У известного советского режиссера Сергея Bondarchuk had four children from three marriages - the eldest son Alexei from Evgenia Belousova, daughter Natalia from second wife Inna Makarova, son Fedor and daughter Elena Bondarchuk from third wife Irina Skobtseva.
The younger daughter of the director
Elena Bondarchuk was born on July 31, 1962 inMoscow and grew up with her brother under the supervision of grandmother Julia Nikolaevna Skobtseva. The girl was called Elena at the insistence of her mother, rejecting her father’s proposal to give her the name Olesya. Growing up, Elena declared that her name in no way suited her, and independently changed it to Alain. The matter did not come to reworking the passport, but the family continued to call the girl. In the credits of the films in which Elena Bondarchuk was shot, her name was often indicated - Alain.
Education
Parents were very busy people, but triedraise children worthy educated and intelligent people. Elena studied English since childhood, and diligently attended school. The famous director could not give too much attention to the children and did not even conceal it, sometimes telling them that work for him always comes first. Alena and Fyodor were offended by such statements, but they didn’t stop loving, respecting and idolizing their father less. The authority of a serious, famous and talented director had a huge impact on the lives of his children. Already as an adult, Alena always consulted with her dad on the most important issues of life. Before accepting an offer to play in a picture, Elena Bondarchuk showed the material to her father. And more than once Sergey Fedorovich rejected the proposals, instructing his daughter that the material must be carefully selected.
Education
Actress Elena Bondarchuk was born in orderto follow in the footsteps of parents. Congenital acting skills allowed her to enter the Moscow Art Theater School after graduation, successfully completing it in 1983. As a member of the acting family, Alena was shot in the process of learning. Sergei Bondarchuk often gave the role of his loved ones in the films that set. The historical drama "Boris Godunov" was filmed with the participation of all members of the Bondarchuk family: Irina Skobtseva, Fyodor and Alyona, and the director himself, Sergey Fedorovich. But the debut in the cinema for Alena was the role in the film “Living Rainbow”, staged by her older sister Natalia.
Personal life and family
Having played several roles in Soviet films, AlenaI met my first husband, Vitaly Kryukov, a teacher of philosophy. The couple played a wedding, the son of Constantine was married to Alena and Vitaly. In the late 80s, the family decided to move to live abroad and left for Switzerland. Thus, Elena Bondarchuk somewhat moved away from the sphere of the film industry, her biography continued as a wife and mother. Sometimes Alena went to the shooting of "Quiet Don", which her father was shooting at that time. In the film, the actress played the role of Natalia, who, in her opinion, was the most important in life and was completely successful.
Return to the profession
Having spent several years in Switzerland, ElenaBondarchuk and his son returned to Moscow. Marriage Alena and Vitaly Kryukov collapsed, after the divorce, the actress enjoyed freedom and since 1998 began to play again in the theater, receiving the main roles in the performances. Since 2003, she again plunged into the atmosphere of filming. After marrying for the second time a person who is close to her in spirit and supports the actress in her endeavors, Elena Bondarchuk began to act a lot. Films with her participation - "I remain", "Spare instinct", "Dear Masha Berezina", the TV series "Poor Nastya", "One night of love", where the actress played the empress, brought success. But the most prominent role was the work in the film "Silent Don", where Alyona Bondarchuk played Natalia. The film, which Sergei Bondarchuk fought abroad for many years, trying to settle the formalities and transport the picture to Russia, remained unfinished with the death of the director. But Fyodor Bondarchuk managed to approve the picture and show it on the screens. The audience met the film ambiguously, there were many negative reviews. But the role of Elena Bondarchuk remained untouched by critics, so well entered the image of the actress. Alena reacted philosophically to the reaction of the audience to the picture in Russia, believing that the most important thing was the completion of the father’s work, which Fedor succeeded in.
Death
Elena Bondarchuk left this world early, bringingirretrievable loss to family, loved ones and fans. About cancer, which was discovered in a woman after 40 years, did not know almost no one, except for the closest. Alyona persistently struggled with the disease, was treated in an Israeli clinic, but when she realized that she had no chance, she returned to Moscow and bravely supported her relatives, encouraging them. The last in the life of the actress was the day of November 7, 2009. A funeral service took place at the Sretensky Monastery, and Elena Bondarchuk was buried near her father’s grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery. The son, brother, mother, husband of the actress suffered the loss of a loved one, because Alyona was only 47 years old when she left this world.
