The last “goodbye” to Gediminas Girdvainis: the actor rests in eternal rest on the Artist’s Hill

Actors, people from the world of art and culture, friends of the actor and fans of his work gathered this weekend at the Little Theater in Vilnius in memory of Gediminas Girdvainis. The actor was accompanied on the last trip by his wife Kristina Andrejauskaitė, actors: Vytautas Rumšas Jr. Nijolė Narmontaitė with her husband Palis Kovas, Algirdas Latėnas, Agnė Šataitė, Eglė Gabrėnaitė, Kirilas Glušajevas, Gintarė Latvėnaitė, many others, Tadas Gryn.

After 2 p.m. An urn with the actor’s remains was taken from the Little Theater in Vilnius. The actor was accompanied by applause on the last trip.

During the ceremony, a good friend and fellow actor of G. Girdvainis Arvydas Dapšys He said that Gediminas associated it more with the word love.

“When they asked me if we knew each other for a long time, I thought, not long. He had lived long before me. But then I thought that decades had passed that he had not felt at all. When I remember you, Gediminas, the most important word in the I think it’s love. There were many of them in you and I think they still are. It hasn’t gone anywhere and it’s all around us.

I became a witness to the confession of your love for Kristina. Once we traveled on a tour, by bus at night, I hardly sleep while traveling, and Gediminas fell asleep. And I hear him say as he sleeps, and louder and louder, “Kristina, our love is so high!”
There was a lot of love And high, here and there. She was never sentimental. Love was with respect. I want to empathize with everyone. After a pandemic and quarantine, everyone says that we will no longer live as we live, we will live differently. And you really have to live differently. It will be different if Gediminas’ love no longer belongs to you alone, but will have to be shared with us. I think they will be enough for all of us, “said the actor sensitively.

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Capital actor

Friends, figures of art and culture of Gediminas shared memories of the deceased since Wednesday night. All his colleagues and friends agreed unanimously: he was a capitalist actor.

“I had to work with Gediminas Girdvainis twice -” P.S. In the case of “OK” and “King of Oedipe”, where he created two great roles. And did not create other roles. Her acting tear was always real. Smile at him, sir, “wrote the director Oscar Korshunov.

Actress Vaiva Mainelytė He admitted that his friendship with Gediminas was more than collegial.

“I can’t believe it. I can’t understand that everything ended so suddenly (…) The Lithuanian viewer lost a very big artist. Those eyes are so hot. He always created roles without feeling sorry for himself. Every birthday, every vacation They were together. As we say, and joy, and sadness. Our friendship was more than school, it was more a relationship, “said actress Vaiva Mainelytė.

Stubborn as a Samogitian

Artistic director and director of the small Vilnius theater. Rhymes Tuminas The news of his colleague’s death was received at clinics in southern Germany. He regretted not being able to attend the funeral because of this.

According to R. Tuminas, his colleague and friend G. Girdvainis was a special actor, as well as a special person. “I think the Lord will smile at you. He was a stubborn man like a Samogitian, silent, mysterious, without words, not very talkative … He did not want to be an eternal Pinchuk or a comic actor, “said the director.

Fragile and very beautiful soul

Actor and director Kirilo Glušajevo The performance “I don’t remember anything” directed by Gediminas Girdvainis became the last one he had to play. People.lt When interviewed, K. Glušajev did not spare Gediminas beautiful words.

The actor named G. Girdvain, a brilliant memory, as a sensitive, moderate, honest, temperamental, passionate, generous, caring and affectionate person.

“The nine months in which I rehearsed my performance with Gediminas are the most valuable of my life. Thanks to Gediminas, they allowed me to earn eternity every day. Both in the sense of life, professional and human. A great perseverance has been seen , wisdom and strength on this difficult path, which can often seem playful, fun and even frivolous to viewers and people on the side. In human terms, however, this path is very difficult. It is not for nothing that one of the works says: “Bring your cross and believe.” It was impossible not to believe near Gediminas. Along with him, it was impossible not to demand the maximum of oneself. And in addition to all the things listed, it is very dear to me to remember that being with Gediminas felt his soul fragile and very beautiful. ”

One of the last Mohicans

Colleague of Gediminas Girdvainis Eglė Gabrėnaitė portal People.lt She said she would never forget her talent, and Gediminas would always have the phone number in her brochure, because perhaps at some point, according to the actress, it would be necessary to call.

“When I found out he was gone, I first thought the actor was gone. From the capital letter. One of the last Mohicans, a top professional. As he spoke, the hallway slipped. Looking at him, I thought, ‘What a happy person. God really kissed him on the back of his head. ” Later I saw him at the Youth Theater. He had the impression that everything he takes is easy. Sometimes it seems to me that this is a gift from God. He was a creator. Ethics was very important to him, he was infinitely discreet, correct …

Yesterday I opened my address book, I look … The number of Vytautas Šapranauskas is not erased, Kernagis too … I do not erase the phone numbers of those who meant something to me in my life. Gediminas – I’m not leaving either, I’m staying. Maybe one day you will have to call. “

We remind you that Gediminas Girdvainis left Anapilin on Wednesday at the age of 77. The actor probably died of heart disease, relatives found the actor dead on a farm in the Trakai district.

The roles are expressive, comical and tragicomic.

G. Girdvainis was born in 1944 in Kretinga, graduated from the Lithuanian Conservatory (now the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater). – Red.), has been performing in the Vilnius Little Theater since 1994, having previously worked in Šiauliai and in Youth Theaters.

The actor excelled in temperamental and improvisational acting. The roles he created are especially expressive, tragicomic comedians.

G. Girdvainis has played memorable roles in stage performances. Since 1968, he has starred in theaters, starring in films by famous Lithuanian directors: “Feelings”, “Herkus Mantas”, “Tadas Blinda”, “Devil’s Bride”, “Nutcracker” and many others. And one of his most famous roles is the role of the Jogaila railway in the television series “Giminės”.

In 2004, G. Girdvainis received the Grand Order’s Vytautas Officer’s Cross for merits to Lithuanian culture and art, in 2007: the Government Culture and Art Award.