Film "Love and doves": actors, roles, interesting facts

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The Soviet film "Love and Doves" is a classic of Russian cinema. A film that was enjoyed over thirty years ago is still enjoyed today.

Movie plot

The Kuzyakins live in the countryside and have three children. Vasily - the head of the family - is breeding pigeons and works in the timber industry. As compensation for a work injury, he receives a ticket to the sea. There Vasily meets Raisa Zakharovna. The woman captivates the hero with her stories and stories. Between Vasily and Raisa Zakharovna there is an affair. The lovers write a letter to their wife Nadezhda, in which they say that they will live together.

Very soon Vasily returns home to the village. Son Lenka reacted extremely negatively to the return of his father, therefore, fearing his reaction, Vasily and Nadezhda, who forgave him, begin to meet secretly. Soon Nadezhda becomes pregnant and Vasily returns home.

History of Creation

The film "Love and Doves" was released in 1984, and the premiere took place in early 1985. The film is based on an absolutely real story,written by the actor of the Omsk Drama Theater Vladimir Gurkin and shown at the Sovremennik Theater. Vladimir Menshov, who later directed the film, got to the premiere of this play.

Vladimir Gurkin also became the screenwriter of the picture. As he later pointed out in his interview, his parents became the prototypes of the main characters - Nadezhda and Vasily. The characters of the neighbors Uncle Mitya and Baba Shura are based on their own grandfather and great-aunt.

Kuzyakina's surname is also not accidental, it is worn by neighbors in Gurkin's hometown.

Most of the filming took place in Karelia, in the city of Medvezhyegorsk, and in the Mosfilm pavilions.

Alexander Mikhailov - one of the actors of the film "Love and Doves" - almost drowned during filming.

Actors and roles

The actors of the film "Love and Doves" are matched perfectly. Their acting work and the roles played by them still delight not only film critics, but also ordinary viewers. It is no coincidence that the film fell in love thirty years ago and still remains loved.

One of the main roles in the film, the role of Vasily Kuzyakin, was played by Alexander Mikhailov. At the moment, the actor is 73 years old, but he continues to act in films and play on the stage of the theater. Mikhailov has more than 75 film roles and more than 50 theater roles. However, when the roles for the film "Love and Doves" were approved, the actor was not seen as the leading actor. According to the artistic council, Mikhailov and Kuzyakin had absolutely nothing in common. But Menshov insisted on his own, and his instinct did not let him down.

Role of HopeKuzyakina had a chance to play Nina Doroshina. The role in the film went to her not by chance. After all, she just played Nadyukha in the play "Love and Doves" at the Sovremennik Theater. And when Menshov saw the performance and decided to make a film based on it, he saw only Doroshina in the lead role and no one else. The director was shocked by Nina's acting, her talent, how the audience reacted to her performance: they either laughed like crazy, or wept bitterly.

The director for a long time could not find an actress for the role of Raisa Zakharovna's homemaker. Some actresses simply refused the role, others were "rejected" by the artistic council. But as soon as Lyudmila Gurchenko flew in from vacation and caught the eye of Menshov, the director had no doubts. Lyudmila Gurchenko was perfect for the role of the "fatal" temptress.

Other brilliant actors also took part in the film: Sergey Yursky, Natalya Tenyakova, who are a married couple in real life, and in the film they played neighbors Uncle Mitya and Baba Shura.

The roles of the Kuzyakins' children went to Lada Sizonenko (Olka), Yanina Lisovskaya (Lyudka) and Igor Lyakh (Lenka).

Interesting facts

Now the photo of the actors of the film "Love and Doves" is easy to find, because many of them still play in the cinema and theater, despite their advanced age. With the exception of Lyudmila Gurchenko, who died not so long ago.

The shooting of the last scene, where the characters stand and joyfully smile at the flying doves, lasted only20 minutes. Panic reigned on the set at that time, but the actors of the film "Love and Doves" masterfully played their roles, and the moment was filmed in one take.

It was November outside when shooting scenes from Vasily Kuzyakin's vacation. The water temperature barely reached 14 degrees. But Lyudmila Gurchenko and Alexander Mikhailov, bathing in icy water, did not even show it. It was not easy for the extras in the background. After filming this scene, the director also took a dip in cold water as a sign of solidarity with the artists.