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Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov (24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, pamphleteer, who shot to fame while a member of troupe at Taganka Theatre

Taganka Theatre

Taganka Theatre is a theater located in the Art Nouveau building on Taganka Square in Moscow. The theatre was founded in 1964 by Yuri Lyubimov and continued the traditions of his alma mater, the Vakhtangov Theatre, while also exploring the possibilities of Bertolt Brecht's "epic theatre".Under...

 under director Yury Lyubimov. Despite severe illness that haunted him in the 1990s, he received many awards, including the Russian Federation State Prize and People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of Russia

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 in 1996.

Biography

Leonid Filatov was born on 24 December 1946, in Kazan

Kazan

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. His father was Aleksey Yeremeyevich Filatov (1910 - 1980s), his mother - Klavdia Nikolaevna Filatova (b. 1924). The family frequently moved around, because father was a radio operator and spent much time in field expeditions. When the boy was seven years old his parents divorced, and Leonid moved along with his mother to Ashkhabad to join his mother's relatives. While a schoolboy, he had his first publications made in the Ashkhabad press.

In 1965, after finishing school he arrived in Moscow, and tried to become a film director, but failed the entrance exam at the State Institute of Cinematography - VGIK . However, LeonidFilatov was persistent, so on one of his classmate's advice he took entrance exams to the actor's department of the Shchukins’s Theatrical school. In 1965 he was admitted to the course of B.K. Lvova and L.N. Shikhmatov, and graduated from Schchukin Theatrical school as an actor in 1969.

In 1969 Filatov became an actor with the troupe of Moscow

Moscow

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 Taganka Theatre

Taganka Theatre

Taganka Theatre is a theater located in the Art Nouveau building on Taganka Square in Moscow. The theatre was founded in 1964 by Yuri Lyubimov and continued the traditions of his alma mater, the Vakhtangov Theatre, while also exploring the possibilities of Bertolt Brecht's "epic theatre".Under...

. His first main role was a lead in the play "What is to be done?" His career developed with the roles he played in "Master and Margarita", "Cherry Orchard", "House on the Embankment", "Fasten Belts", "Pugachev", "Antiworlds", "Comrade, believe", a role of Horatio in "Hamlet", Kul'chitskiy in "Fallen and Living", Federtsioni in the "Live of Galileo", "Players -21" - work with (Sergey Yursky’s creative association of artists.

From 1985 through 1987, while "Taganka" was under Anatoly Efros

Anatoly Efros

-Children's Theatre and the Lenkom:Efros was born in Kharkov. In 1954, he was appointed to run the Central Theatre for Children in Moscow and managed to transform it from a conservative backwater into one of the most fashionable Soviet theatres....

, Leonid Filatov at that time worked at the Sovremennik Theatre

Sovremennik Theatre

Moscow Sovremennik Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow founded in 1956. "Sovremennik" means "Contemporary".-History:Sovremennik Theatre was founded by a group of young Soviet actors during Khrushchev Thaw...

, then he returned to "Taganka". In 1993 Filatov joined Nikolai Gubenko

Nikolai Gubenko

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, Natalya Sayko, Nina Shatskaya and other actors in founding a creative association named "Cooperation of the actors of Taganka" (Russian: "Содружествo актеров Таганки").

Author of several plays, such as "Artist from the Sherwood Forest" and "Sukiny deti" among his other works.

From 1970 Filatov worked in cinema. His most important roles were in such films as City of the first love, Ekipazh (aka.. "Crew"), Golos

Golos (1982 film)

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(aka.. "The Voice"), Women joke in earnest, Rooks, Success, Chicherin, Forgotten melody for the flute, City Zero, Charitable ball.

In 1990 he directed the film "Sukiny deti" (known in Russian as "Сукины дети", the unofficial English title being "Sons of bitches"), based on his own scenario, and also played a supporting role.

Since 1970 Filatov was writing songs in the co-authorship with Vladimir Kachan.

Leonid Filatov was married to the actress of the "cooperation of the actors of Taganka" Nina Shatskaya

Nina Shatskaya

Nina Arkadyevna Shatskaya is a Russian singer and actress, best known for her unique jazzy take on the Russian romance heritage. Staying out of spotlight, Nina Shatskaya is held in high regard by critics and colleagues...

. The couple had a son and granddaughters.

External links

• Leonid Filatov's Tale of Soldier Fedot the Daring Fellow in English (translated from the Russian by Alec Vagapov):
• http://vagalecs.narod.ru/Fil.htm
• Leonid Filatov's Tale of Soldier Fedot, the Daring Fellow. Bilingual Version (Russian-English).

Translated from the Russian by Alec Vagapov:

• http://zhurnal.lib.ru/a/alec_v/fed-rus-eng.shtml