Porfiry Artemyevich Podobed ( October 3 (16), 1886 - November 9, 1965 ) - Soviet actor and director.
Porfiry Artemyevich Podobed | |
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Date of Birth | October 16, 1886 |
Date of death | November 9, 1965 (79 years) |
Citizenship | Russian Empire → the USSR |
Profession | actor , film director |
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Biography
Born on 3 (16) October 1886 in the family of Elena Fedorovna Curry (1868–1932), a famous opera singer [1] [2] , half-sister Vladimir and Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko [3] . Received a military education. In 1908 he graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps . Ship midshipman participated in the rescue of victims of the devastating Messina earthquake . In 1909 he was promoted to midshipman, and on December 6, 1912 - to lieutenant.
Member of the First World War . In the rank of lieutenant commanded the mining of the Gulf of Finland [4] . This and the subsequent stages of the life of Podobed are reflected in the memoirs of the revolutionary Dmitry Ivanovich Ivanov, “I am the sailor of the Gangut!”, Who served under his command. It follows from them that in 1915 Porfiry Artemyevich was a member of the crew of the battleship " Gangut ", but after a riot arranged by the team, he was written off ashore. It is noted that he himself shared the revolutionary views of the sailors and later assisted the underground workers. In the future, continued service in the fleet [5] .
After the revolution, he took part in the Civil War on the side of the Reds. He served in the Volga Flotilla , was an employee of the headquarters of the Commander of the Naval Forces of the Republic Alexander Nemitz .
He worked as business manager and head of the artistic part of the Moscow Art Theater in 1918-1919 and 1921-1926. An extensive correspondence of Podobed with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko has been preserved, which contains important information about the business life of the theater during the NEP a [6] . One of the active organizers of the memorial museum of the Moscow Art Theater .
From 1919 he studied at the First State Film Institute (now VGIK ), then - in the workshop of Lev Kuleshov . He made his debut as a film actor in the drama of 1918 “Swamp mirages”, shot by Viktor Turzhansky based on the novel “Marsh lights” by Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko . It appeared on the screens only in 1923 [1] [7] . The first leading role played in the comedy of his teacher "The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks " ( 1924 ).
In 1929, Vsevolod Meyerhold started the shooting of the film "Evgeny Bazarov" based on the novel by I. S. Turgenev " Fathers and Sons " and attracted Podobed as an assistant. After three years of script development, coordination and transfer of filming, the film was never delivered [8] . From 1930, Podobed worked with the director Yakov Protazanov as an assistant cameraman, second director and co-director on the films “ St. Yorgen 's Feast ” (both versions), “ Puppets ”, “ On the Weirdness of Love ” and “ Salavat Yulaev ” [9] .
At the same time engaged in teaching (1920-1939). From 1942 he worked at the Centrnauchfilm film studio.
According to the memoirs of Lev Kuleshov, Podobed "... was distinguished by his upbringing, impeccable honesty, discipline, clarity in everything, organization ... He selflessly was in love with movies, showed exceptional diligence as an actor, knew how to get pleasure from work that he had never was something compulsory ” [4] . Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko also gave him a similar description in his letters: “Perfectly honest, exemplary and decent” [10] .
He died on November 9, 1965 . He was buried in the 4th section of the Armenian cemetery in Moscow next to his wife. Wife - Lydia Konstantinovna Redega-Podobed (1888–1946), ballerina, teacher, choreographer of the Moscow Art Theater Musical Studio [10] .
Contemporaries Memories
... Once Kozlov and I stood near the spire. Lieutenant Podobed approached us. I knew him for a long time. He was described as a demanding commander. During alarms, he always stood near the hatch, saying: “Faster, faster,” and took the last sailor lightly by the ear:
- What are you, brother, as if a bear is climbing? Go on the tower, wait an hour with a rifle!
The bosses were in good standing, but the sailors did not revile their company. He was not tall, well schooled, always in a snow-white shirt, perfumed, like a society lady. Walked always taut, as in the review. Unlike other officers in his spare time, he could often be seen with a book in his hands.
We stood, stretching our arms at the seams, and did not understand what their nobility was tending. “After the noise you got,” of course, foolishly turned out, ”the lieutenant continued,“ I had the honor of sending some of your comrades to the first Northern battery. Among them were the well-known non-commissioned officer Andrianov, the galvanists Mazurov and Polukhin. To speak frankly, we did not have the opportunity, and there was no sense, but exchanged several phrases. I promised to fulfill their request. And the essence of the matter is this. Mazurov in Gorlovka has a wife and a small daughter. On the ship he had personal belongings and a hundred and fifty rubles of money. All this, of course, will disappear if not sent. So he asked me to worry. He told me to tell Kozlov to the galvaner about this. - Padded strictly looked at my friend. “Pack all of Mazurov's things in your suitcases, and then I will help you send them ashore.” Do it immediately and secretly.- There is!
“So,” said Dobed, and went along the side.
We stood gaping, looking in his back. This is how our lieutenant turned out to be, who so mercilessly took the sailors by the ear to the turret and set it under a rifle!
- D.I. Ivanov "I am the sailor of the Gangut!" M .: Voenizdat, 1987, p.57
Filmography
Acting work
- 1918 - Swamp mirages ( was released in 1923, not preserved )
- 1924 - The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks - Mr. John S. West
- 1925 - The Ray of Death - Podobed, engineer-inventor
- 1926 - By law - Children
- 1927 - Earth in captivity
- 1929 - Living Corpse
- 1929 - The Adventures of Munchausen ( appears in the frame for a few seconds )
- 1932 - Horizon - Den
Other
- 1929 - Yevgeny Bazarov ( assistant director Vsevolod Meyerhold , the film was not shot )
- 1930 - Feast of St. Jorgen ( assistant operator, in the 1935 version listed as co-director )
- 1932 - Dead House ( director's assistant )
- 1934 - Puppets ( collaboration with director Yakov Protazanov )
- 1936 - On the weirdness of love ( co-director )
- 1937 - Youth ( consultant , director's script )
- 1940 - Salavat Yulaev ( second director )
- 1956 - Automated workshop ( ten-minute documentary tape on the production of bearings )
- Toys ( co-director, year of release unknown [9] )
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Poded Porphyry Artemyevich (1886-1965) . RGALI .
- ↑ Zarubin V.I. Bolshoi Theater. The first productions of operas on the Russian stage 1825-1993. - M .: Ellis Luck, 1994. - p. 282. - 320 p. - ISBN 5-7195-0027-8 .
- ↑ E. F. Curry - respondent and addressee. From the beginning of the twentieth century correspondence. Data from the RGALI Foundation . St. Petersburg State University .
- ↑ 1 2 Kuleshov L.V. , Khokhlova A.S. 50 years in the cinema / ed. L.N. Poznankaya. - M .: Art, 1975. - p. 83. - 303 p.
- ↑ Ivanov DI. I am a sailor of the “Gangut” !. - M .: Military Publishing, 1987. - P. 34-80. - 286 s.
- ↑ Porfiry Artemyevich Podobed . On the website of the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov .
- Серге Blog Sergei Kudryavtseva . Newsreel . Film Search (May 17, 2013).
- ↑ Vladimir Zabrodin. "Evgeny Bazarov" V.E. Meyerhold. New materials . Film Studies Notes (2005).
- ↑ 1 2 Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. S.I. Yutkevich . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987. - p. 325. - 640 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko . Creative heritage in 4 volumes / comp. I.N. Solovyov . - M .: Moscow Art Theater, 2003. - p. 1355, 2718. - ISBN 5-9000-2012-6 .