Budimir Alexeevich Metalnikov (Russian: Ð'удимир
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ ÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Метальников; 27 September 1925 â€" 1
September 2001) was a Soviet and Russian screenwriter and film
director. Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1978).Metalnikov was
born in Moscow into an educated Russian family of chemical engineers.
His father Alexei Petrovich Metalnikov came from peasants. He was
working as the chief engineer at the Apatit enterprise when he was
arrested in 1937. Budimir's mother Zinaida Georgievna Metalnikova was
also arrested shortly after. The 12-year-old Budimir and his
3-year-old sister Marina were taken to the NKVD reception center for
children of enemies of the people situated in the Danilov Monastery.
The children were then separated and put into different orphanages;
Metalnikov never managed to find his sister, despite all his attempts.
In 1939 he was sent to Kirovohrad to study in one of the vocational
schools to be an electrician. After a while he received a letter from
his aunt along with some money and returned to Moscow where he
continued studying.In 1942 Metalnikov was enrolled to the Red Army.
After some studying in the infantry school and serving in the airborne
brigade he was sent to fight at the Karelian Front. He was heavily
wounded during one of the battles and spent many months in hospitals.
On October, 1944 he was sent home as war-disabled. On his return he
entered an evening school, but soon left it to study screenwriting at
VGIK under Yevgeny Gabrilovich and Ilya Vicefield. He graduated in
1954 and immediately started working in cinema.His first success came
with a movie A Home for Tanya directed by Lev Kulidzhanov in 1959.
Seen by 25.2 million people at the time of release, it competed for
the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. His next screenplay
was made into A Simple Story movie by the director Yuri Egorov and
released in 1960 to even a greater success: with 46.8 million viewers
it became one of the box office leaders and the 48th most popular
Soviet movie of all time. It featured an ensemble cast of the
acclaimed Russian actors: Nonna Mordyukova, Mikhail Ulyanov and Vasily
Shukshin. Mordyukova's character was partly inspired by her own
personality and was written specially for her.
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ ÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Метальников; 27 September 1925 â€" 1
September 2001) was a Soviet and Russian screenwriter and film
director. Honored Artist of the Russian SFSR (1978).Metalnikov was
born in Moscow into an educated Russian family of chemical engineers.
His father Alexei Petrovich Metalnikov came from peasants. He was
working as the chief engineer at the Apatit enterprise when he was
arrested in 1937. Budimir's mother Zinaida Georgievna Metalnikova was
also arrested shortly after. The 12-year-old Budimir and his
3-year-old sister Marina were taken to the NKVD reception center for
children of enemies of the people situated in the Danilov Monastery.
The children were then separated and put into different orphanages;
Metalnikov never managed to find his sister, despite all his attempts.
In 1939 he was sent to Kirovohrad to study in one of the vocational
schools to be an electrician. After a while he received a letter from
his aunt along with some money and returned to Moscow where he
continued studying.In 1942 Metalnikov was enrolled to the Red Army.
After some studying in the infantry school and serving in the airborne
brigade he was sent to fight at the Karelian Front. He was heavily
wounded during one of the battles and spent many months in hospitals.
On October, 1944 he was sent home as war-disabled. On his return he
entered an evening school, but soon left it to study screenwriting at
VGIK under Yevgeny Gabrilovich and Ilya Vicefield. He graduated in
1954 and immediately started working in cinema.His first success came
with a movie A Home for Tanya directed by Lev Kulidzhanov in 1959.
Seen by 25.2 million people at the time of release, it competed for
the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. His next screenplay
was made into A Simple Story movie by the director Yuri Egorov and
released in 1960 to even a greater success: with 46.8 million viewers
it became one of the box office leaders and the 48th most popular
Soviet movie of all time. It featured an ensemble cast of the
acclaimed Russian actors: Nonna Mordyukova, Mikhail Ulyanov and Vasily
Shukshin. Mordyukova's character was partly inspired by her own
personality and was written specially for her.
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