Erast Garin

He started his acting career in 1919 in an amateur theatre of the Ryazan military district. In 1926 he finished his education in the experimental theatrical workshops of the People's Commissariat for Education. He always looked up to Meyerhold and Mikhail Chekhov as his mentors, rejecting naturalistic acting techniques propagated by Konstantin Stanislavski and paying utmost importance to voice and gesture. Garin worked with Meyerhold in his theatre until its dissolution in 1936. Among his triumphs was the part of Khlestakov in the 1926 production of The Government Inspector. The trance-like quality of his "grotesquely anxious" performances in Meyerhold's productions could be attributed to an expressionistic acting style. Nikolay Akimov's Theatre of Comedy was the next theatre he worked in. In 1946, he gave up stage performances and concentrated on film acting. In 1941, he was awarded the Stalin Prize for the role of Tarakanov in the film Musical Story. Half-blindness prevented him from playing any major roles in the 1960s and 1970s. Together with his wife Khesya Lokshina, he was director of several films, to which he also contributed scripts. They adapted Mikhail Zoshchenko's novel Respected Comrade in 1930. Garin's memoirs, entitled With Meyerhold, appeared in 1974.

Erast Garin studied at Ryazan Boy's Gymnasium. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is acting, directing and film direction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Soviet Union. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Erast Garin • Birth Name — Erast Pavlovich Gerasimov • Born — 10 November 1902 • Birthplace — Ryazan, Russian Empire • Died — 4 September 1980 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — * Actor • director • screenwriter

• Lieutenant Kijé (Поручик Киже, 1934) - Adjutant • Marriage (Женитьба, 1936) - Podkolesin • Bezhin Meadow (Бежин луг, 1937) • On the Frontier (1938 film) (На границе, 1938) - Volkov - Saboteur • Musical Story (Музыкальная история, 1940) - Cabbie Tarahkanov • Combat Film Collection No. 7 (1941 film) (1941) - German soldier (segment "Eleksir bodrosti") • Shveik Readies for Battle (1942 film) (Швейк готовится к бою, 1942) - Francua • The Wedding (Свадьба, 1944) - Epaminond Maksimovich Aplombov - the fiance • Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Иван Никулин — русский матрос, 1945) - Tikhon Spiridonovich • Blue Mountain Land (1946 film) (Синегория, 1946) • Cinderella (Золушка, 1947) - King • Encounter at the Elbe (Встреча на Эльбе, 1949) - Tommy, a captain • The Inspector-General (Ревизор, 1952) - Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin • Jambyl (1953) • Nesterka (1955) - Skolyar Samokhvalskiy • Unfinished Story (Неоконченная повесть, 1955) - Koloskov • The Enchanted Boy (Заколдованный мальчик (озвучивание), 1955, Short) - Martin (voice) • The Twelve Months (1956) - The Professor (voice, uncredited) • The Girl Without an Address (Девушка без адреса, 1958) - Grandfather • Soldiers Were Going... (1958 film) (Шли солдаты, 1958) • The Witch (1958 film) (Ведьма, 1958) • The Secret of the Faraway Island (1958 film), (Тайна далёкого острова, 1958) - Professor • Beloved Beauty (Краса ненаглядная, 1959) - Tsar (voice) • The Adventures of Buratino (1959) - Toad Feldsher (uncredited) • Russian Souvenir (Русский сувенир, 1960) - John Peebles, American philosopher • Aquatic (1961 film) (Водяной, 1961) • Alyonka (Аленка, 1962) - Konstantin Venyaminovich • The Wild Swans (Дикие лебеди, 1962) - The Bishop (voice) • An Extraordinary City (1963 film) (1963) • Optimistic Tragedy (Оптимистическая трагедия, 1963) - Vozhachok • Kain XVIII (Каин XVIII, 1963) - King Kain XVIII • A Little Frog Is looking for His Father (Лягушонок ищет папу (озвучивание), 1965, Short) - (voice) • An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо, 1965) - King • Rasplyuev's Days of Fun (1966 film) (Весёлые расплюевские дни, 1966) - Kandid Tarelkin • Two Days of Miracles (Два дня чудес, 1970) • The Twelve Chairs (1971) • Gentlemen of Fortune (Джентльмены удачи, 1971) - Nikolai Grigorevich Maltsev, archeologist • If You are a Man... (1971 film) (Если ты мужчина..., 1971) - Ulyanych • Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (Винни-Пух и день забот (озвучивание), 1972, Short) - Eeyore (voice) • Much Ado About Nothing (Много шума из ничего, 1973) - Verges • Nylon 100% (1973 film) (Нейлон 100%, 1973) - Tamer • Trading a Dog for a Steam Locomotive (1975 film) (Меняю собаку на паровоз, 1975) • Olden Times of Poshekhon (Пошехонская старина, 1975)

• Marriage (Женитьба, 1936), based on the eponymous play by Nikolay Gogol. • Doctor Kalyuzhnyy (Доктор Калюжный, 1939) • Prince and the Pauper (1942 film) (Принц и нищий, 1942) • Blue Mountain Land (1946 film) (Синегория, 1946) • An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо, 1964), on the eponymous play by Evgeny Schwartz. • Rasplyuev's Days of Fun (1966 film) (Весёлые расплюевские дни, 1966), based on Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin's play Tarelkin's Death.

The authorities additionally record the heading Erast Pavlovich Garin. His recorded language was Russian. He married Lyubov Rudneva and Khesya Lokshina.

Erast Garin is recorded as actor, screenwriter and director.