The work of Pamela Travers is known to the Russian-speaking reader primarily thanks to the film "Mary Poppins, Goodbye!" The cast, script, excellent music - all this allowed the film to surpass the literary source. The film is directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze. The main role was played by Natalya Andreichenko. About the crew and actors "Mary Poppins, Goodbye!" This article will be discussed.
History of creation
Although Leonid Kvinikhidze chose the work of a children's writer as the material, he dreamed of making a musical aimed at a more adult audience. Unexpectedly for the director, the young audience also liked the picture. For the role of Banks children, the actors were selected for a long time. Among the requirements for performers was not only artistry, but also musicality, the ability to dance. For the role of Jane, the director approved the niece of the famous ballerina. Michael was played by a boy who later became a sculptor.
Few people know that Mary Poppins could play Anastasia Vertinsky. Moreover, she starred in several scenes. However, at some point, she refused further work on the film. Then the composer Maxim Dunaevsky invited the director to consider the candidacy of Andreichenko, who, after the release of Mary Poppins, became his wife.
The actress by that time was already quite famous. However, she possessed typically Russian beauty, and among the audience and cinematographers was associated with the heroine of the film "Sibiriada". In just two weeks, Andreichenko managed to lose weight, which significantly changed her appearance. In the filmography of the actress, there are many bright film images, but the most famous was and remains the nanny from the musical "Mary Poppins, goodbye!"
Actors and roles
Mr. Banks was played by Albert Filozov. His wife is Larisa Udovichenko. The roles of the Banks children were performed by Anna Plisetskaya and Philip Rukavishnikov. In the movie Mary Poppins, Goodbye! (1983) actor Lembit Ulfsack played uncle Jane and Michael.
There are no negative characters in this good picture loved by millions of viewers. Except for Miss Andrew, who appears in the second series. In the movie Mary Poppins, Goodbye! actor Oleg Tabakov played a female role. And he did it unforgettably. The director later in an interview explained his rather unusual choice. The fact is that the image of Miss Andrew seemed to Kvinikhidze so unpleasant that he did not dare to offer this role to any of the actresses he knew.
A neighbor of the Banks, the owner of a Pekingese named Edward, was played by Irina Skobtseva. Zinovy Gerdt played the role of Admiral Henry Boom. Other actors in the film “Mary Poppins, Goodbye!”: Gali Abaidulov, Igor Yasulovich, Semyon Sokolovsky, Leonid Kanevsky, Ilya Rutberg, Yuri Moroz, Pavel Babakov.
Music
Actors in "Mary Poppins, Goodbye!" played, of course, talented. But this film is loved and remembered more than twenty years after the premiere thanks also to musical compositions. In 1984, "Melody" released records with songs that sound in this film. Such records, perhaps, were available in almost every Soviet family. The songs of the main character were performed by Tatyana Voronina. The famous “Bad Weather” is Pavel Smeyan. He sang "Thirty-Three Cows." “Lion and the Beaver” and “Wind of Changes” Smeyan and Voronin performed in a duet.
Natalya Andreichenko
The actress played her first movie roles in the mid-70s. Andreichenko’s major success was the role in the epic of the unique and brilliant director Andron Konchalovsky's Sibiriada. The picture was released in 1979 and was featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
After the overwhelming success, the actress began to increasingly offer interesting roles. But the paintings were mostly passing. A new wave of fame overtook her in 1983, when the premiere of two films at once, which were included in the golden fund of domestic cinema, took place.
For fifteen years Andreichenko lived and worked abroad. In 2005, she returned to Russia. It is worth mentioning two more wonderful films with the participation of Natalya Andreichenko: “A War Field Romance” and “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk County”.
Anna Plisetskaya
Actress and ballerina was born in Moscow in 1971. She spent her childhood in Latin America. For the first time, Anna Plisetskaya appeared on the screen in the ballet film "Anna Karenina." Then she was only three years old. In 1989 she graduated from the Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg. At the beginning of the 2000s, Anna Plisetskaya, together with pianist Daniil Kramer, created a jazz program combining various musical styles with ballet.
Philip Rukavishnikov
The boy who played Michael in the movie Mary Poppins, Goodbye! I did not dream of becoming an actor. On the set, he was by accident. Philip Rukavishnikov was born in 1974 in the family of a famous sculptor. Even when he became a real movie star, he was not attracted to the acting profession.
Rukavishnikov graduated from the Surikov Art Institute. Over the years of his work, he participated in various exhibitions more than once. He created many works, some of them are in famous museums today. And in 1999, a monument to the writer Vladimir Nabokov, created by Rukavishnikov, was unveiled in Montreux.