Quite controversial reviews were caused in due time by the film “Cruel Romance” (1984). Actors played heroes whose behavior did not at all correspond to the mores of the 19th century. However, the film won success with the audience. Ryazanov’s film did not lose popularity thirty years after the premiere. The performer of the leading role is still associated among viewers with the image of a dowry.
The film "Cruel Romance" (1984): actors and roles
The main role - the role of Larisa Ogudalova - was played by Larisa Guzeeva. Ryazanov considered many candidates, made a choice in favor of the graduate of the RGISI. On the account of the young actress at that time there was only one job.
In the film "Cruel Romance" (1984), the actor and director Nikita Mikhalkov played the role of Paratov. Alice Freindlich played the mother of the main character - Harita Ignatyevna. Andrei Myagkov appeared in front of the audience in the image of an unattractive, self-confident and stupid Karandyshev. Victor Proskurin played the shipowner, the young merchant Vasily Vozhevatov. Alexey Petrenko - a large businessman Mokia Parmenycha.
Other actors of the film “Cruel Romance” (1984): G. Burkov, T. Pankova, B. Brondukov, A. Pyatkov, Yu. Sarantsev, O. Volkova, D. Buzylev, A. Pankratov-Cherny, S. Artsibashev.
L. Guzeeva
The future actress was born in 1959, in the Orenburg region. She was brought up by her mother, she never saw her father. After leaving school, Larisa went to Leningrad, where she submitted documents to the Institute of Theater and Cinematography. Received from the first attempt.
As a student, Guzeeva worked as a model. And in 1984 she received a diploma. Around the same time, she was invited by Eldar Ryazanov to the main role in the film adaptation of the work of Ostrovsky. However, Guzeeva's debut took place earlier, in 1979. She played a cameo role in the detective series Govorukhin.
Films with the participation of Larisa Guzeeva: “Rivals”, “White Curse”, “Mysterious Prisoner”, “House”, “Women's Logic”, “Roof”.
N. Mikhalkov
Both in Russia and abroad, he is known primarily as a director. In the early nineties, Nikita Mikhalkov was nominated for an Oscar for the film Urga - Territory of Love. A little later, he received the highest film award - for the painting "Burnt by the Sun."
A representative of the famous literary and artistic family began acting in films at the age of fourteen. In the film "Clouds over Borsky," he played the role of a schoolboy who parodies an Orthodox priest. Mikhalkov brought fame film "I walk in Moscow." The song of the same name performed by him gained all-Union popularity. No less famous was “And the gypsy is coming”, which the actor sang in the film “Cruel Romance” (1984). Mikhalkov has played in more than forty films.
A. Myagkov
Before coming to the cinema, the actor graduated from a technical university and even worked for several years in his specialty. At the same time he participated in amateur productions. There, one of the teachers of the Moscow Art Theater School drew attention to him.
Andrei Myagkov in 1965 received a diploma in theater education and joined the Sovremennik troupe. His debut took place in 1965. Eight years later, Vladimir Korenev suggested to Myagkov to play the main character in the film "Big Break." But he refused, which, perhaps, later regretted. The actor became famous after the release of Ryazanov's comedy, which tells about the same type of Soviet apartments and an unplanned trip to Leningrad.
Andrei Myagkov created many interesting images on the screen, he played in such films as “Garage”, “Racing vertically”, “Afterword”, “Contract with death”. The role in the film “Cruel Romance” (1984) is one of his best films.
A. Freundlich
The actress worked for many years in the Lensovet Theater. At the beginning of her career, she met Ryazanov, who, by the way, considered her as a contender for the main role in the comedy "Hussar Ballad". However, Alice Freindlich did not fit. By the time the actress performed her famous role in the film "Office Romance", she had more than thirty works in the movie. A. Freundlich played in the films "Anna and the Commander", "Straw Hat", "Dangerous Age" and many others.