At times, debates arise among experts and critics about what cinema should be. Some argue that cinema should educate people. Others consider cinema to be an entertainment art. The truth, as often happens, is somewhere in between. Pavel Kadochnikov could transform into any character, both comedic and dramatic.
Children's adventures
The biography of Pavel Kadochnikov looks like a multi-colored mosaic. His life and work was based on happy and dramatic accidents. The future People's Artist of the Soviet Union was born in the summer of 1915 in the family of a skilled worker. Parents lived in Petrograd. Somewhere the First World War was rattling and it became more and more difficult to live in the city. After some deliberation, the father decided to take his wife and children to the Urals, to his native village.
Pavel liked life in the countryside. The child took pleasure in peasant labor. Did not very difficult work in the house in the garden. Kadochnikov watched with his own eyes how people live far from the noise of the city, what they rejoice at and for what reason they are upset. These observations were useful to him in the future when working in the theater and on the set. The boy was sent to a rural school, where he studied arithmetic and native speech.
At home, his mother worked with Pavel. She taught her son to draw, sing, play the guitar and balalaika. The boy showed drawing skills from an early age. When in the late 1920s the Kadochnikovs returned to Leningrad, he attended classes in a children's painting studio with great desire. At this time, his father fell seriously ill, and Pavel had to go to work. He was accepted as an intern locksmith at the famous plant "Krasny Putilovets". The teenager brought a pretty penny into the house, which was not superfluous.
Acting work
His love of drawing pushed Pavel to study at the theater studio. He designed simple decorations there and at the same time participated in productions. One fine day, while working, Kadochnikov sang several mischievous ditties, which he had learned in the village. The director immediately invited him to participate in the play. From that moment, Pavel Petrovich's creative career began. He entered the College of Performing Arts and received a specialized education.
Kadochnikov with great desire played any role that was assigned to him. The young actor's repertoire included animals, fairytale characters, White Guards and even pieces of furniture. Filmmakers began to notice the versatile actor. He got his first roles in the films "The Man with the Gun" and "Yakov Sverdlov". When the war began, Kadochnikov persistently asked to go to the front. However, he was refused and did the right thing. Pavel Petrovich played one of his best roles in the film "The Exploit of the Scout".
Like many talented actors, Kadochnikov tried his hand at directing. He made quite a decent film "Musicians of a Regiment", which was warmly received by the audience. The critics were silent. The personal life of Pavel Kadochnikov was successful. He has been married to Rosalia Kotovich for over fifty years. The husband and wife raised and raised their son, who also became an actor. Pavel Kadochnikov died in May 1988.
