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MOSCOW, August 26 Farewell to film director Gleb Panfilov will take place at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow on August 30, he will be buried there next to his wife, People's Artist of the USSR Inna Churikova, director of the Lenkom Theater Mark Varshaver said.
Panfilov passed away at the age of 89 on Saturday.
«Farewell to Gleb Anatolyevich will definitely be on Wednesday and definitely at the Novodevichy cemetery,» the agency's interlocutor said. .
Varshaver added that the farewell time will be announced later.
August 26, 22:27
Panfilov was hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Institute with a stroke on May 11. Warsawer told the agency that the director had developed pneumonia. The hospital said he was in critical condition. Later, according to Varshaver, Panfilov was transferred to a rehabilitation center, and from there to «one of the hospitals in Moscow.» In August, Varshaver reported that Panfilov was not feeling well, but his condition was assessed as satisfactory.
Gleb Panfilov was born on May 21, 1934 in Magnitogorsk. In 1966, he began working at Lenfilm, where he filmed his feature debut «There is no ford in the fire» (received the main prize at the Locarno Film Festival). Panfilov also shot the pictures «I ask for words», «Theme», «Valentina», «Vassa», «Mother» and others, staged performances at Lenkom and the Theater of Nations. In 1970, he made the film «The Beginning» with Inna Churikova in the title role, during the filming they got married and lived together for more than 50 years. People's Artist of the USSR Churikova died on January 14, 2023 in Moscow after a long illness.