Natalya Bondarchuk

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Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk

Natalya Bondarchuk
Born May 10, 1950 (1950-05-10) (age 58)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Years active 1969—
Spouse(s) Nikolai Burlyayev
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Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk (Russian: Наталья Сергеевна Бондарчук) (born May 10, 1950 in Moscow) is a Russian actress and film director, best known for her appearance in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris as "Hari". She is the daughter of the Ukrainian actor Sergei Bondarchuk and the Russian actress Inna Makarova. Her brother is the film director and actor Fyodor Bondarchuk, her sister is the actress Elena Bondarchuk.

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[edit] Biography

Natalya Bondarchuk was born in Moscow as the daughter of the Ukrainian actor Sergei Bondarchuk and the Russian actress Inna Makarova. In 1971 she graduated from the acting school and in 1975 from the directing school of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.

Natalya Bondarchuk as Hari in Solaris.
Natalya Bondarchuk as Hari in Solaris.

She made her film debut in 1969 in the film U ozera (English: By the lake), followed by the 1971 productions Ty i ya (English: You and me) and Prishyol soldat s fronta (English: A soldier returns from the front). She became famous for her role as "Hari" in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris in 1972. It was her favorite role.[1] She was also Tarkovsky's favorite of the film, as he wrote in his diary that "Natalya B. has outshone everybody".[2]

In 1973 she met her future husband Nikolai Burlyayev (Russian: Николай Бурляев) on the set of the Nikolai Mashchenko film Kak zakalyalas stal (Russian: Как закалялась сталь). The two later withdrew from their roles in this film. In 1976 their son Ivan was born.

In 1982 she directed her first film Zhivaya raduga (English: Living rainbow). The film was produced in Yalta. In 1985 she directed the film Detstvo Bambi (English: Bambi's Childhood) and in 1986 the film Yunost Bambi (English: Bambi's Youth).

Natalya Bondarchuk also leads a child opera theater on Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow. Her son Ivan Burlyayev sung in this theater during his childhood.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] As Actress

  • 1969 : U ozera (English: By the lake)
  • 1971 : Ty i ya (English: You and Me)
  • 1972 : Solaris as "Hari"
  • 1975 : Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya (English: The Captivating Star of Happiness ) as "Volkonskaya"
  • 1976 : Krasnoe i chyornoe (English: Red and Black) as "Madame de Rênal"
  • 1980 : Yunost Petra (English: The Youth of Peter the Great)
  • 1982 : Zhivaya raduga (English: Living Rainbow)
  • 1985 : Detstvo Bambi (English: Bambi's Childhood) as "Bambi's mother"
  • 1986 : Lermontov as Mariya Mikhailovna Lermontova, Mikhail Lermontov's mother


[edit] As Director

  • 1982 : Zhivaya raduga (English: Living Rainbow)
  • 1985 : Detstvo Bambi (English: Bambi's Childhood)
  • 1986 : Yunost Bambi (English: Bambi's Youth)
  • 1991 : Gospodi, uslysh molitvu moyu
  • 2006 : Pushkin: Poslednyaya duel (English: Pushkin: Last Duel)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Natalya Bondarchuk. Natalya Bondarchuk Interview [DVD]. Criterion Collection.
  2. ^ Tarkovsky, Andrei; transl. by Kitty Hunter-Blair (1991). Time Within Time: The Diaries 1970-1986. Calcutta: Seagull Books, 44-45 (December 4, 1970). ISBN 8-17-046083-2. 

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