Vadim Semyonovich Spiridonov (; 14 October 1944 – 7 December 1989) was a

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. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Winner of the State Prize of the USSR (1979), Winner of the

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(1980). «Вечный зов» Вадима Спиридонова
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Biography

Vadim Spiridonov was born on 14 October 1944 in Moscow. «Вечный зов» Вадима Спиридонова
/ref> While still a student at the school, Vadim came to the drama club at the factory house of culture. In 1966, Vadim Spiridonov was determined to become an actor and passed the exams in all the major universities of the capital - Shchukin School, Moscow Art Theatre School, the University and went everywhere on competition. Chose to study VGIK, workshop Sergei Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova. Vadim Spiridonov a dramatic actor major talent and powerful temperament. In negative roles achieves complete transformation, creates absolutely authentic images. The key role the former fist policeman Fedor Makashin (film series '' Earthly Love'' and '' Destiny'' Yevgeny Matveyev ). Spiridonov gave so convincing way that the viewer is no longer separated it from the personality of the artist. Spiridonov bitterly recalled that he was after the movie ''Destiny'' won universal hatred among generations of soldiers and workers in the rear, and at the youth, told how he was repeatedly recognized on the streets and tried to beat, so hated was a traitor Makashin. However, this image has become a kind of prologue to the main role − Fyodor Saveliev in the long Soviet TV series '' Eternal Call'' (19 episodes). Were among his roles and positive images, not just positive, and the role of the heroic and patriotic, which can rightly be proud of (captain Ivan Flyorov − '' Taming of the Fire'', Colonel Deev − '' Hot Snow'', Captain Volokh − ''Living till Dawn'', Captain Orekhov − ''People in the Ocean'', commander

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− ''First Cavalry'' and ''Not Subject to the Catechumens'', Colonel Vladimir Iverzev − ''The Battalions are asked to Fire'').Ранимый «бандит». Почему Вадим Спиридонов играл предателей и «плохишей»
/ref> Actor worked a lot and behind the scenes. Master dubbing, announced more than fifty both domestic and foreign films. Spiridonov's voice said over the years the world of cinema stars −

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. In the mid-1980s, Vadim Spiridonov made his debut as a film director. The studio Mosfilm, he directed a short film on the script Eduard Volodarsky called '' Two people''. In December 1989 and Spiridonov planned to start filming his second movie, but unfortunately these plans were not destined to be fulfilled. Vadim Spiridonov predicted his early death. Shortly before his death, in a conversation with his wife Valentina it whether in jest, or not, said: Die, would soon from this life. And not to go out, it is better to die in the winter, for example, on 7 January. Wife retorted: People have a holiday, and you're going to die. He thought a moment and said, Well, then on 7 December will make you a present (my wife's birthday on 8 December). In life, everything happened exactly in those words. On that fateful evening, 7 December 1989, and Spiridonov had to go to

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, where in the next few days started shooting a new film based on the novel of Vasily Belov '' All ahead'' , where he was to play a major role. It seemed that there were no signs of trouble: the actor was cheerful, happy. For a couple of hours before leaving the house, he decided to take a nap, punishing Valentin that she woke him up at the right time. But two hours later when his wife touched the husband, he was no longer breathing. The actor fell asleep forever. As it turned out, Vadim Spiridonov died in his sleep from a bout of acute heart failure immediately. He was buried on 10 December 1989 in Moscow at the Vagankovo Cemetery (station number 13).

Selected filmography

* By the Lake as Konstantin Konovalov (1969) * Hot Snow as Colonel Deev (1972) * Happy Go Lucky as Vasily Chulkov (1972) * Taming of the Fire as Ivan Flyorov (1972) * Eternal Call as Fyodor Saveliev (1973 / 83) * Earthly Love as Fyodor Makashin (1975) *

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as Fyodor Makashin (1977) *

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 Fyodor Shaklovity (1980) * Hit Back as captain Yevgeny Shvets (1981) * Station for Two as Misha (1982) *

The Criminal Quartet ''The Criminal Quartet'' () is a 1989 Soviet action film directed by :ru:Муратов, Александр Александрович (режиссёр), Aleksandr Muratov. Plot In May 1989, four friends who grew up together in an orphanage—i ...

(1989) as Lobanov

Recognition and awards

* USSR State Prize for the role of Fedor Saveliev in the film '' Eternal Call'' (1979)Рапортует Россия
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for the role of the Roman Bastrykov in the film '' Father and Son'' (1980) * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984)

References

External links

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Vadim Spiridonov's Biography on peoples.ru
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Vadim Spiridonov on kino-teatr.ru

Вадим Спиридонов на сайте «Рускино.ру»
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spiridonov, Vadim 1944 births 1989 deaths Soviet film directors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet male voice actors Russian male film actors Male actors from Moscow Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery Recipients of the USSR State Prize Honored Artists of the RSFSR