Larisa Efimovna Shepitko was born in the Donetsk region, the city of Artemovsk, January 6, 1938. The girl graduated from secondary school in Lviv in 1954, and in 1955 entered the VGIK at the directorial faculty in the workshop of A. Dovzhenko and M. Chiaureli. She received her diploma in 1963, but started working during her studies. Larisa filmed her diploma work in Kyrgyzstan in the spring of 1962 based on the work of Chingiz Aitmatov “Camel Eye”. During the expedition, the entire crew found jaundice,
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Larisa Efimovna Shepitko was born in the Donetsk region, the city of Artemovsk, January 6, 1938. The girl graduated from secondary school in Lviv in 1954, and in 1955 entered the VGIK at the directorial faculty in the workshop of A. Dovzhenko and M. Chiaureli. She received her diploma in 1963, but started working during her studies.
Larisa filmed her diploma work in Kyrgyzstan in the spring of 1962 based on the work of Chingiz Aitmatov “Camel Eye”. During the expedition, the entire crew found jaundice, but Shepitko did not go home, but continued to direct the shooting. The film was brutal, it got the title.
"Knowledge" .
At the same time, Larisa Shepitko met Elem Klimov, who in 1963 became her husband.
In 1966, the second work of the director was published – the film “Wings”, which told about the post-war fate of pilot Nadezhda Petrukhona. The main role was played by Maya Bulgakova.
The next picture was “Homeland of Electricity”, based on the work of Andrei Platonov, but for censorship reasons it was not released on the screens. It was only 20 years later that TV viewers could see it.
Shepitko’s first color film was released in 1969, and it was called “At Thirteen o’clock in the Morning.” It was a New Year's revue with Georgy Vitsin, Vladimir Baskov and Anatoly Papanov. The next and last color film
You and I The film was filmed in 1971 according to the script of Larisa and Gennady Shpalikov, it was dedicated to their generation. The main roles were played by such actors as Yuri Vizbor, Leonid Dyachkov and Alla Demidova. For this work, Larisa Shepitko was awarded a medal in the young film competition in Venice.
Then she worked on the film.
"Ascent" who has received many awards. In 1979, Larissa wrote the script for the film “Mater”, the shooting was planned to be held on Lake Seliger. During the trip, the filming expedition was in a car accident, and Larissa died along with the rest of the group.
Work on the tape was completed by her husband Elem, who called the film “Farewell”. Later, in 1980, he made a documentary about his wife, Larisa.