KuLeonidas esemncane, kwakubaluleke kakhulu ukuba ngumshayeli. Kodwa i-Bykov yayinokukhula okungafanelekile nokubukeka okungalungile. Cishe, sinenhlanhla ukuthi lokhu kwakunjalo nge-biography yomdlali we-Leonid Bykov. Ubani owaziyo ukuthi kuzokwenzekani uma umlingisi wesikhathi esizayo ethathwa ngaphambili ngo-1943. Mhlawumbe yakhe biography ngabe behluke, noma bekungeke bakhule nakancane. Ngaleso sikhathi umndeni wakwaBykov wasuka ekuthunjweni, eBarnaul. Umfana wamangalela ukuthi uneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili ubudala futhi wayefuna ukuya esikoleni sezindiza, kodwa ngenxa yokukhula nokubukeka kukaLeonid ngokushesha.
Kwaphela isikhathi eside kumdlali wekusasa, isifiso sokuba umshayeli wezimoto sasingumfutho omkhulu. I-biography yakhe ihlanganisa iqiniso lokuthi emva kwempi uLeonid usengena esikoleni sezindiza, kodwa akazange afunde lapho isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga. Futhi kwakungeyona neze ukusebenza okungalungile. Kungokuthi othisha baqonda ukuthi uLeonid wayengeke afune lokho, umshayeli angeke abe ngumuntu onamamitha ayishumi namashumi amathathu nesithupha ubude.
Ngemuva kweBykov wabona ukuthi angeke abe ngumshayeli, umfana wakhetha ukukhetha umsebenzi womdlali. Wangena eKiev School of Actors futhi akakwazanga ukudlula umncintiswano. Ukuziqhenya nokuziqhenya, uLeonid akafuni ukubuyela ekhaya. Wayecabanga ukuthi labo ababebajwayele babeyomhleka usulu futhi kungadabulisa inhliziyo yakhe. Ngakho umfana waya eKharkov futhi wazama ukungena emidlalo yaseshashalazini. Ngokwethembeka, wayevele ehlangabezana nesikhathi esizayo, ikakhulukazi engathemba ukuthi uzophumelela. Kodwa, yize kunjalo, u-Bykov wabhaliswa ngonyaka wokuqala wesitatimende, ngoba bonke othisha bekomishini babejabule kakhulu nale nsizwa.
Ngemva kokuphothula esikhungweni sezemidlalo cishe iminyaka eyishumi, uLeonid wasebenza eKharkiv Theatre ebizwa ngokuthi uShevchenko.
ULeonid waqala ukudubula ngo-1952. Indima yakhe yokuqala eyaziwa yiyona nendima ye-Petit kuThe Tamer Tiger. Le filimu yaqala ukuthandwa kwababukeli baseSoviet. Abaningi babezwelana nohlobo oluthando, uPetya, owayengumngane ongcono kakhulu intombazane, owayemthanda kakhulu. Ifilimu elandelayo kwakuyisithombe "Maxim Perepelitsa". Lapha u-Leonid wadlala indima eyinhloko, ukunqoba uthando lwabantu bonke abalaleli. Wadlala indima yensizwa ejabule ekwazi ukuphuma kunoma iyiphi inkathazo, iphathe impilo kalula futhi ngenjabulo. Nokho, ezimweni ezinzima, ungalokothi ulahlekelwe futhi uthole indlela yokuphuma. U-Bykov wayazi ukuthi angadlala kanjani izindima zomculo ezihlaziyekayo. Ngakho-ke, uma kungenzeka, wazama ukukhetha abalingiswa abahlukene, kangangokuthi wayengabonakali njengomdlali odlala njalo umaski. Yingakho uLeonid akwazi ukuzibonakalisa ezinhlangothini ezehlukene futhi enze bonke ababukeli bazizwe bemthanda.
Phakathi neminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha, u-Bykov waqala ukuzizama njengomqondisi. Ngenxa yalokhu wathatha umkakhe nezingane zakhe eKharkov waya eLeningrad. Yilapho eyanikwa khona ithuba lokwenza amafilimu. Yiqiniso, amasampula okuqala ayengenangqondo, kodwa ngokushesha uLeonid wavula ithalenta lakhe njengomqondisi. Wadutshulwa izithombe ezinhle, izibukeli eziningi ezingakujabulela. Kwabe sekufika iminyaka yokuzola. U-Bykov wabuyela e-Ukraine, kodwa akazange aqale ukusebenza lapho. Akafuni ukudubula noma. ULeonid waqala ukudumala kuleli cala. Kubonakala kuye ukuthi iningi lala mafilimu lingamanga futhi alijabulisi, abanalo ubuciko, nje isifiso sokudubula okuthile iziphathimandla ezizothandayo. ULeonid wabona ukuthi bangaki abalingisi bezemidlalo, kusukela ezinkampanini zamafilimu, ayezibonga. Ku-Bykov lokhu kwakunzima kakhulu, ngoba wayezizwa njengenkundla yaseshashalazini kanye ne-cinema, njengokuthi ufuna futhi ayibone, aqale ukuhlukana. Lokhu kuphazamise umdlali. Kwamcindezela. Lokhu kwaqhubeka kwaze kwafika ngesikhathi lapho i-Bykov iqale ukuqopha i-movie ethi "Amanye Amadoda Adala Aya Ekulweni." Kwakuyizithombe ezithandekayo kakhulu futhi ezingakhohlwa kakhulu ama-moviegoers. Kuphezu kwakhe okwamanje ukhalela zonke izizukulwane ngoSuku lokuNqoba. Le filimu yaba ithuba lokukhazimulisa abaqhubi abagibeli ababenayo ukuthi u-Bykov wayethandwa kakhulu. Wenze konke kulesi sithombe waphuma ezikrinini. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi, ngesikhathi esisodwa, kwakubhekwa njengamaqhawe ngokwanele. Babefuna ukuvala ukudubula nokunye okuningi, uLeonid wakwazi ukususa lo mdlalo owubuciko obuhle, edlala enye yezindima eziyinhloko kuwo. I-squadron yokucula eholwa uCaptain Titarenko inqobe izinhliziyo zabo bonke ababukeli. Ezinyangeni ezingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha, le filimu yayibukelwe abantu abayizigidi ezingamashumi amahlanu nane. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakuyisikhulu esikhulu sebhokisi. Abantu babecula ngesikhumba esimnyama, bekhala ngeRomao kanye nabanye abalingiswa, abaphila babo abasebasha babesheshe baphuthunyiswe impi.
Omunye umsebenzi wokuqondisa kaBykov kwaba enye ifilimu mayelana nempi - "Aty-bata, amasosha ayehamba". Le movie nayo yathola ukuqashelwa phakathi kwezilaleli. Kodwa, kwaba ukudubula kwalesi sithombe ukuthi uLeonid wayenenhliziyo yakhe yokuqala yokuhlaselwa. Iqiniso liwukuthi u-Bykov wayekhathazekile kakhulu ngenxa yamafilimu akhe, ngenxa yokuthi akuyona yonke into evunyelwe ukukhuluma, ngenxa yokuthi yonke imibono ayikwazanga ukusebenza. Yiqiniso, wayejabule ngokuncintisana nemiklomelo, kodwa, ngaphezu kwakho konke, wayefuna kuphela ukuthi izilaleli zijabule, zibuka izithombe zakhe.
Ukuhlasela kwenhliziyo yesibili eBykov kwakungenxa yokuthi indodana yakhe yayisemlandweni ngokuphanga kwesitolo segolide. Kodwa, emva kwalokhu, u-Bykov usaluthola. Ukuphila kwakhe kuthathwe ingozi yemoto. Umdlali nomqondisi wayeneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu kuphela ubudala. Kwakuyinkimbinkimbi enzima kakhulu yezimo ezithatha umuntu oyinhlakanipho.
Emngcwabeni, u-Bykov, njengoba ebuza ngentando yakhe, akazange akhale. Kuphela "ukusika" "isikhumba esimnyama", okokugcina, se-Maestro.