The fate of even become famous artists sometimes was not easy. Not immediately recognition came to the Soviet theater and film actor Vladimir Kozel. Glorified his role as Colonel Schukin in the cult film "Adjutant of His Excellency." The performer also participated in the famous "Zucchini" 13 chairs ", starred in" Eternal Call "and" Walking through the agony."
Basically, White Guard officers became the heroes of Vladimir Georgievich Kozel. Despite the fact that they were negative characters, the audience was impressed by the artist's intelligence and aristocracy.
Way to Vocation
The biography of the future celebrity began in 1919. The boy was born in Astrakhan on July 14. Despite the fact that acting talent manifested itself in a child in early childhood, the graduate decided to enroll after school at literary faculty.
However, very quickly a student of a pedagogical university realized that he had made a mistake with the choice of a profession. He was always attracted to the theater, and during his studies, Kozel actively played in plays. He left classes, choosing an acting education.
Career began in the Astrakhan Youth Theater in 1938. The young actor was drafted into the army in 1939. Until 1946, he was a reader in the Ensemble of the Red Army Song and Dance of the Transbaikal Front. The front-line worker was awarded the medal "For Military Merit" and the Order of the Patriotic War.
The artist worked in many theaters. After demobilization, the artist played in Krasnodar and Stalinogorsk. In 1954 he came to the Gorky Primorsky Drama Theater, where until 1962 he played only the main roles. Before him, the actor was usually involved only in the crowd. Until 1964 he served in the Riga Russian Drama Theater, until 1967 - in the First Drama Theater of the Group of Soviet Forces in the German Democratic Republic.
On the stage, Romeo became his characters in the tragedy of Shakespeare, Arthur Rivares in The Gadfly, Treplev in The Seagull, Vronsky from Anna Karenina, Cyrano de Bergerac from the same name by Rostand, Tsar Fedor Ivanovich in the play by Alexei Tolstoy. As a director, he performed in the production of "Flowers of the Living" by Pogodin, where he played the role of Lenin.
New success
In 1967, the artist moved to the capital and began working at the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire. The artist managed to settle in a new team for himself not immediately. Previously, he did not have to play in comedies, although Kozel possessed a great sense of humor. Only with time did he find his place in the troupe, having mastered all the subtleties of the genre.
The name of the collective allowed them to go beyond the framework of those traditional for other troupes. Classics alternated with light vaudeville and everyday comedies.
In the filming of the new TV show "Zucchini" 13 chairs, Vladimir Georgievich took part as a pan Bespalchik, the owner and second bartender.
According to the scenario, the trust employees with relatives and friends became the program's regular characters. It was planned that the office will work on the production of musical instruments, repair shoes. The trust also contains a theater and a model house. In the theater and the circus, the Himalayan pan is working, having acquired a camel and invited a pop orchestra. There is a sports community where Pan Athlete shines, a school with a professor teaching physics.
At the head of the trust is Pan Director. Above him is the Pan Manager. The first wife of the Director’s pan became the circus actress of Mrs. Lutsina, she was replaced by Elzbieta. Between marriages was an affair with Mrs. Monica Eve's niece. Under the old and new directors, accountant Pan Votruba worked.
A classmate of Mrs. Monica Pan A professor from the Doctor of Economic Sciences retrained as a school teacher. He almost became a movie star, agreeing to play a major role in the film being shot by the trust.
One of the owners of the zucchini, where all the heroes meet, works in it as a bartender. The imposing and unflappable pan Bespalchik is distinguished by an amazing sense of humor, trying to maintain equanimity.
Cinema
Since 1963, the artist’s film career began with the film "On the Track". The most famous was his role as Colonel Schukin in the five-part television movie "Adjutant of His Excellency."
His hero turned out to be so organic that the audience, holding their breath, watched the fate of a smart officer and a dangerous predator, who at the same time loved his father's daughter. It was this image that became decisive in the future career of the performer. The character's role with a negative charm was firmly entrenched in him.
The main character, scout Pavel Koltsov, was sent to the Volunteer Army. He helps the White Guard officers to escape from the captivity of the father of Angep.
Good luck helps Koltsov take the post of adjutant of the commander of the army of Kovalevsky. A scout successfully passes all counterintelligence checks. He manages to win the heart of the daughter of Colonel Tatyana Schukina.
Under the tutelage of the Koltsov takes the orphaned boy Yura. He convinces the observant kid to expose him, which serves a noble purpose.
