The ability to transform on stage or on the set is important for the actor. At first glance, and even on subsequent examinations, Anatoly Solonitsyn has an ordinary appearance. Standard and expressionless facial features. So what? You can ask such a question today. The current generation of critics and viewers does not need to prove that the actor’s creative biography has taken place.
The ability of Solonitsin was first evaluated by the director with a controversial reputation, Andrei Tarkovsky. His painting "Andrei Rublev" was a happy start for the actor. Until this moment, Anatoly worked in Sverdlovsk, Minsk, Leningrad, Tallinn. The biography of the creative person is not only the result of successfully played and criticized roles. There were many who went completely unnoticed. As they say, neither good nor bad. Neither fish nor fowl. Surviving such a state is not so simple even for a spiritually strong person.
Proposals from venerable directors began to arrive every other day, every day. And Solonitsyn willingly starred in films of various genres. I would especially like to note the film by Nikita Mikhalkov, "One among strangers, a stranger among his own." It seems that he is not here in the main role, but draws attention to his hero with inner tension and charm. It is for these qualities that the actor won the love of the audience. For a short time he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. For the role of Dostoevsky in the film "Twenty-Six Days from the Life of Dostoevsky" Anatoly receives the prize of the Berlin Film Festival.
The actor’s personal life was uneven. One wife, then another, then a third. Children. And the husband and father are one. On the one hand, a standard Lovelace biography. But in all respects he was a modest and even reserved person. Psychologists explain this behavior with hidden complexes that are laid in early childhood.
