If you are interested in good films, “Love and Doves” is a tape that you should pay special attention to, since it is undoubtedly worthy of the title. This is a lyrical comedy shot by Vladimir Menshov at the Mosfilm film studio. The picture is based on the play of the same name by Vladimir Gurkin. He created the script for the tape.
Annotation for the film "Love and Pigeons". Content
We discuss the plot of the film "Love and Pigeons" (1985), actors and roles. The main character is Vasily. He is a worker who lives with three children and his wife Nadezhda. Luda's daughter came back after she broke up with her husband. Son Lenka is a funny guy, a lover of technology.
Olya is her father’s favorite. Nadezhda considers her husband a balamut and a dope. Mitya and Shura live next door to the Kuzyakins. There is also constant conflict in their family. Grandfather loves a drink. Basil is once injured. Then, in compensation for the damage caused, he gets a ticket to the sea.
Vasily in the resort has an affair with Raisa Zakharovna - an exalted lady. She captivates the hero with her hobbies and amazing stories. As a result, he returns to the new lover from the resort. About this, she and Raisa report in writing to the Kuzyakin family. The joint life of Vasily and Raisa does not add up.
The hero returns to the village. Hope forgives him, after some time. Fearing the negative reaction of the villagers and the son of Lenka, they secretly meet. Upon learning that Nadezhda is pregnant, the heroes return home.
Main characters
Vasily Kuzyakin and Uncle Mitya are the main characters of the film “Love and Pigeons” (1985). Actors A. Mikhailov and S. Jurassic transferred the images of these heroes to the screen. And they did it very well.
Alexander Yakovlevich Mikhailov is a Soviet, as well as a Russian film and theater actor, director and teacher. National artist. In total, he played more than 75 roles on the screen, as well as about 50 on the stage. He embodied the image of Ivan the Terrible within the walls of the Maly Theater. He played in the films "The Enchanted Wanderer", "White Snow of Russia", "Guys!"
Sergey Yursky - actor, director of cinema and theater. National artist. Born in Leningrad in the family of Yuri Sergeyevich Jurassic - artistic director of the Moscow Circus. The actor’s mother is Evgenia Mikhailovna Yurskaya-Romanova. She was a music teacher.
Igor Lyakh reincarnated as Lenka. This is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He is an assistant professor, honored artist of the Russian Federation. Born in the city of Zagorsk. He was educated at the school of Schepkin, in the workshop of N. N. Afonin. The artistic director of his course is N. A. Annenkov. The actor played on the stage of the Maly Theater.
Doroshina, Gurchenko, Tenyakova
Nadezhda Kuzyakina and Raisa Zakharovna - the main female roles in the film "Love and Pigeons" (1985). Actors cannot but admire their talents. Nina Doroshina and Lyudmila Gurchenko embodied these images.
Nina Mikhailovna Doroshina - Russian film and theater actress. People's Artist. Born in the city of Losinoostrovsk. She was educated at the B. Shchukin Theater School, on the course of V. I. Moskvin and Vera Lvova. Lev Borisov, Alexander Shirvindt, Inna Ulyanova, Vera Karpova studied with her. She made her debut at the Sovremennik Theater.
Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko - Soviet, as well as Russian film and theater actress, writer, screenwriter, director, pop singer. People's Artist. Laureate of the State Prize of the Vasilyev Brothers. Awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland. He is a laureate of the State Prize of Russia. Best known for films: Carnival Night, Girl with a Guitar, and Old Walls.
Natalya Tenyakova played Shura. This is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress. People's Artist. Winner of the Stanislavsky Prize and the Golden Mask. Born in Leningrad. Graduated from LGITMiK. She studied at the Boris Zone course. Her classmates were Vladimir Tykke, Leonid Mozgovoy, Sergey Nadporozhsky, Victor Kostetsky, Lev Dodin, Olga Antonova.
Lisovskaya, Sizonenko, Kolesnikov
Lyudka and Olya were well remembered by the audience of the film Love and Pigeons (1985). Actors Yanina Lisovskaya and Lada Sizonenko played these roles. And Mikhail Kolesnikov embodied the image of a beer lover.
Other heroes
The performer of the composition and the leader of the quadrille also appear in the plot of the film "Love and Pigeons" (1985). Actors Sergey Menakhin and Vladimir Menshov played these roles. Konstantin Mikhailov played a cameo role in the film.
Filming
Some interesting information about the film "Love and Pigeons" (1985) - where the film was shot, as well as how the creative process went, below. The film and the play are based on a real story from the life of Nadezhda and Vasily Kuzyakins. They lived in the city of Cheremkhovo - in the homeland of Vladimir Gurkin - the author of the script. In 2011, a monument was erected there to the heroes of the tape.
In order to shoot a “blossoming tree” at the end of the film, they used a trick with a cane and flowers popping out of it. A magician was invited to shoot. 10 such canes were attached to the tree. 7 of them worked. The shot was shot from the first take. The film "Love and Pigeons" (1985) was shot in Karelia, on the banks of the Kumsa River, in the city of Medvezhyegorsk.
The main scenes were shot in a private house number 12, on the outskirts of the city, on the Lower Street. It was demolished in 2011 after a fire. A new cottage was built in its place. Filming of the bathing episode of Vasily and Raisa Zakharovna was conducted in Batumi, in November. The water temperature was then 14 degrees. While working on an episode of Vasily’s falling out of the door of the house, Alexander Mikhailov nearly died.
The water scene was filmed in an outdoor pool, not in the sea. While working underwater, a diver could not save the actor from a tie. The actor almost drowned. In this case, the tie had to be cut. According to the script of the picture, Nadezhda is a middle-aged woman. Shura is an old retired woman. In the life of Nina Doroshin, ten years older than Natalya Tenyakova.
Eduard Uspensky wrote two songs for the film. One of the compositions - “Burning Southern Tango” performed by artist Sergei Menakhin - goes off screen for the verse. The second song, entitled "Come back home, men!" the director is not included in the film. In the episode with Vasily, who secretly peeks into the house, there they watch on the television on the tape “Moscow Does Not Tear Tears”.
The last picture was also shot by Vladimir Menshov. The episode where Vasily and Raisa Zakharovna are engaged in simulators was shot at the Zander Institute. The latter is located in the city of Essentuki.
The tape was shot as a two-part. The State Commission demanded to reduce the picture. The picture was remounted. The episodes that were not included in the film were “washed away” due to film shortages. Thus, this part has not been preserved.