“Courier” is one of the most famous paintings from the time of perestroika. In the filming of the film, both famous artists and beginners were involved. How was the life of the leading actor? Why are there so few works after his star debut in his filmography? The actors of the movie Courier (1986), as well as the story of its creation, are the topic of the article.
Filmmakers
In the early eighties in one of the literary magazines appeared the story of Karen Shakhnazarov “Courier”. A year later, the writer and screenwriter decided to film his work. However, censorship is not missed. The situation changed four years later. In 1986, the story of Shakhnazarov seemed to the cultural figures not so anti-Soviet, and Shakhnazarov began to search for actors.
Plot
The main character of the picture is a young man named Ivan. After leaving school, on the recommendation of his mother, a teacher with great experience, he made an attempt to enter the Pedagogical Institute at the Faculty of History. However, at the entrance exam, the young man could not even answer the question of when the Baptism of Rus happened. Ivan did not go to college, but was not upset.
The hero of the picture of Shakhnazarov is devoid of any high aspirations. He spends his time meaningless, idle. Ivan’s lifestyle does not please his mother, and therefore she gets him a job at one of the publishing houses by courier. Performing his duties, the protagonist of the film once meets a girl from a good family. The acute social problems of Soviet society in the eighties are the main theme of the picture.
Actors of the film "Courier" (1986): F. Dunaevsky, A. Nemolyaeva. How was their cinematic career?
Ivan
Fyodor Dunaevsky got to the shooting of this film by accident. The young man read the story of Shakhnazarov in 1982. Then he could not imagine that one day he would play a major role in the film adaptation of this work.
Fedor Dunaevsky studied in the same class as Anastasia Nemolyaeva. The girl proposed his candidacy to the director. Considered many applicants for the main role. The actors in the movie Courier (1986) are mostly famous. But in choosing a leading actor, the director opted for a young man who has nothing to do with cinema.
Why was Ivan Dunaevsky approved by filmmakers? The type of this young man was fully consistent with the hero of the script. In addition, Fyodor played musical instruments, due to which a touching episode of the main character and his mother performing the famous song of Yu. Antonov was added to the script.
After the movie “Courier” appeared on the screen, Dunaevsky woke up famous. The role of Ivan became the only bright work in his filmography. He starred in several films, but in the early nineties he left for Israel. In exile, I had to start all over from scratch. He washed dishes in restaurants, worked as a senior assistant to the waiter, and served as the chief of the working kitchen. A few years later, Fedor returned to his homeland. He entered the VGIK, the directing department. But the Dunaevsky Institute did not graduate and returned to Israel again.
Kate
The main character was played by Anastasia Nemolyaeva. Courier was not her first movie job. And on the set, unlike her partner, she was not accidental. Nemolyaeva was born in an artistic family. Her father was a well-known cameraman in the cinema circles. Aunt - the famous actress Svetlana Nemolyaeva. Anastasia started acting from an early age. But the profession of an actress never seduced her. And therefore, even despite the popularity and audience sympathy, Anastasia left the cinema. Today she is a famous designer. The movie Nemolyaeva is not removed. However, not so long ago, viewers had the opportunity to see the once-popular actress in the series "Diamond Hunters."
Bazin
Actors of the film "Courier" (1986) are far from all professional. Vladimir Smirnov was approved for the role of a friend of Ivan, a young man who dreams of buying a coat . The newly made actor was not much different from his movie hero. And therefore it was not difficult for him to play the role of Bazin. Smirnov played several roles in the movie, and then disappeared without a trace. According to one version, he died as a result of a street fight.
Famous actors who played in the movie Courier:
- Oleg Basilashvili.
- Vladimir Menshov.
- Svetlana Kryuchkova.
- Alexander Pankratov-Cherny.
The scene in which Ivan meets with the publisher’s employees is based on improvisation. Most of the remarks spoken by Pankratov-Cherny are not in the script. The prototype of the hero, played by the famous Soviet and Russian actor, was a man who held the post of chief editor at Mosfilm in the eighties.
The film caused a resonance in society. Such films had not been shot before in Soviet cinema. Despite the apparent comic and lightness, the idea of the film by Shakhnazarov has a deep meaning. The hero of the film in the last episodes gives his coat to Bazin. He understands that the army is waiting for him. And maybe Afghanistan.