The series of the USSR at one time became a connecting link for many Soviet families: they collected both old and small near TV screens. However, time goes on, and TV shows from the Soviet past are still quite popular. They have their own audience, their adorers.
Forever Favorite Soviet TV Series
The USSR became the homeland of not only outstanding personalities in the field of science, industry, politics and others, but also the legends of cinema and pop music. They, together with the directors, created unforgettable Soviet masterpieces.
Public polls show that the series of the USSR are among the most popular films. For example, the top ten includes such Soviet works as “The meeting place cannot be changed” (7th place), “Seventeen moments of spring” (6th place). These best serials of the USSR coexist with modern, sensational and loved by the public creations of world cinema: Game of Thrones, Sherlock, Doctor House, Breaking Bad, Escape, The Big Bang Theory, Dexter and others.
Of course, we can say that the series of the USSR lost their relevance a bit. However, now they have become a chronicle of a former life, which attracts many viewers. They bring interesting stories that reflect the reality of past days: the war, the hardships of rural life during the period of collectivization, detective investigations, the success of which depended only on the quick wit and ingenuity of the investigators, unforgettable love stories, unthinkable for modern society.
Today we recall some Soviet TV shows.
Underground heroes in the first Soviet mini-series
The four-episode drama “Calling Fire For Ourselves” became the discoverer of the Soviet television series. The military adventure saga was released in 1964.
What is remarkable for the audience the first series of the USSR? The actors, together with the director Sergei Kolosov, were able to safely avoid the stereotyped Soviet films about partisans and underground workers. It can be called the standard of all military Soviet films and TV shows. There are no fiery speeches about the strength of their patriotic love, there are no ostentatious heroic scenes. It shows ordinary people who sacrifice themselves for the good of others.
In addition, the film “Call the fire on ourselves” is based on real events. The series shows the unity of the Slavic brothers in the fight against a common enemy.
Simple life reflected in the television series
The television drama “Shadows disappear at noon” in 492 minutes of screen time covers the first seven decades of Soviet life. The series has undergone changes during its existence. Appearing for the first time in 1971, the series was demonstrated to a wide audience in an abridged version: only 4 parts. In 1998, they were transformed into parts of 10. Now the division into 7 series is better known.
1 series: "Red Marya."
2 series: “Newcomers”.
3 series: "Bitter happiness."
4 series: "Maryin cliff."
5 series: "River stars."
Episode 6: "Hard Winter."
7 series: "Zakhar Bolshakov."
What is the story of the popular series loved by all Soviet residents?
Oddly enough, about the life of such people, painfully familiar and ordinary. Maybe that's why the heroes of the series after the end of filming began to exist in their own life separate from the actors. For a long time, Peter Velyaminov was perceived by the audience exclusively as Zakhar Zakharych.
A straightforward, simple, and most importantly, true story, the lack of sugary bravura inherent in Soviet cinema is the key to the success of the series "Shadows disappear at noon."
USSR detective series - ideal, not reality
The series “The Investigation is Conducted by ZnAToKi” is remarkable not only for the idealization of the police, but also for the fact that, having begun in the Soviet Union, it successfully continued already in post-Soviet Russia. In 2002, filming continued. Two more parts came out under the title “Investigators Are Knowledges. Ten years later. ”
What did the "experts" remember the audience? First of all, by its ideality. Screen Soviet police are too good, one might say, simply unrealistic. However, these images became standards for law enforcement officers: they strove to be better.
Another feature of the series: the lack of chases, bloody details. Almost all the actions of the series are reduced to routine work in the office. It is here that the brainstorming of “experts” takes place and cases of counterfeiters, murderers are revealed.
Detective series of the USSR, including Znatoki’s investigation, prompt the audience to think that punishment for atrocities is inevitable: retaliation will always happen.
Soviet television series on military intelligence and love in the distance
As already mentioned, some series of the USSR are not inferior in popularity to many modern films. These include the television series Seventeen Moments of Spring. He starred for three years and appeared on Soviet television screens at 19 hours 45 minutes on August 11, 1973. It was the opening of another page of the annals of the Great Patriotic War, which was conducted by intelligence forces. The plot of the series is based on a description of the activities of the Soviet agent, Colonel Isaev (Standartenfuhrer SS Stirlitz), who performs the tasks of the Center.
In addition, the series finds a place for itself and a love, one might even say, tragic family line. The fact is known that the scene of the meeting between Stirlitz and his wife in a German zucchini was not in the initial version of the script: the idea arose in the process of work. According to the idea of Lioznova, the director, the scene was to show the power of all-consuming love, which is inherent in a few. Love that can overcome any distance and difficulty.
Interesting to know!
The first foreign series that Central Television viewers could see was the Forsyte Saga. The series, consisting of 26 parts, was released on Soviet blue screens in 1967.
Peter Velyaminov, who played the chairman of the collective farm Zakhar Bolshakov in the series "Shadows disappear at noon" and Polykarp Kruzhilin in "Eternal Call", did not have a special acting education. In addition, in his biography there is a little-known fact: he spent 10 years in the camps - from 17 to 27 years.
According to eyewitnesses, during the show of absolutely all the series “Seventeen Moments of Spring” it was rarely possible to meet people walking on the streets. And police officers noted that during these hours the number of crimes committed decreased. This is what the military and detective series of the USSR had on the audience: even inveterate rowdy, drunkards and hooligans forgot about their criminal inclinations so as not to miss a single shot of the work of a new genre for the Soviet audience.