Where is Sergei Bodrov now? What happened in the first hours after the death of the film crew of Sergei Bodrov

This tragedy is still remembered today, more than thirteen years after it happened. Not everyone can confidently answer the question of what year Sergei Bodrov died, but their favorite artist was not forgotten, and almost everyone is upset and bitter about such an early death talented actor, director and screenwriter. He really was a bright personality.

Life outside the world of cinema

Sergei Bodrov Jr. was born and raised in creative family. His father is a famous director (also Sergei), his mother, Valentina Nikolaevna, is an art critic. In the cinema, it seemed to him that the road was paved in advance, but what does an artist mean? knowledgeable of life? Having entered the history department of Moscow State University, the young man successfully graduated five years later (1994) and entered graduate school. Another four years passed, and he received his Ph.D. degree, writing qualifying work about architecture in Venetian painting of the Renaissance. This should be remembered due to the fact that many viewers identify Sergei with the image of “Brother,” a boy who served in the army, came to civilian life and “ resolving issues"mainly by force. With all the merits of this character, such as courage and honesty, his cap (figuratively speaking) would be too small for Sergei Bodrov Jr.

The future actor and director gained knowledge about life not only on the academic bench. A school teacher, a confectioner at the Udarnitsa factory, a beach lifeguard (this was in Italy), and then a journalist - this is his short track record.

"Prisoner" and "Brothers"

In 1989, Sergei Bodrov Jr. made his screen debut in his father’s film “SIR”. This film, which was very successful, told the story of difficult teenagers who ended up in a special boarding school. The artists did not want to cut their hair, and then the director brought in his own son, who, of course, agreed and did not regret the hair. Only almost seven years later, Sergei got the next role, a very serious one, in “Prisoner of the Caucasus,” where he had the opportunity to work in tandem with Oleg Menshikov, an excellent actor and a true master. Real fame and popular love came after “Brother” (1997) and “Brother-2” (2000). In these films, audiences saw what they really yearned for in the troubled period of the nineties. The character of Bodrov Jr. became the personification of “good with fists”; his image of a taciturn, active defender turned out to be as close to the people as the “Voroshilov shooter” played by Ulyanov. Of course, the plot of revenge is a win-win in itself, but the film was a success not only because of the exploitation of this artistic device.

Other jobs

In addition to the most famous film works, Sergei had other roles, and all of them turned out to be successful. Paul Pawlikowski directed the film Stringer in 1998. "East-West", another very good picture foreign director (this time the Frenchman Regis Warnier) was released in 1999, it took part magnificent masters screen Catherine Deneuve, Oleg Menshikov, Bogdan Stupka, and many others. Less than a year before Sergei Bodrov died, he made his first own film called “Sisters,” giving himself a small role in the episode. This directorial debut was a triumph. The film immediately took first place in the box office ratings, and it also received international recognition in the form of a prize at the Venice Film Festival.

In the same year, there was a small role in “Let’s Do It Quickly” and serious work in the film “War” directed by Alexei Balabanov. And also “Bear Kiss”, which was again directed by Sergei, and the project “ Last Hero"on ORT. In general, such activity implied a rapid rise to the top of fame. And then - the trip to filming in Bodrov did not return from there.

Family

The wife of Bodrov Jr. was actress Svetlana Mikhailova, and this marriage, which took place in 1987, can confidently be called happy. They had a daughter, Olya (1988), and in August 2002, a month before Sergei Bodrov died, a son, who was named Alexander. The then young actor married for love, and at first sight, as he himself talked about in his interviews. The couple did not separate for long; the trip to the Caucasus should not have taken much time. In North Ossetia, Sergei filmed the film “The Messenger,” for which he himself wrote the script and in which he was going to play the main role.

Avalanche

Much is known today about how Sergei Bodrov died, but the very moment of his death can only be reconstructed based on the circumstances revealed during the investigation. On the early autumn morning of September 20, the group, having gathered in the hotel lobby, went out for location shooting in the mountains. The day did not go well right away, there was an upswing ahead, and we had to wait a long time for vehicles, which is why the start of work planned for 9:00 was delayed until one in the afternoon. Then, as it turned out later, filming began and continued until about seven in the evening, when it began to get dark. Sergei Bodrov's film crew loaded up the equipment and set off on their way back. At a quarter past nine it covered a huge area, its mass was several million tons of stones, dirt, sand and ice, and its speed exceeded 100 km/h. The layer turned out to be thick and reached three hundred meters.

Natural disaster victims

On the morning of September 21, the whole country already knew about what trouble had come to the Karmadon Gorge. Bodrov and his Moscow group were not the only victims of the disaster. The Narty equestrian theater took part in the filming; vacationers from enterprise camp sites, students and local residents. A total of 127 people were missing, who were initially declared missing. The rescue operation began immediately, during which EMERCOM employees and local volunteers found 17 corpses and body fragments. The members of the film crew who died with Sergei Bodrov, like him himself, have not yet been found. This fact for a long time gave vague hope and became the basis for many dubious versions regarding the fact that the actor beloved by millions of viewers is still alive. Alas, there is no longer any hope for this now, thirteen years later.

Memory

The search lasted until February 2004. Theoretically, there was a possibility that the group managed to take refuge in one of the tunnels dug in the mountains, so first of all they drilled the soil in those places where voids could remain, but to no avail. Most likely, we will never know how Sergei Bodrov died. The melting of the resulting glacier, according to geologists, will take about twelve years, during which time it is unlikely that anything will be preserved from the remains of the missing people. An alder grove has now grown in the mudflow desert, and next to it there is a tree with the names of the victims. The sad date reminds us of the year in which Sergei Bodrov and 126 other people died, for whose deaths there is no one to blame, because such disasters are absolutely unpredictable.

According to the script of the film "The Messenger", main character passes away young. Sergei Bodrov Jr. was thirty...

On September 20, 2002, a tragedy occurred in the mountains of North Ossetia: the Kolka glacier claimed the lives of hundreds of people, among whom was actor Sergei Bodrov Jr. and his film crew. The film star and popular favorite was only 30 years old, many fans for a long time could not believe that he was really dead.

The bodies of the victims have not been found in 15 years, 104 people (26 of them filmmakers) are still listed as missing, and scientists have not come to a common conclusion about the cause of the tragedy.

Bodrov first came to the Caucasus in 1996, during the filming of “Prisoner of the Caucasus.” He admitted more than once that he would like to live in the mountains, but, unfortunately, this is impossible.

The film crew of the film "The Messenger". Photo doseng.org

In the fall of 2002, Sergei Bodrov returned to the Caucasus to film the film “The Messenger,” in which he acted as an actor, director and screenwriter - as he himself said, “like coffee in a bag - three in one.” On September 18, the film crew arrived in Vladikavkaz. Work was planned for September 20 in the Karmadon Gorge, where only one scene of the film had to be filmed. In the mountains, the filmmakers waited a long time for the transport that was supposed to take them up, and the start of work had to be postponed from nine in the morning to one in the afternoon. It cost the lives of everyone who was present on the set that day.

The work had to be completed around seven in the evening due to poor light. The group collected equipment and prepared to return to the city.

At 20:15 local time, an ice mass of 200 million tons fell from the spur of Mount Kazbek. In 20 minutes, the Karmadon Gorge was covered with a 300-meter layer of stones, mud and ice. The flow, reaching a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, destroyed entire villages, recreation centers and tourist camps. The village of Upper Karmadon was destroyed. More than 150 people were trapped under the rubble.

Karmadon Gorge after the tragedy. Photo magspace.ru

The road was blocked, and rescuers were able to reach the gorge only after several hours. All the residents of the surrounding villages also came to help. A three-month rescue operation resulted in only 19 bodies being recovered. For the next two years, volunteers worked at the disaster site every day. Right on the glacier they set up a camp called “Nadezhda”. According to their version, the film crew could get to the car tunnel and take shelter from the avalanche there.

Relatives of the missing insisted that holes be drilled into the 100-meter thick ice that would lead rescuers into the tunnel. It was possible to calculate the location of the tunnel only on the 20th attempt, and no traces of people were found in the tunnel. In 2004, attempts to find the dead stopped.

In March 2008, not far from the place where the filmmakers disappeared, workers found the body of a white Moskvich with human remains inside: over several years it had been washed out by water from the mudflow. Press Secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of North Ossetia Vladimir Ivanov then said that it could not be a car from Bodrov’s film crew: “The Moskvich was found below the Karmadon Gate, and the film crew of the film “Svyaznoy” did not even have time to leave the gorge.”

Experts examined the bone remains and learned that the deceased was a man 45-60 years old, 175-177 centimeters tall, and had a second blood type. A local resident, 40-year-old Iranbek Tsirikhov, fit these parameters.

Sergei Bodrov on the set of “Svyaznoy”. Photo doseng.org

There are many mystical coincidences in this story. According to the script, by the end of the film “The Messenger” only two of the four main characters remained alive - and the performers of these roles (Anna Dubrovskaya and Alexander Mezentsev) were really lucky not to be present in the gorge that day. According to the script, Bodrov’s hero was supposed to die. Filming in Karmadon was planned for August, but this month Bodrov’s second child was born, and the trip was postponed to September. In Vladikavkaz, Bodrov lived in the same hotel with another film crew: in a nearby gorge, director Yaropolk Lapshin was filming a film about the collapse of a glacier that destroyed local settlements.

Karmadon Gorge after the tragedy. Photo mk.ru earthquake-today.info

What happened in the gorge

Kolka is a so-called pulsating glacier that collapses down from time to time, but it was impossible to accurately predict the time of the disaster. Scientists are still arguing about the reasons for the collapse of Kolka and have only agreed that one of the factors was gas-dynamic cracking.

Initially, experts assumed that the collapse of hanging glaciers from Kazbek was to blame, but now it is perceived as only one of the reasons. Glaciologist Lev Desinov (Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences) insists on a coincidence of circumstances: several earthquakes caused the pulsation of ice masses, while below they were heated by an active volcanic mass. The internal melting increased the tension. And volcanic gases under pressure filled all the voids. The scientist was one of the first experts from the Ministry of Emergency Situations who flew over the glacier immediately after its collapse.

Memorial plaque at the site of the tragedy. Photo mk.ru earthquake-today.info

The mysterious circumstances of the tragedy forced many to put forward mystical versions of what happened. Some mountaineers claimed that an hour and a half after the glacier disappeared, members of the group got in touch, and there were also people who allegedly saw Bodrov alive years after the tragedy.

On December 27, Russian actor and director Sergei Bodrov would have turned 46 years old. His role in Alexei Balabanov’s film “Brother” glorified Sergei Bodrov, making his hero beloved among the people. The artist’s success was consolidated by the release of the second part of the film; in addition, he worked on his own projects. One of these projects was the film “The Messenger,” on the set of which the director died on September 20, 2002. Next they are waiting for you Interesting Facts about the life and death of Sergei Bodrov.

Sergei was born in the family of the well-known director, screenwriter and writer Sergei Bodrov Sr.

Unlike other children, as a child the boy loved to be alone and taught himself to cope with difficulties on his own. Young actor I dreamed of becoming a garbage truck driver so I could drive an orange car.

Sergei spent his childhood in Moscow school No. 1265 with in-depth study of the French language. To this day, teachers speak of the boy as active, moderately active, but in no case as evil or nasty - Bodrov never demonstrated these traits.

Despite all his love and connections with the film industry, after graduating from school, on the advice of his father, the guy chose the Faculty of History of Moscow State University, which he successfully graduated from in 1993.

Serey devoted a lot of time to studying the art of Italy. In 1991, he managed to get a job as a lifeguard on a beach in a local resort town and earn money to travel around the country. Bodrov repeated this scenario for as many as 3 years in a row, which aroused the constant envy of his classmates.

Already an actor, after graduating from university, Sergei worked on his Ph.D. thesis “Architecture in Venetian Renaissance Painting,” which he successfully defended in 1998.

But, despite his passion for the subject, the young certified art historian made his choice in favor of television and soon retrained and became the host of the “Vzglyad” program. The program was broadcast on the ORT TV channel.

Bodrov Jr.’s first attempts at cinema were very small episodic roles in his father’s films, such as “I Hate You” and “SIR (Freedom is Paradise).” It is worth noting that his first attempts as an actor occurred during the period when Sergei was still at school.

In the second film, Sergei appeared on screen for only a moment, playing a juvenile delinquent in a gray robe with a tag on his chest, sitting awaiting his fate next to the captured main character.

In the 90s, he starred in his father's films with enviable consistency. But still the most famous work was a stunningly played role in Alexei Balabanov’s film “Brother,” which was released on big screens in 1997.

Not to mention popular recognition, Sergei's role was noted by all Russian critics of that time. Main character, in the person of Sergei, caused a huge influx positive feedback.

Bodrov Jr. himself assessed his hero as follows: “I know that Danila is often reproached for being primitive, simple and uncomplicated... Well, I partly agree with this. But I have a certain metaphor in my mind about him:

I imagine people in primeval chaos, sitting around a fire in their cave and still not understanding anything in life except that they need to eat and reproduce. And suddenly one of them stands up and says very simple words about the fact that we need to protect our own, we need to respect women, we need to protect our brother..."

In the same year, 1997, Sergei met his future wife Svetlana (author television programs"Sharks of the Feather" and "Canon").

The couple met in Cuba, where Svetlana and Sergey, like many television journalists, went to cover the festival of youth and students.

“Since childhood, I always knew what my wife would look like. Apparently he thought about this a lot. And when I met her, of course, I immediately recognized her and married her. But only about personal life I don't like to talk. Let me just say that family and close people are a degree of freedom. And freedom is the most important thing a person has,” said Sergei.

Already on next year(1998) after meeting Sergei and Svetlana got married and later life they tried not to advertise, leaving family affairs within the family.

Soon a daughter, Olya, was born into the Bodrov family, and literally a month before Sergei’s death, their son Alexander was born.

Sergei himself did not consider himself an artist: I always and everywhere say: “I am not an artist, I am not an artist, I am not an artist.” And to me: “No, you are an artist!” And I: “An artist is completely different. These are different people, a different constitution. A role for me is not a profession. It’s an act that you perform.”

In the 2000s, work began on the film "The Messenger". On September 18, 2002, the film crew and Bodrov arrived in Vladikavkaz.

Sergei described future movie like this: “A philosophical and mystical parable about the life of two friends - I spied these people in life. They are romantics, travelers, adventurers. Of course, there will be bandits, hostages, in general, everything that accompanies us in life... I am in it like coffee in a bag: three in one - the author of the script, the director and I play the main role."

Filming was planned for September 20 in the Karmadon Gorge. It was necessary to shoot only one scene of the film on site, but due to transport delays, the start was moved from 9:00 to 13:00.

By 19:00, filming had to be completed due to poor light. The group collected equipment and prepared to return to the city. At 20:15 local time, a gigantic mass of ice fell from the spur of Mount Kazbek and in 20 minutes covered the Karmadon Gorge with a 300-meter layer of stones, mud and ice.

The mudflows moved at a speed of at least 200 km per hour, covering entire villages, recreation centers and tourist camps for 12 km and leaving no chance of salvation for anyone.

More than 150 people were trapped under the rubble in a vast area.

The entrance to the site of the tragedy was blocked, and rescuers were able to reach the gorge only after a few hours. All the residents of the surrounding villages also came to help. As a result of a 3-month rescue operation, only... 19 bodies were discovered.

Volunteers continued searching until 2004. Right on the glacier they set up a camp called “Nadezhda” and searched daily.

According to their version, the film crew could get to the car tunnel and take shelter from the avalanche there. However, no traces of people were found in the tunnel.

There were also mystical coincidences in the incident. According to Bodrov's script, only two of the main characters remained alive by the end of his film - surprisingly, it was the performers of these roles who returned home unharmed.

But according to the script, Bodrov’s hero was supposed to die...

The second frightening coincidence was the fact that filming was originally scheduled for August, but it was in this month that Bodrov had a child, which is why everything was postponed to September.

It was also a terrifying coincidence that in Vladikavkaz, Sergei’s neighbor at the hotel was the director Ya. Lapshin, who in a nearby gorge was filming a film about the collapse of a glacier that destroyed local settlements. The plot of the picture turned into reality.

Kolka is considered a pulsating glacier, the collapse of which invariably occurs once every hundred years. Alas, it is considered impossible to predict the exact time of the disaster.

Despite the fact that unusual seismic activity was recorded a few days before the disaster, this data was not processed and taken into account properly.

Such mysterious circumstances of the tragedy forced many to put forward completely incredible versions of what happened.

Among the mountaineers there were witnesses who claimed that an hour and a half after the glacier disappeared, members of the group got in touch, and also that they allegedly saw Bodrov alive years after the tragedy.

Despite many guesses, many specialists working on the spot did not share the conspiracy views of the majority. “We arrived in the Genaldon Gorge immediately after the tragedy to ensure the safety of those who came to rescue the victims...

But besides this, we ourselves carried out rescue work. All this continued for four months, although in principle it was immediately clear that we would not find anyone alive...

But there were all sorts of legends, especially about Bodrov’s film crew. It’s as if they escaped in a tunnel, fed on horses there, burned fires, went blind... Although the rescuers understood that a person would not be able to live even a week in such conditions...

First, they looked for the living and the dead in the slurry - this is a mudflow that descended into the Karmadon Gorge. Only two living people were found, the rest were dead or fragments of bodies...

The film “The Messenger” was never destined to be released, but after the death of its creator, a book of the same name was published, in which you can read the scripts of Sergei Bodrov Jr. and people’s memories of him.

After the tragedy, the actor’s wife, Svetlana Bodrova, told reporters that on the eve of the tragedy, Sergei was sad and seemed to have a premonition of misfortune. The woman explained that the bad feeling appeared immediately after the last telephone conversation, then the conversation took much longer than usual.

According to Svetlana, she immediately realized that something was bothering Sergei. Last words Sergei was more of an instruction: “Take care of your children.”

After the tragedy, more than a hundred people were reported missing, and Bodrov’s remains were not found.

September 20 marks 10 years since the artist and his film crew tragically disappeared in the Karmadon Gorge.

Ten years ago, the hero of our time, actor, director and scientist Sergei Bodrov Jr., died, writes the Arguments and Facts website. On September 20, 2002, he and his film crew fell under the collapse of the Kolka glacier in North Ossetia. As a result, 19 people died, another 106 are considered missing, including 42 people from the film crew of Sergei Bodrov Jr.

“The Messenger” was the name of the film on the set of which Bodrov died. This film was to be his second directorial work. For location filming, the film group led by Sergei went to North Ossetia. Bodrov Jr. then described the future film as follows: “...a philosophical and mystical parable about the life of two friends - I spied these people in life. They are romantics, travelers, adventurers. Of course, there will be bandits, hostages, in general, everything that accompanies us in life. The film is called “Svyaznoy”, and I’m in it like coffee in a bag: three in one - the author of the script, the director and I play the main role,” said Sergei Bodrov. According to the script, his hero dies at the end.

The film “Svyaznoy” will never see the light of day, but after the death of its creator, a book of the same name will be published, in which you can read the scripts of Sergei Bodrov Jr. and people’s memories of him.

His wife Svetlana Bodrova told reporters that on the eve of the tragedy, Sergei was sad and seemed to have a premonition of misfortune. He talked to her on the phone longer than usual. His wife realized that something was bothering him. Sergei’s last words spoken to Svetlana were: “Take care of the children.”

Chronicle of the tragedy

On September 20, a film crew led by Sergei Bodrov arrived in the mountain gorge to film episodes. The weather was good and there were no signs of trouble. At seven o'clock in the evening, filming was completed due to lack of light. Some of the group left for the hotel at 19:45. And those who remained at the filming site subsequently found themselves hostage to the elements.

An employee of the North Ossetian search and rescue team, who was directly involved in the work on the Kolka glacier and wished to remain anonymous, shared his memories.

Rescue operations

“We arrived in the Genaldon Gorge immediately after the tragedy to ensure the safety of those who came to rescue the victims. But besides this, we ourselves carried out rescue work. All this continued for four months, although in principle it was immediately clear that we would not find anyone alive. But there were all sorts of legends, especially about Bodrov’s film crew. It was as if they had escaped in a tunnel, were eating horses there, burning fires, going blind... Although it was clear to the rescuers that a person would not be able to live in such conditions for even a week.

First, they looked for the living and the dead in the slurry - this is a mudflow that descended into the Karmadon Gorge. Only two living people were found, the rest were dead or fragments of bodies. Indeed, in addition to Muscovites and artists of the Narty equestrian theater, who were filmed by Bodrov, in Karmadon there were recreation centers for higher and middle educational institutions, some departments of the republic. And September 20, 2002 was Friday. In addition, there were border guards, local residents, rock climbers from the Ministry of Waters, very young guys, 10 employees of the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania, who came for the weekend.

After two weeks, the slurry began to harden, and the second phase began. Enthusiasts decided to storm the tunnel from above, which is 60 meters thick, manually. They blew up, beat, brought in a drilling rig... And only in the spring of 2003 they managed to break through the side wall. Tsentrospas divers arrived and refused to go down there. Then they found a local diver, he entered the tunnel. And he said that the tunnel was all filled with mud, and it was impossible to survive there.

Then relatives, friends, rescuers, and enthusiasts worked around the clock. Warm clothes and food supplies were ready just in case. But what if…".

But the miracle did not happen, and 10 years have passed since that “what if.” There are different opinions among experts about whether there was a shock wave or not, what the mass and speed of that deadly lava was, which claimed 123 lives overnight.

Now on the site of Karmadon there is a mudflow desert, gradually overgrown with alder. The glacier itself is covered with rocks.

Sergei Bodrov Jr. - Soviet, and later Russian actor. His “Brother” became a cinema classic; for many viewers, the actor turned into a symbol of the 90s generation, and fans quickly took away his hero’s lines for quotes. Sergey is known not only as an actor cult film, but also as a screenwriter, film director and TV presenter.

Photo of the actor | BlueBits

Sergei Sergeevich Bodrov, the son of the famous film director Sergei Bodrov Sr., was born on December 27, 1971 in Moscow. The actor's mother was an art critic, so the whole family has direct relation to creativity. Parents often worked long hours. As a child, Sergei was often left alone with himself, and he was excellent at coping with loneliness. As a child, Sergei dreamed of becoming an actor, but his father dissuaded him, because, according to his parent, the boy was too calm for this profession. In his youth, Sergei had strange dreams of becoming a garbage man so that he could drive around the city in an orange car, and thoughts about cinema did not arise at all in those years.

Sergey graduated secondary school Moscow in a French language class. His teachers recall that the guy was moderately eccentric and sometimes restless, but at the same time he never did dirty tricks. Bodrov was prepared for work with early years, because every week I visited the Udarnitsa factory with my class, where the guys packed sweets. Naturally, the money received from labor was not distributed to schoolchildren. All funds were collected by the school in order to organize excursions for children.

After graduating from school, Bodrov Jr. expressed a desire to enter VGIK, but famous father explained to Sergei that there must be a special passion for cinema, and not just a desire to learn. In his youth, the young man had no feelings for cinema, much less passion, so he entered the history department of Moscow State University. Fellow students junior Bodrov They considered the guy lucky because of his father's fame. But the presence of a star dad never affected the manifestation of Sergei’s talent. Bodrov graduated from University with honors, after which he entered graduate school. Then he planned to become a librarian or museum worker.

Sergei Bodrov Jr.’s debut on cinema screens took place in 1989, when he took part in the filming of his father’s film “Freedom is Paradise.” His hero was a young brawler who sat in the same cell with the main character. For short story I really needed a young man with a shaved head. The actors refused to shave for such an insignificant role, and the only one Bodrov Sr. was able to persuade or force was his own son.

As a student, Sergei Bodrov tried his hand at filming the film " Prisoner of the Caucasus", where I ended up completely by accident: the father took his son with him to Dagestan to shoot a picture. Bodrov Jr. was ready to do any job, but he was awarded one of the main roles. The film was successful, it was celebrated at the Cannes Film Festival, the film received awards at various festivals: in Sochi, Karlovy Vary and Sydney.

The non-professional actor even amazed his co-star with his performance. The film crew was surprised to note that the young guy, who had never studied acting, played better and more convincingly than a master of his craft. Then Bodrov Jr. received his first prize for best acting debut. In addition, the actor received several prizes for best role and became a laureate State Prize Russian Federation 1997 in the field of literature and art.

The acting world and fame fell on young man completely suddenly. Bodrov Jr. himself did not consider himself an actor and was ready to constantly repeat to the press that he was not an artist. He did not study acting, and acting on camera was not a profession for him; he considered it an act.

In 1996, Sergei took part in the television program “Vzglyad”, but not as a guest, but as a presenter and co-author, where he remained for four whole years. Afterwards, the actor had very fond memories and the feeling that he had learned a good long-term lesson.

In 1996, Bodrov was lucky enough to meet someone at a festival in Sochi, who brought him to the STV studio. At that moment they were just working on iconic painting“Brother”, where Bodrov Jr. played the role of Danila. The film caused discontent in the media, as, in their opinion, the film is infested with racism. At the same time, opposite accusations were also heard; critics considered the film Russophobic, aimed only at Western viewers and exposing home country in an unsightly light. However, Russian fans perceived this work differently. At the festival in Sochi, "Brother" received the Grand Prix. Danila became an idol for millions of television viewers. The film also received enough recognition abroad and won several awards at the Chicago festival.

The character Sergei has been accused more than once of being too simple and primitive. The actor himself admitted this, but in defense of his hero he answered the press that the world is still quite immersed in chaos, and sometimes you just need characters who will express seemingly obvious and fundamental things and will defend these things.

The filmography of Sergei Bodrov Jr. continued to grow with the advent of the work “Stringer,” but both the film and the role came out unconvincing, and then “East-West,” which told about a persistent athlete. Both films can hardly be called gift significant births in the cinema to the actor’s piggy bank. By 2000, the long-awaited premiere of the film “Brother 2” took place. Like the previous part, the work was seriously criticized, but this did not prevent the film from becoming a cult again. The country literally went crazy for Danila. Came out almost instantly computer game based on the film, a documentary about the creation of "Brother 2" and collections of soundtracks for the film, on largest platform concerts were given several times in the capital, consisting of songs for the film.

Most of the film was shot in the USA: in Chicago, New York and Pittsburgh. There was a lot associated with this funny incidents. As the actor admitted, the most difficult thing for him, a graduate of Moscow State University and a cultural expert, was talking to Americans in crooked English. high school. In addition, the Russian film crew has amazed their American colleagues more than once. According to the plot, the main characters needed a home-made weapon, which the prop masters could not provide, so the Russian operator made such a necessary home-made weapon in a few minutes. Later, the Russians persuaded the border guards to put the real strain in Danila’s passport.

In 2001, Sergei again starred in Bodrov Sr.’s film “Let’s Do It Quickly,” also in the USA, but this time in California. Sergei played the security guard of a Russian businessman.

Almost all films with Sergei Bodrov Jr. were directed by his father, but the younger Bodrov also had his own directorial works. But one day the developing actor began writing his script for the first film “Sisters”, in which he himself played a cameo role. Bodrov conducted auditions for the main roles on his own, talking with various applicants for a month. There were a lot of people interested; a line of about three hundred girls lined up every day. Sergei chose and, which opened the way for girls to cinema.

Bodrov wanted to find simple and sincere young actresses who would not strive to please the actor, and certainly would not turn out to be enthusiastic fans. That is why he was attracted by the daring and impudent Akinshina, who dreamed of being a model, not an actress, and came to the audition only because of the agency’s requirements. For Oksana, Sergei Bodrov became a mentor in acting.

The film is about two girls who are being hunted for criminal life their father. The film received recognition as the best debut. Sergei told the press that he really enjoyed directing films, creating and developing own world, Bodrov Jr. promised fans to continue making their own films. But “Sisters” became Bodrov Jr.’s only directorial work.

In 2001, Sergei played in Balabanov’s film “War,” which was filmed in Chechnya and the North Caucasus. Almost immediately after the premiere, the film was awarded the " Golden Rose" Then Bodrov Jr. received the Nika Prize. In the same year, the actor played in the film “Bear Kiss,” which was released a year later.

In 2001, Sergei tried himself as a TV presenter of the “The Last Hero” project. The essence of the TV show was that 16 people found themselves on a desert island and had to compete in various competitions and tasks. Bodrov commented on what was happening.

Tragedy in the Karmadon Gorge

Sergei Bodrov went missing in 2002 at the age of 30. This year, according to plan, filming of the second film by Sergei Bodrov Jr., “The Messenger,” began. The plot of the film was a philosophical and mystical story of two friends. In the film, Bodrov was supposed to act as the main character, screenwriter and director. In September, the film crew filmed several episodes in the Caucasus. On September 20, the film crew moved to the Karmadon Gorge. Filming had to be postponed for several hours, as the group could not wait for the transport to go up.

After some time, the decision was made to return to the city. At the same time, the Kolka glacier began to break off in the mountains, on which a block of ice had previously fallen. A stream of stones and a huge boulder covered the entire film crew, led by Sergei Bodrov Jr. For several months, rescuers tried to find the bodies, and relatives of the victims continued to search for their loved ones until February 2004.

More than a hundred people are still considered missing. The body of Bodrov Jr. was also not found.

In 2008, workers laying a pipeline accidentally found a car with human remains. This discovery excited fans of the actor, but tests showed that the body did not belong to anyone from the film crew. Despite the fact that the probability of Sergei Bodrov’s death is incredibly high, many people still do not want to believe in his death.

Sergei left a huge mark on cinema and culture in general. In memory of him, many iconic rock bands wrote more than one song. Documentaries and books try to illuminate the life of the actor, show his creative and life views. In 2016, Bodrov’s fans began raising funds for a monument to “brother Danila” in full height, the most famous image of Sergei. The signature to the sculpture should be one of the most memorable phrases from the film “Brother”: “I think there is power in truth.” As the organizers of the gathering comment, the monument will be a tribute not only to Sergei Bodrov Jr., but also to a unique hero, the like of which has not been seen in Russian cinema for more than a decade.

Personal life

The personal life of Sergei Bodrov was short-lived, but happy. Sergei was married to a colleague, with whom the actor formalized the relationship in 1997. The actor said that from the first glance at the girl he realized that they were going to be together, and instantly fell in love. His wife Svetlana Mikhailova gave Bodrov two children: first a daughter was born, and after 4 years married couple a son was born. The boy was born a few weeks before the events in the Karmadon Gorge. A great tragedy took a father and husband from happy family. Despite the fact that before meeting Sergei, Svetlana was in a long-term relationship and even married, after the actor disappeared, and even after he was declared dead, the woman did not marry again.

Olga, Sergei’s daughter, also decided to become an actress. She entered VGIK, hiding whose daughter she was in order to enroll honestly and through a competition. Contrary to the rules of the institute, she did not even give her middle name during the entrance auditions. And only at the last stage they figured out the girl.

Filmography

• I hate you
• White king, red queen
• Prisoner of the Caucasus
• Stringer
• East-West
• Brother 2
• Let's do this real quick
• Sisters
• War
• bear kiss
• Svyaznoy
• Morphine