Alexey Loktev is a popular Soviet and Russian actor, theater director. Loktev was awarded the title Honored Artist of the RSFR, is a laureate of the USSR State Prize.
The name of Alexei Vasilievich Loktev has long been inscribed in the cinema history of the country. In his youth, the actor starred in the cult film "I Walk in Moscow" and the famous film "Farewell, Doves!"
Film career
The future famous figure was born on December 30 in 1939 in Orsk. His parents had nothing to do with the world of art.
Vasily Ivanovich, father worked as an engineer at the plant, was the head of the site. Nadezhda Aleksandrovna, mother, was a librarian.
True, in youth, the parent of the future famous actor participated in amateur performances, played in the theater. During a tour of the Urals, the girl’s talent was impressed by the Moscow Art Theater and Nadia was invited to Moscow.
The son inherited the talent from his mother. By 1943, his father was transferred to work in the capital. In Moscow, Alyosha became interested in stage art. In the theater studio at ZIL, his debut took place.
The boy got the role of Pinocchio, the matured Loktev played Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet." After school, the future famous actor entered the VGIK. However, the attempt was unsuccessful.
During the year, Alexey worked as a turner at the factory. A year later, the applicant became a student in the acting department of GITIS. At seventeen, the artist first appeared on the movie screen.
He played in the film Leonid Lukov "Different Fates" in the episode. In the film "Farewell, pigeons" the student starred while studying in the first year. He got the main role: he played Genka. The first success was followed by work in Black Seagull, where Loktev played a revolutionary, the production drama The Last Bread.
Destination Search
After participating in the film "I Walk in Moscow" in 1963, Aleksey became popularly known. Celebrity before and after the release of the film Loktev did not feel himself. He was always shy.
That is why the actor fit perfectly into the image of the Siberian guy Volodya, who ended up in the capital. The character and his artist turned out to be a lot in common.
Equal motion picture 1963 in the creative biography of the actor was no longer there. He played in the military drama "First Snow", starred in the film "Our Home". The last significant role was the picture "In Russia".
The biographical film story told about Gorky's youth. The tape at the box office failed. Not even the stardom of the performers helped. After an unsuccessful film, Loktev left the movie.
He rarely starred, playing only in episodes. The performer did not constantly remind himself of himself, attend film studios in order to get roles: he completely switched to the theater.
After 1985, participation in filming completely stopped. The actor did not like the trends of the post-Soviet cinema. He did not want to play the proposed modern characters.
Theatrical career
The plans of the artist was to return as a screenwriter, but the tragic departure of a famous artist prevented the implementation of the plan. After completing his studies, Aleksei Vasilievich began working at the Pushkin MADT.
There, the actor served until 1972. After he moved to Leningrad, where he worked at LATD. Loktev returned to the capital only after seventeen years. During this period, the artist began to play in the theater of the Orthodox orientation "Glass".
In 1993, Alexey Vasilievich began to direct. He staged the play I'll be back. "The production told about the famous singer Igor Talkov, who died in 1991. The next work was the theater project" Believe! "By Vasily. Shukshin, " Fedor and Anya ", dedicated to the life of Dostoevsky.
At the Pushkin Theater, Loktev successfully staged the musical and poetic premiere of "Visions on a Hill" based on the poetry of Nikolai Rubtsov. With the participation of Roland Bykov, the actor organized his own team.
He combined the leadership of the theater with acting and directing. The latter had to be abandoned, because the leadership took too much effort. The work "The Last Love of Dostoevsky" became the work completing the work.
The production was held at the Mayakovsky Theater. The diaries of Dostoevsky and excerpts from his works were taken as a basis.
