Georgi Yumatov Contents Biography Selected filmography Honours and awards References External links Navigation menuAward List scanFatal Muse of YumatovLegendary film Officers, now in colourThe Last Role. Georgi YumatovAnnouncement of amnesty dedicated to 50 years since the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, 27 April 1995Pole ChudesYumatov's TombGeorgi Yumatov0000 0001 0846 1125no2005025531160964144160964144

1926 births1997 deathsSoviet male film actorsMale actors from MoscowSoviet military personnel of World War II20th-century Soviet male actorsRecipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classRecipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd classRecipients of the Medal of ZhukovPeople's Artists of the RSFSRBurials at Vagankovo Cemetery


RussianPeople’s Artist of the RSFSRRussianGreat Patriotic Warsiege of Budapestbattle for ViennaMedal of UshakovGrigori AleksandrovSergei GerasimovVGIKVasily LanovoycolorizationMuza KreptogorskayaVGIKcollapse of the USSRNazispardonedamnestyPole Chudesaortic aneurysmVagankovo Cemetery













Georgi Yumatov

Georgi Yumatov.jpg
In 1966

Born
(1926-03-11)11 March 1926

Moscow, Russia

Died6 October 1997(1997-10-06) (aged 71)
Moscow, Russia

OccupationActor
Years active1946–1994

Georgi Aleksandrovich Yumatov (Russian: Гeopгий Алeксандpoвич Юматов, IPA: [ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj jʊˈmatəf]; 11 March 1926 – 6 October 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in 72 films between 1946 and 1994. He was a People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1982).




Contents





  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Selected filmography


  • 3 Honours and awards


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Biography


Yumatov was born on 11 March 1926 in Moscow into a Russian family. A veteran of the Great Patriotic War. During 1941—1942 he studied at the Naval School. In 1942 he was enrolled as a cabin boy on the torpedo boat "The Brave", and a year later he became its helmsman. He participated in the siege of Budapest. He distinguished himself in the battle for Vienna in the assault on the bridge. During this battle he was awarded the Medal of Ushakov.[1] He was wounded several times and also shell-shocked.


After the war he returned to Moscow and was noticed by Grigori Aleksandrov in a cafe. He invited Yumatov for a small part in his upcoming comedy Spring (1947).[2] After that Aleksandrov took him to Sergei Gerasimov and suggested to try him as a student at VGIK, but Gerasimov answered: «I have nothing to teach him. He has a natural gift». He showed Yumatov to the State Theater of Movie Actors and in a couple of years cast him in the top-grossing film The Young Guard. This launched Yumatov's film career.


Between 1950 and 1970 he performed in many popular war and action films, usually portraying heroic, yet down-to-earth lads with a glimpse of humour. His personal favourite role was Venka Malyshev from the 1959 film Cruelty. In 1971 he played the main part in Officers alongside Vasily Lanovoy. While Yumatov didn't have much regard for this role nor for the film, it quickly turned into a cult classic. Seen by 53.4 million viewers at the time of release, it became his most recognizable film and was given a second birth in 2011 after colorization.[3]


Around the same time Yumatov started drinking heavily. It was speculated that the reason for this was his wife — an actress Muza Kreptogorskaya — who refused to have children. They met at VGIK during the 1940s and lived together up till Yumatov's death. Kreptogorskaya was never as popular as her husband, even though he made sure that she was given at least minor roles in every movie he appeared in. She was afraid that pregnancy might ruin her chance to perform «the role of her life» and kept making abortions. At one point she made an abortion when she was four months pregnant and lost the ability to give birth at all. It became a great shock for Yumatov.[2]


Despite the big success of Officers, his career started going downhill. During the 1980s he performed in several popular crime TV series, but with the collapse of the USSR he was left without any job. In 1994 Yumatov shot dead a 33-year-old janitor who helped him bury his dog. Investigation showed that after the burial they drank in the dog's memory, and the janitor told Georgi that he regretted Nazis hadn't won the war. Yumatov, a war veteran, couldn't stand it and started a fight, during which he was wounded in the head with a kitchen knife. The actor then grabbed a trophy rifle from the wall and shot the janitor.[4] He spent two months in prison, but was pardoned following the 1995 amnesty dedicated to 50 years since the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War.[5]


After that he stopped drinking, started visiting church and spent all his time with his wife. Yet the following years saw a quick demise of his health. On 9 May 1997 he made his last appearance on public in a popular TV show Pole Chudes dedicated to the war victory.[6] Soon he was diagnosed with aortic aneurysm. He went through a hard surgery, but it didn't help and on 4 October 1997 he died. He was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.[7] In two years his wife Muza Kreptogorskaya also died.



Selected filmography







































































































Year

English Title

Original Title

Role
1946

Ivan the Terrible, Part II

Иван Грозный. Сказ второй: Боярский заговор
monk
1947

Spring

Весна
make-up artist
1948

The Young Guard

Молодая гвардия
Anatoly Popov
1950

Zhukovsky

Жуковский
Kasyanov
1953

Admiral Ushakov

Адмирал Ушаков
Viktor Ermolaev

Attack from the Sea

Корабли штурмуют бастионы
Viktor Ermolaev

Hostile Whirlwinds

Вихри враждебные
Balandin the waif
1954

Heroes of Shipka

Герои Шипки
Sashko Kozir
1955

Road to Life

Педагогическая поэма
Sasha Zadorov
1956

They Were the First

Они были первыми
Stepan Barabash
1959

Ballad of a Soldier

Баллада о солдате
soldier

Cruelty

Жестокость
Venka Malyshev
1962

A Trip Without a Load

Порожний рейс
Nikolay Khromov
1965

The Cook

Стряпуха
Seraphim Chaika
1967

The Seventh Companion

Седьмой спутник
Turka

Don't Forget... Lugovaya Station

Не забудь… станция Луговая
Georgy Ryabov
1969

Dangerous Tour

Опасные гастроли
Maxim
1971

Officers

Офицеры
Alexey Trofimov
1975

It Can't Be!

Не может быть!
Man with a bulldog
1977

Destiny

Судьба
Pekarev the partizan
1979

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Москва слезам не верит
cameo
1980

Petrovka, 38

Петровка, 38
Aleksey Pavlovich Sadchikov
1984

TASS Is Authorized to Declare...

ТАСС уполномочен заявить…
Ivan Belyu
1990

Stalin's Funeral

Похороны Сталина
Stalin's guard
1991

Loaded with Death

Заряжённые смертью
Savva Ilyich, sea captain


Honours and awards


  • Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class

  • Ushakov Medal

  • Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"

  • Medal "For the Capture of Budapest"

  • Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

  • Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

  • Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

  • Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

  • Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

  • Honoured Artist of the RSFSR


References




  1. ^ Award List scan


  2. ^ ab Elizaveta Maetnaya. Fatal Muse of Yumatov article in Moskovskij Komsomolets, 16 March 2001 (in Russian)


  3. ^ Legendary film Officers, now in colour at Komsomolskaya Pravda, 22 February 2011 (in Russian)


  4. ^ The Last Role. Georgi Yumatov documentary by Russia-1 TV Channel, 2007 (in Russian)


  5. ^ Announcement of amnesty dedicated to 50 years since the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, 27 April 1995 (in Russian)


  6. ^ Pole Chudes by Channel One Russia, 9 May 1997 (in Russian)


  7. ^ Yumatov's Tomb




External links



  • Georgi Yumatov on IMDb






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