Viktor Kostetsky: biography and the best roles of the St. Petersburg artist

Viktor Kostetsky refers to the actors of the "old" guard. He began his film career in the distant 60's and was shot until his death in 2014. What legacy did the artist leave behind him, and what films with his participation are worth watching?

early years

Victor Kostetsky was born in 1941, just a few days before the Great Patriotic War. His father was immediately sent to the front, and little Vitya, along with his mother and brother, went to evacuation.

After the war, the parents of the future actor returned to Zhmerinka. Victor played a lot in amateur performances, so he decided to go to the theater after school. To this end, he went to Petersburg, but failed the exams. In order not to return to the provincial town, Kostetsky entered the Pedagogical Institute. However, after several years of training he left there and, finally, was able to become a student of LGITMiK.

Immediately after receiving the diploma in 1956, Victor was invited to serve in the theater. Leninist Komsomol. Then Kostetsky worked in the Theater of Musical Comedy, and a little later he was enrolled in the troupe of the Alexandrinsky Theater.

In the movie, Kostetsky made his debut in 1963, appearing in the episodic role of carpenter in the painting "The Day of Happiness" by Joseph Kheifits. Then the name of the debutant did not even appear in the credits. And in general Viktor Kostetsky is an actor, whose directors did not play much of the main roles. During his entire career, he played central characters from strength 3-4 times.

Victor Kostetsky: movies of the 60-70's

So, what pictures of the 60's and 70's. The last century with the participation of the artist can be considered the most successful?

In 1967, Jan Fried - master of musical films - filmed his "Green Coach". The film was dedicated to the fate of the St. Petersburg actress Varvara Asenkova. The role of Perepelsky was approved by V. Kostetsky.

In 1970, the screens went to the film "Ferenc Liszt. Dreams of Love ", in which Victor received the episodic role of the collector of donations.

In 1974, the actor was finally lucky: he was entrusted with the main role in the comedy of Vladimir Vorobiev "Krechinsky's Wedding". And in 1975 the world saw "The Star of Captivating Happiness" by Vladimir Motyl, where Kostetsky appeared in the image of Pyotr Grigoryevich Kakhovsky.

A year later Victor Alexandrovich played, perhaps, his best role - the role of Florindo Aretusi in the immortal comedy "Truffaldino from Bergamo". During the filming of this film Kostetsky's partners on the stage site were Konstantin Raikin and Natalia Gundareva.

Filmography of the 80's

Kostetsky Victor Alexandrovich began the 80's with the main role in the film Gleb Selyanin "The search is announced." This time the actor was entrusted to play the investigator.

And in 1982, an adventure film "Treasure Island", shot by Vladimir Vorobyov on the novel of the same name by R. Stevenson, appeared on Soviet screens . In this adaptation, Kostetskii received the role of Doctor Livesey.

The actor also took part in the shooting of a number of Soviet tales: "The Princess on a Pea," "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," "Tin Rings."

And in 1986 the whole country watched with rapture the film "State Border", in which many famous artists of the USSR starred. Viktor Kostetsky in the fifth series played the German subversive Buchner.

Another well-known film of the 80's is The Life of Klim Samgin. In this film, Armen Djigarkhanyan, Sergei Makovetsky, Svetlana Kryuchkova were shot. Victor Kostetskiy was entrusted with the role of Gapon.

Pictures of the 90s

Viktor Kostetsky continued to act in films even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but, for obvious reasons, he did not need to wait for the main roles. And for some reason the directors of the "new" Russian cinema saw him as an exclusively executor of the roles of police officers.

For example, Kostetskiy plays operatives in the films "Genius", "Strange Men of Semyonova Catherine", "Russian Transit". In the famous TV series "Homeland Security Agent" with Mikhail Porechenkov, Viktor Alexandrovich plays the leading role of Snigirev.

In 1993, the actor played the main role in the comedy of Viktor Makarov, "Misfire." Before the audience Kostetsky appeared in the image of the artist Oleg Yamanidze.

The best works of recent years

Viktor Kostetsky in the last years of his life densely bogged down in the image of an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In "Banditsky Petersburg-2" he plays Deputy Prosecutor General, in "Slaughter Force" - General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Next were the series "Mole", "Street of Broken Lights", "Opera. Chronicles of the slaughter department "," Secret commissions "- and constantly Kostetsky flashed on the screen in the image of policemen of high rank.

In 2006, Kostetsky played a major role in the Detective "Collection." The last work of Victor Alexandrovich in the movie was a role in the lyrical comedy "I'm looking for a fellow traveler", which was shown in November 2014 on the TV channel "Russia-1". In the same month, the actor overtook a heart attack, and he died in a hospital in St. Petersburg.

Personal life

The actor was married twice. The last time he married a make-up artist who worked with him in the theater. Leninist Komsomol. And in the first and second marriage at Kostetskiy were born daughters.