Video: Personal drama of Yuri Bogatyrev: What accelerated the departure of the famous actor
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The popular Soviet passed away 29 years ago actor Yuri Bogatyrev, known for his roles in the films "At home among strangers, a stranger among friends", "Slave of love", "Two captains", "Family", "Don Cesar de Bazan" and many others. Until his 42nd birthday, he did not live exactly one month. The close ones of the actor are sure: he himself brought his departure closer, since all his life he suffered very much and felt a sense of guilt for the fact that he was really “a stranger among his own people” …
Yuri Bogatyrev was born into the family of a naval officer, but he never showed interest in his father's profession. Since childhood, he was very vulnerable and sensitive, did not get involved in fights and was distinguished by a gentle character. To boyish games, he preferred sewing dresses for dolls and friendship with girls. He himself loved to dress up and try on jewelry, but his parents did not pay attention to these hobbies of his son, writing them off to the subtlety of an artistic nature.
After graduating from the Shchukin School, Bogatyrev performed on the stage of the Contemporary Art Theater, and later came to the Moscow Art Theater. Even during his studies, he courted girls, but all his loves were platonic and limited to friendly communication. He fell in love with his filming partners, but this, rather, gave only inspiration on the set, and not the need for personal relationships. So, Iya Savvina and Natalia Gundareva became his close friends.
Actress Elena Solovey admitted that Bogatyrev reminds her of "a big child, defenseless and vulnerable." Natalya Varley recalled: "".
His film debut took place in 1966, but real popularity came in the 1970s, when Bogatyrev played the main role in Nikita Mikhalkov's film "One among strangers, a stranger among friends." Since then, he called this director his godfather in the cinema, and Mikhalkov considered him his talisman, continuing to shoot in his films - "An unfinished piece for a mechanical piano", "A few days in the life of I. I. Oblomov", "Slave of love", "Relatives".
In the 1980s. Yuri Bogatyrev was already one of the most popular, sought-after and wealthy artists. He made good money on the set, but his money never lingered - according to relatives, he was unmercenary and idealist. Soon he had a large number of imaginary friends - drinkers at his expense, with whom they drank all night long. Its reliability was used by many. But almost no one knew about what personal drama was the cause of his prolonged depression and made him look for oblivion in alcohol.
Already at a fairly mature age, Bogatyrev was able to admit to himself his unconventional sexual orientation. Because of this, he experienced an inferiority complex and suffered greatly from the fact that he became "a stranger among his own." Close friends tried to support him, Natalya Gundareva repeated: "". But this did not help - the actor lived with a constant feeling of guilt and could not accept himself as he was.
Director Alexander Adabashyan said: "".
For a while, the administrator of the Moscow Art Theater Vasily Roslyakov lived with him, then the bartender Sasha Efimov appeared in his apartment, but the feeling of endless loneliness did not leave the actor. He was even married, but this marriage turned out to be fictitious - the actress Nadezhda Seraya was his neighbor in a communal apartment, and she urgently needed a stamp in her passport to stay in Moscow. Bogatyrev went to meet her. They lived in adjoining rooms, although they had a close relationship, and met in the kitchen, pouring out their souls to each other during evening conversations. Even relatives did not know about this marriage.
Despite the adoration of the audience, Bogatyrev was never pleased with himself, constantly doubted his abilities and sought consolation either in alcohol and antidepressants, or in his passion for painting - in 1989 his first personal exhibition was supposed to take place, but it took place after his death … The actor anticipated his early departure, managed to say goodbye to friends and even predicted the date, but did nothing to prevent the tragic ending. In 1988, he presented his photo to a friend with the caption: “From Yura Bogatyrev. A year before his death. The prophecy has come true. On the day his exhibition was to open, his funeral took place.
In the winter of 1989, Bogatyrev received a fee for the film Black Eyes. This occasion was celebrated violently and cheerfully, as always, with a lot of alcohol. Friends at first did not notice that the actor felt bad. An ambulance was called, he was injected with a drug that turned out to be incompatible with the antidepressants and alcohol taken the day before. On February 2, 1989, Yuri Bogatyrev's heart stopped.
In memory of him remained failed exhibition: 30 friendly cartoon portraits created by Yuri Bogatyrev.
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