Stanislav Govorukhin | |
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Станислав Говорухин | |
.jpg) Stanislav Govorukhin in a photographic portrait created by Eugenia Davydova in 2008. | |
| Born | Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin 29 March 1936 |
| Died | 14 June 2018(2018-06-14) (aged 82) |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,actor,screenwriter |
| Notable work | The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed(1979) |
| Political party | United Russia (2005-2018) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Party of Russia (1991—1993) Fatherland – All Russia (1999—2001) |
| Awards | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"(1st class) |
Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin (Russian:Станислав Сергеевич Говорухин; 29 March 1936 – 14 June 2018) was aSoviet andRussian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and politician.[1] He was namedPeople's Artist of Russia in 2006.[2] His movies often featured detective or adventure plots.
Govorukhin was born inBerezniki,Sverdlovsk Oblast (nowPerm Krai). His parents divorced before he was born. His father Sergei Georgievich Govorukhin came fromRussianDon Cossacks and was arrested as part of thedecossackization genocide campaign started byYakov Sverdlov. He had been exiled to Siberia where he died around 1938 at the age of 30. His mother Praskovya Afanasievna Glazkova was a tailor. She came from theVolga region, from a simpleRussian family of a village school teacher. She raised Sergei and his sister Inessa by herself and died at the age of 53.[3][4]
Govorukhin started his career as ageologist in 1958. He then joined a television studio inKazan and enrolled at theVGIK. During the Soviet period, Govorukhin became noted for his successful adaptations of adolescent classics, includingRobinson Crusoe (1972),Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1981),In Search of the Castaways (1983) andTen Little Niggers (an adaptation ofAgatha Christie's original 1939 novelAnd Then There Were None) in 1987.[5][6]
Most of his Soviet movies were made at theOdessa Film Studio. He was good friends withVladimir Vysotsky and directed three movies starring him –Vertical (1967),White Explosion (1969) andThe Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979), one of thecult films of the late Soviet era.[5] Several other of his films feature Visotsky's songs written as part of the soundtrack.
Apart from directing, he also wrote screenplays (including the top-grossing Soviet action filmPirates of the 20th Century directed by his fellow studentBoris Durov in 1979) and started in movies as an actor. Being a trainedmountaineer, he usually performed all the stunts himself.[7][8] He also dedicated several movies to mountaineering, most notablyVertical andWhite Explosion which became some of the first examples of this subgenre in the Soviet cinema.
During theperestroika Govorukhin became less active at film making and more active in politics. He became one of the leaders of theDemocratic Party of Russia. In 1990 he directed a much-publicized documentary highly critical of the Soviet society entitledWe Can't Live Like This (also translates asYou Can't Live Like That orThis Is No Way to Live).[9][10] Although his feature films were previously ignored by the critical establishment, this film won him theNika Award for Best Director.[5] It was at that time that Govorukhin released an extensive interview withAleksandr Solzhenitsyn.[11]
By the start of the 2000s he returned to cinema, co-starring withAlisa Freindlich in the detective TV seriesFemale Logic and releasing another revenge movie,Voroshilov Sharpshooter (withMikhail Ulyanov in the lead role). He directed a total of seven movies since then. In recent years he had been also actively working as a producer.
Govorukhin died on 14 June 2018 at the age of 82 following a long illness.[12][13] He was buried at theNovodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.[14][15]
Govorukhin had been a member of theState Duma since its inauguration in 1993, running the Duma culture committee for some time.[4] Following the1993 Russian constitutional crisis, he had abandoned his previous democratic anti-communist convictions and sided with the national-communist opposition. In 1996, he supportedGennady Zyuganov againstBoris Yeltsin during the second round of the presidential election campaign.[16] In 2000 he was a candidate inRussian presidential elections.[4]
In 2011–2012 Govorukhin worked as the head of Vladimir Putin's campaign office. At this time he was a member of partyUnited Russia.
In June 2013, he joined the central staff of theAll-Russia People's Front, led by Russian presidentVladimir Putin.[17]
In March 2014, he signed a letter in support of the position of the president of RussiaVladimir Putin onRussia's annexation ofCrimea.[18]
Govorukhin was married twice. He had one son from his first marriage —Sergey Govorukhin (1961–2011), awar correspondent, writer and director of documentary films who took part in different armed conflicts inTajikistan,Yugoslavia,Afghanistan and bothChechenwars between 1994 and 2005. In 1995 he was wounded by Chechen terrorists which resulted in one of his legs being amputated.[19] Nevertheless, he continued his work. In 1998 he released one of the most acclaimed documentaries about the First Chechen War —Damned and Forgotten that was awarded with theNika Award in 1998 as the best documentary.[citation needed] He also took part in severalnon-governmental organizations dedicated to helping disabled war veterans. In 2011 he survived a stroke and died several days later at the age of 50.[20] He left two sons and one daughter.
During the 1990s Stanislav Govorukhin became professionally interested inlandscape painting. He held a number of exhibitions from 1998 onwards.[21][22][23]
Govorukhin belonged to theRussian Orthodox Church. In 2016, during his 80th birthday,Patriarch Kirill of Moscow awarded him with the II class Order ofSergius of Radonezh.[24]
| Year | Title | Original title | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | Notes | |||
| 1964 | Pharmacist | Аптекарша |  Y | Short | |
| 1967 | Vertical | Вертикаль | Y | Co-directed withBoris Durov | |
| 1968 | Angel Day | День ангела | Y | ||
| 1969 | White Explosion | Белый взрыв | Y | Y | |
| 1972 | Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | Жизнь и удивительные приключения Робинзона Крузо | Y | ||
| 1974 | Contraband | Контрабанда | Y | Y | |
| 1977 | A Breeze of «Hope» | Ветер «Надежды» | Y | Y | |
| 1978 | Marshal of Revolution | Маршал революции | Actor (GeneralAlexander Kutepov) | ||
| 1979 | The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed | Место встречи изменить нельзя | Y | ||
| Pirates of the 20th Century | Пираты XX века | Y | |||
| 1980 | Invasion | Вторжение | Y | ||
| 1981 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Приключения Тома Сойера и Гекльберри Финна | Y | Y | |
| 1982 | The Return of Butterfly | Возвращение Баттерфляй | Actor (Mikhail Pavlyk) | ||
| 1983 | Among Grey Stones | Среди серых камней | Actor (judge) | ||
| 1985 | In Search of Captain Grant | В поисках капитана Гранта | Y | Y | |
| 1986 | Secrets of Madame Wong | Тайны мадам Вонг | Y | ||
| 1987 | And Then There Were None | Десять Негритят | Y | Y | Soviet cinematic adaptation on theAgatha Christienovel of the same title. |
| Assa | Асса | Actor (Krymov) | |||
| 1988 | Champagne Splashes | Брызги шампанского | Y | Y | |
| 1989 | Double Exposition | Двойная экспозиция | Actor (Herman Andreevich) | ||
| 1990 | We Can't Live Like This | Так жить нельзя | Y | Y | |
| Sons of Bitches | Сукины дети | Actor (Sergei Popov, a writer) | |||
| 1991 | And the Wind Returns... | И возвращается ветер... | Actor (Sergei Gerasimov) | ||
| 1992 | Russia We Lost | Россия, которую мы потеряли | Y | Y | |
| Encore, Once More Encore! | Анкор, ещё анкор! | Actor (Komdiv) | |||
| 1994 | Great Criminal Revolution | Великая криминальная революция | Y | Y | |
| Moscow Nights | Подмосковные вечера | Y | |||
| 1995 | The Black Veil | Чёрная вуаль | Y | ||
| Heads and Tails | Орёл и решка | Actor (Zosima Petrovich) | |||
| 1997 | War Is Over. Forget It... | Война окончена. Забудьте... | Cameo | ||
| 1999 | Voroshilov Sharpshooter | Ворошиловский стрелок | Y | Y | |
| 2000 | The Captain's Daughter | Русский бунт | Y | ||
| 2002–2006 | Woman's Logic (mini-series) | Женская логика | Actor (Andrei Streltsov) | ||
| 2003 | Bless the Woman | Благословите женщину | Y | Actor (Komdiv) | |
| 2005 | Not by Bread Alone | Не хлебом единым | Y | Actor (minister) | |
| The 9th Company | 9 рота | Actor (training regiment commander) | |||
| 2007 | Actress | Артистка | Y | ||
| 2008 | Passenger | Пассажирка | Y | Y | Producer, actor (Russianconsul) |
| On June, 1941 | В июне 41-го | Y | |||
| 2010 | In the Style of Jazz | В стиле jazz | Y | Y | Producer |
| Lovey-Dovey 3 | Любовь-морковь 3 | Actor (General) | |||
| 2013 | Weekend | Weekend | Y | Y | Producer |
| 2015 | The End of a Great Era | Конец прекрасной эпохи | Y | Y | Producer |
