Interesting facts about the "gentleman of fortune"

• Interesting facts about "gentlemen of fortune"

December 13, 1971 in Moscow cinema "Russia" was the premiere of the legendary comedy "Gentlemen of Fortune." Let us today remember this movie masterpiece, and see how the process of its creation.

The film "Gentlemen of Fortune" in 1972 looked about 65 million people.

Witnesses said that in the first days after the premiere of the morning speculators bought up all the tickets, the maximum price which was 20 cents, and sold them for 3 rubles. Attendance film occupies the 12th place among the Soviet films in the history of the Soviet cinema.

Director of the film, many people mistakenly believe Danelia. In fact, "Gentlemen," filmed Alexander Gray and Danelia along with Victoria Tokarev was the author of the script.

"Because of its unrestrained, jealous temper Sasha was in prison, - said Danelia. - He was given 8 years, but he went out early, four years later, with no money, no job. He and I were friends, studied together at the University for another director's course, so I offered him: writing a script and become the artistic director of the painting, and he takes off. At that decided to do. "

The idea of ​​the film presented a well-known writer Valentin Yezhov. Initially, however, the story was quite different: a good captain / lieutenant of militia power of persuasion to re thugs, but this idea did not like the higher police authorities. As a result, the main character was the director of the kindergarten, and its antipode - a repeat offender of Docent named.

The final composition of the actors also differ from the original. The main role was immediately given to Yevgeny Leonov. But habitual thieves had to play Andrei Mironov, Rolan Bykov, Yuri Nikulin and Savely Kramarov.

Mironov and Nikulin Bulls refused to act. Someone did not have time, someone was already in use in other projects. On the role of bloke first I auditioned Lev Durov, but played the character George Vitsin. Unsuccessful at first there were auditions Kramarov but Danelia persuaded the bosses, and Savely V. became skew.

"By the time I Kramarov starred in several films, - said Danelia. - I believe. However, when the actor had emigrated, he tried to cut. But I wrote them that they commit ideological errors. I offered to see the picture more closely, because the actor playing the bandit and Kramarov renegade. ACT! We left everything as it was. "

The biggest problems were with the role of Basil Alibabaevicha. "I know why take? Because all the little white and Radik Muratov - he is black "- later told Radner Muratov. His first was invited to cameo warden, but when it became clear that the shooting should start, and one of the main characters is not present, decided to try it.

All thieves speech in the film appeared thanks to Alexander Gray - useful to his prison experience. Posters hanging in the chamber: "On freedom - with a clear conscience," "Remember yourself, tell the other that honest work - the road to the house", as well as thieves jargon: "the channel here," "I'll tear your mouth apart, morgaly pitch dark" - this everything there, from the zone. "But about the" man in the jacket "(a monument to Lermontov) Danelia we have thought up," - says Tokarev. Censorship very seriously criticized the dialogues in the film script. From the authors of the script demanded maximum scrub "thieves jargon", with the result that there were various new "kvaziblatnye" word "radish", "sausage", "Nebuchadnezzar" and others. And there is a legend that on the burial "on the shelf" film saved Interior Minister Nikolai Schelokov. On the eve of the Day of militia showed him disgraced "Gentlemen of Fortune", and he laughed so hard that at times drowned out the cues wafting from the screen. Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev, who laughed at least Scholokova, about jargon said: "Yes, half of the words we know every street urchin."

frame, when Yevgeny Leonov riding a camel, was filmed as: director invited the trainer to put itself on the shoulders of the actor to hide behind a camel and walk side by side with him. The fact that Leonov did not succeed Boris perch on a camel. A funny thing happened when filming a scene in which Boris spits in Kramarova. In fact, no spitting, of course, was not supposed to. The plan was as follows: in one frame camel pulls her lips, and the next - show Kramarova, bathed in shaving foam. But Kramarov so grimaced and teasing Boris that he spat at him for real, from the heart. Great actor for a long time and then washed off!

The role of the pupil of a Moscow kindergarten №83 Igorka was played Igor Ugolnikova in the future become a famous artist. Ugolnikov not remembered for this role, and to learn of her future host of the TV show "Wow!" And star of the film "Shirley Myrli" is almost impossible.

a long time could not find a suitable solution for the shooting in the car with cement.

Radner Muratov so told about the shooting of this episode: "The day came when we began to be omitted. Tank rolled ordinary sourdough, tinted green onion essence. The composition was so pungent, sticky ... we Got out after the shooting of this solution and quickly wash, somehow by itself otskrebli it. Look and Vitsin not. It turned out that he continues to sit in the tank, because it learned that this compound is a 23 herbs and 15 years prolongs youth. "

In the city of Dzhambul (Kazakhstan) that mentions Basil Alibabaevich Alibaba, now renamed to Taraz, a monument to the "gentlemen of fortune". Only here in the sculpture is no one "gentleman" - bloke.

Another interesting detail associated with this city: pop singer Larisa Mondrusa, who performed a song for the movie "Awake and Sing", it was born in Jambul.