The topic of today's article is the plot of the film "Old Nags". The cast will also be presented here. “Old Nags” is a kind and easy comedy, designed, however, to show the problems that can affect each of us.
Movie idea
Human life is depreciating, the souls of most of the country's inhabitants are filled with selfish aspirations - such was the situation in Russia in the nineties. And it was precisely this problem that the creators of the film "Old Nags" elucidated, albeit in a rather comical plan. Actors and roles were brilliantly matched. As, however, in all the films of the master of comedy Eldar Ryazanov. One of the last films of the Soviet and Russian director is not without a note of optimism. Friendship and self-belief can defeat even the most terrible difficulties - this is the main idea of the film "Old Nags".
The actors in the film played quite famous. The main characters were played by Lyudmila Gurchenko, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Leah Akhedzhakova and Irina Kupchenko. About actresses will be discussed in more detail below. First, it’s worth briefly setting out the plot.
Dark times
The main characters are women, whose mature years fell on the period of perestroika. Old age is approaching, but at the end of life a person, as you know, is not inclined to change.
It’s necessary to rebuild, but not everyone is ready for this. Women earn extra money in order to have at least some money, but meanwhile they listen to humiliation and insults every day. The simple-hearted Luba, by her carelessness, was expelled from her own apartment, and from now on lives in a closet on the edge of the cemetery. Blame the businessman-fraudster - the main negative character in the comedy "Old Nags". The actor Nikolai Fomenko was not the first to have to enter the image of a villain.
Actors: "Old Nags"
In "Moon Papa" Fomenko played a destroyer of girlish honor. In this picture of the artist, the Russian audience saw for the first time in the image of a hero an unpleasant, but not without charm. Bakhtiyor Khudoynazarov’s film was released in the same year as The Old Nags.
The actors who played the roles of other characters in Ryazanov's comedy had a more difficult task than Fomenko, who had only to create a template image of a fraudster and a villain on the screen. Stars of domestic cinema - Valentin Gaft, Mikhail Evdokimov, Roman Kartsev - played more complex and interesting characters. The latter, by the way, is known more as a pop artist. In films, he starred a little, but each of his image is bright and memorable. Suffice it to recall Schwonder from the “Dog Heart”.
Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Majid Akhedzhakov, Evgeny Voskresensky, Andrey Butin, Mikhail Derzhavin, Igor Pismenny - these actors in the “Old Nags” played minor characters. About how the story unfolds further Ryazanov, described below.
A sly plan
To restore justice, the friends had to take a thoughtless and very bold step. Tracking the businessman was pretty easy, because he was not hiding. But on the way the girlfriend was his driver, who suspected something. This did not become a problem! Women got him fired. Now it's time to do Khomenko himself.
Actresses
Former union activist Elizabeth in her youth did not know the end of men. This helped friends in their business. Having put on the appropriate makeup, dressed in the latest fashion, the old woman went to seduce the businessman, posing as a rich German. Elizabeth was played by Lyudmila Gurchenko. The actress met Ryazanov back in 1956, on the set of the film "Carnival Night", where Eldar Alexandrovich acted as the second director. But their paths diverged. Ryazanov and Gurchenko did not communicate for more than twenty years.
Returning to the plot, it is worth saying that he certainly has a happy ending. Despite the gloomy times that are depicted in the film. Elizabeth managed to rewrite the apartment back to its rightful owner, and steal the relevant documents. Justice has been restored.
And finally, a few words about other performers in the comedy “Old Nags”. The heyday of Ryazanov’s work fell on the seventies. It was then that a special creative team was formed, which included Liya Akhedzhakova. The actress played in the comedy Lyuba.
Star Svetlana Kryuchkova ascended after the premiere of the film "Big Change". In the comedy of Ryazanov, she played the broken saleswoman of pies, and in the past - the railroad worker. Irina Kupchenko played the role of a candidate of sciences, forced to look for jobs in a car wash. Fame for this actress came in the late 60s. The images of aristocratic heroines created by Kupchenko entered the history of Soviet cinema.