"Lenfilm" shared memories of Oleg Strizhenov

Oleg Alexandrovich Strizhenov's debut in the cinema took place exactly at the film studio "Lenfilm". About this on Sunday, February 9, told "Izvestia" in the film company.

"He was born for the screen. Oleg Strizhenov's first movie role in the Lenfilm film "The Gadfly" (directed by Alexander Feintsimmer) made him a real star of Soviet cinema. The movie became one of the top three leaders of the box office, gathered almost forty million viewers", - said there.

Within the framework of cooperation with "Lenfilm" actor also starred in the films: "In Your Hands Life", "Queen of Spades", "Third Youth", "His Name Was Robert", "Mission in Kabul", "The World of Nikolai Simonov", "Star of Captivating Happiness" and many other projects on the big and small screen.

Strizhenov was awarded the Gold Medal and the Irina Arkhipova Prize of the Music Fund of Russia for his brilliant embodiment of the image of Hermann in the film "Queen of Spades", later at the VI International Film Festival in Trieste he received the Silver Asteroid Award for the best performance of the leading male role in the film "His Name Was Robert".

The company expressed condolences to the family and friends of the artist.

About 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.