One of the outstanding works of the magnificent Alexander Abdulov is the film “Genius”. The actors in this picture of Victor Sergeyev are generally selected remarkably. Criminal authority (an unexpected image for this artist!) Gilu was played by Innokenty Smoktunovsky. Yuri Kuznetsov once again tried on the uniform of a representative of law enforcement agencies. Beauty Larisa Belogurova played one of her last roles in this action-packed film, after which she said goodbye to the world of cinema forever. In the episodes, the Baltic dandy Algis Matulenis, the intelligent Boris Klyuyev, Viktor Kostetskiy, always truly “folk” Valentina Talyzina and Anatoly Kuznetsov were good. This adventurous picture fits into the category of "films about geniuses" very peculiarly. After all, the main character Sergey used his talent for fraudulent purposes. And what else remained of the brilliant electronic engineer, who was forced to sell vegetables in the dashing 1990s, when the engineers were paid a penny, but there was no decent work? But the film “Hunting for a genius” (rather, a mini-series) with Dmitry Maryanov in the role of the famous journalist Kovalenko talks about how this metropolitan celebrity was drawn into a mysterious story. The trump card in the game was the life of a biologist.
Rarely yes
Films about geniuses are not made so often. However, as they say, "rarely yes aptly." Two American films earned deserved fame. Games of the Mind won 4 Academy Awards. Ron Howard made a moving story about a talented mathematician whose life suddenly almost went downhill due to the ingenious and cruel rotation of the wheel of Fortune. The main role of John Forbes Nash Jr. was played by Australian talent Russell Crowe. But Matt Damon in 1997 embodied the image of a child prodigy, whose abilities are surprising, but a quick-tempered character can interfere with the development of a young genius. The young talented professor of mathematics (played by Robin Williams) volunteers to help. “Clever Will Hunting” Gus Van Sant was also a favorite of academics, but only the scriptwriters (friends Damon and Ben Affleck) and Williams won the Oscar race for the best supporting role.
32 awards
If you make a list of "films about geniuses", then one of the top lines must be given to Forman's "Amadeus." In 1984, this drama made a splash. It is impossible to watch her with a distant, cold gaze. The story of great envy, which has long become an ominous legend. It is possible that the authors of the picture, like Pushkin at one time, were wrong when attributing to Salieri these base feelings that led to the unjustly early death of Amadeus. But Farid Murray Abraham managed to become so reliable Antonio Salieri, and Tom Hals - reckless, but, no doubt, absolutely brilliant Mozart. This is proved by 32 film rewards. Of these, 10 are Oscars. This is an incredible success! Writing such “sunny” music, Mozart died at age 35 and was buried in a common grave (rich burials with lavish tombstones could only be allowed to know).
It is said that geeks and geniuses generally do not live very long. Too intense is their mental activity. But here films about geniuses (at least many of them), as well as the creativity of their characters, are immortal.