Interesting films with Gundareva in the title role: a list

The famous Russian or, as it was previously customary to put it, Soviet actress Natalya Georgievna Gundareva was remembered and loved by more than one generation of viewers. Her career in film and theater is expressed in a respectable figure of 35 years.

Youth

In the years of her youth, she did not even think about working in the cinema. School performances in the art circle at the House of Pioneers did not instill in her love for the theater.

After the 10th grade, Natalya went to work as a draftsman at the design bureau. And in the evenings she was educated in evening school. For two years of work, she was able to climb the career ladder to the assistant to the chief engineer of the project. By that time, she had already graduated from evening school and entered a preparatory course at the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute.

Studying at a theater school and the first role

Gundareva’s good friend, Viktor Pavlov, put a lot of effort into persuading her to apply to the Shchukin Theater School. In 1967, Natalia submits an application, successfully passes exams and becomes a student.

In the year of graduation, she receives job offers from several Moscow theaters. He stops his choice at the Mayakovsky Theater. What happens in Gundareva’s life next?

Since 1971, a career in the theater, like any aspiring actress, began with episodic roles. She got her first debut in 1974 in the production of Nikolai Ostrovsky’s play, “We'll Count Our Own People”. The role of Lipochka was noticed and appreciated by Moscow critics and theatergoers.

First movie roles

In 1971, Natalia Gundareva was invited to small roles in cinematography. If you recall the very first films with the participation of Natalia Gundareva, the list will be limited to 3 films. These include films: "In Moscow, passing through ...", (a small role as a saleswoman in the Moscow GUM), "Hello and goodbye" (Natalya plays the barmaid) and "I am looking for a man." In the last named picture Gundareva plays the role of sister Masha Mikhailova.

By 1974, directors from both the theater and the cinema began to trust Natalia with more complex characters. She has the opportunity to change the image of simple village women, all kinds of saleswomen, milkmaids and barmaid to more feminine. With the change of image, the genres of films in which she is invited begin to change.

Comedy films with the participation of Natalia Gundareva “Trufaldino from Bergamo” and “Imaginary Sick” appear. In Trufaldino from Bergamo, a comedy based on a play by Carlo Goldoni, the actress plays a servant in a rich house and the beloved of the protagonist. The role of the maidservant goes to her in the film "Imaginary Sick." This girl helps everyone, using her sharp mind and cheerful character.

"Sweet woman"

1976 can be called the year when the first films appear with Natalia Gundareva in the title role. For the main role in the film "Sweet Woman", the magazine "Soviet Screen" assigns her the title of best actress of the year. Her main character, Anna Dobrokhotova, is at first charming and sweet. And after the spectacular and beautiful woman who dreams of happiness.

He walks, breaks and achieves his happiness by any means available to her. At the end of the film, Anna has everything: a well-maintained apartment, good work, material security. There is not only the main component - happiness. Under the guise of a “sweet” woman, an unkind, soulless and selfish person lurks.

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

After such a successful debut, the actress is no longer afraid to trust the main roles in her paintings by famous directors. In the theater, a career, in turn, also begins to gain momentum. While viewers discuss the films with Gundareva, critics give her the highest rating for playing in the tragedy Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. The role of the main character Yekaterina Izmailova is complicated. You have to play the difficult life drama of a young woman who dreams of love. She has to commit more than one murder in the name of her feelings, but in the end she remains rejected by those for whom such great sacrifices were made.

Famous paintings 1979-1983

The eighties are the career heyday of a famous actress. More pictures with memorable images appear.

If you recall the most interesting films with Natalia Gundareva in the title role, the list can be made up of several paintings.

1. "Autumn Marathon" (1979). The role of Nina, the wife of the main character. The protagonist is an aged man who has an adult, married daughter. In a personal plan, he is trying to combine love relationships with a young woman, the appearance of family well-being with his wife and the friendly support of his former lover. He is trying to give normality to all this chaos, but he is only further entangled in the absurdity of the situation.
2. “Once Twenty Years Later” (1980). The role of mother heroine Nadia Kruglova. A picture in which Gundareva was able to convey the essence of maternal happiness with her game. A woman has 10 children. Each child has its own character, complex adolescence, the definition of their role in life. And with every child from the first days of his life there is a mother. The actress miraculously was able to express the feelings and reasoning of such an interesting lady. Her heroine is a cheerful, positive woman, beloved and desired wife, loving mother. “Mom - there is such a job” is the motto of the picture.
3. “Lonely hostel is provided” (1983). The role of a full-time employee of the textile mill Vera Golubeva. No wonder the director came up with the heroine such a resounding name. She lives in a female dormitory. Helps others not to lose faith in happiness. He puts all his strength and spends his free time helping to become happy others. It sends marriage announcements to all newspapers in the country. It helps people find each other with different characters, fates and people living on different ends of the country. He takes the choice very seriously. Carefully weighs. And she succeeds in helping create the most harmonious and loving couples. A good fairy in the service of someone else's happiness, but always forgetting about herself.

Famous films of 1983-1988

The popularity of the actress is growing. Therefore, every year new films appeared with Gundareva in the title role. The list will continue with paintings of the 80s:

1. “Mistress of the orphanage” (1983). The actress plays the role of the director of the orphanage.
2. "Winter evening in Gagra" (1985). Gundareva plays the role of a local celebrity.
3. “The file of Judge Ivanova” (1986). The actress embodies on the screen judge Lyubov Ivanovna Ivanova.
4. “Aelita, do not bother men” (1988). Gundareva played the main character Aelita.

Other paintings

In the Soviet Union, not all films were immediately released and received not so high popularity for a number of bureaucratic reasons. Films with Gundareva in the title role continued to be made. The list grew, but the attention of the audience was diverted to new actors. Popular films include the following films:

• "Say the word about poor hussar."
• "Dulsineya Tobos."
• "Sold laughter."
• "It" in the same year and shooting in the film "Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective. "
• "Viva, the midshipmen!".
• "Viva, midshipmen 3".
• "The promised heaven."

TV series

By this time, the country began a boom in series. Russian directors began to work in a new direction. Serial films appeared, for the main roles in which they tried to invite actors already tested by time and fame. Natalia was among the first. We have already named the famous films with Gundareva in the title role - the list of her paintings has further expanded the series. These include:

1. "The Life of Klim Sangin." The shooting was from 1986 to 1988. Natalia was invited to the role of Maria Petrovna Zotova.
2. Petersburg secrets. The most popular series of the 90s. Good staging, great acting, costumes in the spirit of the time. Natalia got one of the main roles of Princess Tatyana Lvovna Shadurskaya.
3. "Love.ru". Acted as Marina, a professional psychologist.
4. "Salome". Played matchmaker Vasilisa Savvichnu.

Remembering the films with Natalia Gundareva, I would not want to forget about the bit in voicing cartoons, where the main characters spoke in her voice. Such paintings include: “Either a bird, or a beast”, “The Tale of a Stupid Husband”, “Jester Balakirev”.

Awards

Over the years of work in the theater and cinema, not only human love has awarded films with Gundareva in the title role. The list of government awards is also quite impressive. It is enough to recall the most honorable of them:

• Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1980;
• USSR State Prize of 1984;
• People's Artist of the RSFS 1986;
• Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in 2002.

Conclusion

Now you know the famous films with Natalya Gundareva, we have compiled a list. The list of paintings, performances and awards, of course, is incomplete. Natalya Georgievna worked always with dedication. She always succeeded in realizing the directors' ideas. No director can remember a bad case. Acting career, the actress gave 35 years of her life.

Despite the abundance of films in the filmography, the theater in which she worked was one. The one that the actress initially chose after graduating from college is the Mayakovsky Moscow Theater.