The film “The Most Charming and Attractive” (1985): actors and roles

At the dawn of perestroika, director Herald Bezhanov made a film that immediately after the premiere fell in love with millions of viewers. The film is very popular today. The film is called “The Most Charming and Attractive” (1985). The actors who played the main roles, as well as the creators of this touching comedy, will be discussed in today's article.

Herald Bezhanov

According to the director’s recollections, he wanted to shoot a film with a good story, cute characters and a happy ending. The main condition was: the presence of a situation recognizable and understandable to the audience. This ingenuous recipe was once created in Hollywood. The Soviet director has always used it. Herald Bezhanov is the creator of such films as “Where is the Nofelet?”, “Entrance through the Window”, “Urgent Call”. But his most famous work is the comedy The Most Charming and Attractive.

Actors and roles

An interesting plot and well-written dialogues are not the formula for success for the future film. Bezhanov’s picture scattered into quotes. Actors in the film “The Most Charming and Attractive” (1985) played vivid, memorable characters. The replicas they uttered became aphorisms. But according to the director, without Irina Muravyova, the film “The Most Charming and Attractive” (1985) would not have become so popular. Bezhanov selected actors very carefully.

So, Nadia Klyuyeva, a modest employee of the Research Institute, was played by Irina Muravyova. The role of her friend Susanna, an extravagant woman, whom the hero Kuravlyova called "a two-meter crocodile with a smile of Mona Lisa", was performed by Tatyana Vasilyeva.

The potential groom Nadi was played by Alexander Abdulov. Other employees of the research institute, which is shown in the film “The Most Charming Attractive” (1985), are actors Mikhail Kokshenov, Leonid Kuravlev, Larisa Udovichenko, Lyudmila Ivanova, Vladimir Nosik, Lev Perfilov. The role of the mother of the main character was performed by Lyubov Sokolova. Alexander Shirvindt appeared in the image of a phlegmatic musician, Susanna's husband.

In the comedy, there are quite interesting secondary characters. So, the farceman, who uttered a phrase that offended all the inhabitants of the Urals, was played by Igor Yasulovich. The director himself played the episodic role in the film. He appeared on the screen in the form of a passerby who asked the main character what time it is. Other actors in the film “The Most Charming and Attractive” are Veronika Izotova, Viktor Ilyichev, Victor Filippov, Georgy Martirosyan, Guram Abesadze, Lyudmila Karaush, Anatoly Eiramjan.

From the history of creation

The entire film was shot in the pavilions of Mosfilm. Moreover, the entrance to the research institute was real - a special partition was made at the factory.

The scene in which Mikhail Kokshenov drinks sparkling water from the apparatus has become a real torment for the actor. In the film “The Most Charming and Attractive” (1985), as already mentioned, one of the heroes was played by Alexander Shirvindt. After the words of Misha Dyatlov “water is only for employees”, he, along with Kuravlev, began to make fun of Kokshenov. He could not stand it, he began to laugh. The scene had to be re-shot. The actor drank about eight glasses of sparkling water.

Bezhanov’s film was shown in more than fifty countries. But, as this often happened, the artistic council did not immediately miss the comedy. Fortunately, the director was supported by Nikolai Sizov, who at that time was the director of Mosfilm.

Irina Muravyova

The leading role in the film Bezhanova was born in 1949 in Moscow. After school, she applied to all the capital's theater universities. But not in one did not accept her. The next year, Muravyova tried again. And this time, she was not able to enter a prestigious university. True, the young Muscovite was invited to the studio at the Children's Theater, where she worked for many years. There he drew attention to the characteristic artist Vladimir Menshov. After the release of his legendary picture, the actress became famous. Roles in the films of Bezhanov and Menshov, as well as in the film Lioznova "Carnival" - the most striking work in the filmography of Irina Muravyova.

Alexander Abdulov

You can talk about this actor endlessly. Alexander Abdulov is a legend of Russian cinema. He was born in 1953, in a small town in the Tyumen region. His father worked for many years as a theater director. Alexander first appeared on stage at the age of five. After graduation, he entered the Shchepkinsky school, but unsuccessfully. For some time he worked in the theater with his father. Then he entered GITIS.

In the filmography of Abdulov about a hundred roles. Four years before the premiere of Bejanov’s comedy, he already starred with Muravyova in the film “Carnival” by Tatyana Lioznova. Later, Abdulov played in the films “Look for a Woman”, “Sorcerers”, “The House that Swift Built”, “Juno and Avos”, “Formula of Love”, “Kill the Dragon” and many others. The actor passed away in 2008.

Tatyana Vasilyeva

The future actress was born in 1947 in the city of Leningrad. The maiden name of Vasilyeva is Itsykovich. Tatyana entered the Moscow Art Theater School in 1969. Four years later, she married actor Anatoly Vasiliev, known for his roles in the Soviet film "Crew" and the popular Russian television series "Matchmakers". In the movie, the actress made her debut in 1972. Tatyana Vasilyeva played in such films as “Duenya”, “Evening Labyrinth”, “Bindyuzhnik and King”, “Three Half-Graces”. The second husband of the actress was George Martirosyan, who also played a small role in the comedy of Bezhanov.