Yevgeny Yefimovich Karelov was a Soviet film director and screenwriter known for comedy movies, war dramas and children's films.
10 Facts About Yevgeny Karelov
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Yevgeny Karelov was named Meritorious Artist of RSFSR in 1974.
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In 1949 Yevgeny Karelov tried to enter VGIK, but failed and entered the regional Pedagogical University, Faculty of Physical Culture.
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In 1968 Yevgeny Karelov directed Two Comrades Were Serving where Oleg Yankovsky played one of his first roles.
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Yevgeny Karelov later returned to revolutionary events with Those Who Saved Fire and the High Rank dilogy, both with Evgeny Matveev in the lead, director's favourite actor and a close friend.
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Yevgeny Karelov produced a number of films aimed at children and youth, including Smoke in the Forest based on the story by Arkady Gaidar and Nakhalyonok based on Don Tales by Mikhail Sholokhov.
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On 11 July 1977 Yevgeny Karelov died of heart failure while swimming in the sea.
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Boris Tokarev and Evgeny Matveev who witnessed it managed to pull out his body, but Yevgeny Karelov was already dead by that time.
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Yevgeny Karelov was buried in the family tomb at the Podolsk cemetery.
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Yevgeny Karelov was survived by his wife Tatiana Germanovna Karelova and daughter Marina.