A limit has been exceeded: The actress behave Chamatowa explained in the DW mission “to Nemtsova.Interview” why she is the star of Director Kirill Serebrennikov in front of the Russian judicial system in protection.
Behave with Chamatowa in the DW-Interview
It is Tuesday, 23. May, later in the afternoon. In front of the Moscow Theater “Gogol-center” of dense crowds. A young woman reads in front of journalists to a brief statement from the sheet. Friends of Kirill Serebrennikov and his Theater “Gogol-center” will be “deeply shaken” and showed solidarity with him. Hours earlier, investigators Serebrennikov apartment and his theatre have searched. The suspicion of embezzlement of state funds amounting to millions in a project. “What’s your name?” shouts one who has not seen the petite woman in the crowd apparently. “That was behave Chamatowa,” says another. Some of them laugh.
Actress and moral authority
Chamatowa in Russia is almost an Institution. The 41-year-old Theater and film actress is considered to be the best of their Generation. She comes from Kazan in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan. More than ten years ago Chamatowa in Germany, lived and worked in films such as Tuvalu, but also in box office hits such as “Good Bye, Lenin!”. Then she returned, made in Russia, has been awarded several times and is today a leading actress on the rich tradition of the theatre “Sovremennik”, Moscow. In addition, the mother of three children, is also regarded as a moral authority. As a co-founder of the Foundation “give life” enjoys a high Reputation for their commitment to seriously ill children.
Chulpan Chamatowa in front of the Moscow Theater “Gogol-center” on the 23rd. May 2017
“Kirill is my friend, I trust him as myself,” said the actress via Serebrennikov in an interview with DW-reporter Zhanna Nemtsova. It was important to show the Director their support: “I knew perfectly well that Kirill is not a thief.” He was a “decent man and a unique artist,” says Chamatowa in the show, “Nemtsova.The Interview”.
Also in the West, acclaimed theatre and film Director, was questioned as a witness and released. He denies the allegations against the company he founded and called the events “a tremendous injustice”. Serebrennikov is one of the few prestigious artist of Russia, regularly criticized the government and the society. His latest feature film, “reads the characters” (2016), is a black Comedy about a young religious fanatics in today’s Russia.
Serebrennikov (47) obtained with provocative productions and films in Russia and abroad cult status
Hostility due to spots for Putin advertising
For Chamatowa the unspoken and yet implied is a criticism of the approach of the Russian judiciary in the case Serebrennikov is an unusual step, because it keeps out from the policy. “I have a great fear of assessments, make something as good as never,” admits the actress. “But if something like the 23. May happen, then it acts like a political Speech.”
Last Chamatowa 2012 made an exception for Vladimir Putin. Like many other famous celebrities, she filmed a promotional spot for the former presidential candidate. Putin have supported her Foundation for children, said she then in a half minute Video.
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This political advertising made the actress become a target for hostility on the part of Putin’s opponents, especially in social networks. Later Chamatowa said no one had forced her and she would turn the ad on TV again, if in Russia, a new hospital will be built. For resonance also Chamatowas views were about the protest movement against Putin. In an Interview, the actress said, conditions in North Korea are better than a Revolution in Russia. This Expression suggested circles high waves in the Opposition.
“The border is my Conscience”
But it has also given offers, the Chamatowa refused. In March 2014, they have refused an open letter to the creators cosign, the approach of Putin welcomed the Crimea. “I don’t understand who is right and who is wrong,” she explains.
In addition, it is a myth that the actress “can open any door”. So you have tried unsuccessfully to overturn a controversial law that prohibits since 2013 the Adoption of Russian children by Americans. “That is a great policy,” she says. “And in the case of a large policy, it is probably the case that a man they [the politicians, Anm. d. Red.] not particularly interested in.”
On the question of where you draw the line of compromise with the government, said Chamatowa: “The border is my Conscience.” If you have a conflict, a compromise is impossible.
“Nemtsova.The Interview” is the title of a weekly shipment of the Russian journalist Zhanna Nemtsova at the DW. The critical Talk Format focused on Interviews with leading European, Russian and US-American politicians and Intellectuals, who have a strong attitude to Russia.