Thorough authenticity. Farewell words of colleagues to actor Pēteris Liepiņš / Article

Pēteris Liepiņš was endowed with such a pure and unadulterated talent that it was impossible to spoil it in the twists and turns of directing. His commission seems absolutely limitless, from the French Farsi to Blauman’s servants.

Pēteris Liepiņš alone was able to hold the attention of an entire group of children – his Gerhards Erhards Sīpoliņš met with a large number of spectators in “Jērādiņa” – in about 400 performances.

During his career, the actor has played more than 150 roles in theater and 34 films.

“It’s been 56 years since we’re all known!” memories are shared by Pēteris Liepiņš’s classmate, actor Kaspars Pūce. “Peter – he came to the Daile Theater in our locker room in the form of an army. And then for a long time it was impossible to understand why he is so reserved. we played cards, but Peter disappeared somewhere. It turns out he disappeared into the big lobby, where he was slowly learning to walk.

“I had a very good contact with Pēteris Liepiņš from the very beginning. Playing” Indrānos “- something very real and natural. He always told me – when you don’t know how to be, just be who you are,” says the actor of Daile Theater Lauris Dzelzitis.

“He had such a profound authenticity. He was very good at that instinct [strādāja]. He felt very good. He instinctively found the right path. “

“We talked about partnership in the locker room. There are people who always set their best mise-en-scène for themselves. And he said, ‘For the sake of the show and for my colleagues, I’m happy to play a big role with our backs to the audience.'” Jānis Paukštello.

The actress of Daile Theater Lilita Ozoliņa, in turn, remembers: “” We studied together, Peter had a nickname Petka, which he did not like very much. When director Rechetin and I created “Mother,” Peter once told me, “I want to thank you.” I say, “Thank you?” “You didn’t call me Petka for calling me Peter, which I don’t like.”

“We hadn’t called and talked about it regularly until this illness. Now we had to call Peter and talk. It took a while, he called me,” Ozoliņa shares. “It was an incredibly open conversation for me. Throughout my years of study and working together, we had somehow missed each other. Thank you, Peter.”

“As long as there are memories of man, in the meantime man lives. And for you, Peter, have a good life in the sun!” says Kaspars Pūce.

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