In 1965, the premiere of the film was held, in which there was almost no Soviet ideology so annoying to modern viewers, but there was kindness, purity, humanity. This is the film "Children of Don Quixote." The actors involved in this film are remembered and loved today. And the leading actor can be safely called one of the greatest Soviet artists.
Doctor
The picture tells about the life of an ordinary, at first glance, family. The main character is Petr Bondarenko. This man works all his life in the maternity hospital, he is a representative of the brightest profession. Over the years of service, the doctor helped thousands of babies be born, but each is special to him. A big family awaits the hero of the film at home: a wife and three sons.
Perhaps one of the brightest movie characters in Soviet art (if not the brightest) is Dr. Bondarenko from the film "Children of Don Quixote". The actor who played it embodied the image of a real father on the screen. A father who does not tire his sons with moralizing, but serves as an example to follow.
Children of Don Quixote
The actors who played the sons of the hero (middle and younger) in the early 60s were few known. After the premiere of this film, they became famous. The eldest son of Bondarenko is an artist suffering from stagnation in the creative process. Middle - a romantic young man, a student at a pedagogical institute. The youngest is not harassed by the suffering of the inhabitants of distant Africa, and therefore one day he goes to the Black mainland in order to rescue them from the clutches of the oppressors. By the evening he returns without having accomplished a feat.
Other heroes
Of course, a person like Petr Bondarenko cannot have a stupid, selfish wife. Vera Petrovna is also a medical professional. The film shows only a small segment of the doctor’s family life, but this is enough to understand that there is no place for misunderstanding and quarrels in Bondarenko’s house.
The director of the cinema is another heroine of the film "Children of Don Quixote." The actor, who played her fan, the eldest son of a doctor, became famous for the role of Ichthyander. In the image of romance, he appeared before the audience and in the film about a simple Soviet family. There is another lyrical heroine in the picture - a girl with an inconsistent name Motya. The actress who played this role was known and loved by all the children in the Soviet Union.
Bondarenko goes home after another duty. But not alone, but with an adopted son. For a long time and in vain he tried to convince the young woman that motherhood was a great gift. But she still abandoned her son. And only in the last episode does the viewer learn that not only this child, but also the three sons of the doctor are foster. And so the film "Children of Quixote" ends.
Actors and roles
The main role was played by Anatoly Papanov. The legendary artist passed away in 1987, not having lived a few months before the premiere of the last film with his participation - "Cold summer fifty-third ...". The wife of the protagonist was played by Vera Orlova. In the filmography of this actress, more than thirty works. Among them are roles in the paintings "12 Chairs", "Seven Nannies", "I Loved You ...". The eldest son of the protagonist was played by Vladimir Korenev, who became famous after the painting "Amphibian Man". Middle - Leo Prygunov.
For Andrei Belyaninov, who played the youngest son of Bondarenko, this role became the first and last. He devoted his life to economics and social activities.
A year before the premiere of the film, Natalya Sedykh, who played Motya, played the main role in the fairy tale film "Frost".
Other actors of Don Quixote’s Children : Nikolai Parfyonov, Natalya Zorina, Zoya Vasilkova, Valentina Berezutskaya, Valentina Ananyina. Natalya Fateeva played the director of the cinema.