksei Glazyrin - Malinin...
, based on Konstantin Simonov
Konstantin Simonov
Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov was a Russian/Soviet author, known especially as a war poet.-Early years:He was born in Petrograd. His mother was born Princess Obolenskaya, of a Rurikid family. His father, an officer in the Tsar's army, left Russia after the Revolution in 1917. He died in Poland...
's novel. He also worked with foreign studios, mainly East Germany's DEFA: He played in Konrad Wolf
Konrad Wolf
Konrad Wolf was an East German film director, son of Friedrich Wolf, brother of Markus Wolf....
's 1958 Sun Seekers
Sun Seekers
Sun Seekers is an East German film, directed by Konrad Wolf during 1958. It was banned and subsequently released only in 1972.-Plot:...
and in Frank Beyer
Frank Beyer
Frank Beyer was German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany. His film Traces of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the...
's 1963 Naked among Wolves
Naked Among Wolves (film)
Naked Among Wolves is a 1963 East German film directed by Frank Beyer and starring Erwin Geschonneck and Armin Mueller-Stahl. The film is based on the 1958 novel, also titled Naked Among Wolves, by Bruno Apitz.-Plot:...
. At 1972, he appeared in The Dawns Here Are Quiet
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a feature film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name. In 1973 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category.-Plot:...
, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
At 26 November 1965, Avdyushko was awarded the title Meritorious Artist
Meritorious Artist
Meritorious Artist , also translated as Merited Artist, Deserved Artist or Distinguished Artist or Honorary Artist or Honorable Actor) is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union republics, and Autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern bloc states, as well as in a...
of the Russian SFSR. In 28 March 1974, he was granted the title of a People's Artist
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Nomenclature and significance :...
of the RSFSR He was married to Estonian actress Liina Orlova, with whom he had one daughter, future actress Marija Avdyushko-Taska.
At early 1975, as he was working on a picture in Vladivostok
Vladivostok
The city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 km long and approximately 12 km wide.The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 m...
during winter, Avdyushko entered the cold ocean water for a scene. He developed severe Pleural empyema, of which he died seven months later. He is buried in the Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagan'kovskoye Cemetery , established in 1771, is located in the Krasnaya Presnya district of Moscow...
.
Selected filmography
- The Young GuardThe Young Guard (film)The Young Guard is a two-part 1948 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov based on the novel of the same title by Alexander Fadeyev. In 1949 a Stalin Prize for this film was awarded to Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, and the group of leading actors.The Film was also the highest...
(1948) - Cossacks of the KubanCossacks of the KubanThe Cossack of the Kuban from Mosfilm is a color film, glorifying the life of the farmers in the kolkhoz of the Soviet Union's Kuban region, directed by Ivan Pyryev and starring Marina Ladynina, his wife at that time.-Cast:* Marina Ladynina, as Galina...
(1949) - Hostile WhirlwindsHostile WhirlwindsHostile Whirlwinds is a 1953 film Soviet directed by Mikhail Kalatozov based on a screenplay by Nikolai Pogodin.- Plot summary :Film exercises the first years of Soviet government, biography of Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1918-1921....
(1953) - Heroes of Shipka (1955)
- Sun SeekersSun SeekersSun Seekers is an East German film, directed by Konrad Wolf during 1958. It was banned and subsequently released only in 1972.-Plot:...
(1958) - Peace to Him Who EntersPeace to Him Who EntersPeace to Him Who Enters is a 1961 Soviet film written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov. Set in World War II, it tells the story of three Soviet soldiers who try to rescue a trapped pregnant German woman by taking her on a dangerous drive to a hospital.- External links :...
(1961) - Naked among WolvesNaked Among Wolves (film)Naked Among Wolves is a 1963 East German film directed by Frank Beyer and starring Erwin Geschonneck and Armin Mueller-Stahl. The film is based on the 1958 novel, also titled Naked Among Wolves, by Bruno Apitz.-Plot:...
(1963) - An Ordinary MiracleAn Ordinary Miracle (1964 film)An Ordinary Miracle is a Soviet 1964 lyrical comedy film, a love story directed by Erast Garin based on a play by Yevgeni Shvarts.King's palace was filmed in Vorontsov's Palace.- Cast :* Aleksei Konsovsky* Nina Zorskaya * Oleg Vidov as The Bear...
(1964) - The Alive and the DeadThe Alive and the DeadThe Alive and the Dead is a 1964 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Stolper based on the eponymous novel by Konstantin Simonov.-Cast:* Kirill Lavrov - Ivan Sinzov* Viktor Avdyushko* Anatoli Papanov - General Serpilin* Aleksei Glazyrin - Malinin...
(1964) - Thirty ThreeThirty Three (film)Thirty Three is a 1965 Soviet comedy film directed by Georgi Daneliya.-Plot:A rough factory worker of a distant rural town of Russia becomes a national celebrity, when it's discovered that his mouth bears 33 teeth...
(1965) - The Red and the WhiteThe Red and the White (film)The Red and the White is a 1967 film directed by Miklós Jancsó and dealing with the Russian Civil War. The original Hungarian title, Csillagosok, katonák, can be translated as "Stars on their Caps" , which, as with a number of Jancsó film titles, is a quote from a song...
(1967) - LiberationLiberation (film series)Liberation is an epic five-part film series considered the most large-scale World War II film ever made in the Soviet Union. Filmed from 1967 to 1971, the first part was released during 1970 for the 25th anniversary of Victory Day...
(1970) - The Dawns Here Are QuietThe Dawns Here Are QuietThe Dawns Here Are Quiet is a feature film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name. In 1973 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category.-Plot:...
(1972) - Soldiers of FreedomSoldiers of FreedomSoldiers of Freedom is a 1977 film directed by Yuri Ozerov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Vasily Lanovoy. Soldiers of Freedom is the World War II historical drama.-Plot:...
(1977)
External links
- Viktor Avdyushko on the IMDb.