Alexander Kazakov, whose biography is saturated with a large number of creative events, undoubtedly earned one of the highest positions among the most talented actors of our time.
Biography
The actor was born on November 25, 1941 in the city of Balashikha, Moscow Region. It was during this period that he received the status of a district center. The town, which at that time was inhabited by about 40 thousand people, with the assignment of status, was given an active promise in the direction of industrial development. Alexander Kazakov grew up in an ordinary proletarian environment, but at the end of school he entered the theater school. He was a student of Tovstonogov.
Carier start
Kazakov Alexander Ivanovich - actor, Honored Artist of Russia, director and screenwriter. The beginning of his career can be considered taking him to work after graduating from a theater school in the Taganka Theater. The mass spectator was able to get to know him for the first time after the release of the feature film “The Unknown Heir” in 1974, in which Alexander Kazakov made his debut as an actor. The main roles in this film were played by Mikhail Pugovkin and Evgeny Gerasimov. The film shows the everyday life of the construction team, into which a novice with non-standard thinking falls. Alexander Kazakov here played an episodic role of one of the workers of the brigade, who has seven brothers and takes care of the youngest, who wants to become an engineer and goes to college. At this time, the actor Alexander Kazakov was already 33 years old - a considerable age to start a career.
First serious job
The next role in the film “Wormwood - Bitter Grass” became already noticeable for Alexander Kazakov. Here he played the role of the military Trofim, who returned to his native village from Germany after the victory. With him was a girl who lost her memory in a concentration camp, which the guy could not leave to the mercy of fate and helped return to a real full life. Alexander Kazakov, whose photo is shown below, played a role in a pair with actress Olga Prokhorova. This film can be considered the first big work of Kazakov Alexander Ivanovich as an actor in the cinema. The book of P. L. Proskurin was definitely waiting for the right hour. And finally, in 1982 it coincided. Director A. Saltykov shot a feature film that did not leave anyone indifferent. The relevance of this film is not lost today.
Continuation of a creative career
Until the late eighties, Alexander Kazakov starred in nine more films, the most notable of which were “Once upon a time Shilov”, “Confrontation” and “Walking People”. In the two-part film “Once Upon a Time Shilov”, based on the play “Rumor” by Athanasius Salynsky, the famous director Vladimir Motyl tries to comprehend the reasons for the rebirth of the revolution, to show the inconsistency of reality with the slogans proclaimed by the Bolsheviks. Alexander Kazakov helped him in this, who played the role of a fighter of the civil war and revolution, the squadron commander Ivan Shilov, who cannot and does not want to understand or accept the ideas of the new economic policy of the state, because he did not fight for that and did not dream about it. For the first time in the film, the Leninist ideas of building a state, which were considered unshakable, were called into question.
TV series
In the six-part television series “Confrontation” based on the story of Julian Semenov, released in 1985, Alexander Kazakov played the role of a worker from a sawmill, Spiridon Kalinovich Deryabin. The film, starring Oleg Basilashvili and Andrei Boltnev, shows an investigation into the heinous crimes that were committed in different years. Spiridon Deryabin assists investigator Colonel Kostenko in finding a criminal. The small role played by Alexander Kazakov in this film is thought through to the end, it shows a living person and his character. Often, in contemporary TV series, such a high level of acting is simply absent.
In the three-part film "Walking People" directed by Ilya Gurin, which was released in 1988, the role of the famous leader of the uprising of the peasants Stepan Razin was played by none other than Alexander Kazakov, an actor whose photo is shown next. This is a film about the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich, a story about the 17th century, which went down in Russian history as the “rebellious” century. The split of the church and the rejection by Old Believers of the reforms of Patriarch Nikon. “Walking people” at that time were called runaway peasants. Events take place during the "Copper Riot" that broke out in Moscow. Streletsky son Semyon Lazarev, who is one of the instigators of the riot, adjoins the army of Stepan Razin. By the strength of the emotions evoked, the role played by Alexander Kazakov can only be compared with the role of Emelyan Pugachev, which was performed by actor Sergei Lukyanov in “The Captain's Daughter”.
The best creative period
In the nineties, the creative career of Alexander Kazakov continued to develop. During this period, he not only starred in nine films, but also acted as a director and screenwriter of two films - “Master of the East” and “Screw”, and in the second film he also played a role as an actor. Films that were released during this period of time brought the actor the greatest fame and popularity. First of all, it is necessary to highlight such paintings as “Beyond the End”, “Screw” and “Wolf Blood”.
In the film “Beyond the End”, the actor played the role of a corrupt police captain Kostikov. Alexander Kazakov perfectly revealed the negative image, the opposite of the image of the main character of the picture performed by Evgeny Sidikhin. The illustrious boxer who is thrown out of life has to contact a gang of criminals, which includes a corrupt captain. But there is always an invisible trait that a real hero is unable to cross. The contrast is shown between cynicism and meanness, on the one hand, and justice and honor, on the other. Also in the film, one of the main roles was played by singer Alexander Talkov.
"Wolf Blood" directed by Nikolai Istanbul, released in 1995, was remembered by many. The film is based on the historical novel "Forgiveness Sunday" by Leonid Monchinsky. There is a split in the country, it is not clear who is fighting for whom. Gangs of looters constantly raid villages and villages, killing and intimidating residents. The horror of the civil war in the post-revolutionary period of 1917 is shown. Alexander Kazakov, who played the role of chieftain Sirko in the film, was able to properly convey the spirit and essence of that time. The picture can now be called a classic Russian action movie.
Life after 60
From 2000 to 2013, Alexander Kazakov as an actor starred in more than 20 films, including in series. In 2007, another of his directorial work came out - the film “Special Purpose Prison”, where Alexander also played one of the roles. The last work of the artist in the cinema was the film "Two winters and three summers", released in 2013.
He constantly played in the Taganka Theater, participated with Vsevolod Abdulov and Yanklovich in programs dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Vysotsky, and read his poems. And what kind of voice is Tagansky, real. His monologue Khlopushi from the poem "Pugachev" by Yesenin is simply a masterpiece. And also Alexander Kazakov - a bard, performing songs of his own composition, which "touch the soul." His song about the drake was noted by V. Vysotsky. He was engaged in martial arts, he loved basketball and hockey.
