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Yevgeny Yefimovich Karelov (russian: Евгений Ефимович Карелов; 12 October 1931 — 11 July 1977) was a
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
film director and screenwriter known for comedy movies, war dramas and children's films. He was named
Meritorious Artist Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...
of
RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
in 1974.Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary // ed.
Sergei Yutkevich Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich (russian: Серге́й Ио́сифович Ютке́вич, 28 December 1904 – 23 April 1985) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1962) and a Hero of ...
. — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987, p. 171


Biography

Karelov was born in the Bogorodskoye village (known as Bogorodskoye
urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
today) into a peasant family, one of the four children. His parents soon moved to
Drezna Drezna (russian: Дрезна́) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the river Drezna (Klyazma), Drezna (Klyazma's tributary) east of Moscow. Population: History ...
and applied to a secondary school: his mother Maria Andreevna Karelova — as a teacher, and his father Yefim Trofimovich Karelov — as a stoker and gardener. During the early 1950s the family moved to Podolsk.Evgeny Golodnov.
Drezna dwellers and cinema
' article at the
Orekhovo-Zuyevo Orekhovo-Zuyevo (russian: Оре́хово-Зу́ево, ) is an industrial city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow in a forested area on the Klyazma River (a tributary of the Oka). Orekhovo (russian: Оре́хово), often prono ...
regional union of local historians (in Russian) In 1949 Yevgeny tried to enter
VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...
, but failed and entered the regional Pedagogical University, Faculty of Physical Culture. In a year he successfully entered VGIK and in 1955 he finished the directing courses led by
Grigori Aleksandrov Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov (russian: Григо́рий Васи́льевич Алекса́ндров; original family name was Мормоненко or Mormonenko; 23 January 1903 – 16 December 1983) was a prominent Soviet ...
and started working at
Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output incl ...
. Simultaneously he finished the Pedagogical University and joined the Federation of Sport Movies to promote sports culture. Among his projects was a war drama ''
The Third Half ''The Third Half'' ( mk, Трето полувреме ) is a Macedonian-Czech-Serbian film that deals with Macedonian football during World War II, and the deportation of Jews from Macedonia. It is a story of love during wartime and a country's ...
'' (1962) about
The Death Match The Death Match ( uk, Матч смерті, russian: Матч смерти) is a name given in postwar Soviet historiography to the football match played in Kyiv in ''Reichskommissariat Ukraine'' (abbreviated RKU) under occupation by Nazi German ...
that happened in the
Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...
-occupied
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, a TV comedy ''
Seven Old Men and a Girl ''Seven Old Men and a Girl'' (russian: Семь стариков и одна девушка, Sem starikov i odna devushka) is a 1968 Soviet comedy film directed by Yevgeny Karelov. Plot Elena Velichko — a young graduate of the sports institute, ...
'' (1968) about a young coach assigned to train a group of "hopeless" elderly men and a screenplay ''When I'm a King'' dedicated to the Soviet ice hockey coach Yuri Ulianov which was made into a documentary after his death.Yuri Kozlovskiy.
It was so long ago
' article about Yevgeny Karelov from the ''Tête-à-Tête'' magazine, 1993 (in Russian)
, 2012 (in Russian) In 1968 Karelov directed '' Two Comrades Were Serving'' where
Oleg Yankovsky Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; 23 February 1944 – 20 May 2009) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russia, Russian actor who excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectu ...
played one of his first roles (his debut film '' The Shield and the Sword'' was released same year). It depicted the events of the
Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...
shown from both
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and
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perspectives. The White Army
poruchik The rank of lieutenant in Eastern Europe ( hr, poručnik, cs, poručík, pl, porucznik, russian: script=latn, poruchik, sr, script=latn, poručnik, sk, poručík) is one used in Slavophone armed forces. Depending on the country, it is either ...
Alexander Brusentsov played by
Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...
turned into one of his biggest movie roles in the entire career. Karelov later returned to revolutionary events with ''Those Who Saved Fire'' (1970) and the ''High Rank'' dilogy (1973—1974), both with Evgeny Matveev in the lead, director's favourite actor and a close friend.Galina Tsymbal.
Interview
' with Boris Tokarev at '' Gordon's Boulevard'', 30 October 2007 (in Russian) Karelov also produced a number of films aimed at children and youth, including ''Smoke in the Forest'' (1955) based on the story by
Arkady Gaidar Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, russian: link=no, Го́ликов; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet chil ...
and ''Nakhalyonok'' (1961) based on ''Don Tales'' by
Mikhail Sholokhov Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov ( rus, Михаил Александрович Шолохов, p=ˈʂoləxəf; – 21 February 1984) was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life ...
. In 1965 he directed the family comedy ''
Children of Don Quixote Children of Don Quixote (russian: Дети Дон Кихота, Deti Don-Kikhota) is a 1966 Soviet comedy film. Plot Story of an ordinary family at first glance. Large family physicians, three boys. The first a young artist (Victor — Vladi ...
'' about a goofy head of maternity clinic and his sons. It was among the first leading roles by
Anatoly Papanov Anatoli Dmitrievich Papanov (russian: Анатолий Дмитриевич Папанов, links=https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Папанов,_Анатолий_Дмитриевич, translit=Anatoliy Dmitriyevich Papanov, label=; 31 October 1 ...
and the only role by
Andrey Belyaninov Andrey Yuryevich Belyaninov (in russian: Андрей Юрьевич Бельянинов, born July 14, 1957) is a Russian businessman and government official. He is a Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank since 2017. Belyaninov graduated fr ...
, the head of the
Federal Customs Service of Russia The Federal Customs Service of Russia (russian: Федеральная таможенная служба Российской Федерации, ''Federalnaya tamozhennaya sluzhba Rossiskoy Federatsii''; abbreviated , ''FTS Rossii'') is a Russ ...
during the 2000s. In 1976 he directed a TV mini-series '' Two Captains'' based on the popular children's novel by
Veniamin Kaverin Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin (russian: link=no, Вениами́н Алекса́ндрович Каве́рин; Вениами́н А́белевич Зи́льбер (Veniamin Abelevich Zilber); , Pskov – May 2, 1989, Moscow) was a Sov ...
who served as a screenwriter and added several scenes along the way. After the work on ''Two Captains'' was finished, the film crew went to
Pitsunda Pitsunda ( ab, Пиҵунда, russian: Пицунда) or Bichvinta ( ka, ბიჭვინთა ) is a resort town in the Gagra District of Abkhazia/Georgia (country), Georgia. Founded by Greek colonists in the 5th century BC, Pitsunda became ...
to have a rest. On 11 July 1977 Karelov died of heart failure while swimming in the sea. Boris Tokarev and Evgeny Matveev who witnessed it managed to pull out his body, but Karelov was already dead by that time. He was buried in the family tomb at the
Podolsk Podolsk ( rus, Подольск, p=pɐˈdolʲsk) is an industrial city, center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River). History The first mentions of the village of Podol, w ...
cemetery. He was survived by his wife Tatiana Germanovna Karelova and daughter Marina. On 4 November 2016 a new boulevard in the memory of Yevgeny Karelov was opened in Podolsk where two monuments were placed: one depicting Karelov, and another — the boy from his ''Nakhalyonok'' movie (role performed by Vladimir Semyonov).A boulevard in the memory of the film director Evgeny Karelov was opened in Podolsk
article at ''Podolsk.ru'', 5 November 2016 (in Russian)


Filmography


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Yevgeni Karelov
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Director Yevgeny Karelov: biografía, filmografía
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Karelov, Yevgeny 1931 births 1977 deaths Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Russian film directors Soviet film directors Soviet screenwriters 20th-century Russian screenwriters Male screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers