Настоящий Леонид Куравлев

Ladies and gentlemen, keep your money in the safe deposit box. Come on, let's start! For half a century, he has played in so many films... Oh, my God! ...that it's scary to imagine. Where are you going? I'm going to wipe my feet. Is it a joke to give 5-6 films a year to the audience? And all the hits. And I feel that we are lucky. And everyone is loved by the audience. Hello! Kurolev is a certain sign. Kurolev is an amazing, versatile, very peculiar type, which, as a result, of course, has become the image of time. But in the last few years, Leonid Kurolev has disappeared from the screen. That's all, right? Well, that's good. He locked himself in his apartment, does not want to communicate with journalists, avoids friends. Oh, my God! He is a wonderful person, but his character is very difficult. But he is a very difficult person, he is unusual. It's very difficult to make friends with him. I always refused to go to Moscow. From newspapers, from TV. Touching, sometimes offensive. But he is a real Russian artist. With all the pluses and minuses. Well, tell me. Today, for the first time, you will see Leonid Kurovlev as he really is. Don't bother the tsar! And you will find out what kind of tragedy changed the life and character of the beloved artist. Why are you looking at me like that, dear father? There are no patterns on me, and the flowers do not grow. You take off my face. And I already took it off. That's what's interesting. There are more than 200 pictures on his account. We can start. And he is still jealous when others are filmed, not him. This is important. Leonid Vyacheslavovich is like a breath of fresh air. Without work, the actor's character is sharply deteriorating. I'm sorry. Yes, so much so that it gets to both friends and colleagues. I'm sorry. Well, don't hit me. It's funny to say that he is without shortcomings. Sometimes he has mood swings. And he can be capricious. The film of Afonya, as many viewers think, was not the first work of Leonid Kurovlev in the cinema. He had already starred with Vasily Shukshin, Mikhail Schweitzer and Leonid Gaidai. However, it was the role of an alcoholic plumber that turned out to be significant for the artist. My popularity has definitely increased. They shouted, Afonya, give me a ruble. What can I do now for a ruble? They shout to this day. But this same role could have been the last for Kurovlev. You are now seeing the footage of the accident for the first time. Savelii Kramarov and Leonid Kurovlev literally rammed a roadside pillar with a tractor during the filming. And it looks like the blow was not weak. The deep-dug support broke and is literally holding on to the hair. Don't be afraid. He has an allergy. The accident was decided to be hidden. If it was known that Kurovlev and Kramarov almost died, there would have been a big scandal. But the actors were incredibly lucky. They were treated with bruises and bruises. And soon the filming continued. Today, many years later, Leonid Kurovlev admits that he got into the picture by accident. Donnelly did not want to see him in the film. He tried a lot of actors. We talked about Kurovlev's role. He played a lot. He got tired of it. I think, Georgii Nikolaevich, maybe he even made a mistake in choosing me. I think so. He was waiting for another picture. The director dreamed of giving the role of Afonya to Vladimir Vysotsky. Kurovlev still can't talk about this without shuddering. What Vysotsky? Afonya? He is a man. He is Don Juan. He was strong. He was a man. Let's go. Andrei Makarevich was lucky to watch Kurovlev's work in the film. It turns out that the song of the time machine sounds in the restaurant where Afonya dances with the girls. His comedy is great. Great Kurovlev and great sad irony. He knew how to do it and he knows it better than anyone else. When the picture was almost shot, the actor and the director had another conflict. Don Elia wanted to teach the anti-system hero how to punish his loneliness. Kurovlev insisted on a happy ending. And he won. I'm sorry. I wanted Afonya to be condemned. Why so hard? We condemned the system. And he condemned it first of all. I think he didn't even know Don Elia himself knew about it. As a result, the comedy turned out to be a social tragicomedy. Soviet people recognized Kurovlev's character as himself. In principle, many people lived in the era of stagnation. Afanasy Borchov is still a national hero. Recently, in Yaroslavl, where the picture was shot, they even installed a sculpture which was played by Yevgeny Leonov. We still don't have a common communicability. In his youth, Leonid Kurovlev didn't even think about what a great future awaited him. He was born in Moscow on October 8, 1936. The actor does not like to remember his hungry and cold childhood. I come from a very poor family. My father is a forester, my mother is a hairdresser. Very poor. I was born in Izmailovsk, on the outskirts of Moscow. Leonid was brought up by his mother. Kurovlev died soon after the birth of his son. And then a new misfortune fell on the family that was left without a breadwinner. According to the ridiculous accusation, the mother of five-year-old Leonid was convicted and sent from Moscow to the north, to the village of Zasheyek in the Murmansk region. After that, they returned to the capital. Let's go. Here, Leonid got in touch with the court spy and returned home every evening. What could we do on the outskirts of Moscow? Fight. That's all. At school, Leonid studied poorly. Kurovlev was given a certificate only to get rid of an insolent and disobedient student. I studied badly. Mathematics was not very important. And when I finished the tenth grade and left school, the certificate of maturity did not say that I had matured. It was just a certificate without the word maturity. You won't believe it, but Leonid went to the acting faculty from despair. Kurovlev simply did not go to other universities. His cousin persuaded Leonid to go to Avgik. She saw my suffering and said, Leonid, go to Avgik. There is the main poem. You need to read a passage from a literary work and a poem. I did it. However, Kurovlev did not go to the Cinematography Institute. He failed the entrance exams. He managed to become a student of the acting faculty only two years later. Moreover, Boris Bibikov, a genius teacher, a student of Stanislavsky and Danchenko asked me to leave the course. He gave me an A for being a genius. Director Aleksandr Mita studied in Avgik together with Kurovlev. He said that Leonid did not shine with his talents at the first courses. His dismissal did not surprise anyone. However, Bibikov soon returned the student to the course. Apparently, a real actor was born. His face was made according to the technology, according to the task. The directors loved him for this. Leonid began to shoot at the Institute. Kurovlev even became a favorite of one of the most famous masters of Soviet cinema, Mikhail Schweitzer. Kurovlev has always been a hero of his films. Leonid played his first role in a big movie with Schweitzer in the film Midschman Panin. Already then it became clear that this guy will never become a second-class actor. We were shown as a diploma work. This is a coincidence of course. I did not help us to understand the commission what kind of actor I am. But I think I was noticed there. Schweitzer was the first to see a comedy actor in Kurovlev. The role of Shura Balaganova in the performance of Leonid in the screenplay of Zolotova Telenka was unanimously called by the audience and critics as a genius. Shura Balaganova is like a shot in a dozen. It is an absolute hit. Is it similar to what Kurovlev did before and after? It is impossible! Explain it! And here is another amplio. Here is a comic. My dear! Here is another unique shot from the archives of the Soviet cinema. This is a short film from Lebyazhyev's Sovshayev. It is a diploma work of Vasily Shukshin. Here Kurovlev also has one of the main roles. It's hard to fool me. This short film was the beginning of a great friendship between a director and a novice actor. What's up? Only a few years will pass and Shukshin will write a script for Kurovlev in a special way. He immediately launched me into a very big and high cinema orbit from which I have not fallen to this day. How is the population here? It was not easy to find a director. They rehearsed with Shukshin for so long that Leonid was confused during rehearsals. The Soviet cinema studio strongly recommended to the director to replace the main actor. But Shukshin, risking his career, refused to shoot his film without Kurovlev. Vasiliy Shukshin is still surprised how Kurovlev managed to play a simple guy from Siberia so convincingly. Since then, Kurovlev has played anyone in the cinema. But the role of Pashka Kolokolnikov is his favorite. He calls Shukshin his idol. He gave me a happy movie fate. I remember Shukshin so much that when my son was born and he had only three daughters, I named him in honor of Vasiliy Makarovich. It took Kurovlev only 12 years to play the director Karen Shekhnazarov. Kurovlev impressed him so much that he was sure that he was not an actor but a professional driver. Years later, Karen Shekhnazarov met Leonid Vyacheslavovich in his movie We Are From Jazz. Today, the director remembers that before the first meeting he was so nervous that his hands were shaking. Kurovlev was already the number one actor and Shekhnazarov was preparing for the shooting of his second movie. Many comrades do not understand its revolutionary significance. We met him and he said to me, let's have a drink. He is a big star. He played so many roles. He is very simple and very accessible. Yes, of course. Only close friends of the actor know what a difficult character is hidden behind his charming smile. Nikos Safronov has been friends with Leonid Kurovlev for many years. He has never painted a single portrait of an actor. For me, he is an unusual person. Sometimes he is very angry, very impressive, very memorable. Safronov forgives a lot to his friend. Recently, Nikos was hospitalized. Leonid Vyacheslavovich not only hated the artist, but even was offended at him. He said, I can't come, I have an appointment. I said, you have a day off today. And he said, I will not talk to you for a long time. He hung up. But the actor was not always such a quarrelsome and offensive. Leonid Vyacheslavovich was changed by grief. Kurovlev does not hide that on April 5, 2012, life lost all meaning for him. My wife died last year. We lived 54 years. This is the greatest tragedy of my life. And happiness, when I met her. In the acting environment, the Kurovlev family was always considered exemplary. Many friends and colleagues wondered why they had more than one marriage, and Leonid Vyacheslavovich was not even noticed She was a wonderful woman, strict, she was a teacher, she was also the director of the school. In a sense, she considered Leonid as her disobedient student, and she could tie him up in case of something. No one played anything. They carried each other so warmly, and this warmth was felt with an unarmed eye. Surprisingly, Nina Vasilievna did not like to appear in public with her husband. Even on home video, she tried to hide from the camera lenses. By the way, when the family was gathering guests, and this happened more often on the birthday of Kurovlev, Nina Vasilievna's signature pickles were always on the table. She was a wonderful mother, and with all her strictness, of course, everything was in the name of her beloved Leonid. Leonid Vyacheslavovich himself never told journalists about his wife. Apparently, he did not want to be seen. So he hid his happiness behind the family locks, and only one day, he suddenly revealed himself. This idyll broke out unexpectedly. It turned out that Nina Vasilievna's wife had a leg infarction. When she turned to the hospital, it was too late. The doctors were fighting for her life, but even the operation could not save Kurovlev's wife. He did not call anyone, did not inform anyone about Nina's departure, did not invite anyone to say goodbye to her. After the funeral, Leonid Vyacheslavovich closed himself in his grief. He sometimes goes into depression. He had some situations when his wife was still alive. But it was her who supported him. This is his love. After all, Lenya was not always my noble, but it is up to fate to decide who to be killed. It's hard to believe, but once an actor by the last name of Kurovlev did not even recognize his native Mosfilm. Leonid does not hide that such a relationship touched him. We were standing in the dark, and they said, pass. She gave her husband perfect conditions for life and rest. She believed that her Lenya would definitely succeed. And so it happened. Leonid Kurovlev has been one of the most beloved viewers of actors for more than a decade. He still travels with creative evenings all over the country and always gathers people who recognize him. He is very popular to this day. I assure you. I state the facts and do not boast about it. His audience loves him very much. Now there are many popular actors. But the popularity and the love of the audience are different things. But the audience loves Leonid. And Kurovlev values this love. Friends of the actor assure that he refused to sign autographs. People are different. They are sincere, simple. When we are on the train, they come up to us. In this sense, Leonid is a very delicate and accessible person. Here is the paradox of Kurovlev. With all his openness to the audience, the actor remains closed to the audience. He bypasses all events and silent premieres. He rarely gives an interview. Although he has no reason to dislike the press of the actor. He was buried once. Such horrible things are written about me. I hate the yellow press. I spent the whole day in the police. You should know that I should have persuaded them to hire you as a prostitute. Sorry, but I explained that I am a journalist. And they say that one thing does not interfere with another. There is an opinion that there is no more such a modest folk artist in our cinema. In this sense, Leonid Vyacheslavovich is a rather closed person. Despite his openness, it is almost impossible to get him out to some event if it is not related to his memory, to his duty. That's all. It is possible that this duality of character helped Leonid Vyacheslavovich to create unambiguous heroes all these years. He creates even with negative character traits some positive sign in his image. This is his great quality. And Gaidai Ivan Vasilievich changes his profession. He pretends, but the audience still likes him. It is surprising, but the beloved role of Prince Miloslavsky was not easy for Kuravlyov. I will never forget how he argued with Gaidai. Such questions can be solved with a piece of paper. Although Leonid Vyacheslavovich is also a very restrained person. He was in such a state that he could say that Leonid Vyacheslavovich proved everything that he needed. Leonid Vyacheslavovich was a double Kuravlyov and then vice versa. Leonid Vyacheslavovich recalls how the famous jokes were born. However, Gaidai did not allow the actors to laugh. He believed that if someone laughed in the pavilion, there would be no laughter in the audience. It is genius! Despite all the disagreements and strictness, Leonid Gaidai was and remains one of Kuravlyov's favorite directors. And despite the disputes and disagreements, they gave the audience not a single masterpiece. In the last comedy of Leonid Gaidai on Deribasovskaya good weather or on Brighton Beach Kuravlyov unexpectedly played Mikhail Gorbachev for everyone. However, I was already informed by competent authorities. So, already at an adult age, the actor tried himself in a new amplitude. Listen, Mr. Rabinovich! I didn't recognize him at all. He was amazing. When I was at the premiere, I was afraid that they would invite Mikhail Gorbachev. This is the highest pilotage. Leonid Gaidai's departure became a personal tragedy for Kuravlyov. Coincidence or actor's loyalty? But Leonid Vyacheslavovich after the death of the director tried to play less and less in comedies. Leonid is extremely faithful. He does not forget those who gave him the road to life. Oops! My FOMO is somewhat similar. Today, mannequins of the first and only Soviet horror film are very popular among tourists. Leonid Vyacheslavovich is here for the first time. Looking at his FOMO, which was played by Kuravlyov in 1966, he does not believe his eyes. By the way, a lot of rumors and gossips are connected with the film that have been eating journalists for half a century. But today, Kuravlyov finally decided to reveal all the secrets. The truth turns out to be so terrible that during the interview, the actor is more than once confused. As if someone and something is trying to stop him. During the filming of the film itself, the actors felt the presence of other forces. Gogol is so great and mystic that he did not let you go and everything helped you. Witch! It all fit into the scenery. When the cat came in, I changed inside. Go away! The actress Natalia Varley, who played Pannochka, rarely gives an interview. But today she made an exception. It was Leonid Kuravlyov who influenced her choice to become an actress. This decision Varley made after the filming with Leonid Vyacheslavovich in the film Viy. Many thanks to Leonid. He aroused my interest in acting. I think it is his merit. In addition, Kuravlyov became a guardian angel for the actress and actually saved her life. It happened during the trick shooting. Oh my God! The coffin in which the actress stood was carried at a great speed under the dome of the church. Suddenly Natalia lost her balance and fell out of it. The entire film crew froze in fear. But Kuravlyov managed to catch Natalia by surprise. Good dog! After the film was released, Kuravlyov and Varley got married. But only friendship connected them. I was 18 years old and Leonid was studying my education. He used to read to me books like Theater by Somerset Maugham It's incredible! But Vi still excites Kuravlyov's mind by pushing him to the new interpretation of the film. Guys, I used to think a lot when I was shooting. I still do. I love Gogol very much. He is in my desk book. By the way, one day Vi's film impressed Nikos Safronov so much that he painted a portrait of Fama. This is a copy. The original was bought for a huge sum of money and exported from Russia. He was the central figure of the film. He created such an effect that we didn't even see the set decorations. Everything worked on him. It's hard to believe but it is the screenings that make an actor special. There were not many of them For example, in the film Master and Margarita Kuravlyov acted as the chairman of Basov's community. And this is his master from Baryshnaya Krestenka. In this film the daughter of the main character played the now famous actress Elena Korikova. I haven't given interviews to journalists but for this person I couldn't not make an exception. The actress recalls that the shooting day with Kuravlyov replaced a whole course of the theater faculty. I thought, what a skill! How is it possible? It was like a magic fairy tale. It was like a real life, how Kuravlyov looked at his daughter, how he loved her. Kuravlyov himself calls this film an incredible actor's luck. This is an oxymoron for me. Such a high-level film was not shot in the mid-90s. Today Kuravlyov regrets that he had once agreed to make this film. The audience is more visible to him. But of course I would throw a part of the film out of my biography. In recent years Kuravlyov has not been shot in the cinema at all. His last work was the fairy tale of the book of masters by the director Vadim Sokolovsky. The idea of such a folk image that we needed for the fairy tale. No one would fit better into the fairy tale than Leonid Vyacheslavovich. Kuravlyov seemed to understand that this was probably his last work. Kuravlyov showed an amazing endurance. Even young actors quickly froze, Kuravlyov was on the set as long as it was necessary. Kuravlyov's departure from the cinema was not unnoticed by the audience. Ivan, come to me. Why are you no longer visible on the screen? This is the first question that is asked to the actor on creative evenings. There is also such a concept of fatigue. Metal. I'm tired of all this. That's enough for 250 films. I've watched enough movies. It's not bad. It's not up to me. However, this is just an excuse for the audience. Leonid Vyacheslavovich frankly told us why he refused all the invitations. For 5 years, 5-7 series, make a request to the FSB where they kill, cut, some oligarchs suddenly appeared in the Holy Russia. I thought, how can I sell myself to this? But I don't shoot, and I won't. It's not fair to shoot in such pictures. Today, Leonid Kuravlyov leads the life of a shutter. He rarely leaves the house. After the death of his beloved wife, the loneliness of Leonid Vyacheslavovich became a burden for his father. Once, Leonid dreamed that his daughter would follow in his footsteps. She even entered the theater. No, it won't work. She starred in the episode of the movie The Most Charming and Attractive. Her father helped her in this. They lured a bird into the cage. This is a panther, and Arthur is a dog. They play football with him. But then she gave up her career My daughter is so modest, all in herself, so closed. Nowhere, under any circumstances, my daughter did not emphasize that she is the daughter of a great artist. Vasya's youngest son graduated from the Autodorozhny Institute. He has his own family. He has grandchildren. His daughter did not succeed in life, but she is always with him. She is the closest person to him today. Do you feel sorry for me? The departure of his beloved wife seriously affected the health and character of the actor. Close people say that today it is not the same Kuravlev.