Children have long proved that they can play in films no worse than adults and, admiring such guys, we forget what price they have to pay. After all, a child's psyche, not yet fully formed, can hardly resist all those temptations that fame gives. In the world of cinema, the most striking example of such a story is Macaulay Culkin.
But in the Soviet Union there were also many talented guys. Let us recall only the actors from "The Adventures of Electronics" or from "Guest from the Future." But not all of them had a successful fate, unfortunately, most of them had a tragedy. But it seemed that after such a resounding success, all doors would be open for them.
Sergey Shevkunenko - Misha Polyakov, "Kortik"
Having lost his father at the age of 4, the boy went all out, and if his mother had not worked as an assistant director, we would never have seen Sergei on television. But, apart from the role of a pioneer in the trilogy, the guy was not destined to play anyone. At the age of 13, he was already registered with the police, and at 16 he received his first term. By the age of 30, Sergei was known under the nickname "Artist" and was holding the Mosfilm OPG in his hands. At the age of 35, Sergei was shot by a hitman in his own apartment.
Vyacheslav Tsarev - Boy with a butterfly net, "Welcome, or No unauthorized entry"
The boy went down in the history of Soviet cinema with his famous phrase, but he still could not build a film career. He even tried to appear with Tarkovsky, but no one took the "boy with the net" seriously. Later, Vyacheslav changed many professions: he was a cleaner, ice cream seller, loader and even a janitor. Gradually drinking too much, Vyacheslav died of a stroke in 2006.
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Nikita Mikhailovsky - Roma Lavochkin, "You never dreamed of …"
After the role in the film by Ilya Frez, the all-Union glory fell on the guy, but after graduating from the university he chose the underground. He founded the informal studio "Theater-Theater" and was generally an active participant in various informal associations. In 1990, Nikita was diagnosed with leukemia, literally the whole world collected money for treatment, such personalities as Gorbachev, Kasparov, and even Margaret Thatcher contributed their share. But the operation could not save the artist's life.
Alexey Fomkin - Kolya, "Guest from the Future"
All the girls of the Union dreamed of friendship with Lesha, but he only dreamed of a career in cinema. But after that resounding success, the guy was not particularly invited to other projects, and he decided to wait out his career stagnation in the army. After service, trying to resurrect a career, Alexey got a job at the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky, but was fired due to alcohol problems. After working as a miller in the village, he moved with his wife to Vladimir, where he died in a fire at the age of 26.
Igor Klimenkov - page boy, "Cinderella"
After "Cinderella", the guy could not find himself in the cinema, he entered various universities, but constantly dropped out. At some point, he became interested in guitars and began to collect them himself from the trash that he found in the trash heaps. He made about 15 guitars and each of them is unique. Igor lived as a recluse and died alone in 2006, but managed to enter his name in the "Encyclopedia of Guitar Art".
Yan Puzyrevsky - Kai, "The Secret of the Snow Queen"
At the age of 16, the guy gained fame, and by the age of 20 he already had about a dozen roles behind him. But everything was broken by an unsuccessful marriage. At the age of 18, he married his classmate, but, despite the birth of a son, the marriage was falling apart before our eyes. His wife filed for divorce and was going to take the baby with her. Then Jan jumped out the window with the baby. The guy died, and the child managed to survive, catching on branches that softened the fall.
Viktor Perevalov - Ivanushka, "Mary the Master"
The boy began acting at the age of 8 and managed to play many memorable roles. The last time he appeared on the screens in 1977, and then disappeared. Victor worked as a fitter, undertaker, loader, and picked apples on a collective farm. He was invited from time to time for various cameo roles. Victor died under unclear circumstances in 2010.
Fyodor Stukov - Tom Sawyer, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn"
The only exception to the general row. After that film, he played in a German theater, and then became the host of various television programs. Today Fedor has come to grips with directing, he directed the film adaptation of How I Met Your Mother and the now popular TV series Fizruk.
Yuri and Vladimir Torsuevs, "The Adventures of Electronics"
Unfortunately, the cult tape became at the same time the end of their film career, the guys no longer received new invitations to act. They were expelled from the institute for immoral behavior, served in the army, tried to open their own business. Today they work in different companies.
Dmitry Barkov and Egor Druzhinin - Petrov and Vasechkin, "The adventures of Petrov and Vasechkin, ordinary and incredible"
Dmitry's father was an actor, so the boy knew exactly what this profession was and decided not to follow in his father's footsteps. After graduating from the Faculty of Economics, he worked for some time on a music channel, starred in episodic roles, and now started teaching at the Kinoostrov children's school.
Yegor also did not become a film actor and at 22 he left for the USA to study at a dance school in New York. After returning to his native Petersburg, he began to stage dance numbers for Kirkorov, Vaikula and "Brilliant". He also hosted the Golden Gramophone hit parade and was a jury member of Dances on TNT.
The fates of these actors are different, but all are united by the fact that none of them managed to repeat their childhood screen successes in adult life. Someone was broken by sudden fame, someone consciously chose a different path, but it's still sad that some will remain in history as children from films.
