How to remove a Soviet film "Beware of the Car"

• How to remove the Soviet film "Beware of the Car"

March 28 would be 93, the famous Soviet actor Innocent Smoktunovsky, but 24 years is not among the dead. He played more than 150 roles in theater and film, but his creative peak was the film "Hamlet" G. Kozintsev and "Beware of the Car" by E. Ryazanov. Few viewers know that the role of Yuri Detochkin originally meant another actor, the script is not just sent to the shelf, and the director was accused of promoting the immoral lifestyle.

The story of how a modern Robin Hood stealing cars from thieves and bribe takers, sold and the money transfers to children's homes, Ryazanov heard repeatedly in different cities of the country. And in each city residents claimed that it was their compatriot. Yuri Nikulin told him the legend with the same story about the driver of the Kuibyshev and was convinced that it was written in the newspapers.

Eldar Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky co-author set out to in that whatever was to find the prototype. In the book "Nepodvedennye results" the director said: "The history we liked, we decided to stop on it. But before you start working on the script, we would like to check the accuracy of this incident. We were looking for a newspaper, but in vain. Thumbs up to directly meet the person implicated in such an unusual and so humane crime. We handle requests in legal institutions, but could not find traces of this lawsuit. Finally, we realized that it is - a fictional story, a legend that has adopted the guise vsamdelishnye case. The lack of real-life prototype greatly puzzled us. But not enough to give up the idea of his incarnation by means of art. In short, "Beware of the Car" main plot scheme is practically without any changes has been taken by us from life, or rather, from the legend. "

The director saw his hero's noble bandit of westerns, and weird, naive and childish simple-hearted man of ordinary appearance. The image Detochkin Ryazanov saw Yuri Nikulin. Actor consented, but before the start of filming turned out that his circus goes on a long tour abroad. To save the film and release Nikulin from this trip, Ryazanov has decided to appeal to the Minister. And then the real problems started.

The script has raised questions in the initial stage, the editors Kinokomitet why Detochkin stolen cars instead of just coming to the police and claim unearned income citizens? Positive or negative he is a hero, a criminal, or a fighter for justice? But when the script came to the minister, he was troubled, and all that, causing the sympathy of the audience to Detochkin, director thus encourages their bad instincts and encourages the commission of crimes. Like, see the movie for yourself and begin to steal cars. Thereafter canned shooting.

Then Ryazanov with Braginsky rewrote the script in a detective story and published it in the journal. The product was a great success and the readers and critics. And the State Cinema Committee officials allowed him to film - because the plot was already successfully "tested". This time again Nikulin could not be removed because of the tour, and the director decided to look for another hero. On the role of Detochkin auditioned Kuravlev Leonid and Oleg Efremov, but most organic in this manner was Innocent Smoktunovski. Kuravleva lacked strangeness, and about the artist painting Ephraim said: "Comrades, this is a wolf in sheep's clothing". And the actor confirmed the role of the investigator.

But Smoktunovski was heavily loaded in the theater and could not make time for filming. To remove a screen test, Ryazanov with the group went to Smoktunovsky in Leningrad. The actor looked tired, besides, he started having health problems, and tests out unsuccessful. But the director did not want to deviate from his plan. He persuaded Smoktunovsky star in the movie, and this role was his triumph. "Star" movie has become not only the actor, but ... the car "Volga", which Detochkin left the chase: after that he "played" a taxi to Dubrovka in "Diamond Hand", as well as on it, Oleg Efremov drove around Moscow Tatiana Doronin in film "Three poplars at Plyushchikha".

From this movie Smoktunovski got a lot of emotions. He later recalled: "The shooting of the final scene, the operator removes a major Luba plan, sitting behind the wheel of a trolley bus, and then move the camera to Detochkin. At this point, Olga Aroseva crawls out of the driver's seat, and in its place he sat down in the frame Eldar. The famous phrase "Hello, Luba, I'm back," I uttered, referring to the director. For a long time I had this scene does not work. While I do not Ryazanov said: "Eldar, we'll never finish, if I do all the time on your watch face ...".

The film was an incredible success with the audience: in 1966 it looked 29 million people. Innocent Smoktunovski was the best actor of the year by the magazine "Soviet Screen" and won the award for Best Actor at the International Film Festival in Spain. However, after considerable overwork in the theater and film actor contracted ocular tuberculosis, and doctors ordered him to appear. Ryazanov has long blamed himself that did not save it from unnecessary stress, which may have accelerated the development of the disease.