We had a dad: we said goodbye to director Yuri Moroz in Moscow

On July 16, the farewell and funeral of director, producer and actor Yuri Moroz, father of actress Daria Moroz and husband of actress Victoria Isakova, took place in the capital. At the ceremony, the relatives tried to keep a smile on their faces, remembering the warmest moments. Yuri Moroz died on July 14 at the age of 68. Many colleagues and friends came to see him off — Konstantin and Sofia Ernst, Janik Fayziev and Svetlana Ivanova, Sergey Ursulyak, Pavel Derevyanko, Victoria Tolstoganova, Garik Sukachev, Maxim Vitorgan. For more information, see the Izvestia report.

"He was like Dad"

The farewell ceremony for director Yuri Moroz began on the morning of July 16. His daughter, actress Daria Moroz, and his second wife, also an actress, Victoria Isakova, were among the first to arrive at the venue in the Large Funeral Hall of the Central Design Bureau No. 1. And then there were numerous friends and colleagues, among whom were the first persons of cinema and television: Konstantin Ernst with his wife Sofia, director Janik Fayziev with his wife, actress Svetlana Ivanova, director Sergei Ursulyak.

Moroz met with many of those who appeared on the set. He worked with Sofia Ernst, Victoria Tolstoganova and Sabina Akhmedova (she couldn't hold back her tears) as a director on the third season of The Kept Women. His daughter Daria was also filmed there. With Pavel Derevyanko — in "The Brothers Karamazov" and the mini-series "Women in a game without rules". The latter was attended by rock musician Garik Sukachev and actor Ivan Kokorin, who also arrived at the ceremony.

— A deep, calm, thoughtful director, whom I always called "Papa Yura," Ivan Kokorin shared. — I've worked with him a lot. I started at Kamenskaya, then there were Dot, The Brothers Karamazov, and Women in a Game Without Rules. On the playground, he explained every task down to the comma. I haven't seen him for a long time. I have memories that are very warm and very touching. He really was like Dad.

Yuri Moroz made his film debut in 1980, but as an actor. He played in the historical dilogy "Peter's Youth" by Sergei Gerasimov. His first directorial work was the short film Experiment 200 (1986), and in 1990 he released his first full-length film, The Witches' Dungeon, based on the novel of the same name by Kir Bulychev, starring Sergei Zhigunov, Dmitry Pevtsov and Yuri Moroz's first wife Marina Levtova (she died in 2000)..

"Millions still can't break away from Kamenskaya"

The breakthrough project in his directorial career was the TV series Kamenskaya, which gained national love. This was followed by the drama "Dot", for which the main actors Daria Moroz, Victoria Isakova and Anna Ukolova received an award at the Chicago Film Festival, the military thriller "Apostol", the film adaptation of Vyacheslav Shishkov's novel "The Gloomy River". In total, Yuri Moroz has released several dozen projects, and his name has become synonymous with high-quality cinema.

— He was captivating with his charm and talent both as an actor and as a director. Millions still can't break away from Kamenskaya. He was also a surprisingly tactful man. He knew how to work with artists, so there are always real acting victories in his works. He doesn't have a single passing image, because he was a very good actor himself," Evgeny Gerasimov, artistic director of the Malaya Ordynka Theater and the Moscow Satire Theater, told Izvestia, who also came to see his colleague off.

Yuri Moroz passed away on July 14 at the age of 68 after an illness. At parting, the guests brought armfuls of red roses. The wreath was sent by the Union of Cinematographers. At the ceremony, which did not last long, relatives remembered the director as a kind and warm person. When all the words were said, the procession went to the Church of the Resurrection of the Living, where a funeral service was held, and after Yuri Moroz was buried at the Vagankovo cemetery.