Today we’ll talk about the film “We Are From Jazz”. The actors will be named later. This is a Soviet comedy, musical feature film, which was shot in 1983 at the Mosfilm film studio. Director - Karen Shakhnazarov. According to a survey of the publication "Soviet Screen", we have the best musical picture in 1983.
Plot
The film "We are from Jazz" tells about Kostya Ivanov. He is a student at the Odessa College of Music, and in 1926 he was carried away by jazz - a young direction in music. For this, the young Komsomol member is expelled from the technical school. Kostya wants to collect his own jazz band. By announcement, two musician friends come to him. These are roaming artists Zhora Ryabov and Styopa Grushko.
The first plays the drums and violin, the second plays the trumpet and banjo. Konstantin is interested in new friends with jazz. The newly minted group begins rehearsals. The first performance ends with an unexpected brawl with the audience. Stepan decides to leave the group with Zhora. Kostya is desperate, but soon two "gentlemen" appear.
They invite jazz bands to perform at the prestigious thief on the anniversary. As a result of this event, the musicians are sent to the police cell. There they meet Ivan Bavurin. He turns out to be a saxophonist, necessary for a jazz band. Previously, this man played in the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment. The group is going to conquer Moscow with Ivan.
However, the capital already has a jazz ensemble, and is very successful. Konstantin is trying to attract Clementine Fernandez, a well-known foreign singer, to work together. However, this event ended for the group with the loss of not only the performer, but also all the money. Konstantin is in despair.
Saxophonist and drummer recall that he mentioned a captain by the name of Kolbasyev, a jazz theorist. And the idea arises that it would be nice if this person expressed a positive opinion about Kostin's creativity. It is difficult to find him, so friends find a certain former sailor. He agrees to play Kolbasyev.
At the last moment, for some reason, the sailor begins to rest. This causes a funny reaction in Bones, the spleen leaves him. Heroes were sheltered by a big fan of jazz, who is the head of the "Association of Proletarian Musicians."
When everything finally began to improve, in Soviet Russia, jazz was declared "illegal". The true captain Kolbasiev was invited to the concert in advance. It takes many years. Aged friends - now eminent musicians, play in front of a wide audience.
Main participants
The first one worth talking about is Igor Sklyar. “We Are From Jazz” is a film in which he played Kostya Ivanov. It's about a Russian actor. He is the performer of the song "Komarovo". Prize winner at a festival called Mosfilm Youth. This award was presented to him for his acting debut. Played in the films: Citizens, Protect Women, Anna Pavlova, Twice Born, Kindergarten, Hourglass, Maritsa, Start Again, Odessa Feat, Commandant Pushkin ”,“ Frenchman ”,“ Simulator ”,“ Tartuffe ”,“ Year of the Dog ”,“ Agnus Day ”,“ Life Line ”,“ Children of Monday ”,“ Secret Pain ”,“ Moscow Saga ”,“ Chess Player ”,“ Death empire ”,“ Realtor ”,“ First Ambulance ”,“ Ratatouille ”,“ Second to ”,“ About love ”,“ At play ”,“ Robinson ”,“ Summer of wolves ”,“ Real ”,“ Detachment ”,“ Underground ” transition "," Dreams "," Farmer "," Sherlock Holmes "," The Departing Nature ", “Talyanka”, “Family Album”, “Hammer”, “Investigator Tikhonov”, “Catherine. Takeoff ”,“ Nevsky Piglet ”,“ Excellent student ”.
In the film “We Are From Jazz”, Alexander Pankratov-Cherny appeared as Stepan Grushko. It's about the actor. Comes from a family of Cossacks exiled in the twenties. Agrippina Tokoryova-Pankratova is the actor’s mother, Vasily Guzev is the father.
In the film “We Are From Jazz”, Peter Shcherbakov played Ivan Bavurin. This is a Soviet actor. National artist. Member of the CPSU. Born in the Kaluga province, in the village of Pozdnyakovo. Comes from a working family of twenty-five thousandth. The whole family of Peter went to Moscow. His father worked at ZIL. Over time, Peter also came there.
Tsyplakova and the Valley
Katya Bobrova and Cuban singer Clementine Fernandez are the main female roles in the film “We Are From Jazz”. Actors Elena Tsyplakova and Larisa Dolina transferred these characters to the screen. These people should be described in more detail.
Elena Tsyplakova - actress of cinema and theater, people's artist, director. Born in Leningrad. Comes from a family of graphic artists October Ivanovich in Zoe Vasilievna Tsyplakovs.
Larisa Dolina - Russian and Soviet singer, actress. She was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. Three-time winner of the Ovation national award.
Averyushkin and Kuravlev
Georgy Ryabov and Samsonov were well remembered by the audience of the painting “We Are From Jazz”. Actors Nikolai Averyushkin and Leonid Kuravlev played these roles. We will discuss them further.
Nikolai Averyushkin is a Soviet, as well as a Russian actor, public figure. He was educated at the vocational-technical art school No. 64. He served in the Soviet Army.
Leonid Kuravlev - Soviet, as well as Russian film actor. National artist. Comes from the family of a mechanic at the Salyut aircraft plant, Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlev and Valentina Dmitrievna, a hairdresser.
Other heroes
False-Sergey Adamovich Kolbasiev and Orlov also appear in the plot of the film "We Are From Jazz". Actors Borislav Brondukov and Yuri Vasiliev played these roles. We will also talk about them separately.
Borislav Brondukov - actor. National artist. He became the laureate of the Alexander Dovzhenko Prize . He played more than 100 roles in films. Yuri Vasiliev comes from the family of Pelageya Gavriilovna Masyakina and Nikolai Vasiliev.
Interesting Facts
In the film “We Are From Jazz”, a large amount of music was used, which was performed by the Anatoly Kroll pop contemporary orchestra. Also used archival records of the twenties. Sound songs of
Mark Minkov to the poems of D. Ivanov. The soloists were Vladimir Shevtsik, Olga Pirags.