In 1971, the film "Gentlemen of Fortune" was released on Soviet screens - a picture that was destined to become a cult, since it was included in the gold fund of the cinema of the USSR and literally went into quotes. Comedy immediately gained universal popularity and is popular with viewers today.
Images of Troshkin and Associate Professor
Actors of the film "Gentlemen of Fortune" immediately received all-Union fame and fame. The main role in the film was played by then-famous Evgeny Leonov, who embodied on the screen two images at once - the good-natured director of the kindergarten and the thief-recidivist nicknamed Associate Professor. The comedic situation of this character lies in the fact that Evgeny Ivanovich Troshkin was completely unsuitable for portraying a gangster and searching for the stolen helmet of Alexander the Great.
Adventures and adventures of the hero unfold against the backdrop of Soviet reality in the 1970s, which the film "Gentlemen of Fortune" very expressively reproduced. The actors of the film are successfully suited to each other largely due to their excellent play. Leonov looks surprisingly harmonious in the frame in all scenes and with each of the partners on the set. He is equally convincing both in the role of Troshkin and in the image of Associate Professor.
G. Vitsin in the role of Khmyr
The film "Gentlemen of Fortune", whose actors were so beloved by the audience, was remembered in a colorful way by the associate professor Associate nicknamed Khmyr. This role was brilliantly played by the All-Union favorite Vitsin, who suddenly spoke in a hoarse, smoky, muffled voice. This time, the viewer saw the actor not in the image of an eternally frightened Coward, but in the form of a skeptical elderly man with a very difficult fate and, apparently, an unsettled personal life.
The painting "Gentlemen of Fortune", whose actors and roles immediately became cult in our country, despite its comedic plot, also demonstrates human dramas. In this regard, the image of Khmyr is of particular interest: his fate causes sympathy and regret, especially in the scene with an attempted suicide and reading a letter from his relatives.
The image of Oblique in the film
The film "Gentlemen of Fortune", whose actors embodied such vivid characters on the screen, was remembered by the magnificent play of S. Kramarov, who brilliantly got used to the character of his hero - the second associate of Dotsent, nicknamed Kosoy. Perhaps it is this character that bears most of the comedic load in the picture.
In the film, Kramarov remained true to himself: he plays spectacularly, masterly and tastefully. His manners, gestures, speech are somewhat grotesque, but this is precisely the highlight of the character, who, with his lordly habits, looks extremely funny, especially when paired with a gloomy Khmyr and a criminal assistant professor.
Vasily Alibabaevich
The movie "Gentlemen of Fortune", whose actors present the subject of this review, is largely remembered thanks to the original image of the petty felon Vasily Alibabaevich, brilliantly played by R. Muratov. This actor is known for a number of wonderful paintings, such as “Twelve Chairs”, “Shield and Sword”, “Maxim Perepelitsa”, “Time, Go!”, But for most viewers he still remains exactly Vasily Alibabaevich from the picture “Gentlemen” good luck. " Actors and roles became a kind of symbols of the era, so Muratov became a cult hero, primarily due to his character.
It is noteworthy that he alone does not have any nickname, and his comrades call him by his full name, and this proves the special place of this hero in the plot. Despite the fact that Vasily Alibabaevich is a petty swindler, he alone maintains economic order, arranges the camp life of the fugitives and somehow takes care of at least some comfort of the former prisoners.
Film language
Half the success of the picture can be safely attributed to the colorful language spoken by the characters. Perhaps this was the first time that the protagonists of the Soviet film spoke the thieves, prison language. However, many words and phrases, such as "radish", "go horse", "eat, eat, please eat", immediately became winged.
It should be borne in mind that in 1971, the creators of the picture took some risk by introducing the prisoner vocabulary into the plot. However, the latter circumstance in many respects determined success: the audience immediately fell in love with the broken street words that the characters communicated with each other.
The place of films in Soviet cinema
It is known that actors often provide popularity to films. "Gentlemen of Fortune" of 1971 can be safely attributed to such paintings. Of course, the plot, great music, slang language can be attributed to the undoubted advantages of this movie. However, it was the magnificent play of Leonov, Vitsin, Kramarov, Muratov, Fateeva, Garina that made the film a cult.
Many viewers remember these actors precisely in the film "Gentlemen of Fortune", despite the fact that they played in many other wonderful films. This film occupies a special place in the Soviet film fund. Firstly, this is a comedy movie, but on a prison theme. Of course, this could be called a kind of breakthrough for the 1970s, when the correct plots were taken for the film adaptation. Secondly, vocabulary made this film original in a number of other films. Thirdly, the image of scammers, crooks, thieves in a funny and even harmless form, of course, distinguished the film from other comedies of the period in question.
However, Soviet cinema by that time already had a similar experience: it is worth at least recalling the famous comedies of Gaidai, where the main characters were Trus, Dunce, Experienced - also petty criminals and violators of public order and tranquility. However, there is a significant difference between these films. The above heroes are like theater masks: the audience laughs at their shortcomings and tricks, but knows nothing about life, the past, while in the film by A. Sery Khmyr, Kosoy and Vasily Alibabaevich are people with a difficult fate and complex characters . In this regard, no film is as memorable as The Gentlemen of Fortune. Actors and roles, photos of which are presented in this review, prove the above idea.