"Fate for Two": Lyudmila Kasatkina and Sergey Kolosov

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Big, true love - it is love, not falling in love - without falsehood, deception, betrayal; without PR, gossip and gossip; carried through all life, difficulties, hardships and not extinguished. This was exactly what the actress Lyudmila Kasatkina and director Sergei Kolosov had. Their union lasted 62 years and ended with the almost simultaneous death of both.

Acquaintance

They met in the distant 40s, as students of GITIS. She studied at the acting department, he - at the directing department. The mischievous, naturally cheerful Kasatkina joked about the serious Kolosov, inviting him to a non-existent address for her birthday. Sergei with flowers, having wandered around Moscow, of course, did not find Lyudmila at the invented coordinates, but he was not offended.

The next day he, again with flowers, was waiting for her at the entrance to the theater institute. They got married only 4 years later, but from the moment they met, they were constantly together, helping each other to embody creative ideas, which from year to year rallied and strengthened their love.

Creation

Lyudmila Ivanovna Kasatkina (1925 - 2012) was a very popular actress. After graduating from GITIS, she worked all her life at the Central Theater of the Soviet Army, but still left her main mark in the cinema. She has played about 30 roles, half of which are in the films of her husband, director Sergei Kolosov (1921 - 2012), who worked for Mosfilm for many years.

Tiger Tamer

The first role in the comedy film "Tiger Tamer" was overwhelmingly successful. No less fame was brought to her by her works in the paintings "Honeymoon", "On the Other Side". But only Kolosov's films made Kasatkina truly popular. The most famous - "The Taming of the Shrew", "Calling Fire on Myself", "Darling", "Operation Trust", "Remember Your Name", "Mother Mary" - were created by the union of this gifted couple.

Sergey Nikolaevich Kolosov, attracting Kasatkina to the main roles, shaped her as a dramatic actress. Lyudmila Ivanovna never let him down, giving all her best. She attributed all their common victories to his talent, and he to hers. The Big Actress and the Big Director complemented each other in amazing ways, making great films.

About characters

The characters of these two people were completely different. Lyudmila Ivanovna is cheerful, emotional, explosive, sometimes unrestrained, but she knew how to move away quickly, capable of sincerely repenting, apologizing … Sergei Nikolaevich is confident, calm, thinking … Conflicts between them, if they flared up, were quickly extinguished. On the stage, he was always the main thing, and at home, she was.

About family

Both went through the war, saw its horror and ugliness, therefore, such traditional family values as love, mutual understanding, respect, loyalty were put above all. Lyudmila Ivanovna believed that the atmosphere of a family depends only on a woman; that a wife should yield to her husband, even if he is wrong; that in our harsh life a good family is an island of hope; that one should be interested in the affairs of the spouse, his opinion, take care of him.

Appearance

Kasatkina never forgot about her appearance. Lyudmila Ivanovna, both in the family and in public, always looked very attractive - she kept her posture, dressed beautifully, did her hair. She kept her house in perfect order and watched over it. If she didn't have time herself, she hired housekeepers.

About love

Thanks to natural brightness and good energy, Lyudmila Ivanovna was constantly in the spotlight. Many fell in love with her - Pavel Kadochnikov during the filming of "Tiger Tamer", Gerard Philip courted Kasatkina in Cannes … She, like any woman, probably liked to enjoy male attention.

But she did not even admit the thought of an affair with someone other than her Seryozha. Kolosov also treated her as beloved, the one and only. They looked funny and old-fashioned, and the world around them did not really believe them because of their cynicism and depravity.

About raising a son and friends

According to the recollections of their only son Aleksey Kolosov, a famous jazz guitarist, composer and journalist, his parents never verbally taught him or raised him anything. He spent his early childhood with his maternal grandmother, later at his parents' house, often visiting with them at various theatrical and film events, screenings, and filming. The lessons for Alexei were warm, cordial relations in the family.

Outside the stage, Lyudmila Kasatkina and Sergey Kolosov never played, they were ordinary living people. In their close environment, there was no anger and envy. The house was visited by such talents as Andrei Mironov, Lyudmila Ivanova, Rolan Bykov, Alexander Kuznetsov. Belza, the composer Saulsky, the playwright Zorin, the writer Kazakov …

Last years

The last years of the life of this unique couple were overshadowed by serious illnesses, and shortly before his death, the book “Fate for Two. Memories in Dialogues”. They wrote about themselves, their relationships, about time, people - the last joint work. They died in February 2012. First, Sergei Kolesov left this world, and 11 days later, unable to bear the loss, Lyudmila Kasatkina left.

In an age of upheavals, monetary cash, the fall of morality and morality, the love and creative community of this amazing couple is the standard of sincerity, purity and humanity.

Remembering great love stories, one cannot but recall such wonderful people as Natalia Konchalovskaya and Sergei Mikhalkov - their creative union was the secret of family longevity.