In 2016, Leonid Kuravlev, whose filmography includes more than two hundred film works, will celebrate its 80th anniversary. Kuravlev is one of the most prominent artists of the Soviet Union. The screen characters of Leonid Vyacheslavovich are always characteristic and are remembered for a long time by the audience. What films with the participation of the artist must be watched on the eve of his anniversary?
Leonid Kuravlev: biography, filmography. early years
Kuravlev was born in 1936 in Moscow, in the family of a locksmith. The mother of the future actor worked at the hairdresser. The woman found ill-wishers who fabricated a false denunciation on her. Therefore, Valentina Dmitrievna and her son were sent to the Murmansk region in 1941. After the war, little Lenya and his mother were able to return to Moscow.
It was difficult for Leonid to study at school: practically not a single subject was given to him. My sister jokingly advised Kuravlev to go to study as an artist, because then he would not have to take either mathematics or physics. Leonid followed her advice, but he was not able to do it the first time. Kuravlev returned to exams at VGIK exactly one year later, and then no one could refuse him.
"Viy"
The first film in which the famous actor starred is the drama by Andrei Tarkovsky, “There Will Be No Dismissal Today”. Then there was a whole series of subtle films, until Leonid Kuravlev, whose filmography by 1967 had 17 films, won the main role in the first Soviet “horror” “Viy”.
This picture is still a classic of the genre. With the complete absence of any computer special effects in those years, the director Konstantin Ershov managed to create a truly scary film, from which blood runs cold even in a contemporary viewer.
Leonid Kuravlev played in the film Homu Brut - Bursak, who inadvertently killed a witch. After this incident, the deceased pursues the young man, sending all evil to him and wishing him death.
"Golden calf"
Immediately after filming Vie, Leonid Kuravlev, a biography whose filmography began to interest hundreds of fans across the Soviet Union, fell into another iconic Soviet painting - The Golden Calf.
The film is based on the books of the same name by Ilf and Petrov and tells about the next adventures of Ostap Bender. Leonid Kuravlev played in this picture a petty crook Shuru Balaganov, who joined in the gang of the great combinator. Soon they were joined by a rogue Panikovsky performed by Zinovy ​​Gredt, and the whole company went to the city of Chernomorsk to rob the underground millionaire Koreiko.
The film is filled with comic. All the machinations of Bender and his friends are shown through the prism of humor and irony. The picture was sorted into quotes: “Your gasoline is our ideas,” “Panikovsky will sell you all, buy and sell you again, but already more expensive!” etc.
Leonid Kuravlev: filmography. Soviet actors in the immortal film "Seventeen Moments of Spring"
“Seventeen Moments of Spring” by Tatyana Lioznova has an IMDb rating of 9.2 and often leads various tops of the best Russian and Soviet films. The story of Stirlitz has long become a legend, the name of the protagonist has become a household name, and the actors who starred in the film immortalized themselves in the hearts of the audience. So Leonid Kuravlev, whose filmography is full of good films, can be proud of his participation in this political detective story.
The plot focuses on the activities of the Soviet intelligence in the highest echelons of power of the Third Reich. Kuravlev played a supporting role - Nazi from the SS Kurt Aisman. The actor’s company on the set was made up of such famous personalities as Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Leonid Bronevoy, Valentin Gaft and many others.
"Ivan Vasilievich changes his profession"
Actor Leonid Kuravlev, whose filmography includes many comedy films, in 1973 played one of his most striking roles - the adventurer Georges Miloslavsky in the movie masterpiece of Leonid Gaidai “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes the Profession”.
Comedy became the box office leader in the Soviet Union in 1973. Leonid Kuravlev in the image of the resourceful thief-recidivist Miloslavsky turned into a "decoration" of the film. The directorial technique worked especially brightly, according to which the company of the tireless rogue is constantly made up by the boring manager Bunsh. During the development of the plot, the viewer understands that the rogue Miloslavsky has much more principles and even patriotism than the thoroughfare of the house building soaked with ideology. However, this storyline remains veiled, but the comedic component of the picture still comes to the fore.
"Can not be!" and other films with the artist
One of the most famous works of Leonid Kuravlev in the movie is the role of Volodya Zavitushkin in Gaidai’s comedy “It Cannot Be.” Also, the actor starred in such famous films as "Afonya", "The Most Charming and Attractive", "Mimino" and many others.
Leonid Kuravlev, whose filmography has ceased to be replenished with new paintings since 2009, unexpectedly returned to the screens in 2015, playing father Leonty in the film “All This Jam”.