Erast Garin

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| name = Erast Garin

| native_name_lang = ru

| native_name = {{nobold|Эраст Гарин}}

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| caption = Garin {{circa|1920s}}

| birth_name = Erast Pavlovich Gerasimov

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|11|10}}

| birth_place = Ryazan, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|9|4|1902|11|10}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| nationality =

| other_names =

| occupation = Actor, director and screenwriter

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Erast Pavlovich Garin{{efn|{{langx|ru|Эраст Павлович Гарин|{{transliteration|ru|Erast Pavlovich Garin}}}}}} ({{OldStyleDateDY|November 10|1902|October 28}}{{snd}}September 4, 1980, born Gerasimov){{efn|{{langx|ru|Герасимов|{{transliteration|ru|Gerasimov}}}}}} was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter.{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2009|place=US|ISBN=978-0-8108-6072-8|pages=245–246}} He was, together with Igor Ilyinsky and Sergey Martinson, one of the leading comic actors of Vsevolod Meyerhold's company and of the Soviet cinema. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1977. __NOTOC__

Garin was born in Ryazan as Erast Gerasimov. He started his acting career in 1919 in an amateur theatre of the Ryazan military district. In 1926 he finished his education in the experimental theatrical workshops of the People's Commissariat for Education. He always looked up upon Meyerhold and Michael Chekhov as his mentors, rejecting naturalistic acting techniques propagated by Konstantin Stanislavski and paying utmost importance to voice and gesture.[http://www.teatrkinoaktera.ru/great_names/?id=17 Эраст Гарин на сайте Театра-студии Киноактёра] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419193436/http://teatrkinoaktera.ru/great_names/?id=17 |date=2016-04-19 }}

Garin worked with Meyerhold in his theatre until its dissolution in 1936. Among his triumphs was the part of Khlestakov in the 1926 production of The Government Inspector. The trance-like quality of his "grotesquely anxious" performances in Meyerhold's productions could be attributed to an expressionistic acting style.Julia Listengarten. Russian Tragifarce: Its Cultural and Political Roots. Susquehanna University Press, 2000. {{ISBN|1-57591-033-0}}. Page 137.

Nikolay Akimov's Theatre of Comedy was the next theatre he worked in. In 1946 he gave up stage performances and concentrated on film acting. In 1941, he was awarded the Stalin Prize for the role of Tarakanov in the film Musical Story. Half-blindness prevented him from playing any major roles in the 1960s and 1970s.[http://www.izvestia.ru/news/269395 Ученик чародея]

Together with his wife Khesya Lokshina he was director of several films, for which he also contributed scripts. They adapted Mikhail Zoshchenko's novel Respected Comrade in 1930. Garin's memoirs, entitled With Meyerhold, appeared in 1974.

Filmography

=As actor=

Lieutenant Kijé (Поручик Киже'', 1934) - Adjutant
Marriage (Женитьба, 1936) - Podkolesin
Bezhin Meadow (Бежин луг, 1937)
{{ill|On the Frontier (1938 film)|ru|3=На границе (фильм, 1938)|lt=On the Frontier}} (На границе, 1938) - Volkov - Saboteur
Musical Story (Музыкальная история, 1940) - Cabbie Tarahkanov
{{ill|Combat Film Collection No. 7 (1941 film)|ru|3=Боевой киносборник № 7|lt=Combat Film Collection No. 7}} (1941) - German soldier (segment "Eleksir bodrosti")
{{ill|Shveik Readies for Battle (1942 film)|ru|3=Швейк готовится к бою|lt=Shveik Readies for Battle}} (Швейк готовится к бою, 1942) - Francua
The Wedding (Свадьба, 1944) - Epaminond Maksimovich Aplombov - the fiance
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Иван Никулин — русский матрос, 1945) - Tikhon Spiridonovich
{{ill|Blue Mountain Land (1946 film)|ru|3=Синегория|lt=Blue Mountain Land}} (Синегория, 1946)

Cinderella (Золушка, 1947) - King
Encounter at the Elbe (Встреча на Эльбе, 1949) - Tommy, a captain
The Inspector-General (Ревизор, 1952) - Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin
Jambyl (1953)
Nesterka (1955) - Skolyar Samokhvalskiy
Unfinished Story (Неоконченная повесть, 1955) - Koloskov
The Enchanted Boy (Заколдованный мальчик (озвучивание), 1955, Short) - Martin (voice)
The Twelve Months (1956) - The Professor (voice, uncredited)
The Girl Without an Address (Девушка без адреса, 1958) - Grandfather
{{ill|Soldiers Were Going... (1958 film)|ru|3=Шли солдаты…|lt=Soldiers Were Going...}} (Шли солдаты, 1958)
{{ill|The Witch (1958 film)|ru|3=Ведьма (фильм, 1958)|lt=The Witch}} (Ведьма, 1958)
{{ill|The Secret of the Faraway Island (1958 film)|ru|3=Тайна далёкого острова|lt=The Secret of the Faraway Island}}, (Тайна далёкого острова, 1958) - Professor
Beloved Beauty (Краса ненаглядная, 1959) - Tsar (voice)
The Adventures of Buratino (1959) - Toad Feldsher (uncredited)
Russian Souvenir (Русский сувенир, 1960) - John Peebles, American philosopher
{{ill|Aquatic (1961 film)|ru|3=Водяной (фильм)|lt=Aquatic}} (Водяной, 1961)
Alyonka (Аленка, 1962) - Konstantin Venyaminovich
The Wild Swans (Дикие лебеди, 1962) - The Bishop (voice)
{{ill|An Extraordinary City (1963 film)|ru|3=Необыкновенный город|lt=An Extraordinary City}} (1963)
Optimistic Tragedy (Оптимистическая трагедия, 1963) - Vozhachok
Kain XVIII (Каин XVIII'', 1963) - King Kain XVIII
A Little Frog Is looking for His Father (Лягушонок ищет папу (озвучивание), 1965, Short) - (voice)
An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо, 1965) - King
{{ill|Rasplyuev's Days of Fun (1966 film)|ru|3=Весёлые расплюевские дни|lt=Rasplyuev's Days of Fun}} (Весёлые расплюевские дни, 1966) - Kandid Tarelkin
Two Days of Miracles (Два дня чудес, 1970)
The Twelve Chairs (1971)
Gentlemen of Fortune (Джентльмены удачи, 1971) - Nikolai Grigorevich Maltsev, archeologist
{{ill|If You are a Man... (1971 film)|uk|3=Якщо ти чоловік...|lt=If You are a Man...}} (Если ты мужчина..., 1971) - Ulyanych
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (Винни-Пух и день забот (озвучивание), 1972, Short) - Eeyore (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing (Много шума из ничего, 1973) - Verges
{{ill|Nylon 100% (1973 film)|ru|3=Нейлон 100 %|lt=Nylon 100%}} (Нейлон 100%, 1973) - Tamer
{{ill|Trading a Dog for a Steam Locomotive (1975 film)|ru|3=Меняю собаку на паровоз|lt=Trading a Dog for a Steam Locomotive}} (Меняю собаку на паровоз, 1975)
{{ill|Olden Times of Poshekhon|ru|3=Пошехонская старина (фильм)|lt=Olden Times of Poshekhon (1975 film)}} (Пошехонская старина, 1975)

=As director=

Marriage (Женитьба, 1936), based on the eponymous play by Nikolay Gogol.
Doctor Kalyuzhnyy (Доктор Калюжный, 1939)
{{ill|Prince and the Pauper (1942 film)|ru|3=Принц и нищий (фильм, 1942)|lt=Prince and the Pauper}} (Принц и нищий, 1942)
{{ill|Blue Mountain Land (1946 film)|ru|3=Синегория|lt=Blue Mountain Land}} (Синегория, 1946)
An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо, 1964), on the eponymous play by Evgeny Schwartz.
{{ill|Rasplyuev's Days of Fun (1966 film)|ru|3=Весёлые расплюевские дни|lt=Rasplyuev's Days of Fun}} (Весёлые расплюевские дни, 1966), based on Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin's play Tarelkin's Death.

=As script writer=

Marriage (Женитьба, 1936)
An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо, 1964)
{{ill|Rasplyuev's Days of Fun (1966 film)|ru|3=Весёлые расплюевские дни|lt=Rasplyuev's Days of Fun}} (Весёлые расплюевские дни, 1966)

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References

External links

{{in lang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060207124812/http://www.kinoart.ru/magazine/12-2002/Publications/ErastGarin/ Biography]
{{in lang|ru}} [http://actors.khv.ru/g/garin.htm Filmography]
{{in lang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312021930/http://encspb.ru/article.php?kod=002100100141 Garin in the Encyclopedia of Saint Petersburg]
{{IMDb name|0307435}}

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