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Mark Bernes | |
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Марк Бернес | |
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| Born | Menakhem-Man Neukh Neyman[1] (1911-10-08)8 October 1911[2] |
| Died | 16 August 1969(1969-08-16) (aged 57)[2] |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1929–1969 |
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Mark Naumovich Bernes (Russian:Ма́рк Нау́мович Берне́с) (bornMenakhem-Man Neukh-Shmuylov Neyman,Russian:Мена́хем-Ман Не́ухович Не́йман;[3] 8 October [O.S. 25 September] 1911,[2] – 16 August 1969) was a Soviet film actor andchansonnier. He is widely regarded as among the most popular artists of the Soviet stage in the 1950s-1960s,[4][5] and performed a number of poignant songs aboutWorld War II, including "Dark Is the Night" (Russian:Тёмная ночь, "Tyomnaya noch"; 1943) and "Cranes" (Russian:Журавли, "Zhuravli"; 1969).[6] He is also credited with playing a primary role in the formation of the golden fund of Soviet song classics.[7]Stalin Prize of first degree (1951).
Bernes was born to aJewish family inNizhyn (present-dayUkraine). In the late 1930s, not long before the Second World War, Mark Bernes starred in two motion pictures:Man With a RifleandThe Fighter Planes. In both of these films, he performed songs which immediately became famous all over the Soviet Union after each film was released. In the former film, he performed the song "Clouds Rose over the City," which was a romantic song of a young Soviet worker. In the later film, he performed a famous patriotic ballad "Beloved Town".
This pre-war song was full of hope and optimism, and several years later, encouraged soldiers during the war.[citation needed]
When the war began, Bernes became among the first singers to perform for the Soviet troops. In 1943, he starred in the motion pictureTwo Soldiers. He played a young soldier fromOdesa named Arkady Dzubin. In that film, he sang two songs: "Dark Is the Night" (Russian:Тёмная ночь, "Tyomnaya noch") and "Scows Full of Mulet" (Russian:Шаланды полные кефали, "Shalandy polnye kefali").[8]
The second song is the humorous account of Kostya the sailor from Odessa who ironically spoke to his fiancee Sonya, the fishing girl. The first song, "Dark Is the Night" was a serious ballad about a wife with a baby waiting for a soldier in the midst of a deadly fight. The song was sung by Bernes from the point of view of that soldier, who addressed his wife at home and assured her that he will live through all the deadly battles as long as she waits for him. "Dark Is the Night" is among the most recognizable Soviet songs from World War II.[9]
Bernes' name had become closely associated with World War II. After the war, he continued to perform songs about the war. His greatest hits of the 1950s were "Muscovites" (also known as "Seryozhka from Malaya Bronnaya Street") and "Enemies Burned the Native Hut Down". Both songs were about hardships suffered by people who lost family members in the war, and expressed extreme melancholy, directly confronting death and grief.
The latter song was banned by the government because it was considered purportedly as too pessimistic. In the song, the soldier from front-line dugout bespeaks to his distant wife and his child at the cot, with sad and melancholy, but with hope for future meeting too.[citation needed]
In the 1950s, Mark Bernes also performed torch songs such as the sentimental balladI Dreamed of You Three Years, and inspirational optimistic songs such as the march "I Love You, My Life".[citation needed]
In 1969, Mark Bernes was dying from lung cancer. In the summer of 1969, he recorded his last song "Cranes" (Russian:Журавли́, "Zhuravli"), which became hisswan song. Bernes sang that the soldiers that perished in war turned into cranes, that the cranes are still flying, and, that he will join their ranks. On 16 August, Mark Bernes died. "Cranes" was played at his funeral.[10]
Bernes receivedPeople's Actor of the RSFSR (1965), was awarded theStalin Prize (1951),Order of the Red Star,Order of the Badge of Honour,Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and few other medals. in 1993, Bernes received a star in his honour on theStar Square in Moscow.
Aminor planet3038 Bernes discovered by Soviet astronomerNikolai Chernykh in 1978 is named after him.[11]
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