Where was born: Lyublino, Moscow region. Date of birth: May 25, 1941 Height: 185 cm Date of death: March 3, 1981 Cause of death: heart attack Where buried: Vagankovskoye cemetery
Theater and film actor - Oleg Dal, biography, whose personal life proves that he was a difficult person , extraordinary. On the screen he is a merry fellow and a joker, in life he is a brawler and a bully. This is how his colleagues describe him in a nutshell. He lived a short but eventful life.
Childhood, youth and family of the actor
Dal Oleg Ivanovich was born on May 25, 1941 in Lyublino. Then it was a city near Moscow, now it is the territory of the capital. His childhood was spent in house No. 63 on Moskovskaya Street. In addition to him, a daughter grew up in the family - Iraida Ivanovna.
There is an assumption that Dahl was half Russian and half Pole by nationality. Wikipedia does not provide confirmation of the artist’s Jewish origin.
Mother, Pavel Petrovna Dal, taught at school. The father of the future actor, Ivan Zinovievich (Zherko) Dal, worked at a foundry and mechanical plant as an engineer. He had excellent hearing, played the mandolin, sang, and took part in amateur theatrical productions. He also wrote notes for the newspaper Gudok, which he signed with a pseudonym. During the period of universal passportization, he and his family officially began to bear the surname Dahl.
Oleg studied well at school. He was a tall guy and loved basketball. During one of the training sessions he became ill. After the examination I had to forget about sports. It turned out that he had a congenital heart defect. Then Dahl enrolled in a theater studio and became interested in literature and painting. He reads Lermontov’s poems; his favorite work is “Hero of Our Time.” But the guy was not destined to become a pilot. Oleg decided to study as an actor in order to play his favorite character on stage.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Oleg did not change his mind and decided to continue his studies in theater. The father and mother believed that their son was acting frivolously; working as an actor was impossible to feed the family. In addition, Dahl has been lisping since childhood. The guy did not listen to his parents and successfully passed the exams at the Shchepkinsky School.
Death
Oleg had never talked about his death before and did not want to die. But he perceived life so subtly that for the last six months, at the subconscious level, he felt: the end was soon. In his conversations with his wife, phrases began to slip through that he knows, understands: this will happen soon, and he is ready.
A month and a half before his death, Oleg and Lisa rented a small dacha in Monino on the cheap. They lived in this wonderful house for the rest of January and all of February 1981. Two weeks before his death, Lisa entered the hall, and Oleg was sitting right on the floor and watching some cartoon on TV. Without turning to his wife, he said: “I feel very sorry for you three.” Lisa realized that he was talking about her and their mothers.
On March 1, he left for Kyiv for filming. The first day of filming took place on March 2, and in the evening the car brought the actors to the hotel. When everyone came out and began to say goodbye: “See you tomorrow!”, Oleg said: “Farewell!” Everyone took it as a joke. On the night of March 3, 1981, Dahl’s heart stopped in his sleep in a hotel room.
When he died, one of the actors remembered that at Vysotsky’s funeral, July 28, 1980, Dahl said: “The next turn is mine!” Oleg did not live long enough to reach the age of forty; he was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow. Now his beloved women are buried next to him - his wife Lisa and mother-in-law Olya. Oleg Ivanovich had no children.
Oleg Dal did not manage to become an Honored or People's Artist; he never received awards or prizes. But during his short creative life he managed to become an Artist with a capital “A”, and this is much more valuable than all other titles...
Personal life, actor’s wives
The actor fell in love with his first wife, Nina Doroshina, when he was 22 years old. Their relationship was not easy. Before that, she had an affair with Oleg Efremov, but he was a ladies' man and constantly cheated on her.
The young people started dating when they were filming “The First Trolleybus.” The film was shot in Odessa. Nina again heard rumors about Efremov’s betrayal. She decided to swim in the sea, swam far, and almost drowned. Dahl was nearby and saved her. He had never taken his eyes off Doroshina before, but she was 6 years older and the young man did not know how to approach her. After this adventure, they began to communicate more often, and soon all the artists of the Sovremennik Theater were invited to their wedding. Among the guests was Efremov.
The artists had fun and congratulated the newlyweds. In the midst of the wedding, Efremov publicly sat Doroshina on his lap. Oleg Dal rushed out of the apartment in a rage. A week later the couple divorced.
Dal met his second wife, the beautiful Tatyana Lavrova, while being a famous actor. He was often featured in films, and audiences were crazy about him. The artist’s off-screen life was not so rosy. Friends considered him stubborn, intractable, and categorical.
Lavrova knew about Oleg Dal’s unsuccessful marriage. At first she felt sorry for the actor, and then fell in love. The artist started drinking in his youth, she supported him in this activity. But I came to my senses in time and quit. The couple separated 6 months after the wedding.
The actor’s third wife was Elizaveta Alekseevna Apraksina. They met on the set of the film King Lear. Dahl immediately drew attention to the pretty girl who worked as an editing director. He also fell into her soul.
After his divorce from Tatyana Lavrova, Oleg Dal promised himself that he would not marry again. Lisa made him forget this oath, they signed. If it were not for the constant drinking, their life together could be called happy. The artist was given a large apartment, the windows of which overlooked the Kremlin. His wife took care of him, he, in turn, was proud of his wife. They lived together until the actor’s death.
Family
In the biography of Oleg Dal, personal life played an important role. He was very popular among women, many were in love with him, but for a long time it was not possible to find his soulmate. The biography, personal life, and children of Oleg Dal were of interest to his many fans, and the actor himself had a very difficult character. It was not easy to live with him in the same house.
His first chosen one was the actress of the Sovremennik Theater Nina Doroshina. They got married in 1963; she was seven years older than the hero of our article. Researchers of Oleg Dal's biography write evasively about the actor's life in marriage. There have always been many problems in the family. At first there was strong love with Doroshina. They played together in “The First Trolleybus”, “A Bridge is Being Built”. Then the actress had a starring role as Vasya’s wife Nadezhda in Vladimir Menshov’s lyrical comedy “Love and Doves.” But their marriage to Dahl had broken down by that time. Nina married the lighting master of the Sovremennik Theater Vladimir Tyshkov.
First roles
While a student at a theater university, Dahl began acting in films. The director of the film “My Little Brother,” based on V. Aksenov’s story “Star Ticket,” spent a long time looking for an actor to play the main role. I went to theater schools in search of the required type. There he found young Oleg, to whom he entrusted the role of Alik Kramer. The film was shot in 1961 in Tallinn.
After the film was released on the big screen, 2 famous directors became interested in the young artist: S. Bondarchuk and L. Agranovich. Bondarchuk had no work for Dahl. But Agranovich appointed him to the main role in the detective story “The Man Who Doubts,” released in 1963. In the same year, Oleg starred in the feature film “The First Trolleybus.” Viewers fell in love with the film for its cheerful plot.
Then there comes a time of calm, the artist is almost never invited to act. In 2 years, two films were released. Dahl does not play the main roles in them.
"First trolleybus"
Meanwhile, Dahl's film career was much more successful. In 1964, the melodrama “The First Trolleybus,” filmed at the Odessa Film Studio, was released. It becomes a ticket to life for a whole galaxy of Soviet popular actors, for many of whom this role turns out to be the first in their careers. Dal had already acted in films several times before, but thanks to “The First Trolleybus” he became famous.
True, the next few years are not going well. In films, he plays minor roles in the films “From Seven to Twelve” and “A Bridge is Being Built.” Finally, in 1966, he was noticed by director Vladimir Motyl, who offered him the main role in the military drama “Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha.” The film is a wide success among viewers, but the management does not like it, which is why it is released in limited release.
Filmography
In 1966, Oleg was invited to Lenfilm. Director V. Motyl cast him in the film “Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha” in the title role. The film was a success among viewers. Officials considered her harmful to society.
Dahl gained popularity after starring in the film “Chronicle of a Dive Bomber.” Offers to act in films rained down on Oleg from all sides.
In the late 60s he was filmed as the Jester in the film King Lear. Critics call it the most significant in the actor’s creative biography. In 1972, the artist worked on the painting “Sannikov’s Land”. He was not allowed to perform the song “There is only a moment”, they gave it to Oleg Anofriev. During the filming process, Dahl became disillusioned with the film. Therefore, in the future, when he receives a script, he carefully studies it and carefully chooses which films to star in. But he never refuses to play in fairy tales.
In 1968, Oleg Dal played the main role in the musical film “An Old, Old Tale” based on the fairy tale by G.Kh. Andersen "Flint". In 1971, the feature fairy tale film “Shadow” was released, where the actor embodied the image of a scientist and his Shadow. In 1977, he starred in the film “How Ivan the Fool Followed a Miracle.” Films with his participation are always popular.
In 1975, the film “It Can’t Be!” was released on Soviet screens, where in one of the short stories the actor plays the role of Anatoly Barygin-Amursky. The film features the song “Cupid” performed by Oleg Ivanovich.
“September Holiday” (1979) is the actor’s last notable film work. Officials, having looked at the picture, put it on the shelf for 8 long years. Viewers were able to appreciate Oleg Dahl’s talent in this film only in 1987.
The artist’s filmography includes 40 film works.
Movies
The magazine "Youth" published the story "Star Ticket", written by V. Aksenov, which director Alexander Zarkhi decided to film in 1961. After the selection, several dozen people were selected among theater school students and auditions began, as a result of which Oleg Dal was selected for the role in the film (who got the role of Alik Kramer). In the summer of 1961, location shooting began in Tallinn. This is how the film “My Little Brother” appeared on television.
Oleg Dal in his youth
After the release of the film, two famous directors immediately turned their attention to Dahl: Leonid Agranovich and Sergei Bondarchuk. Agranovich even entrusted the young actor with the main role in his film called “The Man Who Doubts.” The plot of the film was detective-psychological. It is based on the following events: after the murder of a schoolgirl, investigative authorities arrest an innocent acquaintance of the murdered girl, Boris Dulenko (played by Dahl).
Oleg Dal in the film “The Man Who Doubts”
In 1963, when this film was released, Dahl had just completed his studies at theater school. His graduation performance was attended by the actress of the Sovremennik Theater A. Pokrovskaya, who was so impressed by Dahl’s work that she invited him to work at her theater. After passing a two-stage competition, the young actor was enrolled in the troupe. But this did not bring a big breakthrough. For several years, Oleg Dal played exclusively supporting roles in Sovremennik.
Dahl's next television work was the film “The First Trolleybus,” filmed at the Odessa Film Studio. The film was released in 1964 and was very warmly received by the public due to its light and cheerful plot.
Oleg Dal in the film “The First Trolleybus”
Over the next couple of years, Oleg had only two minor films (the films “A Bridge is Being Built” and “From Seven to Twelve”). In 1966, he was noticed by Lenfilm director Vladimir Motyl. Dal, recommended to Motyl by his colleagues, immediately fell into the director’s image of the main character of the film “Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha.” The film was received negatively by public leaders and, despite its wide success with viewers, was distributed in a very small number of copies.
Oleg Dal in the film “Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha”
Nevertheless, all these problems did not in any way affect the growing popularity of Oleg Dal. His next work was the film “Chronicle of a Dive Bomber,” in which he played the role of a pilot named Yevgeny Sobolevsky. This picture brought the actor all-Russian fame. Thus, the end of the sixties became the peak in Dahl’s career both in cinema and in the theater. In Sovremennik, where he returned after a long break, he was entrusted with his first significant role. She got the role of Vaska Ash in the play “At the Bottom”.
In 1968-1969, Dal came to the attention of such famous film directors as Nadezhda Kosheverova and Grigory Kozintsev. It was Kozintsev who introduced Dahl into his “King Lear” for the role of the Jester, which later became one of the brightest in the actor’s piggy bank. This film, which was released in 1971, won several international awards at festivals in Chicago, Milan and Tehran.
Oleg Dal in the film "King Lear"
Soon the actor moved to Leningrad and joined the troupe of the Leningrad Drama Theater. In the early seventies, several more interesting film roles were added to the actor’s repertoire.
In 1972, the actor began work on the film “Sannikov’s Land,” in which he soon became disillusioned. In his opinion, a cheap spectacle was made from high-quality material. After this picture, Dahl approaches the choice of roles more carefully.
Oleg Dal in the film “The Adventures of Prince Florizel”
In 1973, his childhood dream came true - he embodied the image of Pechorin on the screen in the film “Through the Pages of Pechorin’s Magazine.” During 1973-1974, Oleg Ivanovich starred in five more films.
Works in the theater
Filming in films does not prevent an actor from actively rehearsing and performing on the theater stage. In 1963, Oleg Dal came to work at the Sovremennik Theater. He served in the second cast for 5 years; in 1968, Galina Volchek took him to the role of Vaska Ash in the production of “At the Lower Depths”. This theatrical work is noted by critics and fellow actors as iconic.
It was followed by “Valentin and Valentina”, “Provincial Stories”, “From Lopatin’s Notes”, “Taste of Cherry”. In the play “The Princess and the Woodcutter” Oleg Dal became both the director and one of the main roles.
The actor had a difficult character, he often quarreled with directors, and over the course of several years he changed more than one job. From 1970 to 1981 he worked at Lenkom, while rehearsing at the Moscow Art Theater. Then he left Sovremennik and joined the theater troupe on Malaya Bronnaya, where he played several roles. One of them is Alexey Belyaev in the production of “A Month in the Country”. The director of the play notes the artist’s brilliant performance.
Dahl also entered directing courses at VGIK, but did not complete them.
Rise in popularity
However, this does not in any way affect the growth of popularity of Dahl, who, after Motyl’s painting, begins to be recognized on the street. His next successful work is the war film “Chronicle of a Dive Bomber,” in which he plays pilot Yevgeny Sobolev.
By the end of the 60s, the actor reached the peak of his fame. And not only in cinema, but also in the theater. After a long break, he gets the main role on the Sovremennik stage - Vaska Pepla in the play based on Maxim Gorky's play "At the Depth".
During this period, the hero of our article plays the Jester in Grigory Kozintsev’s film “King Lear,” which turns out to be one of the most striking works in the actor’s career. The film, released in 1971, received several prestigious awards at film festivals in Milan, Chicago and Tehran.
Teleplays and voice-overs
For viewers who could not afford to go to the theater, in Soviet times teleplays were staged at television studios. Actor and director Mikhail Kozakov, Dahl’s classmate, repeatedly invited Oleg Ivanovich to take part in the filming of “Two Verona,” “Night of Errors,” “Islands in the Ocean.” In 1975 The actor's childhood dream came true. He stars in the television play “Pages of Pechorin’s Magazine.”
Often during the filming of the film it turned out that the artist’s timbre did not reveal all the colors of the image. Dahl had a special voice; he was often invited to perform dubbing. So in the film “Business People” the main role was played by V.V. Paulus, voiced by Oleg Ivanovich. In “The Road to Rübetzal” the hero of Valentin Smirnitsky speaks in his voice, in “Rasmus the Tramp” - A. Filozov, in “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson” - Viktor Evgrafov.
Moving to Leningrad
Life circumstances force Oleg Dal to move from Moscow to Leningrad. In the Northern capital, he begins performing as part of a drama theater troupe.
In addition, the 70s brought several more interesting and complex roles to his treasury. In 1972, he enthusiastically approached work in the science-fiction film by Leonid Popov and Albert Mkrtchyan “Sannikov's Land”, where he got the role of officer-adventurer Yevgeny Krestovsky. He devotes himself entirely to his work, but is not satisfied with the result. Dahl is upset that high-quality material was turned into a low-grade spectacle. In the future, he begins to approach the choice of roles more carefully.
In 1973, his old childhood dream came true. He plays Grigory Pechorin in the television play “Through the Pages of Pechorin’s Magazine.”
Cinema almanacs and educational films
In 1974, Oleg Dal played the role of Alexander Chatsky in the short story “Chatsky is me!”, included in film almanacs No. 5. The actor’s filmography includes 3 educational films: “Tales of Andersen”, “Tales of Saltykov-Shchedrin”, “Poetry of Lermontov”.
March 1979 Oleg Ivanovich took part in the documentary film “On the Poems of Pushkin.” Dahl reads the classic's poems, and the film features romance songs performed by the artist.
Books about the life and work of the actor (bibliography):
- In the collection compiled by the actor’s wife and N.P. Galadzheva “Oleg Dal: Diaries. Letters. Memories" includes memories of friends and family. As well as materials from the artist’s personal archive (essays, poems, stories, diaries, letters, quotes, photographs and drawings).
- In the book “Oleg Dal. I say what I think…” edited by A.G. Ivanov collected poems written by the actor in the last year of his life, creative diaries, correspondence with loved ones.
- Famous author of books about Soviet cinema F.I. Razzakov released “Star Tragedies. Mysteries of fate and death."
2 articles by Violetta Basha are dedicated to his memory - “10 vertical steps”, “Maximalist. Boy. Dreamer".
Notes[ | ]
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library, Berlin State Library, Bavarian State Library, Austrian National Library
Record #119164795 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012-2016. - "People's foreigner." What killed Oleg Dahl?
- They were from Lublin
- ↑ 123456
Oleg Ivanovich Dal Archived copy dated December 5, 2009 on the Wayback Machine (inaccessible link since 06/14/2016 [1448 days]) in the Around the World encyclopedia - ↑ 12
Oleg Dal Creative biography link dated September 10, 2008 - Galadzheva, 2001, p. 244.
- Galadzheva, 2001, p. 241.
- ↑ 123
Violetta Basha: “Ten vertical steps.” In memory of Oleg Dahl. Point of view - Oleg Dal Last years of life link dated September 10, 2008
- ↑ 12
interview with Elizaveta Dahl. Broadcast by Ksenia Larina on May 25, 2002. “Echo of Moscow” link dated September 10, 2008. - The next meeting of the Kiev studies club (01/13/2015)
- Elizaveta Dal: “Life with Oleg was the best gift for me” Teacher’s Newspaper
No. 16 (9941) dated April 15, 2003 - Encyclopedic Dictionary "Cinema". - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1986.
- ↑ 123
Oleg Dal. “Grown up young man: Diaries. Letters. Memories" Dal E. A.; Ed. Poyurovsky Boris Mikhailovich. - M.: OLMA-PRESS, 2003. - ISBN 5-224-04078-7. link from September 10, 2008 - Oleg Ivanovich Dal :: actors :: People :: (unspecified)
(inaccessible link). Retrieved April 30, 2013. Archived August 30, 2013. - Efros A.V.
[Works in 4 books] (Russian). - Russian Theater Foundation, 1993-01-01. - P. 132. - 440 p. - Miron Chernenko
. “...And the Fatherland personally needs it” // “The Art of Cinema”, 1968, No. 8. - A. Ivanov.
[www.litmir.me/br/?b=244664&p=50 Unknown Oleg Dal. Between life and death]. - M.: Eksmo, 2011. - ISBN 978-5-699-49510-8.
Documentary films about the actor
For the actor’s 50th birthday, his friends made a documentary about the artist, “Cinema Portrait. Oleg Dal."
In 2004, the films “More than Love” were released. Oleg and Lisa", "My silver ball. Oleg Dal."
Colleagues in the acting workshop do not forget the artist; several memoir films are released every year. The author and host of the “Silver Ball” program, Vitaly Vulf, dedicated several programs to Dahl.
- 2005 – “The Cinema That Was”, “Foreign Artist”, “Motley Tape. Bad good man."
- 2006 - “How the idols left”, “The Last 24 Hours”.
- 2011 - “Oleg Dal - between the past and the future”, “Islands”.
Colleagues, relatives and wives of Oleg Dal share their memories of the artist’s life.
Where is Dahl buried?
Figure 1. The grave of Oleg and Elizaveta Dal
The artist’s funeral took place in Moscow on March 7, 1981. Friends, relatives and admirers of his work came to say goodbye to one of the most talented artists of the era. After the farewell ceremony, Oleg Dal was buried in the 12th section of the Vagankovsky cemetery.
At the funeral service, friends recalled the last days of the artist, noting that he had a presentiment of his death several years ago. In particular, I. Dmitriev, who starred with him in “The Adventures of Prince Florizel” (1979), noted that he had conversations about death quite often.
A colleague said that in Vilnius, after seeing a funeral ceremony with a driver in an old top hat and beautiful lanterns, Dahl said: “Look how beautifully they are buried in Lithuania, and they will take me around Moscow in a closed bus.”
Photo by Oleg Dal
In young age
Photo with Elizaveta Apraksina
Together forever Latest photos
Childhood
Elizaveta Dal was born on August 27, 1937. She was born in Leningrad. Her birth name was Elizaveta Eikhenbaum. The heroine of our article spent her childhood with her parents in a small extension to a house on the embankment of the Griboyedov Canal in the Northern capital.
Her grandfather was a famous literary critic in the Soviet Union. Boris Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum had a doctorate in philology, specialized in the study of the theory of poetic language, and was considered one of the best representatives of this trend in the country. Since childhood, the girl grew up in a creative and hospitable environment. There were always guests in the house, often literary elite. Anna Akhmatova was friends with Eikhenbaum.
Last years and death of the artist
After the film “Vacation in September” was banned, and the actor’s numerous refusals to participate in filming by famous directors, he was no longer invited to films. When in 1980, with great difficulty, Dahl was approved for the role in the film “The Uninvited Friend,” he had a scandal with the management of the Mosfilm studio. The artist experienced the conflict very painfully. Colleagues noted that he looked unwell and was in a state of nervous and physical exhaustion. But he continued to teach at VGIK.
Oleg Dal worked a lot, health problems began in childhood. In addition, he drank heavily and did not want to give up his addiction. On March 3, 1981, during a creative business trip, the actor died in a room at the Studio Hotel. He came to Kyiv to audition for the main role in the film “An Apple in the Palm.”
The official cause of death is cardiac arrest. The artist’s friends are sure that the heart attack could have been triggered by an anti-alcohol capsule, “sewn in” several years ago. Oleg Dahl was buried on March 7 in Moscow at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.
It is customary to bury famous artists at the Vagankovskoye or Novodevichy cemetery. The Soviet theater and film actor Oleg Dal had neither awards nor titles. When the artist died, relatives had to make a lot of efforts to obtain permission. The actor’s body was buried in the grave of the Bolshoi Theater ballerina L.A., who died in 1904. Roslavleva. The monument was installed 3 meters away from the burial site.
Foreign artist. Remembering Oleg Dahl
Once, at a creative evening in a cultural center in one of the provincial cities, the host declared Oleg Dal a People's Artist. Dahl came on stage and said: “I’m actually not a people person. I have no titles. I’m more of a foreign artist.” The audience applauded. And the authorities from the Ministry of Culture decided not to organize more creative evenings for Dal in case he blurted out something else of the same kind.
On May 25, 1941, a second child, Oleg, was born into the family of a railway engineer and a teacher. The family lived in a suburb of Moscow - in Lyublino. After the war, teenagers dreamed of exploits. By the end of his tenth year, Oleg had also made up his mind: he decided to become a military pilot. But during the medical examination upon admission, it turned out that due to health reasons (Dahl had a weak heart) he would not pass. And Oleg found a way to realize his dream. If he becomes an actor, he can play a military pilot in a movie.
Oleg in childhood
Oleg Dal's student years coincided with the thaw period. The youth magazine “Yunost” published the story “Star Ticket” by the young author Vasily Aksenov, which immediately became a bestseller. And at Mosfilm they decided to film the story, and Alexander Zbruev, Andrei Mironov and Oleg Dal were chosen for the roles of the three main characters. The film called “My Little Brother” brought fame to the young actors. Dahl became in great demand among directors.
With Andrei Mironov and Alexander Zbruev in the film “My Younger Brother” (1962)
Ran away from his own wedding and went on a drinking binge
After studying, Oleg entered the Sovremennik Theater. And at the age of 21, he decided to marry Sovremennik actress Nina Doroshina. He did not know that Nina had long and hopelessly loved the artistic director of the theater Oleg Efremov and that she decided to fight the battle by marrying Dahl. The whole troupe walked at the wedding. Efremov also came and disrupted the celebration. As Mikhail Kozakov recalled, everyone - both family and friends - was in shock. Dahl ran away from the wedding and went on a drinking binge. This was his first nervous breakdown. Then his wife became the Sovremennik actress and star of the film Nine Days of One Year, Tatyana Lavrova. And this marriage did not work out for the actor. Because wayward, with a complex character, Tatyana could not be led by such a strong and difficult person as Dal was.
Nina Doroshina - Dahl's first wife
Couldn't stand groupies
In 1966, Oleg left Sovremennik. During this period he had a crisis. But when he came to audition for the film “Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha,” Dal, wearing a fashionable dark cherry-colored corduroy jacket, behaved as if he had no problems. And although Oleg showed up for the audition very drunk, director Vladimir Motyl realized at first glance that this actor was an extraordinary person. The artistic council of the film studio did not want to approve Dahl for the main role, they say, his appearance was not heroic. Bloodworm defended him. During filming, Oleg broke down more than once, acted strangely and played tricks, even ended up in the police for 15 days, from where, at Motyl’s request, he was released to filming... However, everything was forgiven for his talent, the ability to create a creative atmosphere on set and for his inimitable humor (if Dahl was in the spirit, he made jokes, and he himself did not laugh, but brought others to hysterical laughter).
“Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha” (1967)
The film “Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha” would certainly have become Dahl’s calling card, but the authorities banned the film from being shown on a wide screen, and the premiere at the House of Cinema was disrupted.
A year later, Dahl played a pilot in the film “Chronicle of a Dive Bomber,” and fame covered him completely. Oleg endured his fame with difficulty. He didn’t like worship, didn’t like girls rushing to him with joyful cries. On the street, he disguised himself with a cap, turned up the collar of his jacket and tried to “slip through unnoticed.” Once in Yalta on the embankment, frightened by fans, he threw himself into the sea in his clothes and came ashore only near the hotel.
Met his future wife on the set of King Lear
Then Dahl returned to Sovremennik, and director Nadezhda Kosheverova invited him to play the main role in the film “An Old, Old Tale.” She recommended Oleg to film director Grigory Kozintsev, who was filming “King Lear” and was looking for an actor to play the role of the Jester. During these years, Oleg already drank regularly and did not strive to fight the disease. On the contrary, I believed that this was a way out if your soul was black. And he didn’t want to understand that he couldn’t drink with his heart. If colleagues could drink a lot - and nothing, then Oleg fell dead. During the filming, which took place near Narva, he allowed himself both breakdowns and rudeness. But Kozintsev forgave him everything and once said to his wife, who asked why he was so fussy with him: “I feel sorry for him, he’s not a tenant.”
"King Lear" (1970)
On the set of King Lear, Oleg met Lisa Apraksina. She grew up in Leningrad, in a house on the Griboyedov Canal, where the top three floors were occupied by writers. The Kozakovs were neighbors, Anatoly Mariengof and his wife, Yuri German and his son Alyosha, and director Grigory Kozintsev came to visit. Lisa was raised by her grandfather, the famous philologist Boris Eikhenbaum (her father died during the siege). There was no wealth in the house, because Boris Mikhailovich was disliked by the authorities; back in the late forties, “for formalism in science and cosmopolitanism” he was fired from the university. Lisa, having matured, began to turn the heads of men. At sixteen she found herself at the center of a scandal with a famous Leningrad writer twice her age, and at eighteen she married the future film director Leonid Kvinikhidze. When Lisa met Oleg Dahl, she was already 32 and married writer Dovlatov was courting her.
“If you knew, Lisa, what Oleg was like today!” - Kozintsev said, entering the editing room, and handed Lisa a cassette for editing. A few days later Oleg came to look at the footage. And early in the morning there was a loud knock on the door of her hotel room. A policeman stood on the threshold: “Are you Elizaveta Apraksina? Let's go to the department." Lisa was taken aback. I looked out the window, and there was a police car and, leaning against the hood, Dahl was standing and laughing. It turns out that he was “walking” at night, he was taken to the police station, but on the way he persuaded the police to stop by for Lisa. The next day he came with an apology and a bouquet of roses. Then Lisa celebrated her birthday with the film crew in a restaurant. Oleg sat down next to them. He was on a roll and charmed Lisa so much that she forgot about the cameraman with whom she had an affair. Dal then got very drunk, and when Lisa returned to her room, she saw him on the rug in the hotel corridor. Oleg did not get to his number.
With his third wife - Liza Apraksina
Lisa took off her wedding ring and wanted a divorce
Soon Oleg appeared at Lenfilm and called Lisa, asking for a visit. She was not alone at home. Sergei Dovlatov was sitting there. Their conversation lasted until late, and Lisa realized that they were simply out-sitting each other. She whispered to Oleg: “Go away, and then come back.”
...At dawn, Oleg had to return to Moscow to go on tour, and he hastily proposed to Lisa. On November 27, 1970, they got married. There was no wedding. Oleg again left Sovremennik, moved to Leningrad to live with his wife and entered the Lenin Komsomol Theater. On tour in Gorky, where Liza went with him, he started drinking. Lisa took the wedding ring off her finger and returned home with a firm decision to get a divorce. But a few days later Oleg was brought in with pneumonia. Olga Borisovna rushed to nurse her son-in-law, and Lisa realized that she could not get a divorce. In some subtle way, Oleg reminded her of her late grandfather. He also ceremoniously shuffled in front of women, and was also scrupulous in matters of honor like a nobleman. And Oleg said: “It’s a pity that we missed Boris Mikhailovich in time. We would have found something to talk about with him!”
Another nervous breakdown and dismissal from Sovremennik
The first years of their life together were overshadowed by Oleg's drinking bouts. Lisa testified in her memoirs that Oleg, in his drunken stupor, was disgusting and scary. Once on tour he almost cut her with a knife, another time he almost strangled her. And even Olga Borisovna, who adored her son-in-law, could not stand it and said: “Leave!” And she gave me 25 rubles for the journey. Oleg took a shower, perfumed himself, dressed elegantly and modestly entered the kitchen to say goodbye. Lisa’s heart sank: if only he had always been like this! She barely restrained herself from rushing after him. Oleg left for Moscow, and two days later he called and told his wife that he was “stuck up” for two years.
Dahl returned to Sovremennik again. English director Peter James staged Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the theater. Dahl rehearsed Sir Andrew Aguechick and worked with great enthusiasm. And then the unexpected happened. During the performance “At the Lower Depths,” Oleg got the toe of his boot stuck in a crack in the floor of the stage and sharply jerked his foot while turning. A sharp pain pierced my entire body. Oleg finished the performance and took a taxi to Peredelkino. He and Lisa were then visiting the writer Viktor Shklovsky. Lisa, who met him at the gate, was alarmed, but Oleg was in a hurry to watch football on TV and Fr. And when he showed his leg, it was blue and swollen at the knee. An operation was performed at the CITO and a plaster cast was applied. Oleg was worried about the premiere of Twelfth Night. Lisa called the theater and found out that Oleg... had been replaced. Shklovsky screamed: “In such cases, the performance is not replaced, but rather cancelled!”
After this, Dahl again had a nervous breakdown, and he was fired from Sovremennik for “violating labor discipline.” Dahl in his diary called this theater “a terrarium of like-minded people.”
"I'll be next"
Dahl’s new major success in cinema is the role of Zilov in the film “Vacation in September” based on the cult play “Duck Hunt” by Alexander Vampilov. Oleg dreamed of playing Zilova and was sure that he would definitely be invited. But at first he was not invited. And when they finally called, Dahl did not want to talk. Director Vitaly Melnikov had to go to Moscow and personally persuade Dahl.
"September Holiday" (1979)
In May 1978, Dahl exchanged his Khrushchev-era apartment and his mother’s apartment in Lyublino for a three-room apartment in the center and could not contain his delight: “This is not an apartment, this is a dream!” Now no one will trip at night, making their way to the toilet, over his long legs hanging from the cot. The large hall was partitioned with bookshelves, and Oleg now had an “office.” Now he could retire, write at night, listen to music, read. Mom moved in with them. All three women - mother, wife and mother-in-law - were in his care. Oleg did not like saving money. Arriving home, I took out a pack from the inside pocket of my jacket, and the money flew like a fan to the floor: “Spend it!”
The sudden death of Vladimir Vysotsky on July 25, 1980 unsettled Oleg. Vysotsky was not just a friend for Oleg, but a kind of moral tuning fork. At the funeral, when the three of them went out to smoke - Alla Pokrovskaya, Oleg and Tanya Lavrova - he suddenly laughed nervously and said: “I’ll be next.”
Vladimir Vysotsky was not just a friend for Dahl, but a kind of moral tuning fork
On March 1, 1981, Oleg flew to Kyiv to star in the comedy “An Apple in the Palm.” And on March 3, he died in a hotel room. The day before, after filming, he got off the bus and said to everyone: “Goodbye!”
Contemporary
The Sovremennik artists came to watch the graduation performance of their course and immediately noted Dahl - he was the most talented student. Oleg Efremov - he was then the main director of the theater - took him into the troupe. For the first five years, Dahl played supporting roles, although everyone in the theater liked him. I liked his intelligence, his subtle understanding of the acting nature, the aristocratic respect with which he treated his colleagues, his attentive, always a little sad eyes... But the directors thought: Dahl is intelligent, but, unfortunately, not very charismatic. Galina Volchek was the first to “see” his charisma and show it to all of Moscow when she staged “At the Lower Depths” and invited Dahl to play the thief Vaska Pepla.
First husband
The first husband of the heroine of our article was Leonid Kvinikhidze. Liza’s personal life with him frankly did not work out. It was a very unhappy marriage, the spouses constantly quarreled and fought. They found reasons to be dissatisfied with each other almost every day.
The only thing Lisa can be grateful to Kvinikhidze for is the fact that it was he who got her a job at Lenfilm. Without him, a girl without an education would hardly have been accepted into one of the largest domestic film studios.
Leonid himself was a famous screenwriter and director, also from Leningrad. He worked in the musical comedy theater in Odessa, Novosibirsk and Khabarovsk musical theaters. Among his film works, all viewers know the political detective story “Mission in Kabul”, the science-fiction drama “The Collapse of Engineer Garin”, the musical comedy “Straw Hat”, the comedy television film “Sky Swallows”, the fairy tale for family viewing “Mary Poppins, Goodbye!” .
After her divorce from Leonid, Lisa, who had always been an impressionable person, even promised herself that she would never marry again. But she didn’t keep her word, probably never regretting it. But her ex-husband married for the second time quite soon; the then famous Soviet ballerina Natalya Makarova became his chosen one.
How did Dahl's theatrical career develop?
Unfortunately, his career here will not be very successful - there will be few leading roles, but there will be more than enough conflicts with management and stage partners. And quarrels did not always occur because of Oleg’s complex character (although, in fairness, it should be said that he was a quick-tempered person, sharp-tongued, and abused alcohol from his youth).
Often the actor’s actions were provoked by the dishonest behavior of his colleagues. For example, during the performance of Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night” (where Dahl had a large role), he received a serious leg injury. During the intermission they called an ambulance - the leg was swelling before our eyes. The doctors injected a painkiller, and the actor played to the end. As it turned out later, he tore his ligaments - his leg was cast from foot to knee. And the next day Oleg found out that his role was given to Konstantin Raikin , instead of replacing the performance...
Dahl left the theater (he left Sovremennik and returned several times). Oleg will work in other theaters - on Malaya Bronnaya , in Maly , but they will not become the “home” for the actor that the Sovremennik once was for him.
Oleg Dahl's wife - Elizaveta Alekseevna Apraksina
The actor met his future wife Lisa in a restaurant where the woman was celebrating her birthday surrounded by her colleagues on the set, because she worked as an editor. In a joking manner, she invited him to visit her in Leningrad. Without thinking twice, Oleg comes to her city, and after a couple of days he has already asked her to marry him. Such an act was quite risky, because the young man already had two unsuccessful experiences behind him, but this did not frighten Oleg. They soon got married and lived in perfect harmony. The artist finally found the one he had been looking for for so long, she was not only pretty, but also gentle, smart and very educated, the spouses always had something to talk about, it seemed to them that they even had the same view of the world. The couple was in seventh heaven, but the woman could not stop her husband from his addiction. Oleg Dahl's wife, Elizaveta Alekseevna Apratskaya, was with her husband until his last days; they lived together for 10 long years. The death of the woman was a real tragedy and shock. According to Lisa herself, she died with her husband, and a part of her soul continued to exist, but not to live.
We are all very sorry that this magnificent artist left us so early, because he could have delighted us with his playing for many years to come. It is simply impossible to forget such talents as Oleg Dal; he will live in the hearts of every admirer of his work.
