RYBNIKOV Nikolai

Born December 13, 1930 in Borisoglebsk (Voronezh region). He grew up in Stalingrad, where he graduated from the railway school. During his studies with great success appeared in amateur art. Although Nicholas Rybnikov began his studies in medical school, he decided to become an artist and in 1948 went to Moscow to enroll in VGIK. He studied in a workshop at the S. Gerasimov and T. Makarova and was considered one of the most talented students. While studying at VGIK gift masterful parody of famous people and the urge to draw one just does not cost Rybnikov expensive - about the story later told in his film "Such a wonderful game (1995) Pyotr Todorovski, . true, . in the life of isolation proved to be much less tragic,
. Nicholas Rybnikova debut in film - past almost unnoticed by the film "The team from our street, but really his acting talent was revealed by director Andrei V. Naumov Alova and in the movie" Disturbing the youth "and in M. Schweitzer" The Stranger native. To fame as an actor after audience favorite bands "Spring on Zarechnoj Street" (1956), set by F. Mironerom and M. Khutsiev, and "Height" (1957) directed by A. Zarkhi. In 1958, Nikolai Rybnikov starred in the movie E. Ryazanov "girl" without address "- but the audience took the film very much - he took second place at the box office - critics (like the director himself) felt he was not too good. Nevertheless, in 1961, the actor has agreed to appear in comedy, when the director Yuri Chulyukin invited him to the principal role woodcutter Elijah Kavrigina in the film "Girls". This painting was a huge audience success and to this day remains among the best comedies of the Soviet cinema. Later Nicholas Rybnikova lot of filming, to his credit films such as "They have submitted to the sky", "War and Peace" (where he played the role of Denis Davydov), "Liberation", "ice hockey". Great success had fallen to the lot of pictures of "Seventh Heaven" (1972), in which Nikolai Rybnikov starred with his wife, Alla Larionova. Unfortunately, in the late 70's and 80's of the actor was invited to be removed less often and mostly in episodic roles. Perhaps the most memorable role Rybnikova this period - Kondraty Petrovich in the tape "To marry the Captain" (1985). Nicholas Rybnikov died Oct. 22, 1990 of a heart attack before reaching a half months before his sixtieth birthday.