Pavel Oganezovich Arsenov (russian: Павел Оганезович Арсе́нов; 1936 — 1999) was a Soviet and Russian film actor, screenwriter and film director. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1996).

Biography

Pavel was born on January 5, 1936, in

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. He studied at the Institute of Geological Survey, he graduated from the directing department of

VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

(1963, workshop of

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). Before studying at VGIK, he worked at the

Kartuli Pilmi Georgian Film Studio ( ka, ქართული ფილმი, ''kartuli pilmi''; russian: Грузия-фильм; ''Gruziya-Fil'm'') is one of world's oldest film studios that has produced 800 features, made-for-TV and short films, 600 documen ...

, the Moscow studio of popular science films. He acted in a number of films of the studio

Armenfilm Armenfilm (russian: Арменфильм; hy, Արմենֆիլմ), also known as Hayfilm ( hy, Հայֆիլմ), is an Armenian film studio located in Yerevan. The studio was founded on 16 April 1923 as a production unit of the Soviet State Cinem ...

, in particular, in the film (director Yuri Yerzinkyan). Since 1962 director of the

Gorky Film Studio Gorky Film Studio (russian: Киностудия имени Горького) is a film studio in Moscow, Russian Federation. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films. Many film classics were filmed at ...

. A vivid event was the avant-garde film King Stag. The greatest popularity to film director Pavel Arsenov was brought by the 5-serial children's television movie

Guest from the Future ''Visitor from the Future'' (russian: Гостья из будущего, ''Gostya iz budushchego'' lit Guest from the future) is a five-part Soviet children's science fiction television miniseries, made at Gorky Film Studio, first aired in 1985 ...

, which appeared on screens in March 1985. After that, Alisa Seleznyova's film character, created by Arsenov and embodied on the screen of a 12-year-old Moscow schoolgirl Natasha Guseva, became cult for millions of Soviet schoolchildren. Died August 12, 1999, in Moscow. He was buried at the Shcherbinskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

Filmography

* 1963 — Sunflower (russian: Подсолнух; short) * 1966 — Lyolka (russian: Лёлька; short) * 1967 — Save the Drowning Man (russian: Спасите утопающего) * 1969 — King Stag (russian: Король-олень) * 1973 — And then I Said No ... (russian: И тогда я сказал нет…) * 1975 — Taste of Halva (russian: Вкус халвы) * 1977 —

Confusion of Feelings ''Confusion'' (German: ''Verwirrung der Gefühle''), also known in English under the titles ''Confusion of Feelings'' or ''Episode in the Early Life of Privy Councillor D.'' is a 1927 novella by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It tells the stor ...

(russian: Смятение чувств) * 1978 — Hello, River (russian: Здравствуй, река; together with Yuri Grigoriev and

Igor Yasulovich Igor Nikolayevich Yasulovich (russian: Игорь Николаевич Ясулович; born 24 September 1941) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director and pedagogue. Biography Yasulovich was born in the village of Reinsfe ...

) * 1979 —

Do Not Part with Your Beloved ''Do Not Part with Your Beloved'' or (russian: С любимыми не расставайтесь, S lyubimymi ne rasstavaytes) is a Soviet romantic drama, directed by Pavel Arsenov in 1980. The film is based on the eponymous play written in 1971 ...

(russian: С любимыми не расставайтесь) * 1985 —

(russian: Гостья из будущего) * 1985 —

Lilac Ball The ''Lilac Ball'' (russian: Лиловый шар) is a 1988 Soviet science-fiction children's film starring Natalya Guseva as Alisa Selezneva, a character she had previously played in the TV miniseries '' Guest from the Future''. Plot Alisa ...

(russian: Лиловый шар) * 1994 —

The Wizard of the Emerald City ''The Wizard of the Emerald City'' (russian: Волшебник Изумрудного Города) is a 1939 children's novel by Russian writer Alexander Melentyevich Volkov. The book is a re-narration of L. Frank Baum's ''The Wonderful Wizard ...

(russian: Волшебник Изумрудного города)

Personal life

The first wife (from 1963 to 1969) was actress Valentina Malyavina.Главные герои
/ref> The second wife (since 1976) — Elena Arsenova. Daughter Elizaveta (born 1980) works as a make-up stylist in Moscow theaters.Елизавета Арсенова — стилист и имиджмейкер
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References

External links

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Фотографии со съёмок фильмов Павла Арсенова
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