“The magical whisper made me freeze”: Yulia Snigir commented on the death of Sergey Dreyden 05.08.2023, 19:15

Sergey Dreiden, laureate of the Nika and Golden Mask awards, died in St. Petersburg. He was 81 years old. Julia Snigir reacted to the tragic news.

“It seems that the year 2003,” explained the wife of Evgeny Tsyganov. – I am still a student of the Moscow State Pedagogical University late at night and indifferently flipping through TV channels. And suddenly – current. Some unknown movie gives me chills. Sergei Dreiden whispers something condescendingly. It’s absolutely magical, you can’t tear yourself away. I already learned from the subtitles that this is Sokurov’s film “Russian Ark”. Maybe he infected me with cinema then. Thanks, Sergey Simonovich. Bright memory”.

The actors of the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after GA Tovstonogov were assured that the death of Sergei Dreyden was a great sorrow for them. “Unfortunately, we only played in one performance,” he explained to Nevsky News. Dmitry Vorobyov. – Here at the end of the month we were supposed to play the game “Three fat men” … I remember him as a talented, excellent person. First as a man and then as an actor. First of all as a person and then as an actor. He was also an artist, painting his famous paintings and drawings. I can’t even tell you how big a loss this is for our theater.”

People’s Artist of Russia Taťana Tkáčová called the death of Sergei Simonovich a great tragedy. She shared her memories of the actor. The Streets of Broken Lights star said Drayden had an incredibly tender perception of life and a brilliant sense of humour.

“It is a great sadness. Overall, he played absolutely amazingly in our theater. He is absolutely irreplaceable. What an intellectual, a wonderful person and a philosopher,” Tkach said in comments to Channel Five.

Today it became known about the death of the actor of the films “Boomer” and “Squadron of Flying Hussars” Viktor Shulyakovsky. The honored artist of Russia was 77 years old.