Victor Sokolov is a well-known Soviet and Russian director, whose career came in the 1960-1990s. Among other things, he showed himself as a successful actor and screenwriter.
Early biography
Victor Sokolov was born on November 21, 1928 in Moscow. As soon as he graduated from school, the Great Patriotic War began. In the postwar years, Victor for a long time could not find himself in life, until one day he became interested in cinema. He entered the acting department of GITIS, which he successfully graduated in 1951. Soon after, he was offered one of the leading roles in the film "Towards Life", where Nadezhda Rumyantseva first appeared on the screens with him.
Having tried himself as an actor, Viktor Sokolov decided that he liked directing more, so he received a second, director's education at VGIK. In 1960, he was promoted to stage director at Lenfilm. Sokolov's first films were "Until Next Spring, " "When the Bridges Are Drawn, " and "Friends and Years." The last of these paintings, released in 1965, was especially liked by critics. The next two films, “Day of the Sun and Rain” and “Blue Ice”, which were released in 1967 and 1969, further strengthened the opinion of Victor as a talented and innovative director.
Further career
In the 1960s, Viktor Sokolov happened to appear as an actor in several more films: “Again Morning”, “Comrade Arseny” and “Nikolai Bauman”, but this was, rather, an exception to the rule. He was still devoted to directing and, in addition to films, was engaged in staging theatrical performances. Under his authorship were presented the libretto of the ballets "Pearl", "Viper" and "Hangar".
In the 1970s, three films by the director came out: “Here is our home”, “My life” and “Live until dawn”. He wrote the scripts for the last two personally. They were highly appreciated by film critics, and Sokolov was awarded two significant prizes - "For the graphic decision of the film" and "Prize of the Caspian Oil Workers". As the director himself said: "I did not take a single shot without love for the motherland."
