In 1985, the Mosfilm film studio made a film about the tap master of the 50s. His name has long been remembered by admirers of his talent. The name of the master is Alexei Ivanovich Beglov. The film received the poetic name “Winter Evening in Gagra”.
The film is still remembered and reviewed, and various quizzes are held on its basis, asking the participants questions: “How much did Arkady pay for Beglov’s lesson?”, “What version of the monument did Arkady offer to Beglov?”, “How did the master explain the student’s unexpected appearance?” etc. The answers to these questions can be found by watching this wonderful movie.
Plot of the film
The painting “Winter Evening in Gagra” tells about the forgotten tap master. Alexey Ivanovich is retired, lives modestly. The rhythmic dance, beating the melody with his feet, stood at the head of the whole film. They say that if a master loses his memory, he will always be able to repeat his magnificent work with his hands. In this case, the legs of Alexei Ivanovich, despite his advanced age, beat off the same eminent tap dance. Everyone forgotten Beglov walks around the city alone, recalling his young years. He recalls that unforgettable evening when he beat off tap dance with his only beloved daughter.
Fate favors the master. She gives him a second chance and sends him an interesting young man named Arkady. He wants to become a student of Beglov and is ready to pay money for classes. Due to the difficult financial situation, the master agrees.
Tap master, Aleksey Ivanovich Beglov
The main character, Aleksey Ivanovich Beglov, after his triumph, works as a dance tutor. Young pop dancers respect and love their teacher. That's just the manual does not approve of the old principles of tap dance. Nobody talks directly about this, but sarcasm and misunderstanding are heard in their words. Pop singer Melnikova openly conflicts with Alexei Ivanovich, calling him “no one” with contempt. Unfortunately, the leadership decides in favor of the famous singer at that time and dismisses the tutor. Runs above conflict. He does not show disappointment in his friends. The master has long realized that his time has passed. In his place came young and talented artists.
Throughout the film, Alexei Ivanovich recalls the very winter evening spent in Gagra when he beat a step with his daughter. Then they danced for themselves, for the soul.
Pupil Arkady Grachev
The second main character in the film “Winter Evening in Gagra” is Arkady Grachev from Vorkuta, a young man with great ambitions and “magnificent” data. He decided to speak on the stage, and in his opinion, Aleksey Ivanovich Beglov should have helped him in this. Arkady came to the tapman with a broken leg and began to ask him to teach how to beat a step. The student is completely confident in his abilities and offers Beglov money for classes. The future teacher did not want to refuse money. This prompted Alexei Ivanovich to teach an elderly student.
Relations Beglova and Grachev
At first, because of their heavy characters, closeness, and misunderstanding, the teacher and the student often cursed and argued. Beglov tried to instill in Grachev love and soul for the step as a dance, and not as a way of making money. Only now the student does not want to listen to his teacher at all. In his subconscious, a modern stereotype of life has developed.
Arkady does not accept the position of Alexei Ivanovich about his complacency to the dance. By the question, what version of the monument did Arkady Beglov offer, one can characterize the relations of two people. After all, the answer to it is so banal and primitive.
What version of the monument did Arkady Beglov offer?
The audience forgot the former tap master so much that they buried him, announcing his death on TV. Oddly enough, but even after a quarrel Beglov first of all turned to Grachev for help. Apparently, at that time he turned out to be the closest person for an elderly tapeworm.
So what version of the monument did Arkady Beglov offer? Answer: a stella of pink tuff. There are two sides to this answer. With one, Grachev did not care about his teacher, and therefore he was already talking about the monument, instead of sympathizing. But on the other, Arkady, despite disputes and conflicts with Alexei Ivanovich, considers him a truly great master of his craft. Only Arkady helped Beglov restore his name.
Film actors
The film "Winter Evening in Gagra" gathered the most famous and amazing actors of that time. The film's director Karen Shakhnazarov carefully approached the selection.
There was no question of choosing a location for filming. By unanimous decision, it was decided to organize filming in Gagra. Against the backdrop of the Gagra colonnade at sunset, a memorable dance-step was performed by Alexei Ivanovich Beglov and his daughter in the film "Winter Evening in Gagra". Photo landscape after rental paintings in theaters hung in almost every home.
In the role of Beglov’s tap master, viewers saw the famous and respected actor Evgeny Evstigneev. Director Karen Shakhnazarov at first was firmly confident in his decision to remove Evstigneev in the film. As a young man, he hesitated and conducted additional tests. Evgeny Evstigneev himself really wanted to play the role of Beglov. His desire helped to finally confirm the actor for the role.
In the role of the young Alexei Ivanovich Beglov, a little-known actor Arkady Nasyrov played. After showing the film, the actor did not become famous. He starred in two more films, and now teaches step.
Then the still young actor Alexander Pankratov-Cherny played the role of Arkady Grachev. He was remembered for the famous and beloved film "We are from jazz." On the set of this film, Alexander met the director Karen Shakhnazarov.
With the role of singer Melnikova, Natalia Gundareva did an excellent job. As the director himself says, the role was written specifically for the famous and talented actress.
Of all the Russian films, “Winter Evening in Gagra” is the only one that reflects the world of the step and its dancers. There should be more such paintings; they instill the culture of modern youth.