Vladimir Dolinsky interview on the topic of personal life

Biography

Vladimir Dolinsky was born in the capital of Russia. His mother Zinaida worked in the Copyright Office, and his father Abram served as chief engineer of the USSR Literary Fund. Has an older brother. The actor recalls: “I grew up as a boy, as they say, from a good children's family. My parents doted on each other; they loved my brother and me immensely. Since childhood, I have always been surrounded by writers, actors, directors, artists. Dad was everyone's favorite. Possessing sparkling humor, he attracted people to him like a magnet. At the same time, he could be extremely tough. You should have heard how he sometimes communicated with workers at a construction site, with bosses... And my mother is extravagant, artistic, with amazing charm.” Vova became interested in theater as a child. His parents’ dacha in Krasnaya Pakhra was adjacent to the houses of famous creative people such as writer Konstantin Simonov, composer Dmitry Kabalevsky, film screenwriter Lev Sheinin, and actor Alexander Menaker. The friends of his youth were Andrei Mironov, Ivan Dykhovichny, Alexander Karmen. Due to unsatisfactory behavior, the boy changed about six schools. He was able to receive secondary education only in Leningrad, where his parents sent him for re-education with his older brother Igor (Igor is Zinaida’s son from her first marriage. - Note). Vladimir attended the Youth Studio at the Stanislavsky Theater. Future famous actors Nikita Mikhalkov, Evgeny Steblov, Inna Churikova worked with him. In 1966 he graduated from the B. Shchukin Theater School, course of Boris Evgenievich Zakhava.

Theater

Having received a diploma from a theater university, Vladimir Dolinsky became an actor at the Moscow Satire Theater. In 1967, he played the role of Zhenya Xydias in the famous play “Intervention” directed by Valentin Pluchek. In the early 80s, the artist worked at the Moscow Theater of Miniatures. And in 1973 he was convicted of illegal currency transactions, as he tried to buy dollars before a tour to Sweden. Dolinsky says: “I bought $200 for the trip. But then the trip was cancelled, and I was left with this money plus debts. I bought them quite inexpensively for three rubles, but I managed to sell them for five. It turns out that I earned 400 rubles on this exchange with a salary of 100 rubles in the theater. And I liked it so much. In the morning at six o’clock the doorbell rings, eight people from the State Security Committee for Moscow and the Moscow Region, headed by Major Shesterkin, are standing there.” He was released early in 1977 thanks to the petition of the Satire Theater troupe. The actor continued his creative path at the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater, where he was invited by Mark Zakharov. “At that time, Archil Gomiashvili was fired from the theater, his roles became vacant, Zakharov needed me, and I really needed Zakharov. We had a conversation at night, and the very next day I went to work, I had to play Rybnik in “Tila”, in “The Lautensack Brothers”, everything went crazy. We became friends with Sasha Abdulov, Sasha Zbruev, Oleg Yankovsky, the company was powerful,” says the artist. Since 1984, Vladimir Dolinsky has served in the troupe of the theater “At the Nikitsky Gates”. For 12 years on stage, he played almost all the main roles in many performances. In the 1990s, his phrase “...you are mine” became a catchphrase, for example: “You are my kind”, “You are my generous”, “You are my very literate” and so on. He also participated in enterprise productions.

From thorns to stars again

Mark Zakharov did not allow yesterday’s “prisoner” to go down the wrong path again. Almost immediately upon his “call” he invited me to his theater and warned that there would be a lot of work. Again life revolved in a familiar circle among famous people - Abdulov, Zbruev, Yankovsky... much higher...

Then came half-forgotten fame - Dolinsky’s participation in the films “An Ordinary Miracle” and “That Same Munchausen” did not go unnoticed. And then “on the way” was the real MAIN role in the play “The House That Swift Built”. But... Dolinsky would not have been Dolinsky if, in a situation that required him to punch him in the eye, he would not have done this. They got into a fight with a stranger for a reason that neither of them remembered later. The “unfamiliar” who received a black eye turned out to be well known to the actor’s employers.

Instead of the role, Dolinsky received a “payment.” Not the first time in my life. But, despite this, the actor is in demand today on all fronts - in TV series, in TV projects, various shows and... family life. Dolinsky is incredibly happy in his fifth marriage. Well, the Honored Artist of the RSFSR” has also not disappeared from him...

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Cinema

Dolinsky’s film debut took place in 1969 in the film “At Thirteen O’Clock.” On television he starred in the show “Zucchini “13 Chairs”, where he played Mr. Pepichek. He played his first notable roles in films directed by Mark Zakharov. In the film “That Same Munchausen” Vladimir appeared as a pastor, and in “An Ordinary Miracle” as an executioner. In the early 90s, the actor achieved real success and recognition from the audience. One of his major works was the character of the official Igor Nikolaevich in Mark Rozovsky’s film “The Passion of Vladimir.” In those same years, he played small roles in the comedy “Game for Millions” - the mayor, the melodrama “Winter Cherry” - Chief Bruevich, the comedy “Police Academy-7” - a hotel bellhop and many others. In 1997, Vladimir Dolinsky gained wide fame when he transformed into the monk Goranflo in the popular series “The Countess de Monsoreau,” based on the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas. Among the artist’s other notable works are “Silver Lily of the Valley”, “Friendly Family”, “Directory of Death”, “Bitches, or Oddities of Love”, “Trace of the Werewolf”, “Fatalists”, “Carom”, “Dumb Fat Hare”, “Travelers”, “Moscow, I love you!”, “Resort Romance”.

In 2004, the actor appeared in the serial film “My Fair Nanny” and the film “Miracles in Reshetov” directed by Mikhail Levitin. And in 2011, Vladimir starred in the crime television series “The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik”, and a year later - in the comedy film “Happy Together”. She takes an active part in the filming of various television projects: “Between the Notes, or Tantric Symphony”, “Roof of the World”, “My Favorite Mother-in-Law-2”, “Dancing on Height”, “Winter Cherry-4”.

Creation

Filmography

1. 1965 - Give me a book of complaints - a guy in the yard
   (uncredited)
2. 1969 - At thirteen o'clock in the morning - television cameraman
3. 1969 - Zucchini "13 chairs" - Mr. Pepichek
4. 1970 - While passing through Moscow - a restaurant visitor
5. 1978 - An Ordinary Miracle - Executioner
6. 1978 - D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers - judge
   (voiced by G. Vitsin)
7. 1979 - That same Munchausen - pastor
8. 1980 - A day to think - assistant
9. 1983 - A Tale of Wanderings
10. 1987 - Assassination - Glory
11. 1989 - Bindyuzhnik and the King - policeman
12. 1990 - Gambrinus - episode
13. 1990 - Winter Cherry 2
14. 1990 - Passion for Vladimir - official Igor Nikolaevich
15. 1991 - Game for millions - Genrikh Eduardovich Menzhirov
16. 1994 - Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (USA) - hotel servant
17. 1995 - Winter Cherry 3 - Bruevich
18. 1996 - Career of Arturo Ui. New version - "Trust" businessman
19. 1996 - Agape
20. 1996 - Funny things - family matters - episode
21. 1996 - The Last Courier
22. 1997 - Poor Sasha - chief engineer
23. 1997 - Countess de Monsoreau - monk Goranflo
24. 1999 - Death Directory
25. 1999 - What the dead man said - the hypnotist
26. 2000 - Silver lily of the valley - cook
27. 2001 - Trace of the Werewolf
28. 2002 - Drongo - Yakov Goldberg
29. 2002 - Friendly family - Semyon Lvovich Kotman
30. 2003 - On the corner, near Patriarch's-3
31. 2003 - Fatalists
32. 2003 - Lotus Strike 3: Riddle of the Sphinx
33. 2003 - Next 3 - Lawyer Lavra
34. 2004 - Moscow Saga - Shaitis
35. 2004 - Red Square - L. I. Brezhnev
36. 2004 - Ashes of the Phoenix - Efim Ilyich Sharov
37. 2004 - Bachelors - instructor Uncle Grisha
38. 2004 - Miracles in Reshetov - Shprech
39. 2004 - My Fair Nanny - Arkady Izhevsky, Zhanna’s father
40. 2004 - Parallel to love - Dubinin
41. 2004 - Bitches, or the weirdness of love
42. 2004 - Poltergeist Trap
43. 2005 - Anna - Semyon Semenych, TV star
44. 2005 - Girl from the North - Peter Doydsen
45. 2005 - My Love - Yuri
46. 2005 - The last battle of Major Pugachev - Braude
47. 2005 - Commercial break - Nozdrev
48. 2005 - Kill Bella - head physician of a psychiatric clinic
49. 2005 - Star of the era - Semyon
50. 2006 - Carom - Ilya Moiseevich
51. 2006 - Park of the Soviet period - Anatoly Alexandrovich
52. 2006 - Spanish voyage of Stepanych - Adam Borisovich Babov
53. 2006 - Poor baby - Toad President
54. 2006 - Who are you to him? — Innokenty Yezersky
55. 2006 - We'll be on your side - director of the planetarium
56. 2006 - She-Wolf - lawyer Lachin
57. 2006 - Provincial passions
58. 2006 - A Bedtime Tale
59. 2006 - Guardian Angel - Semyon Fridrikhovich
60. 2006 - Girl from the North
61. 2007 - Waiting for a miracle
62. 2007 - Dumb fat hare - Leonid Aronovich
63. 2007 - Wayfarers - Lev Semyonovich
64. 2007 - Love on a knife's edge - surgeon
65. 2007 - Bloody Mary - Dolinsky
66. 2007 - Situation 202 - shareholder
67. 2007 - Urgent to the room - producer
68. 2007 - Yarik
69. 2008 - They don’t renounce loving... - actor Volodya
70. 2008 - Shadows of Faberge - Victor
71. 2008 - The Smile of God, or a Purely Odessa Story
72. 2008 - Mines in the fairway - showman
73. 2008 - A man for life
74. 2008 - Scammers - jeweler
75. 2008 - Indigo Summer - alien
76. 2008 - Voices of fish - Dean
77. 2009 - Justice of Wolves - Leva Taub
78. 2009 - Bitch for the champion
79. 2009 - Moscow, I love you! - doctor
80. 2009 - Wolf Messing - Peter Zellmeister
81. 2009 - District police officer - swindler
    (episode 3: “Housing problem”)
82. 2009 - Such is life - Lev Komar
83. 2010 — Industrial zone
84. 2010 - Justice of Wolves
85. 2010 - On treason - hotel guest
86. 2010 - Pathways-2 - Lev Semyonovich
87. 2010 - Pharmacist
88. 2010 - Case of the Krapivins - doctor
89. 2010 - Cool guys - Evgeny Grigorievich
90. 2010 - Bitch for the champion - lawyer
91. 2010 - Unbreakable Union - Avel Petrovich
92. 2011 - The life and adventures of Mishka Yaponchik - Jonik Lewandowski
93. 2011 - Protected persons - Boris Petrovich Smolnikov
94. 2012 - Petrovich - Vadim Trofimovich Krasnov
95. 2012 - Happy together - Lena's dad
96. 2013 - Interns - Kolesnikov
97. 2013 - Pathways-3 - Lev Semyonovich'
98. 2013 - The Seal of King Solomon (cartoon)
99. 2014 — Maryina Roshcha-2
100. 2015 — Between the notes
101. 2015 - Love by notes (TV series)

Personal life

The actor was married five times. He met his first wife, Valentina Shendrikova, at Shchuka. The young people soon got married, but their marriage lasted only a couple of years. Vladimir recalls: “At first I courted her demonstratively, after the collapse of my affair with Zemfira Tsakhilova. I wanted to show that the light did not converge on Zemfira. And then I really fell in love and got married. We quarreled passionately, punched each other in the face over any nonsense, and then just as passionately made up. Valya managed to break all of her mother’s old crystal. We lived together for a little over a year and separated peacefully. But they remained on excellent terms.” The actor met his second wife in Leningrad in the early 70s. Natalya moved to Vladimir in Moscow, taking her daughter Olya with her. A year after the wedding, Vladimir was arrested, and Natalya divorced him. “We lived in complete harmony, although not for long, exactly a year. As soon as I ended up in prison, she immediately abandoned me, checking me out of the apartment and selling all my personal belongings,” Dolinsky admits. The third wife Tatyana appeared in the artist’s life in 1977 after his release from prison. The couple lived together for a couple more years, after which they separated. “It was probably a marriage out of hopelessness and loneliness. Both for her and for me,” notes Vladimir. Dolinsky's fourth marriage was fictitious. According to his confession, he got married to help a friend move from St. Petersburg to Moscow: “They fictitiously separated, and I fictitiously got married. After the divorce, she happily married and left for America.” In 1987, Vladimir Abramovich met actress Natalya Volkova. Sympathy arose between them, which grew into true love. He offered her a serious relationship and she agreed: “I was stunned. She came to me and we spent a couple of nights together. Her husband was on tour at the time. By the way, I must say that she has a wonderful husband. And only a crazy woman like my wife could exchange tall, slender, big-nosed Seva for this monster - bald, fat. Well, really, I wasn’t like that then. Her friend told me a few days later that when Seva arrived, the first thing Natasha told him was: “I’m not yours anymore. I have another one."

For the sake of Vladimir, Natalya divorced her husband. A year later, the Dolinsky couple had a daughter. Polina followed in the footsteps of her parents, choosing an acting profession. She works at the State Academic Maly Theater. For details of the life of Vladimir Dolinsky, see the program “The Fate of a Man” with Boris Korchevnikov.

Polina Dolinskaya: biography

Polina was born on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1988, which is why she calls herself a “New Year's surprise.” And this is no accident, because she was a long-awaited child in a famous acting family. Polina's father, Honored Artist of Russia Vladimir Abramovich Dolinsky, and mother, Natalya Volkova, surrounded their daughter with love and care from an early age. The girl’s mother even abandoned the stage after her birth and devoted herself entirely to raising her daughter.

Interview

Not childish showdowns

“Well, let’s say, when two healthy men are in line with the words “I’ll give you some!” they pull a hat over the ears of some intelligent person. In such cases, I go wild, a familiar sensation appears: my hands become light and light, and a trembling runs through them... And I hit the boor in the eye. Just as my father taught. As a teenager, I fought with local hooligans. For which I was expelled from schools with enviable regularity. Despite my belligerence, I never wanted to be a military man, a firefighter, or a policeman - always only an artist. But I was also expelled from the Shchukin Theater School at the end of my first year. For a year. Naturally, for a fight. I wasn’t very upset: I thought, I’ll be idle for a year, I’ll star in the film “War and Peace” - Sergei Bondarchuk just approved me for a small role. But dad thought differently. And made two calls. The first was to the editor-in-chief of Mosfilm, Lev Sheinin: “Lev, so that Vovka’s spirit is not in the studio!” The second was to the director of the Institute of Geodesy, who asked me to register me as a worker in the geological party: “Farther and more difficult.” And I went to work hard. He returned home a year later as a real man - he had matured, earned decent money, and learned to drive a car. But most importantly, he became wiser, therefore, after returning to college, he began to study seriously. However, he remained merciless towards any injustice and did not think about the consequences.”

Mother's love

“When I was in the camp, my mother sought dates every six months. Despite her heart problems, she traveled a thousand kilometers on crossroads, loaded with heavy trunks of food and things. She fed me, furtively wiping away my tears, took pity on me, and calmed me down. I didn’t hear a word of reproach from her. And how nobly my brother behaved! Igor was a military man and held a good position in the Ministry of Defense. But he obtained permission for a meeting and came to visit me in Lefortovo, not in civilian clothes, but in the uniform of a colonel. Of course, retribution for such a challenge to the system was not long in coming - he was fired.”

Betrayal

“I experienced the worst betrayal while in prison. I loved my second wife Natalya and her daughter Olya very much. He transported them from St. Petersburg to Moscow and registered them in his own apartment, which had formed by that time. In the prison cell I was supported by the thought of my family, I was painfully waiting for the meeting. But only one mother came on a date. To the question: “Where is Natalya?” - She replied that she was sick. But I didn’t write a note because I slipped and injured my right hand. Mom handed over, supposedly from Natasha, a toothbrush on which was scrawled with a needle: “I love you.” I kissed this brush. She became my talisman. And on the way to the zone, the deputy chief of the regime, who sympathized with me like Mr. Pepichka from “Zucchini “13 Chairs,” handed over a letter from my mother: “Son, dear, it’s impossible to hide anymore. Natasha abandoned you. A strange man has appeared in your house. Hold on, dear, you deserve better.” And the words “I love you” were scratched on the brush by my mother herself.”

Fifth wife

“Natasha was 39 years old. She left the theater to devote herself entirely to her family. Then, when it became easier, he tried to return her to the profession, but she said: “Two actors in one family is too dense. You act, and I will be the wife of a great artist.” I really couldn't participate fully in the household chores, since at that time I had constant rehearsals and a terrible travel schedule. But I always got everything I needed—baby food, clothes, medicine.”

Entrepreneurship

“In general, the entrepreneurial streak in me is ineradicable. The theater and I often traveled abroad. I used these trips to considerable advantage. Here I bought soldiers’ belts and FED cameras and sold them there. With the extra $150 I bought a VCR, which in Moscow easily sold for several thousand rubles. Once I smuggled some nonsense rug, an old rag, as it seemed to me, into Sweden. At a local second-hand shop it turned out that this was some kind of unique Persian prayer carpet from the 18th century. And they gave me $1000 for it. With them I bought a TV, two VCRs, several boxes of cassettes, sold it all here and became a rich man. Then Natasha and I bought a dacha - a country house for six thousand rubles.”

The life of People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Dolinsky could form the basis of an entire scenario. There are adventures, dangerous fun, friendship, betrayal, love, and even prison... And finally, a meeting with the only woman who is like a generous reward for all the trials. Fate…

Interviewed by Natalya Lazareva

Unlucky in marriage four times

— Vladimir Abramovich, do you think fate is testing you or favoring you? — I have pulled out a lucky lottery ticket very often in my life. Born into a good, intelligent family. My wonderful parents surrounded me with love, care and did not stop me from doing what I wanted. I mean the theater. I was lucky and got into a wonderful school. But I was unlucky with marriage four times. Until Natasha. And to be completely frank, my four wives had no luck with me. In any case, three for sure. As one of my exes said: “If you were even 10 percent the kind of husband you are, comrade, I would be the happiest woman in the world.” Probably, something happened in me by the age of 44. Some kind of toggle switch worked. Or I found my man.

— You met Natasha already in adulthood, and were you already established people in your profession? - Yes. I was 44, Natasha was 39. I was going through a difficult period then. After leaving Lenkom, not a single Moscow theater took me. For some time I was a freelance artist. And finally I ended up at the Jewish Drama Theater. It was there at the rehearsal that I noticed Natasha. I sat quietly in the 20th row, watching the action. A slender, beautiful woman came out wearing a skirt slightly above the knees and a tight blouse. The director tells her: “Natalya, sit on the floor under the window.” But she can’t sit down because she understands that her skirt will ride up in an unattractive way. But there is a command from the director to “sit.” Like a dog is ordered. And I suddenly saw fire on her face. She ran off stage. “Oh, what a girl!” - I thought. There was something proud and very thoroughbred about it.

— How did the rapprochement happen? — I was friends with two of her friends. One day, the four of us were sitting at my house: three girls and me. In fact, I was already tired of these collective gatherings, and I said: “Natasha, I would really like to see you someday.” I knew that she was married, that she had been married for 16 years. One of my friends said: “Don’t roll out your lips! She has a good family." “Life will tell,” I said. And life showed. A few days later I received a call. “I’m going, I’m going to rehearse!” I was stunned. She came to me herself. I took it and put an end to my relationship with my husband. This motivated me. More than anything in my life I have never tolerated and cannot tolerate even a furtive kiss. And when I found out that Natasha honestly told her husband about our affair, I realized that this woman should not be missed. I won't find another one like it. Natasha soon enough moved in with me, we began to live in my mother’s kitchen. There was a small sofa where our Polina was conceived. Almost immediately I proposed and we signed. We didn’t have a grand wedding, everything was at home. And we've been together for 22 years.

— You didn’t have to look after? “I can’t say that I spoiled myself with flowers.” Natasha is a little girl, but she eats often. "I want to eat!" - that’s all I heard. I was angry, but I fed him. This was courtship. Material matters were not important then. But I remember how at a thrift store I got her a turquoise dress, tight-fitting, floor-length. Natalia has an amazing figure, like a mermaid's body. I spent my last money, but I couldn’t deny myself and her this.

“Grandma forgave me. And my family. They gave me a girl!”

— Vladimir Abramovich, how has fatherhood changed you? “I was terribly explosive, impulsive and also a fighter. I was kicked out of school, from college, from theaters for fighting, disobedience, and binge drinking. With the birth of Polina, a restructuring of consciousness and all trophism took place. My mother had an abortion when she was young; a girl was supposed to be born. And my mother’s grandmother said: “Zinka! Look, God will punish you! You will never have girls in your family. The guys will be alone, you’ll suffer with them!” And indeed, my mother’s first one is my older brother. Then I was born, although everyone was sure it would be a girl. I even came up with a name: Natasha. My brother had a son, Zhenya, and then in my previous marriage a boy was born. He died immediately after birth. And when Polka was born to me, my mother said: “That’s it! Grandma forgave me. And God forgave me. And my family. They gave me a girl!” Since then, everything has been littered with “girls”: my mother, wife, daughter, mother-in-law, dog, cat.

— After the birth of your daughter, you entered into a successful period in your life: work at the “At the Nikitsky Gate” theater, roles in films... — Yes. But even in those years, I was still left with a feeling of uncertainty about the future. It was almost impossible to live on earnings in the theater. I had to sell things dear to my mother’s heart, and at night get behind the wheel of my old Lada. After the performance, I put on dark glasses and a cap, sat in my “five” and drove until 4 am. The most important thing is not to find out. God forbid. At the time it seemed like a shame. The artist is messing around with the car?! One day I was driving along Tverskaya and I saw a man voting. Tree sticks! Valya Gaft. I stepped on the gas...

— In the dashing 90s, did you think about emigration? — My friend Yura Glotser saved me. I would hardly be here in Russia now. It was 1995, a timeless period. We had already put the apartment up for sale and wanted to go to my cousin in Los Angeles. And Yura took me to work with him. I worked as a research assistant for three years. And then suddenly I became in demand in my profession. Although I didn't expect anything. “The Countess de Monsoreau”, the continuation of “Winter Cherry”, the performances are entertaining. And Yura let me go with God. I am grateful to him to the end of my life. What does it mean to start all over again in your sixties in another country, without knowing either the language or the specifics of life? Tragedy.

“In general, I’m still such a bastard”

— Having met Natalya, did you no longer look in the direction of other women? Or were there any mistakes? “For my sake, Natasha gave up her favorite profession and gave me a child. But I remember how at the age of 45-46 I was still turning my nose and looking around. He was interested in women.

— Being married? - The devil got me wrong. Fell in love. My heart was torn into two parts. On the one hand, a house, a child, a wife whom I love. But my wife has soap on her hands, a curler here, a robe there. “Get some borscht in the refrigerator”... “I’m putting Polya to bed”... And on the other side - an attractive, young woman who is waiting. Snow-white tablecloth, cutlery. There is a piece of fish on a cabbage leaf. And I want to go there, and there. And as a result, I don’t want to live. What about New Year? What to do? Who should I congratulate first? Who should you clink glasses with at the 12th stroke? I was absolutely sure that my wife knew nothing about my “theatrical romance.” And one day I was with my passion, and at two o’clock in the morning the bell rang. She picked up the phone. I could tell from her eyes that something was wrong. "Yes. Fine. All the best". I asked who it was. They answered me: “Your wife. She asked me to leave you overnight because you started coming home drunk. She's afraid you'll crash." That was the last time I spent the night away from home. I realized that my wife is an extraordinary woman. Natasha has never looked at the men in all these years. Maybe she was looking, but I didn’t see it. I'm jealous! ABOUT! But she never gave a reason. Although I saw that many men were looking at her. My wife is my fortune, my lottery ticket.

— But even now there are many women around you? — I really like to be friends with women. I feel comfortable in the company of the actresses I work with. And they feel my male support. I am pleased to have smart, beautiful, talented women nearby. Women call me on the phone all the time. Natasha favors everyone. No jealousy, no discontent. Well done.

- Don’t you ever quarrel? - We fight like cats and dogs. I have a terrible character. And, as the doctor said, an increased thirst for justice. But fairness from my point of view. It seems to me that I am absolutely honest, fair, right and I must prove and convince everyone of this. In general, she's still a bastard.

Bestuzhev-Ryumin

“Your character is terrible, you are a fighter, as you say about yourself.” Did you have to use your fists? “When I was a child, my dad said: “You’re fat-faced and have a lisp. They will offend you, but don’t be afraid! Hit the eye like a tambourine!” I did. I received it often. Because of this, there were many troubles in life. He ruined his reputation and career. But I don't regret anything. Everything was included in the development of a person: wives, prison, camp, and even the punishment cell of the Lefortovo prison. I wouldn’t have played many roles if I didn’t have such life baggage behind me. Loss of loved ones, friends, separation from close women. It's all a piggy bank. When it becomes complete, you move on to another world.

— How did it happen that a boy from a good family, from the Satire Theater, where he was lucky enough to work, ended up in prison? — I was 29 years old when I was imprisoned for violating the rules on currency transactions. Relatives were supportive. My older brother Igor, holding a serious position in the Ministry of Defense, came to dates in a colonel’s uniform, hoping that this would ease my fate, for which he himself suffered. His wife Lisa also helped as much as she could. Mom traveled across all of Russia, despite a bad heart, and dragged a suitcase full of groceries. Tatyana Ivanovna Peltzer reproached: “How come he started dealing with currency matters. Asshole, what have you gotten yourself into! Although he’s a talented boy, an actor.” Once my mother came from me, Tatyana Ivanovna asked: “How is Vovka?” - “Tanya, you have no idea! I'm sitting on watch, they're leading him. Oh my God, he's bald! It suits him that way. The padded jacket fits on him like a tailcoat. Open chest... He lost weight. Wasp waist. These are the shoulders. The eyes are burning." - “Well, Zinka, you give it! Well, straight Bestuzhev-Ryumin.” How much trouble I brought to my mother. Oh, poor mom! Thank God, she managed to see me standing on my feet and my daughter. I managed to understand that I have a wonderful wife, a reliable person.

— And yet you think that the years in the camp are not a blip in life, but an investment in the piggy bank? — The camp teaches you a lot. I learned to be patient, wait and catch up. These are the most important things. God forbid you go through such a school.

Life is in full swing. And God grant that it boils

— How did your life turn out later? You started in one of the best theaters in Moscow... - I was incredibly lucky. At the age of 21, my stage partners are Georgy Menglet, Tatyana Peltzer, Anatoly Papanov, Andrei Mironov, Spartak Mishulin, Shura Shirvindt, Zyama Vysokovsky, Misha Derzhavin, Olga Aroseva. Every partner I played with was my teacher. It was necessary to take something from everyone, like a monkey. I am the monkey. I grabbed it and put it in my piggy bank. And literally three days after my release, I came to the Lenkom Theater, and Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov took me. He invited me: he knew me and loved me as an actor. But he needed to see whether I was “fixed”, covered in tattoos, or whether I remained a normal person. We sat up half the night. It so happened that at that time a number of roles were vacated in the theater, played by Archil Gomiashvili. Mark Zakharov fired him from the theater (or he quit himself, I don’t know, I don’t want to get involved in this). The roles just became free. And I entered Lenkom abruptly, boldly, and began to play a lot and successfully. Mark Anatolyevich filmed me in his films: “An Ordinary Miracle”, “That Same Munchausen”. I was supposed to star in The House That Swift Built, but... the fight. Staying in the zone affected my character; I became wild and aggressive. And he was forced to leave the theater. Go to another, less prestigious one.

-What is this story? “I got into an extremely unpleasant situation.” I won't describe it. Enough with envious people and ill-wishers. It was not without their help that the story became widely publicized. It was necessary for someone's head to fly. Since I, already a mature man, and Sashka Abdulov, still a boy, were involved, my head flew. And I understood that this was fair. But every cloud has a silver lining. Much water has passed under the bridge since then. Life has twisted and spun. I met Natasha, Polina was born, worked in the theater with Mark Rozovsky, then left and became the administrator of my destiny and my success. And today the most important thing for me is that Polka followed in my footsteps. She graduated from drama school and was accepted into the troupe of the State Academic Maly Theater. I'm happy.

— Vladimir Abramovich, define what your life is today? - Life is in full swing. And God grant that it seethes for as long as possible.