Nikolai Merzlikin - the guru of Soviet cinema

This talented Soviet-era lyceum was very responsible and demanding about his profession. His partners on the stage were the venerable coryphaeuses of the kinematographer: Georgy Zhzhenov, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Nikolai Olyalin, Tamara Semina. He considered himself an absolutely happy person. Why? Yes, because Nikolai Merzlikin was a demanded actor, and he completely took place in the profession. After all, his filmography has about fifty memorable roles. He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and in addition, he was a member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. Not every lycee of the modern era can boast of this. How did the previously unknown boy from the provinces Nikolai Merzlikin could transform himself into a guru of Soviet cinematography? Let's consider this issue in more detail.

Biographical information

Nikolai Nikolaevich Merzlikin is a native of the village of Sartynya, located in the Tyumen region.

He was born on April 16, 1945. Most of his childhood, the future actor spent in a small town of Emanzhelinsk (Chelyabinsk region), where his father worked in the mine.

Learning acting skills

Nikolai Merzlikin, whose biography is a kaleidoscope of fateful meetings and bright events, was in love with "great art" since childhood. After receiving the certificate of maturity, the young man, without hesitation, submitted documents to the Sverdlovsk Theater School, but then decided not to "waste time on trifles" and went to the capital to become a student of GITIS. He manages to realize his plans in practice. However, soon the young man is handed the summons, he replenishes the ranks of the Armed Forces.

Triumphant debut in the movie

Nikolai Merzlikin and could not imagine that, "giving the debt to the Motherland", he will be filming.

And not at anyone, but at Tatyana Lioznova herself, who at once noticed a special bearing of a soldier, who only recently was listed in the students of the famous theater university. Director of the "Seventeen Moments of Spring" at the time worked on the filming of the movie "Early in the morning." Tatyana Lioznova approved Nikolay Nikolaevich for the role of orphan Alesha, with whom he brilliantly coped.

Conscious choice

After successful filming in the film "Early in the morning," Nikolai Merzlikin wants to forever associate his life with the cinema. After the service, he returns to GITIS, where he learns the basics of acting skills helped him by Raevsky and Eugenia Kozyreva. During the years of study, he manages to star in several popular films in which he has already begun to reveal his creativity. In particular, it is about "The Man I Love" (1966), "Three Days of Viktor Chernyshev" (1967), "Far in the West" (1968), "Once Again About Love" (1969) "Severe Kilometers" (1968).

Career peak

The heyday of the professional career of the graduate GITIS came in the period of 70-80s of the last century.

He was remembered first of all of the audience by the films "There is no way back" (1970), "Without the right to make a mistake" (1974), "Mishka in the North" (1979) "," Fathers and grandfathers "(1982)," Demidovs "(1983) , "The Chronicle of One Summer" (1984) and many others.

As already stressed, Merzlikin Nikolai is an actor who "did not sit" without work. In the last years of creativity, the directors enjoyed using the actor in "soap operas" with pleasure. The last work of the maestro was the series "The Secret Guard".

Working outside the movie

In addition to cinematography, Nikolai Nikolayevich had other interests. He was very eager to participate in creative meetings with young spectators, visit children's film festivals, share his impressions with the guys about filming in the cinema. Of course, Merzlikin Nikolai - an actor with a capital letter and he never tired of repeating that "great art" should educate the younger generation.

For many years he reincarnated as Santa Claus, who came to the children for a New Year's performance, which was regularly organized in the sports complex "Olympic". He enjoyed the kids with undisguised pleasure, handing them presents.

last years of life

At the end of his life, the actor began writing a memoir in which he described in detail his difficult childhood. Nikolay Merzlikin, whose family consisted of his beloved wife and daughter, died when he was soon to turn 62 years old. He, by tradition, acted as Father Frost on New Year's holiday and after the event, when the actor returned home, he felt a pain in his heart. At night, a heart attack occurred, but the ambulance did not have time to help. Nikolai Nikolayevich died on January 3, 2007. The actor was buried in Emanzhelinsk, Chelyabinsk region.