Father - Bortnik Sergei Vasilyevich (1895-1979), deputy editor-in-chief of Goslitizdat (now the publishing house "Khudozhestvennaya literatura"). Mother - Goryachkina Maria Sergeevna (1912-1987), Doctor of Philology, Senior Researcher at the M. Gorky Institute of World Literature. Wife - Borzykh Tatyana Nikolaevna (born in 1947), head of the department, teacher of sound engineering at the Theater and Art College. Son - Bortnik Fedor Ivanovich (born 1969), lighting designer, senior engineer at Binar.
Ivan Bortnik was born in the area of \u200b\u200bthree stations, on Krasnoselskaya street. He grew up very shy, and this amazing quality for the profession of an actor has remained in him to this day. Ivan's mother, Maria Sergeevna, was engaged in the 19th century, wrote about the populists, about the work of N.S. Leskova, M.E. Shchedrin. Ivan was very proud that his father, Sergei Vasilievich, studied at the St. Petersburg Institute of Technology, then graduated from the famous Bryusov Institute in Moscow, saw the tsar.
The first time Ivan Bortnik performed in front of the audience at the age of 6 - at the New Year's tree in Goslitizdat, where his father worked. The boy was put on a chair, and in the presence of K.I. Chukovsky, he read his poem entitled "The Song of the Sailor", to which Korney Ivanovich jokingly remarked: "The Song of the Sailor Ivan Bortnik", putting the stress in his surname on the last syllable.
Until the 5th grade, Ivan studied in the village of Kratovo near Moscow, and then moved to Moscow and in 1957 graduated from high school No. 317. Parents worked hard, and Vanya was often left to himself. In the Moscow City House of Pioneers in Stopani Lane, he studied in a theater studio, attended a film studio in the Central Park of Culture and Leisure. The parents wanted their son to study music, and sent him to the cello class. There was a huge library at home - Ivan began to read early, fell in love with books, wrote poems, imitating A. Blok and S. Yesenin.
But the musician or writer from Bortnik did not work. He chose the acting profession and immediately after graduation entered the acting department of the Shchukin School, which came as a complete surprise to his parents. Ivan Bortnik ended up in the workshop of V.A. Etusha.
Yu.P. Lyubimov put on the course an excerpt from the play by A.N. Ostrovsky "Guilty Without Guilt", in which Ivan played the role of Neznamov. Working with Lyubimov was an unexpected discovery for Bortnik. In the graduation performance "Hot Heart" directed by V.A. Etusha I. Bortnik played Khlynov. Took part in excerpts by A.P. Chekhov, K.A. Trenev, A.M. Gorky.
In 1961, after graduating from the Shchukin School, many theaters invited the talented actor. But Ivan, on the advice of A.G. Kohonen chose the Nikolai Gogol Theater, where he began working with the excellent director P.P. Vasiliev and talented actors - V.I. Khokhryakov, A.S. Krasnopolsky, A.N. Tolbuzin, P.V. Krylov, I.A. Smyslovsky, E.P. Kalinina. Ivan Bortnik played the main roles in the performances "Pass a Smile", "Appointments at the Bird Cherry", "Robber Sisters", "Taras Bulba", "Red Devils" and others and eventually became a leading theater artist. Unfortunately, P.P. Vasiliev left after a while, and, as often happens, the directors in the theater began to change frequently.
After working at the Theater named after N.V. Gogol is six years old, in 1967 Ivan Bortnik came to Yu.P. Lyubimov to the legendary Taganka Theater of Drama and Comedy and became one of its leading figures. Everyone tried to get into the Taganka Theater, there was a special atmosphere in which the creative life of the actors took place, performances were staged, each of which became an event. Art critics have been writing dissertations about the Taganka Theater performances for many years. I. Bortnik appeared in the theater at the peak of his takeoff and played many brilliant roles in Lyubov's productions. Yu.P. Lyubimov says: “The gift of an improviser is a happy and rare gift. Bortnik fantasizes uncontrollably. "
Ivan began with the main role of Pavel Vlasov in the acclaimed play "Mother" based on the play by M. Gorky. In "Pugachev" he played two roles - Shigaev and Chumakov. Participated in the performances: "What to Do?", "Ten Days That Shook the World", "The Fallen and the Living", "Three Sisters" (Solyony), "The Revizskaya Tale" (Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin and Korobochka), "Feast During the Plague "(Mozart)," Alive "," Hamlet "(Laertes)," Wooden horses "(Pavel)," Boris Godunov "(Pimen)," Vladimir Vysotsky. "
In 1977, the Taganka Theater went on tour to France. At the opening of the Paris tour, the audience gave a standing ovation - the ovation lasted for half an hour. Ivan Bortnik was busy in the performances "Mother", "Hamlet", "Listen!", Which were successfully received in Paris, Lyon and Marseilles and played 65 performances in 45 days. The actor also visited Paris ten years later - in 1987, when they brought to France the performance of the Taganka Theater "At the Bottom", staged by AV Efros, where Bortnik brilliantly played Satin. Vladimir Vysotsky once said about Ivan Bortnik: "He can work endlessly, and this is also a happy gift - to be in a creative state all the time."
In Lyubov's play "A Feast in Time of Plague", based on "Little Tragedies" by A.S. Pushkin, I. Bortnik played the role of Mozart superbly. Their duet with Leonid Filatov became truly unique - the actors seemed to be charged from each other and left an indelible impression on the audience. The magnificent performance of Ivan Bortnik in this production was noted by all the capital's newspapers, the actor was always appreciated by critics.
In the cinema I.S. Bortnik began acting in 1962, playing the main role of the seminarian artist Vasily in the film Confessions. He played the next role in the movie after a long break. In 1970, Pavel Lyubimov's drama "The Day Ahead" was released, and in 1974 the actor played the main role in the fairy tale film "Ivan da Marya". Since that time, directors increasingly began to invite Bortnik to the cinema. He played in the films by Ilya Averbakh "Letters of Others" (1975) and "Declaration of Love" (1977), the film story "Sergeant Major" by Nikolai Koshelev (1979) and others.
Ivan Sergeevich often comes up with texts for his characters, and this is a special talent, because you need to have the gift to feel the character, and write in the style of the image that the actor performs. Bortnik took part in the work on the text of the play "Alive" based on the work of B. Mozhaev "From the Life of Fyodor Kuzkin." When the author republished the book, he included the text invented by the actor.
In the film "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed" (1979), his Blotter was simply listed as "a silent guy in a six-link", but during the filming, the actor created a brightest character out of nothing, invented all the words himself and made the role incredibly authentic. The scene where the bandits come out of the basement to surrender, Ivan Sergeevich came up with, while changing clothes - wrapped a scarf, put on a cap and boots. His appearance with the song "And on the black bench, on the dock ..." was a complete surprise for everyone. The audience, gathered behind the fence of the set, gave the actor a real ovation.
When Ivan Bortnik starts playing, he forgets about everything. The wonderful actor Viktor Pavlov, who played the role of Levchenko in the film "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed", once said: "... I think that the most striking role in the film was played by Ivan Bortnik." Govorukhin unquestioningly trusted Bortnik, never rehearsed with him - he simply told the scene, described the proposed situation, and the actor himself decided what to do next. Ivan Sergeevich generally has a rare gift to surprise his colleagues. Stanislav Govorukhin said after filming: "Ivan Bortnik always amazes, this is a phenomenal actor with undisclosed possibilities."
After the release of the film "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed", Ivan Bortnik began to receive letters. One of the spectators who worked at the court wrote: “When I saw you in the picture, I was amazed. In the film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” many wonderful actors played, but it was evident that they were acting - well, excellent ... But you did not play. I have been working in court for many years and have seen many criminals ... Where did you find this walk? How to dress? .. I understand that artists worked with you on the picture, but all this had to be seen and done ... You were not an actor, you were a real criminal ... There was something flawed, dead-end, hopeless about you. "
In 1980 Nikita Mikhalkov approved I. Bortnik for the role of Vovchik in the film "Relatives". Ivan Sergeevich considers this role to be one of his best works. In 1987 Vladimir Khotinenko invited I.S. Bortnik on one of the main roles in the film "Mirror for a Hero", and the picture again opened the audience to the talented actor.
Ivan Sergeevich prefers to work with directors whom he knows and loves. He always improvises, freely disposes of the text and his actions. With special warmth, the actor recalls his work with N. Mikhalkov, G. Poloka, V. Khotinenko. For him, acting is not a profession, but a way of life. Ivan Bortnik, who played roles in films, many of which are not the main ones, takes a place next to the brightest masters of the screen. He has a rare property - to merge with his characters so organically that the audience is sure: the blotter from the film "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed" (1979), Vovchik from "Rodney" (1981) and his other characters - these are the real "twin brothers »Favorite actor. Acting in the film "Death in the Cinema" (1990), Bortnik wrote the texts of his role every night, and in the morning he checked what was written with the film's director K.P. Khudyakov, who almost always approved his version.
The Presnensky Court of Moscow has begun considering the claim of the ex-wife of the lead singer of the popular group "Bi-2" Leva. Irina Makeeva is trying to challenge the deal on the transfer of copyright to the musical works of the collective through the court and get her share. In April of this year, Leva sold to Shura the copyright for 68 compositions for only 10 thousand rubles. The musician's ex-wife is sure that this was done to reduce the amount of alimony for their common 8-year-old son. Our correspondent Olga Podolyan will tell you that it's not just about songs.
Hits "Nobody Writes to the Colonel", "Silver", "My Rock and Roll" - only 68 songs. The copyright for them in April this year, one soloist of "Bi-2" Leva (real name Igor Bortnik) sold to his friend and colleague Shura. And all would be fine if not for the transaction amount of only 10 thousand rubles. Annual dividends from the ownership of the rights to the compositions brought the musician up to almost a million rubles a year. This was calculated by his ex-wife.
According to lawyer Maxim Smal, who led more than one stellar process, ex-wives in the event of a divorce from creative people do not have any rights to the intellectual property of ex-spouses, but they can claim material results of creativity.
"A spouse can only claim the funds that the author receives as a reward for the sale or use of his work," says Smal.
Irina Makeeva is sure that the deal to sell the rights to songs is just a trick to reduce the amount of alimony for the maintenance of Leva's eight-year-old son Fedor. And now she's trying to challenge the deal in court.
Maxim Smal says that the ex-wife of the popular musician has plenty of grounds for a lawsuit.
“Probably, she can raise the question that the transaction should be declared invalid, that the amount indicated in the contract is absolutely imaginary and does not correspond to the real value for which Lyova could sell his works,” suggests Smal.
It is possible that the agreement between the musician friends was drawn up in such a way that Lyova still receives royalties from the rotation and performance of compositions, - explains lawyer, copyright specialist Vadim Uskov.
"It is possible that he transferred the rights only for mechanical recording (release of records), and retained the public rights that go through the Russian Authors' Society," Uskov says.
In parallel with Makeeva's claim in the Presnensky Court, for more than a year now, another statement by Leva is being considered in the Dolgoprudnensky Peace Court. He asks to reduce the amount of alimony due to the deteriorating financial situation and claims that he is simply not able to pay alimony in the amount of 50 thousand rubles.
True, the musician's ex-wife does not believe his words. This year "Bi-2" became the best rock band of the year. This is a constantly touring band that writes music for films, and regularly issues a new album. And this suggests that the material condition has not worsened at all - on the contrary, it has only improved.
According to Makeeva's lawsuit, Lyova never regularly paid alimony and owed almost three million rubles.
Lawsuits in which copyrights and material results of creativity become the cause of the dispute are not uncommon, especially after the death of the author. For example, the members of the "Kino" group unsuccessfully sued Viktor Tsoi's heirs for the right to recognize them as co-authors of song arrangements. 6 years ago, Mikhail Bulgakov's nieces also tried to no avail to sue the copyright of their uncle's works from the writer's grandson and great-granddaughter, who are officially recognized heirs of the writer. There are a lot of similar precedents. Deductions from the works of an eminent relative or colleague-co-author are easy money, say the lawyers. And most often, with a lot of nuances, the court takes the side of the direct heirs.
In Soviet times, Ivan Bortnik was considered an artist of the eighteenth category. The same was with the famous Smoktunovsky, who called Bortnik a genius. The actor gave the impression of a closed and taciturn person, although Vysotsky considered him a close friend - the famous bard had few such.
The cause of death of Ivan Bortnik
Ivan Bortnik died on January 4, 2019 in Moscow at 23:00 pm. The cause of death was a detached blood clot.
Biography of Ivan Bortnik
Father - Sergei Bortnik, deputy editor-in-chief of Goslitizdat.
Mother - Doctor of Philology.
According to the actor, as a child he was fond of punks. "As I remember now: Volodya Muzhik - in a long black coat, in holes, always with a pistol. Periodically appeared: he was either imprisoned or released. Tolik Fiksaty, Alik Kozel, Sevka Ryzhiy - they all sat there. Well, I slowly joined their company ", - he recalled. Somehow he even participated in the robbery of a stall, stood "on the ATAS". True, he declared, this was the only time.
From childhood I loved poetry. He studied at the Moscow City House of Pioneers on Kirovskaya. Then he attended an amateur film studio at Gorky Park, where he decided on the choice of his future profession.
In 1957 he entered the acting department of GITIS. However, later he transferred to the Moscow Theater School named after B.V. Shchukin for the course of V.A. Etusha.
In 1961 he graduated from college and was admitted to the Moscow Drama Theater. N.V. Gogol.
Since 1967 - an actor of the Taganka Theater, took part in the performances "Pugachev", "Mother", "At the Bottom", "Alive", "Wooden Horses", "Boris Godunov", "Vladimir Vysotsky".
At the Taganka Theater, he made friends with Vladimir Vysotsky. It is known that it was to Ivan Bortnik that Vysotsky dedicated his famous song "Letter to a Friend" ("Ah, dear Vanya, I am walking around Paris ..."). “What did they agree on? I don’t know, probably, there is only one childhood - post-war, love of poetry. And then, apparently, we have a similar character,” the actor noted.
The personality of Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky still occupies an important place in the life of Ivan Bortnik: he often speaks at various evenings dedicated to the outstanding singer and actor, reads his letters.
Movie roles
He made his film debut in 1962 - in the film "Confession" by Vsevolod Voronin, in which he played the role of the artist Vasily.
The first major role - Ivan the Soldier - played in the musical fairy tale "Ivan and Marya".
He gained wide popularity and love of the audience after the role of the bandit "Blotters" in the cult series "The meeting place cannot be changed." It is known that Vysotsky really wanted Ivan Bortnik to play Sharapov in this film. However, the film bosses essentially forced Stanislav Govorukhin to take on this role, Vladimir Konkin (before that he played Pavka Korchagin and received the Lenin Komsomol Prize).
But even a small role made Ivan Bortnik the star of the national screen. At the same time, he invented the text of his hero himself: “Govorukhin told me:“ Well, come up with something. ”So I began to invent. And even then they cut out a lot of things. The jargon was all removed ... Or the scene of the arrest of the gang. We drive up with Volodya. to the location of the shooting, I look: some gloomy cursing Slavka Govorukhin is standing. He comes up to me: "Wan, I ask you, I can’t take it any longer: they all go out and:" Hands up! " - a gun in the snow, "Hands up!" - a gun in the snow. Complete monotony. Well, think of something. "The whole idea was - while I was putting on trousers, a jacket, a coat, boots, a scarf, a cap - about five minutes, no more. I did not know how I would react, but the song" And on the black bench ... "I think I'll sing it out. For Volodka, my trick was a complete surprise. And he lost his seriousness - he laughed."
He was remembered for the role of the one-armed war invalid Ivan Nikanorich, selling cigarettes, in the 1978 film "Sergeant Major".
Another secondary, but very striking role of the actor - Vovchik (Vladimir Ivanovich Konovalov), the ex-husband of the main character in Nikita Mikhalkov's film "Relatives".
In 1987 he starred in the title role in the film “Mirror for a Hero” by director Vladimir Khotinenko (a fantastic parable based on the story of the same name by Svyatoslav Rybas). His hero, Andrei Nemchinov, goes back in time to 1949, where he meets his young parents.
It is worth noting his work in 1990 in the detective thriller "Death in the Movie", where he played a watchman investigating a murder on the set. Then he played the main role in the political detective story "Murder on Zhdanovskaya".
He starred in several films in the 2000s. In particular, he played the main role (Kolya the invalid) in the detective thriller "On the other side of the wolves".
Among other notable works - participation in the projects "Shukshin Stories" (Khudyakov), "Antikiller-2" (Peter Kolerov - "Bedbug"), "Barin" (Aristarkh), "Eye for an Eye" (chairman of the tribunal Badunov).
"My main acting task is to tell the story of the soul of a Russian person" - this is how Ivan Bortnik defined his creative credo.
Family and personal life of the actor
Ivan Bortnik considers himself a happy person, because he had to learn great love in life. Even two. His chosen one was Inna Gulaya, a colleague in the acting workshop. This love was so great that it bordered on madness. They were passionately in love, but there was no happiness in family life. The young people had the same temperaments and strong characters, no one wanted to give in, and the two could not get along. The couple did not have children.
After they broke up, Inna was constantly on the verge of breaking down. She endlessly called Ivan at night, she was tormented by some incomprehensible fears and visions. The woman was afraid even of her loved ones, she told everyone that she would either be killed or poisoned. Bortnik understood that Inna was suffering from lack of professional demand, and that this state of affairs could break her. And so it happened, once Inna was found dead, she ate pills.
Ivan Bortnik's personal life changed when he met Tatiana. She studied at the theater and art school, but was not an actress. The woman became a teacher at the same school, which she graduated from. A lot fell to the lot of Tatiana. She had long come to terms with her husband's difficult character, learned to ignore his whims, prevented conflicts, and even forgave her beloved's hard drinking.
The spouses have been together for a long time, they coped with all the problems that arise on the path of life. In 1969, the only son, Fedor, was born in the family. He did not become a creative person, studied to be an engineer and found himself a job as a lighting designer.
Traditionally, in the Tver region, in the village of Bolshoye Zavidovo, the Invasion 2019 festival is held. The masters of rock music gather at the famous site, among which, of course, is the lead singer of the group "Bi-2" - ..
Men's company Bortnikov
Yegor published a rather interesting picture, in which all three of his sons appeared and he himself was at the head of the frame. It should be noted that Bortnik Sr. rarely posts family photos. The artist's Instagram is mainly devoted to creative activities. Thus, the fans were able to consider the guys who, of course, have already grown up well.
From left to right: Aviv, David, Leva, Fedor
It is noteworthy that the eldest son Fyodor was born in Leva's first marriage to Irina Makeeva. Now the boy is 17 years old. In 2009, Yegor Bortnik married the former tour manager of the Mumiy Troll group Asya Streicher, but a year before that she gave birth to her future wife, a son who was given an unusual name - Aviv. He is now 11 years old.
And a year after the marriage, that is, in 2010, Asya gave her husband another son, David, who will turn 9 in August 2019.
Egor Bortnik with his wife
Consequently, Yegor Bortnik is raising three sons, which cannot but please him. There is always support and a secure shoulder in the future.
To the question of one of the subscribers whether the boys are friends with each other, Lyova answered succinctly: "Yes."
For reference
The Invasion festival was first organized exactly 20 years ago and is dedicated to rock music. All the most favorite genres of many people come here. In 2019, the festival runs from 19 to 21 July.
Moreover, this year the organizers have staged another stage "Ultra". On the first day the group "Leningrad" and Gleb Samoilov performed, and Leva Bi-2 got the second day of the Invasion along with the Night Snipers led by Diana Arbenina. Mumiy Troll, Luna and The Hatters also appeared on the stage.
The brilliant actor Ivan Bortnik "sewed up" from alcoholism together with Vladimir Vysotsky
Ah, Vanya, Vanya Bortnik - quiet glanders, how proud I am that I am with you on "you" - Vysotsky dedicated these lines to the actor Ivan BORTNIK.
He is known to the audience primarily for his film roles Vovchik from "Rodney" and Blotter from "The meeting place cannot be changed." Although in life he has little resemblance to his heroes: a native Muscovite from a family of intellectuals, an extremely erudite person. His colleagues immediately warned me that it was not realistic to interview Bortnik. Like, he will fool his head, and then refuse ... \u003d
And indeed - when everything was already agreed upon, the actor suddenly declared: "There is no courage." But my persistence paid off. We met at the metro, just like in the movie "Meeting Place ...". In my hands was the Express newspaper. I was identified by it.
Fight with Inna Gulaya
Ivan Sergeevich, where are you from?
Born in the capital, but until the sixth grade he spent with his grandmother in Kratov, near Moscow. My maternal grandfather was a complete Georgievsky cavalier, and my grandmother was completely illiterate - from the city of Sapozhok, Ryazan region. Father, born in 1895 (saw the tsar!), Studied at the famous Technological Institute in St. Petersburg, then graduated from the Bryusov Institute in Moscow, was deputy. chief editor of Goslitizdat. And my mother is a Doctor of Philology. It was a complete surprise for them when I entered the Shchukin school. Looking at me, Inka Gulaya also became an artist, although at first she wanted to enter a foreign university: we studied at the same school with her. We had our first love, completely insane. We were friends with Sasha Zbruev and Valya Malyavina. Valya was only 16 years old, they were not painted with Sasha. She wrote in her book "Hear me, pure in heart": "Sasha and I got married, but Vanya and Inna are not."
- Why?- If it happened, there would be an everyday scuffle. She and I are very similar in character: both nervous. We fought constantly. I was monstrously jealous of her: she was charming. - Does your wife Tatiana have a different character?- Normal. She is a decent woman, not an actress. Of the nobles. She graduated from the Institute of Communications, now she teaches at the theater college. This is my first and only wife with whom we have lived for 35 years. We have a son Fedor and a grandson Alyosha. He is 12 years old. - Are you seriously involved in raising your son?- From me Makarenko, like a bullet from shit. I had no time to engage in education, 30 performances a month, and rehearsals in the morning.
The text was invented for Weiners
- Ivan Sergeevich, whether you like it or not, but many remember you from the role of the drunkard Vovchik from "Rodney" ...
Nikita Mikhalkov tried several people for this role, including Oleg Borisov. But he stopped at me. Moreover, Nonna Mordyukova was for me. We have already played husband and wife in the same film by Andrey Smirnov. I came up with the entire text of my character myself. Merezhko, the scriptwriter, was terribly indignant. I couldn’t find Vovchik’s character until I remembered one heavy drinking man who said: “I’ll look at rrr-fish in an aquarium - and cry!”. Hence it went: "Mar-r-rus, right now I will take the medicine ..." - Why didn't you shoot with Mikhalkov anymore?- He was asked this question, he replied: "Well, there are no roles yet for Ivan." We recently met at the premiere of Antikiller in Pushkin, where I starred with his nephew Yegor Konchalovsky in the role of a thug, nicknamed the Bedbug. I saw Nikita enter in a white suit with his daughter Nadya, saw me, began to shout: “Do you know who this is? This is a great Russian artist! " By the way, after looking at the picture, Nikita said to Egor: "What the hell ... did you shoot this ?!"
Your other "calling card" is the blotter in the "Meeting place ...". Did Vysotsky recommend you to Govorukhin?
In fact, Vovka wanted me to play Sharapov. And we filmed in Ukraine, in Odessa. Konkin has just played Pavka Korchagin at Dovzhenko's studio and received the Lenin Komsomol Prize. Govorukhin was told: “You will shoot Konkin. Say thank you that Vysotsky was approved. " Govorukhin says to me: “Vanya, can you play a blotter? There, however, there is no text either ... "In general, I invented the whole text here myself. - What did the Weiners say?- Nothing. But the text I had invented was not even inserted into the book, which was reprinted several times.
Sew it into a ... spiral!
Is it true that you like to drink?
Any Russian person loves to drink. “Fear the teetotal artist,” said the great actor Alexei Denisovich Dikiy. Unfortunately, as a Russian person, I don't know the measure. Well, you drink for three days ... And what is it like to get out of this abomination then ?! And that's why I don't drink for a long time, like now.
- Did you often drink with Vysotsky?
Just with him rarely, more and more "tied" for a couple. Have not drank for two and a half years. Marina Vlady brought us both from Paris the medicine "Esperal". And Yuri Lyubimov thought that it looked like a spiral from an electric stove. He told us: "If you don't sew a spiral in your ass, you will be fired!" On a postcard from Spain, Volodka wrote to me: - I miss, Vanya, I, Spain is all around, They drink bitter, lapped gin, Without understanding and fear, They, Vanya, all without SPRINGS.
Resuscitators committed suicide
When was the last time you saw Vladimir Semenovich?
In the evening, two days before his death, the doorbell rang. He walked in in a chic corduroy suit with the keys to the Mercedes. I saw a bottle of St. John's wort vodka and immediately: "Come on, pour it!" I say quietly to my wife Tanya: "Hide the car key." They drank, he looked prettier: “Let's go,” he says, “to continue with me! Let's take alcohol from Nisanov (the photographer). " Then he caught himself: "Where are the keys to the car?" I say: "They hide, we'd better take a taxi." We went to his girlfriend Oksana on Gruzinskaya (she later became Yarmolnik's wife) ... By the way, not everyone loved her. I heard: they almost got engaged together with Oksana. This is not true! Before his death, he wrote the last lines to his wife Marina: "I am alive, I have kept you and the Lord for 12 years!"
- So, you came to Gruzinskaya ....- He got alcohol, drank, talked late. In the morning he wakes me up: "Vanyatka, we need a hangover." I ran to the store and brought two bottles of Stolichnaya 0.75 each. Oksana made a scandal and broke one in the kitchen sink. But we still got a hangover from the remaining bottle. I said goodbye to Volodya, took a taxi, went home, turned off the phone and went to bed, because in a day I had an important performance - "Ten Days That Shook the World." As Tanya later said, in the evening Volodya came completely sober, took the car keys from her and drove away. He didn't wake me up. - How did you find out about Vysotsky's death?- On the day of the performance "Ten days ..." my Tanya came home and said "Volodya is dead!" Everything faded before my eyes. When I saw a portrait in a mourning frame at the theater, I started hysterical. Somehow we played the play ... We went together with Lyubimov to Volodya's apartment, there were already a lot of people there. Volodya was lying in his bedroom in all black ... I sobbed. Behind him came his mother, Nina Maksimovna: "Cry, Vanechka, cry ..." I spent three nights in Volodya's apartment.
- Is it true that Vysotsky was tied up before his death?
They say that they tied him up - as if they did not want him to drink a lot. That last night in the apartment on Gruzinskaya there were two resuscitators - Ph.D. Tolya Fedotov and Igor Goryaev from Sklif. They are no longer alive - both committed suicide. Mystic…
- Did you like Marina Vlady?
I liked it. Volodya loved her very much. He even had a "personal" telephone operator on an international line, Lucy kept connecting him to Paris all the time - to talk to Marina. In 1977 we made our first tour to Paris. He lived with Marina, and I in the hotel. Marina collected food for me with her. We were nocturnal, went to the Rasputin restaurant. Once after the play "Mother" I was waiting for Marina on the street, suddenly I hear - behind me, as if someone is meowing: "Mom, Mom." He looked around: a very beautiful mulatto girl was looking at me with enthusiastic eyes. She saw the play and tried to show me her admiration. It turned out that this girl named Fusia is from the Moroccan royal family, studied in Russia. She followed me to Lyon, Marseille ... She persuaded: "Let's go to Morocco, there you will be a capitalist!" Vovka grabbed his head: “What are you doing ?! An affair with a foreign woman is the most terrible crime for a Soviet person! It would be better if you ate vodka every day. " In Marseille, we parted with her. Both cried. Very attached to each other.
- Is it true that Vysotsky has an illegitimate daughter from the actress of your theater Tatyana Ivanenko?
True. One day at half past four in the morning, the intoxicated Volodka poured into me with an open bottle of whiskey in his hand and said: "Let's go to Tanka, I want to see my daughter." We arrived, we ring at the door - no one. We decided that Tatiana was with her mother and went there. And next to the police station - it was then that the cops “grabbed” us: “Oh-oh-oh! - they say - Zheglov, Blotter! " And to the department. And Volodka on the bench and immediately go to sleep. But in the end they let us go. After his death, Tatyana confessed to me that she was at home then and did not open it. "What a fool!" - I told her. After all, Vysotsky did not have such an impulse anymore. And it happened six months before his death. - Ivan Sergeevich, what have you been rehearsing in the theater recently?
The role of Nerzhin from the adaptation of Solzhenitsyn's novel "In the First Circle". Each rehearsal for three months began with a scandal. Lyubimov shouted to me: "You are an evil boy!" And I understand that I have nothing to play in essence ... At some point, I suddenly burst out: I was sitting in my underpants on a bunk and saying loudly into space: “But everything went to f ... mother!” For a month Lyubimov did not communicate with me. Now, thank God, everything is fine.
By the way
Vysotsky's famous poem, which later became a song: "But in general, Vanya, you and I are needed in Paris like in a Russian bath-pliers", is dedicated to Bortnik.
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* He starred in the films "Confession", "Day Ahead", "Relatives", "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed", "Mirror for a Hero", "Others' Letters", "Antikiller", "Declaration of Love", "Death in the Cinema" , Mom, do not cry ”,“ Ivan da Marya ”,“ Sergeant Major ”,“ Muslim ”, etc.