MOSCOW, 30 Jul – RIA Novosti. Premiere of the short film of Sergei Bataeva “Old soldier”, in which people’s artist of the USSR Vladimir Etush played his last role in a movie, will be held on may 9, reported the press service of the Vakhtangov theatre.
As told in the theater, a year before his death, Richter accepted the offer of a novice Director Sergey Bataeva and agreed to star in his debut work, “the Old soldier” in which he played a veteran of the First world war Yegor Kuzmich. Hero is eager to defend the Motherland in the Great Patriotic war, despite his advanced age.
Sam Richter went to war in 1941, 19-year-old young man, barely finished the first course at the Shchukin theatre school. Richter participated in the liberation of Rostov-on-don, Ukraine. In 1943 he was seriously wounded and the reserve. He was awarded the order of the red Star and other awards and medals.
“In every person’s life there are significant meetings. For me, this was an acquaintance with Mr Abramovich. He was one of the first who believed in me, really an unknown person, and agreed to star in the film “Old soldier”. These four days of shooting with Etush will stay with me forever… That was the last film by Vladimir Abramovich – a great man who was the real soldier at the front, and in the theatre and in life,” said Bata.
the film will Premiere may 9 at the channel “Culture”.
the Leading actor of the Vakhtangov theatre, people’s artist of the USSR Vladimir Etush died March 9, 2019 at the age of 96 years.
