Mikhail Kozakov died in an Israeli clinic

The famous actor and director Mikhail Kozakov died in Israel. He underwent treatment in one of the local clinics, and recently was in the hospice. Previously, he found lung cancer. Actor Oleg Basilashvili said about Kozakov’s death “Ekhu Moscow” .

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed deep condolences to the relatives and friends of Kozakov. When and where the actor will be buried, it is not yet known. His son Cyril hopes that this will happen in Moscow.

But, as Life News reports with reference to a source close to the artist’s family, his relatives cannot yet obtain permission to relieve the body. Neither the Russian consulate nor the morgue works in Shabbat in Tel Aviv. At the moment, relatives are trying to get through to at least someone at the embassy, ​​but because of the religious order, no one works and all phones are silent. Tel Aviv services will not work until Monday. All this time, the body is likely to be in the morgue of the Tel-A-Homer clinic.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov was born on October 14, 1934 in Leningrad in the family of the famous writer Mikhail Emanuilovich Kozakov. After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School -Studio in 1956, the actor worked in Moscow theaters - Mayakovsky Theater, Contemporary, Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. In the cinema, Mikhail Kozakov began acting in 1956, and the first and immediately the main role of Charles in the film "Murder on Dante Street" was invited by director Mikhail Romm. The debut turned out to be successful, and soon the actor began to actively act in bright spicy roles, and in the paintings of various genres.

Among his noticeable works - Pedro Zurit in the film adaptation of Alexander Belyaev’s novel “Ampibbum Man”, Silvio in the Pushkin “shot”, Jack Berden in the political tape “The whole royal army”. The comedic talent of the artist was most clearly manifested in the films "Comedy of Errors" by Vadim Gauzer, "The straw hat" Leonid Quinichidze, "Hello, I am your aunt!" Victor Titov. In 1978, Mikhail Kozakov debuted as a director, putting the film "Nameless Star" on television, also playing one of the main roles with Anastasia Vertinskaya and Igor Kostolevsky, ITAR-TASS reports.

In addition, Mikhail Kozakov shot the cult films "Pokrovsky Gate" and "Nameless Star", he also worked on television films and television peppers, in particular, "Visit of the Lady", "Masquerade", "Faust".

In 1992, Mikhail Kozakov repatriated to Israel, but four years later returned to Russia.

In Moscow, the actor created his own theater "Russian Entreprise Mikhail Kozakov", where he staged performances and played in them.

The laureate of the USSR State Prize for theatrical activities (1967), the State Prize of the RSFSR (1983) for the role of Felix Dzerzhinsky in the television film "December twentieth", in 1980 he became the People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 2010, Kozakov was awarded the Order of Honor.