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Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk () (born 10 May 1950) is a
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actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
and
film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
, best known for her appearance in
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's ''
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'' as "Hari". She is the daughter of Soviet director and actor
Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker of Ukrainian origin who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping p ...
and Russian actress Inna Makarova. Her half-brother is film director and actor
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; her half-sister is actress
Yelena Bondarchuk Yelena Sergeyevna Bondarchuk (; 31 July 1962 – 7 November 2009) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. Biography She was one of three children born to actors Sergei Bondarchuk (1920–1994, died from heart attack) and Irina Skobtsev ...
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Biography

Natalya Bondarchuk was born in
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to Soviet director and actor
Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker of Ukrainian origin who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping p ...
and the Russian actress Inna Makarova. In 1971 she graduated from the acting school of the
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...
and in 1975 from the directing school there. She made her film debut in 1969 in Sergei Gerasimov's '' By the Lake'', followed by the 1971 productions '' You and Me'', by Larisa Shepitko, and '' A Soldier Came Back from the Front'', by
Nikolai Gubenko Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko (, ; 17 August 1941 – 16 August 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, film and theatre director, screenwriter, founder of the Community of Taganka Actors theatre. His movie ''Wounded Game'' was entered ...
. She became internationally famous for her role as "Hari" in
Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (, ; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. Works by Andrei Tarkovsky, His films e ...
's ''
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'' in 1972. It was her favorite role. She was also Tarkovsky's favorite of the film, as he wrote in his diary that "Natalya B. has outshone everybody". In 1973 she met her future husband Nikolai Burlyayev on the set of the Nikolai Mashchenko film ''
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''. The two later withdrew from their participation in this film. In 1976 their son Ivan was born. She played princess Mariya Volkonskaya in the 1975 historical film ''
The Captivating Star of Happiness ''The Star of Captivating Happiness'' () is a 1975 Soviet historical romance. The title is an allusion to a line from the poem '' To Chaadayev'' by Alexander Pushkin. It is a drama with the dedication "to the women of Russia". Plot The story is ...
'' by
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. As a director, Bondarchuk debuted with the episode ''The Hapless Matrenka'' in ''Old Times in Poshekhonia'' (1975), an original adaptation of a novel by 19th-century satirist
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin ( rus, Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н, p=mʲɪxɐˈil jɪvˈɡrafəvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof ɕːɪˈdrʲin; – ), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during ...
, which was her diploma work. In 1982 she directed her first feature film, ''Zhivaya raduga'' (''Living Rainbow''). The film was produced in
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. In 1985 she directed the film '' Bambi's Childhood'', and in 1986 the film ''Bambi's Youth''. She also directed the
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adaptation Lord, ''Hear My Prayer'' (1991). Bondarchuk has always acted in her own films, as have her longtime husband, Nikolai Burliaev, and their son, Ivan Burliaev. Bondarchuk has taught at
VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...
since 1979. Natalya Bondarchuk also leads a child opera theater on Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow. Her son Ivan Burlyayev sang in this theater during his childhood.


Filmography


As actress

* 1969 : '' By the Lake'' as passenger on a train * 1971 : '' You and Me'' as Nadya * 1972 : ''
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'' as Hari * 1975 : ''
The Captivating Star of Happiness ''The Star of Captivating Happiness'' () is a 1975 Soviet historical romance. The title is an allusion to a line from the poem '' To Chaadayev'' by Alexander Pushkin. It is a drama with the dedication "to the women of Russia". Plot The story is ...
'' as Volkonskaya * 1976 : ''Red and Black'' as Madame de Rênal * 1980 : ''
The Youth of Peter the Great ''The Youth of Peter the Great'' () is a first part of a two-part film, which was based on a novel Peter I (novel), Peter I, written by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Aleksey Tolstoy. The film was directed by a famous Russian director Sergei Gerasim ...
'' as Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia * 1982 : ''Living Rainbow'' as Mariya Sergeyevna * 1985 : '' Bambi's Childhood'' as Bambi's mother * 1986 : ''Lermontov'' as Mariya Mikhailovna Lermontova,
Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( , ; rus, Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, , mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf, links=yes; – ) was a Russian Romanticism, Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called ...
's mother


As director

* 1982 : ''Living Rainbow'' * 1985 : '' Bambi's Childhood'' * 1986 : ''Bambi's Youth'' * 1991 : ''God, hear my prayer'' * 2006 : '' Pushkin: The Last Duel'' * 2015 : ''Snow Queen''


References


External links


Official Homepage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bondarchuk, Natalya 1950 births Living people Actresses from Moscow Natalya Russian people of Ukrainian descent Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Soviet film directors Russian film actresses Soviet film actresses Soviet women film directors Honored Artists of the RSFSR Sergei Bondarchuk Honored Workers of the Arts Industry of the Russian Federation