The legend of Russian cinema and theater Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov was a real favorite of the audience. The reason for this was the absolutely incredible charm inherent in this ingenious actor. There was something about the cat in him - soft, fluffy, self-sufficient and infinitely cozy, thanks to which all his characters literally lived in the frame and were interesting, even without doing anything.
Such films with Oleg Tabakov as āBurn, Burn, My Starā, āA Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov "," D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers "," Seventeen Moments of Spring "and many others, were included in the golden fund of Soviet cinema. And the cat Matroskin from Prostokvashino, Tabakovās famous screen avatar, deserves a separate discussion.
A little over a year ago, Oleg Pavlovich died ... And today we will recall the best films with the participation of this outstanding actor and person.
"Noisy day"
The first of the films I would like to talk about with Tabakov was the comedy melodrama Noisy Day, which was released on the country's screens in 1960. In this picture, which has several main characters at once, the twenty-five-year-old aspiring actor played the role of the brightest, noisiest and most memorable of them.
The youngest son of an ordinary Moscow family, Oleg Savin, whose image was embodied by Tabakov, is a rushing dreamer. He is a real whirlwind and emotion. With eyes burning with inspiration, he composes his ardent verses while running, spinning in a top and creates a real whirlpool around him. The main conflict of the hero Oleg Tabakov lies in the clash of the worldviews of fathers and children, who have completely different life values. And the impetus for the explosion of emotions of the youngest indefatigable son of the Savinyh family was an unexpected discovery, namely that his parents prefer a philistine sideboard to a read book.
In his role, the young Oleg Tabakov is simply incredible. It is on his acting talent, as if on an unrestrained locomotive, that this whole film is held.
"Burn, burn, my star"
The next among the films with Tabakov deserving special mention is the famous picture of 1969 "Burn, burn, my star." In this tape, the actor played the role of the protagonist Vladimir with an unusual surname Iskremas, which is the abbreviation "art for the revolutionary masses."
Hero Tabakova is a self-taught and theater enthusiast, trying to keep him in the midst of the chaos of the new era, scorched by the civil war. He is trying at all costs to bring light to people, proving that inside each of us, no matter how hard it is for him, there is an unquenchable desire for a bright and beautiful, which is the theater.
Iskremas is a true liberator of the oppressed people, but will he endure all the hardships and trials in order to achieve his goal? ..
"Seventeen Moments of Spring"
One of the most famous films with Tabakov is the multi-part television movie "Seventeen Moments of Spring", which became a cult almost immediately after its premiere in August 1973. The popularity of this unforgettable picture was so great among the audience that during its show the streets were empty and crime was reduced. Three months after the premiere, the film was re-shown on television, which was the only such event in history.
Retelling the plot of this picture is probably not worth it - it is familiar to several generations of our compatriots. And how to convey that amazing game of all actors without exception, which you can only see and feel. In "Seventeen Moments of Spring" Oleg Tabakov played the role of chief of foreign intelligence of the security service and brigadefuhrer SS Walter Friedrich Schellenberg, becoming so similar to his real hero that he subsequently received a letter of thanks from Germany from his niece.
"D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers"
This picture is also in the collection of the gold fund of Soviet cinema. And if āSeventeen Moments of Springā was intended mainly for an adult audience, the 1978 film āD'Artagnan and the Three Musketeersā, shot based on the novel by A. Dumas of the same name, became a real sensation for viewers of all ages. As in those years, and today in this picture, absolutely everything attracts, from the brilliant cast to the magnificent musical design that is still relevant today.
This time, the hero of Oleg Tabakov was King Louis XIII, completely incredible and astounding in his charm. It is noteworthy that the actor himself was much older than his character. Nevertheless, the king played by Tabakov, as well as his brilliant dialogues, became a real decoration of this legendary musical television movie.
"A few days from the life of I. I. Oblomov"
The next outstanding work from the number of films with Tabakov was the film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, "A few days from the life of I. I. Oblomov," which was released in 1979.
This tape brilliantly reflects the noble era of Russia itself in the mid-19th century - the rustling of dresses, walks in the garden, the pursuit of an impeccable reputation, patriotism and, like the tip of this iceberg, āOblomovismā in the person of its main representative, Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, the owner of a small estate conducting all his time in idleness, sleep and idleness, brilliantly performed by Oleg Tabakov, so accurately and brilliantly reflecting the whole drama and philosophy of his hero, that even to imagine any other actor in this role is perfect continuously ridiculous.
"Man from the Capuchin Boulevard"
Another special film with the participation of Oleg Tabakov is the comedy of 1987, which became the last for the great actor Andrei Mironov, who played the main role of the noble Mr. Fest, the first person to appear in the Wild West with a bright and happy mission - to show cowboys the great art of cinematography.
This picture is a truly amazing creation, very funny, but at the same time sad. It collected the best cast of his time - Andrei Mironov, Alexandra Yakovleva, Mikhail Boyarsky, Nikolai Karachentsov, Igor Kvasha, Semyon Farada, Lev Durov, Spartak Mishulin, Albert Filozov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Oleg Anofriev, Mikhail Svetin, Borislav Brondukov, - of which only a few survived to this day ...
Oleg Tabakov got the bright and very funny role of the charming, funny, but self-serving owner of the saloon Harry McQue.
"A melody for a barrel organ"
The dramatic film āA Melody for the Organ Barā by director Kira Muratova in 2009 is a cold and cruel Christmas tale, telling the hopeless story of stepbrothers and sisters, who, after their motherās death, went to look for their fathers on Christmas Eve and stumble upon the cold wall over and over again from the people they meet .
This wonderful tape is more than just a movie. The picture causes both rejection, and irritation, bordering on the desire to leave the audience, and a strange feeling of awkwardness from being involved in what is happening, and, in the end, tears of purification. Itās practically impossible to retell āA melody for a barrel organā, intended primarily for all fathers and mothers. You need to see her.
Oleg Tabakov in this difficult picture played the character "Kotyu", a smug and prosperous gentleman who decided to give the boy he found, one of the main characters of the film, his "Kise" as a Christmas present, but as a result only joined the ranks of passers-by indifferent to the grief of others .. .
"Kitchen. The Last Battle"
I want to end this brief review with the last role played by Oleg Pavlovich. His hero was Peter Arkadievich Barinov, father of chef Viktor Barinov in the comedy "Kitchen. The Last Battle", which was released in April 2017. The picture itself is a full-length version of the famous and very popular series "Kitchen" with all the ensuing circumstances, ridiculous consequences and sparkling recipes.
It is perhaps the presence of 81-year-old Oleg Tabakov, a very bright and wise man, who says goodbye to his on-screen son Viktor and to all of us, which makes her remarkable.
A year after the release of this film, the great actor Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov died ...