Actor Mikhail Kuznetsov is familiar to contemporaries from the fairy tale film "Mary the Artisan", where he played a brave soldier. But few people know that his filmography includes more than 50 works in the cinema, including work on voice acting.
The doors to the world of art to actor Mikhail Artemievich were opened by Stanislavsky himself. Kuznetsov worked with such distinguished directors as the great Soviet storyteller Row Alexander, the legendary Pyryev Ivan, the outstanding Alexander Zarha and Raizman Julius. The actor’s path to the world of cinema and theater was not easy from the very first step. He made inconceivable sacrifices in order to achieve his dream.
Biography of the Soviet actor Mikhail Kuznetsov
Mikhail Artemievich was born in Noginsk (Bogorodsk) near Moscow in 1918. Soon after his birth, his father died, mother, in order to feed her son, had to move closer to the relatives who lived in the village of Tikhoretskaya on the Don. The childhood of the future actor Mikhail Kuznetsov passed there.
He grew up as an ordinary boy, loved to drive the ball with friends, helped his mother a lot "on the house" From his friends he was distinguished only by a frantic love for the stage. Even then, Michael knew that sooner or later he would play in the theater. It is interesting that he did not dream of a career in cinema, most likely he knew something negligible about him.
At that time, the art and involvement of men in it was perceived as a game, was considered something frivolous, and in the circles where Mikhail grew up, even shameful. Under pressure from relatives, the young man entered a vocational school, mastered the profession of a turner, got a job at a factory. By that time, he and his mother were already living in the capital again. Theaters were within walking distance, which allowed the guy to visit them at the first opportunity. At the performances, he literally turned off, enthusiastically watched what was happening on the stage, often spoke out the dialogue of the heroes with the actors.
Mikhail Kuznetsov entered the theatrical specialized educational institution, already being a working-turner. The young man accidentally found out that Stanislavsky himself opened a studio and was gaining young talents to study in it. But the listening time coincided with a shift at the factory. Michael took a desperate step - he burned his hand with acid, and immediately after visiting the medical center he went for exams.
In 1941, Mikhail Kuznetsov became a graduate of the Stanislavsky State Studio - his dream came true, he became an actor and could go on stage.
The filmography of the actor Mikhail Kuznetsov
Mikhail Artemievich began acting in films even when he was studying at Stanislavsky's studio. He played the main character, high school student Korzun Ilya in the film "Friends". It was this role that made the young actor recognizable, they paid attention to him as a talented professional in his field, although he did not yet have a diploma of education at that time. His second movie role was again the main one. Mikhail Kuznetsov brought to life the image of the taxi driver Solovyov in the movie "Mashenka".
In total, the filmography of the actor 59 works. Most of them are the main roles in the films. The truly significant work of Mikhail Artemievich was the role in the films
- "Inseparable friends",
- Ship Commander
- Mary the Artisan
- "Serving the Fatherland",
- "Young Russia",
- Bagration and others.
In addition, Mikhail Kuznetsov was engaged in voice acting for cartoons, sometimes he read the text for other actors who, for whatever reason, could not do it themselves. There are almost 10 such works in his creative piggy bank.
In his professional life there was also a theatrical scene with which he dreamed from a young age. He was a member of the troupe of the Moscow State Theater of Film Actors. It was an unusual theater. On its basis, there was a kind of preliminary run of future films, beginning actors could watch what was happening on the stage. Many consider this theater to be their school, a preparatory base, which later allowed them to enter a prestigious specialized acting university.
Many legendary Soviet actors passed through the troupe of the theater. In addition to Mikhail Kuznetsov, such talents of the Soviet era “Bondarchuk, Luzhin, Strizhenov, Pashkov, Fateev, Samoilov, Semin and others“ “noted” there.
