New Year is associated with tangerines, champagne and, of course, Ryazanov’s amazing film “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!” More than one generation has grown up on an incredible story, and the heroes of the picture are perceived as native. And of course, the Polish actress Barbara Brylska will always remain a modest teacher in her soul. The biography of this woman is in no way inferior to the fate of her heroines.
Actress childhood
Amazing sophisticated Nadia, who looked up from the screens with a genuine sense of shocked amazement, fell in love with the viewer from the first shots. And of course, the actress who talented her, Barbara Brylska, aroused special curiosity. The biography of a woman is interesting to the viewer today.
On May 29, 1941, a future celebrity was born in the Polish village of Skotniki, located near Lodz. It was a difficult time. There was not enough money for anything.
Barbara from childhood showed her talents. Parents, noting her artistic talent, gave the girl to the Lyceum. And who knows what would be such a talented woman like Barbara Brylska, a biography, if she did not notice acting abilities. It was the director of the art lyceum who saw an unprecedented potential in her and recommended that the young talent enter the theater university.
Barbara Brylska did just that. The girl began her acting career immediately after graduating from the lyceum. For the first time she appears on the screen in the picture of Bogdzevich "Galoshes of happiness."
First marriage
From childhood Barbara grew up a beauty. The graceful long-legged girl with beautiful thick hair could not leave indifferent the opposite sex. This is how the future celebrity met the young handsome Jan Borovets from Warsaw. He fell in love at first sight with a beautiful stranger and made every effort to find her. Their acquaintance ended in a wedding.
However, did Barbara Brylska dream about this? Personal life demanded a significant sacrifice from her. At that time, she studied at the theater institute, in the first year. Barbara dreamed of becoming an actress. The girl liked studying. Teachers predicted her great success.
However, conservative relatives of the husband did not share the daughter-in-law's choice, considering him frivolous. And the groom himself wanted to see in his sophisticated wife only a housewife. Barbara delivered an ultimatum. The girl, in love with her chosen one, left the university.
Return to college
For two months, Barbara was an exemplary wife. But very soon she was tired of it. The girl has not yet turned 20 years old. Outside the windows, beautiful Warsaw rustled. Following the beauty of Barbara, men turned around. And Jan again plunged headlong into work. What did the model wife have to do?
Barbara returned to the theater university. As an exception, the girl was allowed to attend lectures.
Soon, the young actress was offered the first roles.
The film "Pharaoh"
After a cinematic debut in the film adaptation of "Galoshes of Happiness," Barbara played in 1963 a small role in the film "Their Everyday Life."
After 3 years, the young actress was invited to a leading role in the film "Pharaoh" by Jerzy Kavalerovich. The picture has become significant in many indicators. The film was nominated for an Academy Award. A little later, he appeared in the competitive program of the Cannes Film Festival.
The plot of the tape tells a fictional story about the love of two women of Pharaoh Ramses 13. A bright accent in the film is made on the powerlessness of the ruler before the power of the priests. The talented actress Barbara Brylska played the role of one of the beloved women of the pharaoh. She played the priestess Kama, deprived of the right to love.
At that time, Barbara was hot and young. And could she not fall in love with her partner in the film Jerzy Zelnik? It was he who caused her first betrayal to her husband. This novel lasted 2 years. Ian was well aware of the relationship that had developed. But the marriage passed the test.
Marriage wreck
At first, Yang favored the enthusiasm of his wife. He even indulged her "quirks."
But not everything was so cloudless. Misunderstanding in the family began at the time when Barbara Brylska became famous. The films that appeared on the screen brought her fame. Ian was unpleasant.
Initially, it was he who insisted that Barbara act in films under her maiden name - Brylska. Subsequently, this will bring him much suffering. Since Jan will be ironically called Pan Brylsky.
Gradually, the couple began to move away. Barbara led a noisy social life, often went abroad. The husband patiently endured the detachment and loneliness. He watched with understanding the films in which Barbara starred in explicit love scenes.
But the feelings of the spouses were already fading. And soon they felt that there was nothing in common between them.
New romance
The marriage of Barbara’s movie actor Slobodan Dmitrievich finally filmed the marriage on the set of the White Wolves tape. The beautiful southerner fell in love with the actress and promised the woman unearthly happiness. Barbara believed his speeches. Soon she divorced Ian.
How Barbara Brylska was in love! Personal life, as it seemed to her, was getting better. But fate prepared her a heavy blow.
Once in the family nest of a rich Yugoslav family, the woman was faced with new demands. The Slobodan family demanded that Barbara abandon her career as an actress and social life. The woman agreed. However, the relatives of Slobodan were not going to give up. After all, they were not at all attracted by the prospect of marrying a wealthy heir to an actress, who was also divorced. The woman was simply plagued by various subtle humiliations. The long-awaited wedding was postponed all the time. The marriage contract has been tightened.
In the end, Barbara could not stand it and with a broken heart returned to Warsaw. Here she immersed herself in professional activities.
Second marriage
In 1970, Barbara Brylska married again. The biography of an amazing and talented woman is a continuous series of difficult trials and bright moments. Her second husband is Ludwig Cosmal, a Bulgarian doctor, a heavy man, prone to cheating and alcohol.
The family life of a woman has become a real struggle for leadership. Ludwig did not shun secular life. News of his stormy antics often appeared on the pages of newspapers.
But it was in this marriage that the actress gave birth to two beloved children. She had a daughter Barbara and a son Ludwig. And although the husband, an unfaithful and violent, often drunk, did not at all resemble the ideal father of the family, the marriage lasted 18 years. Then followed a divorce.
With the birth of children, Barbara seemed to have changed. Her heart was completely given to her daughter and son. But life brought her a terrible blow. Twenty-year-old daughter was in a car accident and died instantly.
Today, the actress is 74 years old. But the age of Barbara Brylsky absolutely does not prevent her from continuing to act in films.
Actress career
After the film "Pharaoh" a series of various films followed, unfortunately, less well-known. She played in the movie Boomerang. This was followed by the adventure television series Bet More Than Life.
The vivid work of the actress was the adventure drama "Pan Volodyevsky." It describes the struggle of the Polish people against the Turkish invasion. Barbara perfectly played Kristina Drokhovskaya.
In 1972, a talented actress appeared on the screens in the melodrama "Anatomy of Love." In the Soviet box office frank tape suffered some cuts. But it was she who became an important stage in the career of a woman. Indeed, it was in the film "Anatomy of Love" that the beautiful and talented actress Barbara Brylska was noticed by Eldar Ryazanov.
Films with her participation are still being watched with admiration by the audience. But, according to the actress herself, it was the role of Nadia Sheveleva that overshadowed the rest of the work.
The painting "The Irony of Fate"
For a long time, Eldar Ryazanov could not pick up the actress for the role of Nadi. He did not see the tender and amazing heroine neither in Lyudmila Gurchenko, nor in Svetlana Nemolyaeva, nor in Valentina Talyzin. There was no perfect challenger.
Suddenly Ryazanov remembered the Polish actress from the film "Anatomy of Love." Having got her phone, the filmmaker called to Warsaw. Barbara was free and gladly responded to the offer.
She was approved for the role of Nadia immediately after the film test. A pedantic responsible Polish at night crammed the text (about who voiced Barbara Brylska in The Irony of Fate, we will find out later), gestures, facial expressions. She strictly adhered to the script. And she was constantly shocked by the improvisation of Russian partners - Yakovlev and Myagkov. By unexpected passages, they often baffled Barbara.
The film was shot for 3 months. Appearing on the screens, he immediately won the love and popularity of the audience. And of course, the question arose: who voiced Barbara Brylska in The Irony of Fate? After all, the actress did not speak Russian at all. This task was handled by another magnificent actress - the talented Valentina Talyzina.
And who sang for Barbara Brylska? Who owns a bewitching voice, penetrating directly into the depths of the soul? All songs were performed by Alla Pugacheva, putting naivety and tenderness into them.
It was they who gave the world not only a wonderful film, but also the confidence that on the New Year even the most incredible and amazing dreams can come true!