Director Zhitinkin spoke about Strizhenov's importance to the history of cinema

People's Artist of the USSR, theater and film actor Oleg Strizhenov will forever remain in the history of cinema. This was shared by People's Artist of Russia, director Andrei Zhitinkin in a conversation with Izvestia on February 9.

"He had a fantastic fame, because in Soviet times he of men was simply number one. <...> And by virtue of the fact that handsome, and secondly, played heroes. <...> Heroes - it is always a unique gift, because it is the face of a generation. <...> He will forever remain in the history of cinema, "- he said.

Zhitinkin emphasized that such picky, thoughtful actors he knows very few. At the same time Strizhenov with such fame was very modest.

"And I was also struck by the fact that at first he was very much filmed, and then began to choose. And refused more than he accepted offers. Because he was afraid to stay within one role. He was always offered officers, foreigners, marginalized, and he always wanted to play Russian classics. But this in the movie is not enough. Strizhenov his roles wanted to talk about conscience, and he did it as no one else, "- said the director.

On the death of Strizhenov earlier in the day "Izvestia" told his wife Lionella. Before that, the media published information about the hospitalization of the actor.