“Never shoot comedies and historical films, because only the people love them, ” - VGIK teachers gave graduates of the directing department such a farewell word in the Soviet years. Alexey Korenev ignored this advice. He filmed a folk movie. His “Big Break” and “For family reasons” back in Soviet times, the audience looked to the holes and dragged into quotes.
Biography
Alexey Alexandrovich Korenev was born on May 2, 1927 in Moscow. A native Muscovite, he grew up in a "difficult" family. Father led the finance department of the Moscow City Economic Council. Mother also worked in finance. The family lived in a five-room apartment on Gogolevsky Boulevard. By the standards of the time, it was considered an elite housing.
The childhood of the future director was carefree. His parents often spoiled him. Korenev even grew up in a privileged, but not at all bohemian family. His parents were pragmatic people, far from art. However, this did not stop Alexei from imbued with a love of theater and cinema, as well as literature.
In the 30s, youth was fond of either football in the yard, or amateur performances. Alexey played in a drama club. He visited him with Oleg Efremov, who studied with him at the same school. Parents did not share the hobbies of their son. They dreamed that he would receive the prestigious profession of a marine engineer at that time. However, the son ignored the desire of the parents.
After school, Korenev entered the directing department at VGIK. He studied with Igor Savchenko. Together with him, in one course, they learned the basics of directing Yuri Ozerov, Sergey Parajanov, Marlen Khutsiev.
