Yuri Vizbor

Yuri Vizbor

Born: June 20, 1934
Died: September 17, 1984
in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Soviet songwriter (bard), film actor, journalist, writer, screenwriter, poet, one of the founders of the author’s song genre, creator of the reportage song genre, author of more than 300 songs. In 1955 he graduated from the faculty of Russian language and literature of the Moscow Pedagogical Institute. In the same year, he wrote the text for his first song - Madagascar (the music was borrowed from the performance of Sergei Obraztsov “Under the rustle of your eyelashes”). While studying at the institute, he began to write songs - usually in his own poems. From 1950 to 1960 - composed about 40 songs. He worked as a teacher, served in the army. Since 1958 he worked on the All-Union Radio, in 1962 he initiated the creation of the youth radio station "Youth". Since 1964, together with a group of like-minded people, he published the magazine Krugozor, where he created the unique genre of "song-reporting". Since 1970, he worked as a screenwriter and editor of the cinema association "Screen" of the Central Television. The first role was played in the film "July Rain." Among the most interesting roles of Vizbor are Begounyok in the Red Tent, Sasha in You and Me, Balashov in the Belorussky Train Station, Borman in Seventeen Moments of Spring. More than forty documentaries, as well as the feature film "Year of the Dragon" and the television movie "Captain Frackass", have been delivered according to the scripts of Vizbor. Vizbor is considered one of the founders and the most prominent representatives of the author's song. He wrote a number of scripts and plays that were performed in many theaters in the country. The tales and stories of Vizbor were published mostly after his death. The book "I left my heart in the blue mountains" (1986-1989) had a circulation of 250 thousand copies. Passed away on September 17, 1984 from liver cancer in the Moscow Cancer Center on Kashirskoye Highway. He was buried at the Kuntsevsky cemetery of the capital.

Movies for Yuri Vizbor...

Title: Как уходили кумиры
Character: Himself / ArchiveFootage
Released: August 15, 2005
Type: TV
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Tenderness for the Roaring Beast
Title: Tenderness for the Roaring Beast
Character: Odintsov
Released: June 6, 1982
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by A. Bakhvalov. The plot is based on a story-interview about the testing of the new strategic missile carrier Tu-22K and Tu-22M2/M3 (for well-known reasons, in close-ups, instead of them, the film shot the then less secret Tu-134 UBL - a combat training laboratory) and the tragic events associated with them, given to journalist Odintsov by test pilot Borovsky. Testing of a new jet aircraft, the psychology of human life, the problems and joys of life of pilots - all this is closely intertwined in the film. The heroes of the film - friends test pilots Dolotov and Sanin - have walked together all their lives. But it so happened that one of them, Dolotov, was once unfairly suspended from flying, while Sanin failed to protect and support his friend. Friends' paths diverged...
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Title: Seventeen Moments of Spring
Character: Martin Bormann - Head of the NSDAP Party Chancellery
Released: August 11, 1973
Type: TV
A Soviet spy is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the Western Allies.
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You and Me
Title: You and Me
Character: Sasha
Released: October 25, 1971
Type: Movie
Two middle-aged doctors and longtime friends reunite after a long separation and find themselves in a love triangle. Pyotr, Sasha, and Katya feel that life has passed them by. They seek spiritual salvation in a cruel modern world.
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Ночная смена
Title: Ночная смена
Released: June 7, 1971
Type: Movie
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Byelorussian Station
Title: Byelorussian Station
Character: Balashov
Released: April 30, 1971
Type: Movie
The heroes of the movie last seen each other on the Belarusian railway station in the summer of 1945. A quarter-century, they meet at the funeral of comrade.
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The Beginning
Title: The Beginning
Character: Stepan Ivanovich
Released: October 12, 1970
Type: Movie
A talented girl from the provincial Russian town Pasha Stroganova dreams of becoming an actress. She plays the role of Baba Yaga in the amateur theatre — and does it so organically that the visiting filmmaker offers her the most difficult role in the historical drama about Joan of Arc. She was given not only great acting talent, but the talent of deep, selfless love. A dream comes true: she is invited to the main role, and she begins a completely different life, full of real creative torment, insights and true happiness.
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Step Over the Threshold
Title: Step Over the Threshold
Released: August 19, 1970
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of high school graduates, their first — still school — problems and challenges, Hobbies and disappointments, friendship and dreams.
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Rudolfio
Title: Rudolfio
Character: Rudolph
Released: May 26, 1970
Type: Movie
A short film based on the story by Valentin Rasputin.
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Passing Through Moscow
Title: Passing Through Moscow
Character: сотрудник «Вечерней Москвы»
Released: May 13, 1970
Type: Movie
Film almanac, consisting of four novels, United by one theme — a short stay of the characters in the capital. About the sailor who met his love in Moscow, about the birth of a little girl and about other, no less interesting events.
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The Red Tent
Title: The Red Tent
Character: Frantisek Behounek
Released: December 23, 1969
Type: Movie
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
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Retribution
Title: Retribution
Character: Zakharov
Released: October 10, 1967
Type: Movie
The continuation of a story started by Alexander Stolper epic movie "Zhivye i Myortvye".
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July Rain
Title: July Rain
Character: Alik
Released: August 7, 1967
Type: Movie
Lena, a woman in her late twenties, loves her boyfriend, but in time comes to see that their relationship serves no useful function. What's more, she sees that her friends are for the most part empty-headed lackeys, causing her to wonder just what is the point of her life.