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Leonid Kvinikhidze is a well-known Soviet director who made many fascinating and beloved films. What four films by Kvinikhidze does every former Soviet citizen know?
Director Leonid Kvinikhidze and his "Straw Hat"
Not a single New Year in the USSR was complete without two films: Eldar Ryazanov's melodrama The Irony of Fate… and Kvinikhidze's musical comedy Straw Hat. Every Soviet viewer who turned on the TV on December 31 must have seen on the screens a funny story about womanizer Leonidas Fadinar, who was desperately trying to arrange his personal life.
Kvinikhidze Leonid Aleksandrovich shot "The Straw Hat" in 1974. He invited the charming Andrei Mironov to the main role. Supporting roles were played by Zinovy Gerdt, Lyudmila Gurchenko and Alisa Freindlikh.
At the center of the plot of this musical film is the story of the rake Fadinar, who one fine day decided to end his free bachelor life. However, he does not intend to say goodbye to his precious freedom for free, so he chooses the heiress of a we althy gardener as his bride. It would seem that everything is falling into placewell, only in life being slovenly even such an important day as a wedding cannot go smoothly: shortly before the ceremony, Leonidas gets into a piquant situation and is forced to look for a straw hat all over the city so as not to ruin the good name of one lady.
Leonid Kvinikhidze: films. "The collapse of engineer Garin"
Tape "The collapse of engineer Garin" Kvinikhidze released on the screen a year before the "Straw Hat". This picture has not received such great popularity, but it is well known in the circles of viewers who are fond of science fiction. Leonid Kvinikhidze this time turned to a dramatic plot, which is not without fascination.
A certain Soviet scientist named Garin uses the achievements of his friend Mantsev to create a supernova weapon: the engineer manages to design a heat beam that can burn through any metals, stones, walls, etc. However, Garin is not even going to share his discovery with the world community. He decides to become the ruler of almost the whole world with the help of the latest weapons. Garin goes to South America, where he begins to develop gold mines with the help of the apparatus. Here he contacts an American tycoon and turns a number of criminal cases. And only his Soviet fellow scientists can stop the engineer.
Sky Swallows
Leonid Kvinikhidze was a master of musical films. One of the best works of the director in this genre is the film "Heavenly Swallows". The film was shot in the Crimea near Alupka.
“Sky Swallows” is a light entertaining comedy about a few days in the life of a young convent girl. Denise becomes a hostage to the strict rules of her era: she is forced to pretend to be a good boy, while secretly dreams of a career as an artist. However, the decision of Denise's parents to marry their daughter shuffles all the cards in the deck: the girl has only one day left to become a variety show artist before an engagement with a certain respectable officer is scheduled. At the end of the picture, the girl gets everything she wants, and even falls in love with her own fiancé.
The picture is filled with wonderful songs by Viktor Lebedev. And the leading roles were played by the first stars of Soviet cinema: Andrei Mironov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Alexander Shirvindt and others.
Mary Poppins, goodbye
Leonid Kvinikhidze made an unforgettable musical fairy tale called “Mary Poppins, goodbye!” for children and teenagers. This work appeared on the screens in 1984 and almost immediately entered the "Golden Fund" of Soviet cinema.
The action of the fairy tale takes place in England. In the center of the plot is a simple English family in which a brother and sister grow up. The parents are looking for a nanny for them and hire a rather extravagant person who calls herself "Lady Perfection". Nanny Mary Poppins changes for the better the lives of not only the growing up Michael and Jane, but also their parents, and at the same time the residents of the entire London Cherry Street.
Proper filmwas accompanied by a high-quality musical series, on which the composer Maxim Dunaevsky worked. The main roles in the film were played by Natalya Andreichenko, Larisa Udovichenko, Oleg Tabakov and many other notorious artists.
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