Is it possible to be an actor, an actor, and at the same time a principled person who does not make false compromises? The example of the actor Pavel Vinnik shows that this is quite real. A front-line soldier who experienced all the horrors of war in his youth, he knew and observed the moral and ethical laws of life.
Often he suffered from this, not receiving roles and honors, but remained true to himself to the end. Nevertheless, he earned the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR, albeit in old age.
Pavel Borisovich mostly played small roles, but what kind of images they were! His face became instantly recognizable as soon as he appeared in one or two pictures - there was so much artistry, humor and charm in this man!
The best paintings in his portfolio: Remember Your Name (1974), Chief of Chukotka (1966), Die Hard (1968), 12 Chairs (1971), The Golden Calf (1968). Best TV series: The Trust That Burst (1982), 12 Chairs (1976), The Two Captains (1976), The Musketeers 20 Years Later (1983).
Biography
Pavel Vinnik was born in the Ukrainian city of Vinnitsa in 1925. Soon the family moved to Odessa, where the future actor spent his childhood.
Pavel took over his independent character from his father, who was expelled from the Imperial Moscow Technical School for "free thinking". He did not receive a full education, but in Vinnitsa he worked as an engineer and was in good standing as a specialist in the construction of bridges.
In Odessa, he worked as a mathematics teacher, and Pavel's mother served at the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater - she sewed stage costumes for actors. It was in this theater that Pavel had the idea that he wants to become an actor. And that someday mom will sew him a suit for some role.
And when, as a teenager, he played in the play "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" - his desire to become an actor was fully formed.
However, these dreams were not destined to come true - the war began. The head of the family went to the front, and soon my mother received a funeral. Pavel, along with other residents of Odessa, joined the extermination battalion, which caught the fascist paratroopers and saboteurs. They hid in the catacombs, from there going out on assignments.
In 1944, Odessa was liberated, and Vinnik went to serve as a signalman in the army. He was wounded, participated in the liberation of Chisinau, Warsaw, in the storming of Berlin. Once he saved the Banner of the regiment and was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
It was with such a life baggage that Pavel came to the Odessa Theater and Art School and became a student. After that, he entered the famous "Sliver", graduated from an educational institution, and then became an actor at the Moscow Drama Theater. Then he moved to the State Theater of Film Actor, later to the Maly Theater - a huge track record and he played many roles. The last "home" of the actor was the Moscow Art Theater under the leadership of Tatiana Doronina.
Film career
Vinnik made his debut in the film "Brave People" (1950) as a partisan. Then there was a number of military films, where Pavel Borisovich, as a rule, played secondary roles.
In the 60s, the actor began to be more often invited to shoot, and he appeared in such films as "Warrant Officer Panin", "Seryozha", "Nakhalenok", "Queen of the Gas Station".
In total, Pavel Borisovich worked in theater and cinema for 61 years and played in more than a hundred films.
Personal life
Pavel Vinnik was married twice, in total he had four children - three of his own and an adopted son. The second wife Tatiana worked as an editor at a film studio. In recent years, they lived in the Moscow region, ran their own small farm, and met welcome guests - children and grandchildren.
Pavel Borisovich Vinnik passed away in 2011.
