Georgy Yumatov is a frantic, tragic personality. Front-line soldier, liberator of Vienna, winner of several military awards, including the very rare Ushakov Medal. How many times did fate at the front and in peaceful life give him a chance to survive... A dream called him to the sea, an accident brought him to the cinema. Fame came to the actor in the mid-1950s, when for millions of viewers he became “their guy” and an idol of generations. At the peak of his popularity, with his characteristic heroic romanticism, Georgy Yumatov played a lot in films. “They were the first”, “Different destinies”, “Next to us”, “Next flight”, “Cruelty”, “Cook”, “One of us”, “Don’t forget, Lugovaya station”, “Officers”... These and many other films made him one of the most famous actors of the 60s and 70s of the 20th century. His latest works were roles in the duology “Petrovka, 38” and “Ogareva, 6”, in the multi-part television film “TASS is authorized to declare...”, which were also included in the treasury of Russian cinema. It was difficult to believe in the terrible news of the “perestroika” years: the beloved artist was under As a result, the former front-line soldier shot and killed a man. Yumatov himself, having ended up in “Matrosskaya Tishina,” never recovered from what happened. His life remained a mystery.