Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
People’s Artist of the USSR, Soviet and Russian theater and film actor – the unforgettable Yuri Detochkin from the film “Beware of the Car”, Prince Myshkin on the stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after G.A. Tovstonogov and Hamlet in the film of the same name by Grigory Kozintsev. Known to the general public, Innokenty Smoktunovsky created images that shook the imagination of his contemporaries and resonate in the hearts of viewers today. On the eve of the opening of the exhibition on April 10 on Strastnoy Boulevard, Marfa Bubnova, Deputy Director for Exhibition and Exposition Activities of the Moscow Art Theater Museum, and Maria Smoktunovskaya, a specialist in the archival department of the Moscow Art Theater Museum, spoke about the preparation for the event and the phenomenon of Innokenty Smoktunovsky.
— The 100th anniversary of the birth of a significant person for our culture, a beloved actor by many, is a truly great date. Marfa Nikolaevna, please tell us how you prepared for the opening of the exhibition and selected the photographs?
— The Moscow Art Theatre Museum approached the 100th anniversary of Innokenty Smoktunovsky’s birth very responsibly, since this amazing artist is very dear to the history of the Moscow Art Theatre. The works on display at the exhibition are mainly from the museum’s collections, photographs from the plays “The Idiot” and “Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich” were kindly provided to us by the G.A. Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre and the Academic Maly Theatre, and photographs from films were provided by the Mosfilm studio and Gosfilmofond.
— Innokenty Mikhailovich said that his main theme is man. And indeed — in the images he created, one can feel a special humanity, a subtle understanding of emotional nuances, complex feelings, both in dramatic roles and in comedies. Do you think that the early awakening of love for the theater contributed to the development of such human-orientation?
– Innokenty Mikhailovich experienced many different events – he sympathized and empathized with people, then his feelings grew into images created by him on the stage and in cinema.
All this was also facilitated by the great work in learning the acting profession, which Innokenty Mikhailovich served all his life.
— It was often said about Innokenty Smoktunovsky that he is an actor of a new type. Please tell us what this means? What was so innovative in Innokenty Mikhailovich’s creative manner that he was quickly recognized as a genius?
– Innokenty Mikhailovich created a unique type of acting, which consisted of simplicity, naturalness and openness of the inner world. And the images he created allowed the audience to call him a genius. Innokenty Mikhailovich himself did not consider himself as such, but said that he was a capable person and nothing more – he just works very hard.
— Maria Innokentyevna, how did participation in the Great Patriotic War influence your father’s personality and his acting work?
— I think that participation in the Great Patriotic War tempered Innokenty Mikhailovich’s character. Dad himself wrote about it this way: “I don’t know how my life would have turned out if there had been no war, my military biography, I don’t want everyone to go through the same path, because it was a very difficult path. It was so hard that I was on the verge of leaving this life when I was captured, and we were treated very cruelly in the prisoner of war camps. I don’t know what was the reason that I had such a rich creative life, but, obviously, the difficult events of the war made their own adjustments to it.” I think this experience helped him create deeper, psychologically complex characters.
— Innokenty Mikhailovich was ahead of his time in many ways, his acting art still seems very relevant, alive, and exciting. What is the secret of such timeless performance? What makes his characters close, understandable, and dear to today’s viewers too?
— I think my dad’s secret is in his desire and amazing talent to get into the skin of his characters. He always deeply studied the historical situation around the events in the play, read correspondence, thought through associative moves. Preparatory work, careful search for makeup, and choice of costume were very important to him.
— The creative legacy of Innokenty Smoktunovsky is certainly great and deserves special attention. How do you manage to preserve his memory and maintain the interest of modern viewers?
— To mark the 100th anniversary of Innokenty Mikhailovich’s birth, the I.M. Smoktunovsky Festival was held in Achinsk from March 17 to 23. The program included exhibitions, quizzes, concerts, creative laboratories and workshops, quizzes and master classes. The premiere of the play “To Be Smoktunovsky” was successfully held at the Norilsk Polar Drama Theater named after Vl. Mayakovsky — a VR walk with a genius directed by Anna Babanova. Marfa Bubnova gave a lecture, and actress Svetlana Toma held a creative evening in which she talked about working with Innokenty Mikhailovich. In the green foyer of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov, the Moscow Art Theater Museum opened the exhibition “Many-Faced, But the Only One”. The House of Scientists showed Vera Tokareva’s documentary “Memories in the Garden”, in which Innokenty Mikhailovich spoke about his life and amazing work. In addition, Olga Egoshina’s book “Actor’s Notebooks of Innokenty Smoktunovsky” will be reissued. And on April 20, at the A.P. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, director Pavel Vashchilin will present the production “I Love. I Kiss. Kesha. / All the Letters Are Only About Love”. I would like to see more films with dad’s participation shown on television.
— How do you think such projects on the city’s boulevards, like the photo exhibition opening tomorrow, influence the development of culture?
— In my opinion, such exhibitions only contribute to the cultural enrichment of both residents and guests of the capital. These are very necessary projects.
The photo exhibition on Strastnoy Boulevard will be located opposite house 12, and the photos will be on display until May 4. The project was prepared by the Moscow Department of Culture and the Moscow Directorate of Mass Events together with the Moscow Art Theatre Museum.
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