Later, the happiness of Vladimir Gostyukhin: Why the famous actor was forced to start his life anew at 50

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

Everything in life was not easy for Vladimir Gostyukhin. In his youth, he almost ended up in jail, after graduating from the theater he had to work as a simple furniture maker, property manager, occasionally replacing actors in performances. Already in adulthood, real fame came to him. He devoted himself completely to the profession, sometimes not noticing how his own personal life was crumbling. However, Vladimir Gostyukhin does not have to complain about his fate. Having started life from scratch after 50, he was able to find his true happiness.

Errors of youth

Parents had to be pretty worried about the fate of their son. Once unable to repulse the offender, young Vladimir Gostyukhin signed up for the boxing section. Soon I began to spend time in the company of the same boys, who constantly found adventures out of the blue. I was brought to the police almost every week, and I came home many times in bandages and blood. When it became clear that he could quite realistically go to jail, he decided to stop.

By that time, he was already studying at a radio technical school. The school had its own ensemble, where the future actor began to sing. And later he was literally forced to take part in the production of the play "Little Student", threatening to deprive him of his scholarship. And suddenly he himself liked the attention of the audience, the brilliance of the spotlights, the applause. He even introduced himself to the girl he liked as a theater student, almost an actor.

Vladimir Gostyukhin met Natalia on the dance floor. He even added a year to himself in order to seem more solid. The relationship with Natalia lasted several years and almost cost the future celebrity life. They often quarreled and parted, then violently reconciled. And so on in a circle, day after day. When Natasha once again drove Vladimir away, the ardent young man threw himself under the trolleybus. Fortunately, the driver managed to stop his car, and Gostyukhin was not injured. They went through a vicious circle of their own relationships several more times, until the young man himself decided to end this painful romance.

New life

All this time, Vladimir Gostyukhin, seriously carried away by the theater, was engaged in a theatrical collective at the House of Culture in his native Sverdlovsk. It was led by Olga Soldatova, and she recommended the talented young man to enter a theater institute. He went to enter GITIS. To my surprise, I was credited on the first try. In his student years, he married for the first time, but his marriage was rather short.

After the first year, proud of himself - he was the only one from the course was an excellent student - came home for the holidays. And the next day his mother was hit by a car. She died in the hospital a week later.

Six months before graduation, he was almost expelled. He starred in Khutsiev's film "It was the month of May" and was late for the graduation performance, where he played the main role. Then the dean entered his position, allowed him to receive a diploma. But already at that time, the actor began to drink. The service in the army saved the situation, from where Gostyukhin returned already a different person.

Difficulties of becoming

From the army, a girl named Zinaida, a costume designer, was waiting for him, whom they met during the filming. The news of her friend's pregnancy took Vladimir by surprise. At that time he could not get a job, he even had to serve as a loader at the airport for some time, collecting money for a wedding.

Soon Irina was born. They lived very hard, when Vladimir Gostyukhin was once again not accepted into the troupe of the theater of the Soviet Army, he asked for the position of furniture maker-property requisitor. And he taught the role, even took part in the competition for young actors, earning the first prize. But this did not help him become a member of the troupe.

The case helped: one of the actors involved in the play "The Unknown Soldier" fell ill, Gostyukhin, after a short hesitation, was replaced. After that, he was not taken to the troupe, but he was periodically allowed to go out in the crowd. After playing the role of Krasilnikov in "Walking through the Torments" the actor was noticed by Larisa Shepitko and filmed in her "Ascent".

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Then they started talking about Vladimir Gostyukhin as a charismatic actor, accepted into the troupe of the Theater of the Soviet Army, he began to receive proposals for filming. And he soon left for Minsk. For her new love - Svetlana.

Happiness is when you are understood …

Relations with Zinaida by that time were more like relatives, he also lacked the passion and state of love, which should always accompany the actor. And with Svetlana there was an ardent love, and sensual passion. And the constant swing: she either brought the actor closer to her, then pushed him away. But soon Vladimir Vasilievich still moved to Minsk. And the first wife six months later was already married again. The actor even attended her wedding and sincerely wished her happiness.

He was happy too. It seemed to him that he had met the woman of his life. Professional recognition also came: the actor starred a lot, he could be absent from home for 3-4 months. Frequent separations were by no means conducive to family life. During his visits, he gladly nursed his second daughter Margarita, cooked, cleaned and washed himself. But the estrangement between the spouses grew. The wife was more worried about his income, she was cold with her husband, more and more often showing dissatisfaction with his business trips.

They lived together for 20 years, however, in recent years it was a family only for the sake of their daughter. And after that Svetlana told Rita that she had never loved her father.

Late joys

Even before the divorce from Svetlana, Vladimir Gostyukhin began to seek solace in someone else's arms. After one of the fleeting novels, the daughter of Alexander was born. Then his beloved simply left the child for herself, without pretending to anything.

Vladimir Vasilyevich does not consider himself a good father, his participation was too little in raising children. However, he always helped all three financially, even after parting with their mothers. He rarely sees his daughters, but they know: they can always count on their father's help.

Meeting with Alla Prolich changed his whole life. As if there was nothing before her. She was 20 years younger than him, performed in an amateur theater. He immediately noted her original talent and advised the director to take her to the troupe of the Minsk theater-studio of the film actor, where he worked himself. Vladimir Gostyukhin involved the young actress in his debut director's play "My dear one". During the rehearsals, a close relationship arose between them. Several times he left the family, but all the time he returned for his daughter.

After that, he finally parted with his wife. After 50 years, he risked to start a new life from the dorm room where Alla lived at that time. He was already a famous actor, but he did not make much wealth. He left the apartment to his wife and daughter, but was happy to meet a man who understands him.

Then there were shooting in "Truckers" and nationwide love. Over time, he and his wife acquired their own apartment, built a dacha, where he now spends all his free time. There he rests his soul and recovers his strength. With his wife Alla, they have been together for almost 20 years. During this time, passions subsided, but mutual respect, friendship and, of course, love remained.

In 1985, Vladimir Gostyukhin starred in the film by Stanislav Govorukhin based on the novel "Children of Captain Grant". About the history of its creation and the fate of the actors today an equally exciting adventure movie could be shot.