Actor Andrei Gromov and his biography

This lop-eared second-grader of the Moscow high school with flickering freckles on his face captivated his charming view of the director of the Gorky film studio Ilya Abramovich Fraz. "The Adventures of a Yellow Suitcase" - it is from this film that the creative biography of Andrei Gromov, the main character of the film about a boy who lacked courage, begins. His partners in the film were Vasily Lanovoy, Evgeny Lebedev, Tatyana Peltzer, Natalia Selezneva, Georgy Yumatov and other actors of Soviet cinema.

Carier start

According to some movie historians, Andrei Gromov was able to become an actor thanks to his appearance. It is the protruding ears of the boy who inspired the chief director of the children's film "The Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase", IA Fraz, to take the Moscow schoolboy to the main children's role. More than a hundred children from different parts of Moscow were invited to sample the film in the shooting pavilion of the Gorky film studio. All of them passed a special selection. "The children read poetry, sang songs, told fables, some were offered to dance," Andrei Gromov, an international economist, recalled today (see photo below).

"For some reason, rhymes did not come to my mind, and I began to sing. Then the second assistant director stopped me, and my mom and I went home, losing all hope of success, "- says Andrei Yuryevich Gromov.

Unexpected call

Only two weeks later the apartment of the Gromov family was ringing the doorbell. A young employee of the film studio invited the boy to the photo test. A month later, the actor Andrei Gromov, having passed screen tests, is approved by the art council for the main children's role in the film "The Adventures of a Yellow Suitcase." So began the cinematographic career of a small artist.

Meeting with the masters of cinema

In the process of working on the film, Andrei Gromov met with the masters of Soviet cinema. The grandmother of our hero, Anna Petrovna Verevkin, was played by the inimitable Tatiana Peltzer, the young doctor was beautifully performed by Eugene Lebedev, and Peti Verevkin's mother was a young actress Natalia Selezneva, known to everyone in Leonid Gaidai's film "Ivan Vasilyevich is changing his profession." The main film shootings took place in the capital of Estonia - Tallinn, in the old part of the city. Scenes with planes were held at the Moscow airport Domodedovo. On the screens of the cinemas the film comes out in 1970 and has a huge audience success not only in children, but also in adults.

«Valerka, Ramka + ...»

This short film for children, shot in the script of Radiy Pogodin in 1970 at the Odessa film studio directed by V. Kozachkova, was the second breakthrough in the movie of a young actor. No sooner had the first film been released, as Andrei Gromov was invited to the next picture, where he was to play the role of first-grader Valerki. The protagonist of the painting falls in love with Katya's classmate and in every possible way tries to draw her attention to her person, in which he is actively helped by a loyal friend of Ramka. However, the parents resisted this and forbade the boys to go out into the street. After that, friends vowed to each other that no girl would take their time. Valerka's father in the film was played by a remarkable theater and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR Yevgeny Vesnik.

The main role of the young actor

Previous films by Andrei Gromov did not have such a deafening success as the picture "Officers", filmed at the Gorky Central Children and Youth Film Studio in Moscow. In Soviet film distribution tape comes out June 26, 1971 and has a record collection of viewers. In the first month of the show, it was watched by over 50 million people in all parts of the Soviet Union and fraternal republics.

Andrei Gromov, the actor, whose photo, along with other performers were on all covers of the magazines of the Soviet Union, becomes a movie star. About the film and its actors wrote newspapers, they were invited with creative concerts in different cities and towns of the country. Many boys dreamed of being in the place of Ivan Trofimov, the grandson of a military general, who was played by everyone's favorite actor Georgy Yumatov.

Fate as a role, role as fate

Director of the movie "Officers" Vladimir Rogovoi gathered in the picture of bright and uniquely talented artists. In addition to Georgy Yumatov (Alexei Trofimov), who played the main role in the film, the film was shot:

• Vasily Lanovoy, the role of Ivan Barabbas.
• Alexander Voevodin, who played Yegor Trofimov in his youth.
• Alina Pokrovskaya, faithful and devoted wife of Alexei Trofimov.
• Vladimir Druzhinnikov, the role of squadron commander in Turkestan.

In episodic roles, the director involved Yevgeny Vesnik, Muza Kreptogorskaya, Boris Gitin, Nikolai Gorlov and other remarkable actors of the time.

How it was?

The script for the film "Officers" was written by Boris Vasiliev, the author of the famous novel about the anti-aircraft gunners in the years of the Great Patriotic War "And the dawns are quiet here". The entire filming process was under the personal control of the USSR Defense Minister AA Grechko. They say that the famous phrase "There is such a profession - the Motherland to protect" belongs exactly to the head of the military department of the USSR.

At the personal request of the writer Boris Vasilyev, Georgy Yumatov, known for his uneasy character, was invited to the main role. The role of his grandson, the suvorovtsa Ivan Trofimov, was played by Andrei Gromov, who was claimed by the same minister of defense. Therefore, the viewer should have no doubt that a graduate of the Suvorov School should grow a real officer of the Air Force of the USSR. Such a difficult ideological task faced the ten-year-old Andrei Gromov, with whom the guy coped well. Audience love for the film "Officers" has survived to this day.

Interesting Facts

• According to a survey of the magazine "Soviet Screen" in 1971, Vasily Lanovoy was recognized as the best actor of the year in the country.
• At the film festival in Prague (Czechoslovakia) in 1972, Vladimir Rogovoy's painting received the Grand Prix and a diploma for military-patriotic themes in the world cinema.

• The main role of Aleksei Trofimov was played by such stars of the Soviet cinema as Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Spartak Mishulin, Nikolai Rybnikov, Vasily Shukshin, Vladimir Vysotsky, Evgeny Zharikov and other celebrities.
• In the history of Soviet cinema, the film "Officers" ranked 31st among viewers in attendance among all domestic films.
• The role of Ivan Baravza could go to Nikolai Olyalin, Yuri Kamorny, Oleg Yefremov, Oleg Yankovsky, Leonid Nevedomsky, Valentin Gaft or Alexander Lazarev.
• The wound on the back of Alexei Trofimov, who returned from Spain, was real. George Yumatov was really seriously injured during the Great Patriotic War.
• The famous song "From the heroes of old times ..." was performed by the second director of the picture Vladimir Zlatoustovsky.
• In 2011, Soviet film received a second life. The company "Formula of Color" transformed the black and white image of the film into color.
• The meeting of combat comrades after a long separation on one of the scenes of the film was embodied in sculpture. December 9, 2013 heroes of the film "Officers" froze in bronze on the Frunzenskaya embankment in Moscow.

The further fate of the young actor

After the tremendous success of the biography of actor Andrei Gromov in cinematography is over. In 1976, director Boris Rytsarev begins to shoot a film-fairy tale based on works by Hans Christian Andersen "The Princess on the Pea." In the company of actors Alisa Freindlich, Innokentiy Smoktunovsky, Igor Kvasha, Alexander Kalyagin, who took part in the shooting of the film, Andrei Gromov was invited.

However, the boy refused to participate in the film and seriously engaged in preparing for admission to the university. After graduation, by the way, with distinction, Andrei enters the Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics.

After graduating from MGIMO, Andrei Y. Gromov defended his thesis in international law and received his Ph.D. In the early 2000s, our hero represents the diplomatic corps of the Russian Federation at the United Nations in New York. Diplomatic career A. Yu Gromov is very successful and to date.

The personal life of the boy from the "Officers" was also formed in the best way. His wife, Tatyana, a doctor by profession, gave Andrei Gromov two wonderful children. The eldest son, Andrei Andreevich, is seriously interested in learning foreign languages. It is possible that this is a family one, and soon we will hear about another diplomat of Russia, as the son has followed in the footsteps of his father. Andrei Gromov, Jr. is studying at MGIMO. Daughter - Vladislav Andreevna Gromova - goes to one of the Moscow schools.