In 1959, the director Georgy Danelia and actressLubov Sokolova was born a son. The boy showed rare creative abilities from his childhood. Nikolai Danelia could become an outstanding actor, director, artist. He really was extremely gifted. But fate decreed otherwise. In 1985, in a famous family, a tragedy occurred: Nicholas Danelia passed away. The cause of death is still unclear.
The official version of the death of Nikolai Danelia andtoday is not named. There are only assumptions. In order to understand which of them is closer to the truth, we should say a few words about the family of this bright personality.
"All-Union Mother"
Sokolov's Love played a recordnumber of roles. Her heroines are faithful wives who love their mothers. When the actress met Georgi Danelia, she was thirty-six years old. Behind - the death of her first husband, the besieged Leningrad. After experiencing the tragedy, the actress was again not married in a hurry.
Sokolova and Danelia
George was a student of VGIK, when he metan actress of unusual, primordially Russian beauty. He courted, gave flowers and sweets, accompanied her everywhere. In less than a year, Sokolova married him and moved to an apartment on Chistye Prudy.
Late child
In 1959 Nikolay was born.His mother was thirty-eight years old by that time. After the birth of his son, the actress was completely immersed in family life. She did a lot of acting in films, but her roles were exceptionally episodic.
Sokolova was an actress of genius.In numerous interviews, she repeatedly said that there are no small roles. Each of them is a fragment of a great life. But the meaning of existence for the "All-Union Mother" was still not cinema, but the son, the future artist and director Nikolai Danelia. The biography of this young and gifted person is tragically short.
Nikolai
He became the meaning of life for Sokolova. From an early age, Nikolai showed the ability to draw, which was passed on to him from his father. The fact that he wrote poetry, it became known only after the tragic death.
George Danelia, as, indeed, the majoritycreative personalities, was a man addicted. Love was his permanent condition. Sokolov's husband did not pay attention to the love affairs of her husband. Her energy was aimed at raising her son. Nikolai grew up in an atmosphere of caress, tenderness, boundless love. According to some colleagues of the actress, the death of the son was the result of permissiveness, the absence of any prohibitions.
Married Nikolay Danelia immediately after graduationschool. His chosen one became a classmate. Mother not only did not interfere with this decision, but even connected her connections in order to speed up the process of marriage procedure.
Artist, poet, director
Nicholas could become a great painter.Colleagues and friends of George Danelia argue that his abilities, both artistic and literary, were unique. But Nikolai decided to follow in the footsteps of his parents and entered the VGIK, the director's department.
In 1965, he played with his mother inpicture of his father "Thirty-three". Six years later in the filmography of the young artist appeared an episodic role in the famous film "Gentlemen of Fortune." The last work in the cinema for Nikolai was the participation in the filming of the film "Karl Marx." It was in 1980. Five years later, a graduate of VGIK, a young, promising director and artist, died in his father's apartment. The medical report said: "The cause of death is not established."
Versions
There is a suggestion that Nikolai Danelia waskilled. The second version is more plausible - an overdose of drugs. Official confirmation is not one of them. In the interview, the relatives about the cause of Nicholas's death are avoided. For thirty years neither parents nor wife have said a word in defense of this or any other version.
Not so long ago, a collection of poems by a young poet was published. The family of Nikolai Danelia is the wife of Maria and the daughters of Margarita and Alena.
