"Arkady Raikin knows how to create images that do not need to be explained. In this way, he looks like Charlie Chaplin. An outstanding artist knows how to vividly and vividly portray emotions ...". So spoke about him in the London newspaper Times in 1970.
It was also written there that it is strikingly different from the disgusting comedians from the USA whose jokes are "ridiculously nauseous."
Arkady Raikin believed that happiness shapes a person, not difficulties, persecutions and troubles. And if a person becomes not the way we all want to see him, then this is only because of the lack of happiness in his life.
Let's talk about films with Arkady Raikin and about himself - an outstanding comedian of the 20th century, who was known and appreciated not only in the USSR, but also far beyond its borders.
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Arkady Raikin - Soviet actor, screenwriter and director. A native of the Latvian city of Riga participated in the creation of 24 cinematographic projects. Among the films with Arkady Raikin, there are such well-known projects as "We met somewhere," "Magic Power." He worked in the field of cinema from 1932 to 1987.
Born October 24, 1911. Scorpio on the zodiac sign. He was married to Ruth Raikina-Ioffe. The father of two children. Arkady Raikin died in Moscow on December 17, 1987. He was 76 years old.
Next, let's talk about the most famous films with Arkady Raikin.
"Valery Chkalov"
In 1941, on the eve of World War II, the Soviet country saw the film "Valery Chkalov." The picture of Mikhail Kalatozov became the fourth in the acting career of Arkady Raikin. In this biographical tape, he played an American journalist.
The film tells the story of Valery Chkalov - the legendary pilot, who was once entrusted to test the first domestic fighters.
"We met somewhere"
A comedy film with Arkady Raikin appeared on the screens of the largest country in the world in 1954. In it, he played the main character, a man of his profession - artist Maximov.
Maximov goes with his wife on vacation in the Crimea. But the wife on the road forced to leave him to replace the sick actress. The artist himself, meanwhile, manages to lag behind the train. On the way to Crimea, Maximov talks with different people, and each of these conversations is a satirical miniature.
"People and mannequins"
In 1974, Arkady Raikin staged a comedy mini-series in which he played many roles. A television film was shot by the TO Screen studio. The series consists of miniatures, monologues, interludes, which are played by Arkady Raikin and members of his troupe.
"Peace be to your house"
The last project with the participation of a great actor. The script for the film "Peace be to your house" was written by Semyon Altov. In this comedy, the partner Arkady Raikin becomes his son Konstantin Raikin.