Rolan Bykov
1929 - 1998Бойцовским характером Ролан напоминал отца, а тягу к искусству унаследовал от матери. Имя Быков получил в честь французского писателя Ромена Роллана, правда, мать артиста не поняла, что Роллан — это фамилия. С 1939 года некоторое время занимался в театральной студии «Родник» под руководством Ольги Лариной.
В 1947 году будущий актер окончил школу и подал документы одновременно во ВГИК, в ГИТИС и в Школу-студию МХАТ. Его никуда не приняли, оставалось Театральное училище имени Щукина при Театре Вахтангова. Туда взяли. После окончания училища, в 1951 году, попал в труппу Театра юного зрителя. Затем был актером Ленинградского театра имени Ленинского комсомола. В 1957–1959 году руководил студенческим театром МГУ.
Сыграл огромное количество ярких запоминающихся ролей в фильмах, среди которых «Осторожно, бабушка!», «Я шагаю по Москве», «Женитьба Бальзаминова», «Айболит-66», «Приключения Буратино», «12 стульев», «Про Красную Шапочку» и другие. Ролана Быкова очень увлекала работа в фильмах для детей. Являлся создателем и руководителем Международного фонда развития кино и телевидения для детей и юношества (Фонд Ролана Быкова). Пробовал себя в качестве режиссера. После успешного выхода в прокат своей первой режиссерской работы «Семь нянек» Быков доделал комедию «Пропало лето» за другого режиссера, и фильм получил один из главных призов на молодежном конкурсе Каннского фестиваля. Тяжелее всего Ролану Антоновичу давалась работа над картиной «Чучело», прессинг критики и чиновников было нелегко выдержать.
Также Быков занимался бизнесом и политикой. На выборах Государственной думы 1995 года возглавлял (вместе с Ириной Хакамадой и Владимиром Джанибековым) избирательный блок «Общее дело». Возглавлял внепартийное общественно-политическое «Движение 95» — Союз общественных организаций работников культуры, науки, образования и экологии. Был президентом банка «Хэлп».
Артист дважды был женат: первая жена — актриса Лидия Князева, вторая — актриса Елена Санаева (приемный сын — писатель Павел Санаев).
Скончался Ролан Быков 6 октября 1998 года в Москве от рака легких. Похоронен на Новодевичьем кладбище (участок №10).
Андрей Рублёв
Andrei Tarkovsky
Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
Andrei Rublev
Two Comrades Were Serving
Yevgeni Karelov
Oleg Yankovskiy, Rolan Bykov
Set during the last days of the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. The Crimea Peninsula is the last stronghold of the White Guard, and the Red Army is planning the final assault. The first story line of the movie follows two Red Army soldiers: unlikely friends Nekrasov and Karyakin. The second story line is about a White Guard officer Brusentsov who is devoted to Russia and his cause but sees it being destroyed day by day.
Two Comrades Were Serving
Trial on the Road
Aleksey German
Rolan Bykov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn
This distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A regiment of partisans captures former Red Army lieutenant Lazarev who is dressed in a German uniform. He’s a Nazi defector and collaborator but now desires to switch back and fight with Russian partisans.
Trial on the Road
The Last Relic
Grigori Kromanov
Aleksandr Goloborodko, Ingrid Andrina
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.
The Last Relic
Scarecrow
Rolan Bykov
Kristina Orbakayte, Yuriy Nikulin
A twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates. She took the rap of being a class traitor because she was in love with the boy who had betrayed his classmates when they were bunking off and going to cinema instead of a literature lesson. The class is penalized for that, not being allowed to go to Moscow for fall holidays with the rest of the school. Lena is being ostracized, "boycotted" however not telling the truth, waiting that the boy himself would confess to be guilty.
Scarecrow
Yuliya Vrevskaya
Nikola Korabov
Ludmila Savelyeva, Stefan Danailov
The film is based on a true dramatic story of the fate of a wonderful Russian woman - Countess Yulia Petrovna Vrevskaya, one of the first Petersburg beauties. The events of the movie take place during the Russian-Turkish war for the liberation of the Bulgarian people from the Turkish yoke. An early widowed baroness, having left Petersburg, and having invested all her money in organizing a volunteer sanitary detachment, she becomes a sister of mercy on the front of the Bulgarian war with the Ottoman Empire of 1878.
Yuliya Vrevskaya
Dead Man's Letters
Konstantin Lopushansky
Rolan Bykov, Iosif Ryklin
In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will never be read.
Dead Man's Letters
Приключения пингвинёнка Лоло
Kenjiro Yoshida, Gennadiy Sokolskiy
Aleksey Batalov, Svetlana Stepchenko
Scamper is a little penguin who loves wandering around the Artic where he lives with his parents. Unfortunately his little adventures tend to get he, and his friend Snowflake into trouble, especially when he disobeys his father and goes exploring with seagulls who want to eat him flying above, and men and dogs on the ground with them. One day the adventure goes too far and they float out to sea, only to be caught by men who want to sell them to the zoo. Scamper, Snowflake and their new friend, a macaroni penguin named Louie, must escape and get back to their families to warn them.
The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin
