The People’s Artist of Russia, the prominent Russian Soviet director and founder of the avant-garde creative cinema of the Soviet Union, Sergey Solovyov, passed away.
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Sergey Solovyov died at the age of 77 in Moscow of a heart attack.
His creative career began with directing a film based on the story of Anton Chekhov. He became famous after directing the movie “100 Days After Childhood” about the love between a teenager and a teenage girl.
Sergei Solovyov is the first Soviet director who portrayed in his three feature films “Asa” Soviet and Russian rock stars, including the idol of Soviet youth in the pre-Soviet era and rock singer, Viktor Tsoi, and these films enjoyed great popularity among young people.
Before his death, he directed “Anna Karenina”, based on the famous novel by Lev Tolstoy, with the participation of his wife, Tatiana Drobich.
He was a recipient of many Russian and foreign film awards, and a professor at the Russian State Institute of Cinematography. In 1993, Sergey Solovyov was awarded the title of People’s Artist of Russia.