At these moments, a farewell ceremony for actor Vladimir Tolokonnikov is taking place at the Lermontov State Academic Theater in Almaty. Hundreds of people came to ask to see the artist - his colleagues, representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and the public. People lay flowers at the actor's photograph, which was installed in the theater lobby. Those who wish can also leave their memories of Tolokonnikov in the memory book.
Theater and film actor Vladimir Tolokonnikov died at the age of 75. “Vladimir Alekseevich died tonight in Moscow. His son wrote to me about this today at 04:00 (01:00 Moscow time),” RIA Novosti quotes the words of a representative of the theater in Almaty, where the actor worked for a long time.
As a family friend of Mr. Tolokonnikov told Interfax, he will be buried at the Troekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, and the funeral service will take place in the Sretensky Monastery.
According to preliminary information, the cause of death of Vladimir Tolokonnikov was cardiac arrest. “Vladimir Alekseevich left last night, this happened literally a few hours before leaving for the next filming shift. The probable cause of death was cardiac arrest,” the actor’s agent and director told RBC acting agency“Lighthouse” Rita Lenskikh.
Biography of Vladimir Tolokonnikov
Vladimir Tolokonnikov is called an actor of one role - and in his case this is, perhaps, more than fair. Everyone knows Polygraph Poligrafovich Sharikov from Vladimir Bortko’s film “ Heart of a Dog"specifically performed by Tolokonnikov. After the release of the film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's story of the same name - in 1988, at the height of Gorbachev's perestroika - the man created from a dog instantly acquired recognizable features. The actor himself complained that they took his autographs back then like Sharikov’s - few people remembered real name artist of the Almaty theater.
Fame came to Vladimir Tolokonnikov quite late.
He was born in 1943, after school he tried several times to enter Moscow theater universities- but unsuccessfully. The actor said that he was rejected, among other things, because of his characteristic appearance - they say, there will be few characters suitable for you. He managed - he served in the army, tried to enroll again - at VGIK, but in the end he studied in Yaroslavl. And after graduation, Tolokonnikov left for his native Alma-Ata, the city where his passion for theater began. As a child, he attended the children's theater studio at the Alma-Ata Youth Theater, where at one time they also studied People's Artist Russia Alexander Filippenko and director Vadim Abdrashitov.
In Almaty, Tolokonnikov worked for one season at the Youth Theater, then he was invited to the Republican Academic Theater of Russian Drama named after Lermontov - largest theater Kazakhstan, where it took root. He started, like all newcomers, with episodes, then they began to offer him leading roles. Tolokonnikov played Cardinal Wolsey in Grigory Gorin's "Royal Games", Luka in the play based on Maxim Gorky's play "The Lower Depths", Quasimodo in "Notre Dame Cathedral".
Tolokonnikov did not appear in films for a long time, which is understandable - there were many theaters in the USSR (about four hundred), and there were even more actors in them, so even just getting an audition was not easy. Even to the local Kazakhfilm, thanks to which the actor still received a couple of lines in his filmography.
Luck smiled on Tolokonnikov in the late 80s, when Bortko was looking for his Sharikov.
I searched for a long time, went through all the stars of Soviet cinema who had a suitable appearance - among the candidates were, for example, Nikolai Karachentsov and Alexey Zharkov. The Almaty actor Tolokonnikov, unknown to anyone in terms of film roles, also made it onto the same list. He was invited to audition, and Bortko later recalled that after the first scene (the actor was asked to play a drinking scene - “I wish that’s all!”) it became clear who would get this role.
The rest is known - the black and white two-part film adaptation of Bulgakov became a hit of that time, Tolokonnikov began to be recognized on the streets and asked for autographs. For this role, the actor received the State Prize of the RSFSR named after the Vasilyev brothers and almost immediately turned into a kind of brand of his native theater. By the way, almost simultaneously with the film, he played the same role in the Lermontov Theater - however, no video evidence remains from this production.
The year “Heart of a Dog” was released, Tolokonnikov was 45 years old.
He probably could have converted this success into something more - but the collapse of the USSR and the general decline of post-Soviet cinema intervened. Tolokonnikov played very different roles in the Almaty theater, but he also went to Russia - he was invited to act in films, however, such high-profile roles as Sharikov did not happen to him. His filmography includes more than 40 films, including the TV series “Plot”, “Deadly Force”, “Soldiers” and many others, as well as the comedy “Hottabych” by Pyotr Tochilin, in which Tolokonnikov played the main character.
There are many actors who are remembered for one, very bright character. For Tolokonnikov, this was the hero of Bulgakov’s story. Let him be a negative, unpleasant type who opposes Professor Preobrazhensky, but with the help of the actor who played him, he became so charming that you even feel sorry for him.
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Vladimir Alekseevich Tolokonnikov is an actor with a broad soul, who has played many deep roles and starred in more than 70 films. The Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR and laureate of the Platinum Tarlan Award was remembered by millions of Russians primarily as the hero of the film Heart of a Dog.
In the photo: Vladimir Alekseevich Tolokonnikov
Due to specific external data, far from generally accepted standards male beauty, Vladimir was not accepted into theater universities for a long time, but it was thanks to that very unusual appearance in adulthood he became famous. During the audition for the role of Sharikov, from the very first take he captivated director Vladimir Bortko, and then more than one generation of viewers.
Childhood and youth
The future actor was born on June 25, 1943 in Alma-Ata, which in those years was a shelter for wounded soldiers and evacuated civilians. One of these fighters, who lived in the house of the future actor’s mother, became his father. Having recovered his health, the soldier left, leaving the woman before the birth of her son.
Vova grew up in poverty and hunger. His mother worked at a bio-processing plant, receiving a very modest salary. Her son helped her as much as he could, at least they always had perfect cleanliness and order in the house. He drew wonderfully, dreamed of becoming a pilot, like many Soviet boys, and also invented a heroic father for himself, telling various fables about him to his friends.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov in his youth
In principle, he was a great dreamer, even then he showed artistic inclinations and performed brilliantly at school evenings. When he read the stories of grandfather Shchukar from Sholokhov’s “Virgin Soil Upturned,” the audience literally cried with laughter. It was clear to everyone that the boy’s place was on stage.
In high school, he attended a drama club, which worked under the guidance of director and teacher Mikhail Azovsky, by the way, simultaneously with Alexander Filippenko and Lev Tiomkin.
Long path to the profession
After school, despite receiving the basics of acting and training, for three years he was unable to enter any theater school in the capital. But the young man no longer imagined himself in another profession - he played in productions of the youth studio of another famous theater figure of the republic - Yuri Pomerantsev, appeared on television, appeared in crowd scenes of performances at the Almaty Russian Drama Theater named after. Lermontov.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov in his youth
Then Vladimir was drafted into the army and served in the rocket forces in the GDR, without stopping to dream of the stage, participating in amateur performances in part. After 3 years of service, he again went to Moscow, submitted documents to VGIK, and again he was not accepted, explaining that due to his peculiar appearance he was unlikely to be in demand. The young man was very upset, but did not break down and did not give up his dream - he got a job as a worker at the Kuibyshev Youth Theater (now Samara), and a year later became a student in the acting department of the Yaroslavl Theater School.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov was not accepted into VGIK because of his peculiar appearance
In 1973, having received his diploma a week before his 30th birthday, the artist returned from Yaroslavl to hometown and started working at the local Youth Theater. A year later he was invited to the Republican Academic Drama Theater. At the beginning, his repertoire included small episodic roles, then the main ones appeared.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov on the stage of the theater
He played Leshy in “Vasilisa the Beautiful”, Cardinal Wolsey in the play “Royal Games” by Grigory Gorin based on Maxwell Anderson’s play “The 1000 Days of Anne Boleyn”, the mayor in Nikolai Gogol’s “The Government Inspector”, Quasimodo in “The Cathedral” Notre Dame of Paris"based on the novel by Victor Hugo, Luke in the play "At the Lower Depths" by Maxim Gorky, the robber in "Noise Behind the Stage" by Michael Frayn.
"Heart of a Dog"
The actor appeared in films for the first time in 1981 - he played cameo role in the action film “The Last Passage” about the struggle of state security workers with a gang of Basmachi. And in 1988, the day after the release of the film “Heart of a Dog,” an adaptation of Bulgakov’s story, he, as they say, woke up famous.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the film “Heart of a Dog”
For a long time, the author of the film, Vladimir Bortko, could not find the necessary acting texture for the role of Sharikov - with a low forehead, huge protruding ears and big mouth until he saw the file of a little-known 45-year-old actor from a provincial theater.
But not only Vladimir’s appearance impressed the director already during the auditions, but also the depth of penetration into the image. He made no mistake in his choice. The artist managed to brilliantly solve a major task - to reveal the mysterious psychology of a dog who became a man, and make him think about a lot of things. Thanks to his contribution to the overall success, “Heart of a Dog” was included in the hundred great films of the 20th century, and he himself was included in the “Bulgakov Encyclopedia”.
On the set of the film "Heart of a Dog"
By the way, in parallel, Tolokonnikov was approved for the role of Sharikov in a play at the Almaty Theater. According to viewers who were lucky enough to compare the film and theater characters, the actor’s stage Sharikov turned out to be completely different. At a minimum, the dog Sharik was played by the actor himself, and not a real dog, as was the case with Bortko.
The acting ensemble of the two-part film, which was successful not only at home, but also in many countries of the world, besides him, included people's artists Evgeny Evstigneev, Sergey Filippov, Nina Ruslanova, Boris Plotnikov.
The role entered the artist’s name into the history of cinema, brought national love and official recognition - the State Prize named after. Vasilyev brothers, for which he was incredibly grateful to her. But at the same time, it became a kind of stigma, which somewhat complicated his subsequent acting. The press was not interested in his other works, the directors saw him exclusively as Sharikov, and on the street they addressed him only as “Poligraph Poligrafych.”
Further career
The artist’s creative baggage included other interesting and significant works, however, something as loud as “Heart of a Dog” never happened to him. When the excitement around the film died down, Tolokonnikov returned to Alma-Ata, began building a house, spent happy hours with his family, worked on local television and sometimes acted in films.
In 1990, he talentedly embodied the colorful image of Filomeev in the tragicomedy “Cloud-Paradise” by Nikolai Dostal. A year later, he appeared in the role of Ivan in the action movie “Ghost,” where the main character was played by Nikita Vysotsky, the son of the legendary bard.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the film “Cloud-Paradise”
In 1993, he played Adam Kozlevich in the Russian-French comedy “Dreams of an Idiot,” based on the novel “The Golden Calf” by Ilf and Petrov. His partners on the site were Alika Smekhova, Sergei Krylov, Evgeny Dvorzhetsky, Stanislav Lyubshin, Vladimir Etush.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov and Stanislav Lyubshin in the film “Dreams of an Idiot”
In 1996, 4 film projects were released with the participation of the artist. Among them, we should highlight the Kazakh series “Crossroads”, which made him very popular in his homeland, and the drama “Shanghai”, in which he played the key role of Grandfather Stepanych. It was this work, together with “Heart of a Dog,” that was most familiar and loved by American audiences, which became clear during the artist’s tour to the United States in 2003.
In 1999, the actor could be seen in the action comedy film The Sky in Diamonds as the President of Russia. In 2001, he played a small role as a forensic expert in the multi-part project “Citizen Chief,” where his co-stars were Yuri Stepanov, Egor Beroev, and Nadezhda Markina.
At the same time, the artist worked on Kazakhstan television as the host of the program “In the Kitchen with Tolokonnikov,” meeting and talking with guests, touring screen stars, and in partnership with Gennady Balaev in 2001-2004. laughed with all his might in the sketch comedy “Tolobaiki”, an analogue of the Russian “Gorodok”.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the series “The Enchanted Site”
In 2002, the artist was chosen for the role of Uncle Sasha in the series “Deadly Force 5”, in cast which included many stars - Konstantin Khabensky, Andrey Fedortsev, Giuliano Di Capua, Gerard Depardieu, etc. Then he played brilliantly minor character, accountant Yulyukin in the series “Plot” with Sergei Bezrukov, in 2006 - the main character, a genie-computer ace in the adventure comedy “Hottabych”, becoming the idol of viewers of the new generation and receiving an MTV film award in the category “Best Comedy Role”.
In 2007, the series “Soldiers” was released, where he was cast in the role of the uncle of Ensign Shmatko. Then - the miniseries “Gromovs”, in which he got the role of Pakhomych. In 2009, he appeared in the image of partisan Andreev in the military television series “The Disappeared,” based on the work of I. Bolgarin and V. Smirnov “No Way Back.” In the same year, for his great contribution to the development of the art of cinema, he was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the film “The Disappeared”
Last years of life
In the 2010s, despite his advanced age, the artist, capable of amazingly embodying diverse images on screen and stage, continued to actively and successfully act in films and TV series. In 2010, six film projects were released with his participation, and five in 2011.
These were mainly comedies, with low ratings but a large audience: “Mixed Feelings”, “Corporate Party”, “Granny of Easy Virtue” (released a month after Vladimir’s death). There were also more serious projects, for example, the dramas “Grandfather” and “Baltic Spirit”, in which Tolokonnikov played the main roles.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the film “The Baltic Spirit”
In 2016, he appeared in the family comedy film “SuperBeavers,” playing one of the key roles of the head of a family, whose members acquired incredible qualities after a meteorite hit their house. In particular, he himself became immortal, his son-in-law received the ability of teleportation, and his granddaughter - among other things, the ability to fly.
Until the last days of his life, Vladimir Tolokonnikov remained part of the theater troupe in Almaty and acted in films. As his son Rodion recalled, the actor often received offers to appear in advertising in the image of Sharikov for a lot of money, they were even promised an apartment in Moscow, but he remained adamant and did not want to exploit his most successful role.
Personal life of Vladimir Tolokonnikov
The artist, who, according to colleagues, was a rare person inner beauty and charm, gentle and very intelligent, he was married to a physics teacher, Nadezhda Nikolaevna. She gave her husband two sons. In 1983, their first-born Innokenty appeared, 8 years later - Rodion. Having matured, the sons moved to Moscow. The younger followed in his father’s footsteps, graduated from VGIK and became an actor.
Family of Vladimir Tolokonnikov
Vladimir Alekseevich was a passionate gardener who grew roses. He greeted them in the morning, talked, and when cutting the stems, he apologized, considering them alive. One of his most favorite writers was Bulgakov.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov was a passionate gardener who grew roses
Death
In 2013, when the boys received their diplomas and began to live independent life, Nadezhda died. Before her death, the woman told Vladimir to live long and be sure to find his grandchildren. Vladimir tried to fulfill last will wives. No matter how sad he was, he never tired of repeating: “My sons remain, my happiness, my continuation.” But age made it known that my health began to deteriorate.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov with his sons
During the filming of the second part of the comedy “SuperBeavers” in 2017 famous actor was very bad, but did not lose heart (according to Pavel Derevianko, who played the central role of Oleg). The stage master's heart stopped in Moscow at the age of 74 during an exacerbation of a chronic illness.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in the capital
He played brilliantly before his death main role the lonely old man Mikhalych, who came to life in the morgue, in the drama “Grandfather”. It became one of his last striking works and was awarded the Prize for Best Actor at the Kinoshock Film Festival. The award of his deceased father was received by his son Rodion.
Rodion Tolokonnikov continued his father's work
Rodion continued the Tolokonnikov acting dynasty. His father taught him a responsible attitude towards his chosen path. “It’s important to cultivate a real personality in yourself, preserve it and preach further, because the acting profession for me is a preaching path, it’s a responsibility,” Rodion said in an interview, lamenting that there are fewer and fewer masters like his father every year .
MOSCOW, July 16 – RIA Novosti. Theater and film actor Vladimir Tolokonnikov, who played Sharikov in the film “Heart of a Dog,” died at the age of 75.
The artist died in Moscow, where he had recently returned after filming in Gelendzhik, on Sunday night. “His son wrote to me about this today at four in the morning (01.00 Moscow time),” a representative of the Lermontov Theater in Almaty, where Tolokonnikov worked for a long time, told RIA Novosti.
A memorial farewell will take place at the theater on Monday. The actor will be buried at Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
The cause of Tolokonnikov's death has not yet been announced. According to his theater colleagues, in recent months he was seriously ill.
Sharikov and Hottabych
Vladimir Tolokonnikov was born on June 25, 1943 in Alma-Ata. Co school years was engaged in amateur activities. His first place of work was the Theater young viewer in Kuibyshev (now Samara), where the actor came after the army.
In 1973, Tolokonnikov graduated from the acting department of the Yaroslavl Theater School, and then returned to his hometown and became an actor at the Republican Academic Theater of Russian Drama named after Lermontov. On this stage he played more than three hundred roles - Firs in “The Cherry Orchard”, Luke in “At the Bottom”, Cardinal Wolsey in “The Royal Games” and many others.
Tolokonnikov made his film debut in 1981 in the action film The Last Crossing. But he became widely known only seven years later, after Vladimir Bortko’s film “Heart of a Dog,” in which he played the role of Polygraph Poligrafovich Sharikov.
Then the actor repeatedly appeared on movie screens. Among his works are “Cloud-Paradise”, “Dreams of an Idiot”, “Sky in Diamonds”, “The One Who is Tender”, “Hottabych”, “Black Sheep”, roles in television series.
The role of Sharikov brought Tolokonnikov state prize RSFSR named after the Vasilyev brothers, and the film “Hottabych” received the MTV-2007 film award in the category “Best Comedy Role”.
The actor was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR. In 2009 he was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.
Tolokonnikov was married and raised two sons, one of whom also became an actor.
“Pathos and swagger were alien to him”
Tolokonnikov’s theater colleagues remember the actor with great warmth.
“It’s hard to believe that we, colleagues and comrades of Vladimir Alekseevich, will never again hear behind the scenes, in the dressing rooms, his characteristic laughter, jokes, anecdotes. And that he will never again appear on stage in “Family Portrait with a Stranger” - a performance that seemed to never die..." says a message on the Lermontov Theater page on Facebook.
Actors appreciate human qualities Tolokonnikova. “Pathos, swagger, complacency were alien to him... Vladimir Alekseevich was very a gambling person- easily agreed to participate in a flash mob at the Almaty airport, going out to air passengers in the costume of the Mayor from the play “The Inspector General”. Although theoretically he could have refused, citing being busy,” they say.
According to their recollections, “with truly deafening popularity and popular love, Vladimir Alekseevich passed away from the cup of stardom; rather, he was distinguished by cardiac excess.” Colleagues say that he was an example for young people and never let his native theater down.
As for Tolokonnikov’s most stellar role, it, according to the actor’s colleagues, immortalized him.
“True, Vladimir Alekseevich himself did not really like being associated with a negative, albeit incredibly charming character,” the artists recall.
Director Vladimir Bortko also shared his impressions of working with Tolokonnikov.
“I remember him from our work together, although it was thirty years ago, but it turned out to be quite successful. And this success is largely due to him. I was lucky in my life that I met such an actor. I would like to say that he was very big and good person", he said in an interview with the channel.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to the actor's family and friends.
“He had a unique acting gift, which allowed him to play dozens of memorable roles in theater and cinema, and win the sincere love of millions of people,” the telegram says.
According to Medvedev, the audience loved Tolokonnikov “for his amazing talent for transformation, bright originality and charm.” Colleagues and famous directors, Medvedev noted, they valued the actor’s professionalism, the ability to organically enter into the character, to accurately convey the author’s intention and the character of his hero.
In life, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, of course, was not Sharikov. It was calm intelligent person, reasonable, according to the reviews of those who knew him, not at all arrogant, looking at life philosophically and not at all upset that many looked at him as an actor of one role. He was not at all offended by the audience.
“This role gave me so much, it is priceless for me. I am truly happy that I played it,” said Tolokonnikov, who later played 150 times in the play “Heart of a Dog” at the Alma-Ata Republican Theater academic theater Russian drama named after Lermontov.
He grew up in Alma-Ata, his talent for acting appeared from school - everyone believed his stories about his father, whom he had never seen. Then there was a drama club, youth studio on television, unsuccessful attempts to enter the capital drama schools(They explained to Tolokonnikov that his appearance was too specific for an actor, and they refused)... After graduating from college in Yaroslavl, he returned to Alma-Ata, where he rose from being an extra to leading roles in the plays “Royal Games” by Gorin, “At the Depth” by Maxim Gorky (his “specific” appearance only added depth to the image of Luke), “Noise Behind the Stage” by M. Frain...
IN recent years he played a role in the play "in Almaty" Family portrait with an outsider", participated in projects of the Kostanay regional Russian drama theater. It didn’t work out to move to Moscow; one of Vladimir Alekseevich’s sons also became an actor.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov played about 70 roles in films
As for film roles, Vladimir Tolokonnikov played about 70 of them. Of the most famous, besides Sharikov (by the way, this was not his first film role), Filomeev from “Cloud-Paradise”, Hottabych - more precisely (0TT@Bb) H - from the film of the same name (MTV film award in the category “Best Comedy Role”), Suskis in “I Am Not Me”... It is worth noting Tolokonnikov’s work in the films “The Sky in Diamonds”, “Shanghai”, “The One Who is Tender” . In each of his roles he knew how to be convincing. But we will remember him, of course, in the role of Sharikov. But let’s remember Tolokonnikov-Sharikov’s remarks. “Are you going to hit me, dad?” “I’ll register, but fighting is a breeze. I was seriously wounded during an operation.” “Give me a cigarette, your trousers have stripes.” “An ordinary servant, but a force like that of a commissar.” "Take everything and divide it."
Only now, “for real,” like Tolokonnikov, no one will utter these lines anymore.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to the family and friends of actor Vladimir Tolokonnikov, who died in Moscow on Sunday night at the age of 75.
“Please accept my sincere condolences on the death of Vladimir Alekseevich Tolokonnikov. He had a unique acting gift that allowed him to play dozens of memorable roles in theater and cinema, winning the sincere love of millions of people,” Dmitry Medvedev said in a telegram to the actor’s family and friends.
The prime minister notes that the audience loved Tolokonnikov “for his amazing talent for transformation, bright originality and charm.”
As the Prime Minister noted, colleagues and famous directors valued the actor’s professionalism, ability to organically fit into the character, and accurately convey the author’s intent and character of his hero.
“Therefore, films with his participation were included in the “golden fund” of Russian cinema. They will always be watched and reviewed, finding new facets of creativity in them recognized masters, to which, undoubtedly, Vladimir Alekseevich Tolokonnikov belonged,” Dmitry Medvedev emphasized.
Vladimir Tolokonnikov will be buried at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Rita Lenskikh, director of the Mayak acting agency, told RBC.
The farewell, according to her, will take place at the Cinema House of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. When exactly will become known soon.
Direct speech
Vladimir Bortko, film director:
Volodya, in my understanding, fit perfectly into the image of Sharikov, as I imagined him. Tolokonnikov was the smartest, kindest man, with the broadest soul; during filming he became my real comrade, a person with whom it was a pleasure to speak very different topics. Besides the fact that he was a true professional. After “Heart of a Dog,” our professional paths diverged, and today I regret that we rarely communicated, although I think both would be glad to hear each other’s voice, because the human age is very short. And today I lost my friend.
ABOUT last day The director of the acting agency MAYAK, Rita Lenskikh, spoke about the artist’s life. “Vladimir Alekseevich left last night, this happened literally a few hours before leaving for the next filming shift. Cardiac arrest was named as the probable cause of death,” RBC quotes her.
ON THE TOPIC
Earlier, the artist’s son Innokenty Tolokonnikov reported a similar possible reason death of the actor. “So far, presumably, he was suffering from chronic bronchitis. Against the background of these diseases, his heart could not stand it,” the REN TV channel quotes him as saying.
Meanwhile, Rita Lenskikh noted that there is no specific information about the organization of the funeral yet. “Work is now underway to carry out all the proper procedures and organize a civil memorial service and funeral. As soon as more information becomes available detailed information, it will be published,” she said.
Meanwhile, People's Artist of Russia Roman Kartsev remembered that Vladimir Tolokonnikov was happy when he was allowed to play Polygraph Poligrafovich Sharikov in the film "Heart of a Dog." “This will be his role for the rest of his life. Best role you won't find it. We rarely saw each other, but he was so smiling. It was very good artist", says Kartsev.
He also added that Tolokonnikov was a “very modest, simple”, but at the same time “very capable” person. According to the actor, he played Sharikov perfectly. “It feels like he was born for this role. Everything: his height, his face. I gasped when I saw him and realized that there would be a film. It’s very difficult to find such a person,” the Zvezda TV channel quotes him as saying.
Let us remind you that the Russian and Kazakh theater and film actor Vladimir Tolokonnikov died at the age of 75. The artist’s colleagues at the Almaty Theater named after. Lermontov was told in social network Facebook, what's in lately he was "severely ill." “But the videos that his sons, Innokenty and Rodion, posted on the Internet inspired optimism and faith that he would get out of his next illness,” they wrote in official group theater