Films with Oleg Dal: "Sannikov Land", "Old, Old Tale", "The Adventures of Prince Florizel" and others

Talking about this famous Soviet actor and favorite of millions of viewers is a rather difficult task. As his friends and contemporaries recalled, Oleg Dal was the artist who did not play any roles at all. Instead, he continued to exist all the time in his unique and unchanging image, which was peculiar only to him, which from time to time he changed only a little, directing him to embody this or that new role.

It is much easier to talk about films with Oleg Dal, among which there were practically no passing ones. And today we will remember the best of them.

short biography

The birthplace of Oleg Ivanovich was the small town of Lyublino near Moscow, in which he was born on May 25, 1941 in the family of an engineer and teacher. He inculcated creative inclinations with his father, who was fond of music all his life, Ivan Zinovievich loved music all his life, learned to play the mandolin himself, had outstanding singing abilities, and in his youth he played in an amateur theater.

Despite the heart problems that Oleg Ivanovich had discovered in early childhood, and the opinion of parents who dreamed that their son would have a more mundane and calm profession, after graduating from school, Dahl became a student of the M. Shchepkin Higher Theater School .

He became acquainted with cinema in 1962, when he was still a third-year student. The whole filmography of Oleg Dahl for his, unfortunately, short-lived life amounted to 29 films, among which the most beloved viewers were roles in such films as The Chronicle of the Dive Bomber, King Lear, Shadow, Bad Good man "," Star of captivating happiness "," It can’t be! "," Omega option "," How Ivan the Fool went about a miracle "," On Thursday and never again "," Schedule for the day after tomorrow "," We are dead looked in the face "and his last film" An Uninvited Friend ".

Each of the heroes he played was endowed with his sad charm, which is one of the characteristic features of this wonderful actor, who died at the age of thirty-nine from heart failure ...

Debut role in the film "My Little Brother"

First roles

The first of the films with Oleg Dal, his film debut, which began immediately with the main role, was the picture "My Younger Brother", which was released in 1962. The novice actor got the role of Alik Kramer, the novice poet with high self-esteem, but nevertheless charming and sweet. After going through all the difficulties, in the end, Alik discovered a new and amazing world filled with real friends, work and romance.

The First Trolleybus (1963)

A year later, two more films were released, in which the actor’s creative talent manifested itself even more. In the melodrama "The First Trolleybus" Dahl performed the image of Senya, one of the main characters of the picture, helping the pretty girl-driver of the trolleybus Svetlana to return to her favorite work, which she abandoned due to reproaches from her parents.

Oleg Dahl in the film "The Man Who Doubts" (1963)

The next of the first films with Oleg Dal was the wonderful detective "The Man Who Doubts", which is quite atypical for Soviet cinema of the 60s. In this picture, the actor again played the main role of the convicted Boris Dulenko, who was faced with a terrible charge of rape and murder of a girl, brilliantly embodying on the screen all the dramatic state of mind of his hero, who tortured himself to confess to a crime he did not commit.

These were the first steps of Oleg Dal in the cinema. However, to millions of Soviet and then Russian viewers, the actor was primarily remembered for his roles in the films, which we will dwell on below.

“Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha”

This, today already considered one of the undisputed masterpieces of Soviet cinema, military melodrama was released on the screens of the country on August 21, 1967. The main character of the painting is private Zhenya Kolyshkin, whose role was played by Dahl, fell in love with the youngest sergeant Zhenechka Zemlyanikin, the most beautiful girl in his squad. However, the charming woman-signaler, accustomed to increased male attention, did not take the courtship of ordinary Kolyshkin seriously.

Oleg Dal in the film "Zhenya, Zhenechka and" Katyusha "

When, finally, the girl draws attention to the funny intelligent Zhenya and finally falls in love with him, by the will of fate, the couple in love is separated from each other and meets again only in the last days of World War II. But the film will not have a happy ending - Zhenya Zemlyanikina is killed by a fascist in front of Zhenya Kolyshkin ...

It is noteworthy that for a long time they did not want to take Oleg Dal for the main role in this film. However, the image of yesterday’s romantic and ridiculous schoolboy, who makes a grief experienced by a real man, has been loved by several generations of our country for over half a century.

"Old, old tale"

1968 brought to the piggy bank the most striking roles of Oleg Dahl as the storyteller from the poor and gray world, trying to get out of which he came up with a fairy tale in which he himself appeared in the role of an ordinary soldier who had ended his life, and he went in search of his simple happiness.

Oleg Dal in the film "Old, Old Tale", 1968

On his way there is an evil sorceress, and a good wizard, and many other fairy-tale heroes and adventures. But when a soldier enters the kingdom with a beggar king, meets a beautiful wayward princess and falls in love with him, his former life completely ends. Now, by all means, he needs to win her heart.

Of all the films with Oleg Dal, this picture stands in a special place. After her premiere, the actor gained real fame, and the most sad enough fairy tale about the brave cheerful soldier and wayward princess is still remembered and loved by viewers of all ages.

“Sannikov Land”

In this film, shot based on the novel by the Soviet science fiction writer V. Obruchev and released in 1973, Oleg Dal played the role of adventurer officer Evgeny Krestovsky.

Frame from the film "Sannikov Land"

The plot of the picture is the existence of a legend about a certain mysterious and warm Sannikov Land, stretching somewhere far beyond the Arctic Circle, the expedition sets off in search of it, expecting to find gold and wealth. After many adventures, this uncharted land was found. However, due to disagreements with the tribe of local residents, all travelers are on the verge of death.

In addition to Oleg Dal, the actors of the film "Sannikov Land", the leader of the 1973 distribution, were such stars of Soviet cinema as Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, George Vitsin, Mahmud Esambaev and Yuri Nazarov.

Golden mine

The premiere of this two-part detective television movie, in which the actor got the role of a particularly dangerous criminal-recidivist Boris Brunov, took place in June 1978.

Oleg Dal in the movie "Golden Mine"

According to the plot, the hero of Oleg Dal in the "Golden Mine" escaped from the colony, and all attempts by the police to detain him were in vain. The image of the criminal and the main negative character of the film, which is quite rare for the actor, is not particularly remarkable in itself, thanks to the filigree game of the studied actor, it has become one of the most vivid and memorable in the picture. Without even trying to find at least some positive feature in his hero, the actor turned Boris Brunov into a real seasoned wolf, insidious, merciless and even capable of murder, while leaving him his famous charm.

Thanks to the ingenious game of Oleg Dahl, an ordinary Soviet detective turned into a real event, becoming on a par with films to which viewers can return constantly.

“The Adventures of Prince Florisel”

It is important to mention another interesting picture. Filmed back in 1979, the adventure three-part film “Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a titled person”, appeared on television under the title “The Adventures of Prince Florisel” only in January 1981, shortly before the death of Oleg Dal, who played the main role in him.

Oleg Dal in the film "The Adventures of Prince Florizel", 1979

In this graceful and beautiful film, filled with exciting adventures, there is neither a comedic component, nor a detective line as such. However, at the same time, the entire film is literally riddled with subtle humor and the spirit of adventurism. The tall, beautiful and aristocratic Florisel, who is a titled person and the prince of the fictional fictitious country of Bakardia, is investigating and solving crimes committed by members of a secret club.

The actor coped with his role perfectly. The elegant and thoroughly ironic prince Florisel performed by Oleg Dahl attracted the sympathy of millions of spectators and was remembered by them for many years.

“Vacation in September”

In the same 1979, the two-part psychological drama “Vacation in September”, one of the most depressing and last films in Oleg Dal’s life, shot based on A. Vampilov’s play “Duck Hunt”, was released.

His hero engineer Victor Zilov, finally, received the keys to the long-awaited new apartment, but he was not at all happy with it. He is a talented engineer, immensely tired not only of work, but of his whole meaningless life. He drinks a lot, is not faithful to his wife or mistress, and managed to quarrel even with all his friends, with each episode more and more approaching the border between life and death.

Oleg Dal in the film "Vacation in September"

Oleg Dal, familiar with the play, dreamed about this role for a long time. The director Vitaly Melnikov, the only one who dared to film this gloomy work, subsequently recalled that during the filming it seemed that Dahl was not playing his hero at all, and was trying not to even tell, but to shout to others about himself and his condition, similar to that growing inside him the abyss.

The role of Victor Zilov was the best work of Oleg Dal. However, he no longer had time to see the film itself on the screen, because soon “Vacation in September” was “put on the shelf” and was shown on television only in 1987, six years after the death of the great actor ...


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