The picture "Earthly Love": actors

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

In 1974, the film "Earthly Love" was released on the screens of Soviet cinemas. It was based on the popular novel by Proskurin Petr Lukich "Fate". The film shows the life of a man in an ordinary Soviet village before the war. Against the backdrop of the fulfillment of five-year plans, dramatic events take place in the lives of the main characters. The married chairman of the collective farm, Zakhar Deryugin, falls in love with the young Manya Polivanova. Before the main character is a fateful choice that will need to be made. The film was hugely popular. Such success of the film is connected not only with a good script and directing work, but also with acting, which touched many Soviet hearts.

The actors in "Earthly Love", who brought the director's ideas to life, were talented. Their names are still around today. Today they are legends of Russian cinema.

Evgeny Semenovich Matveev

In this film, he played the main role - the chairman of the collective farm Zakhar Deryugin. Besides,he is a film director and screenwriter.

The actors for "Earthly Love" were chosen flawlessly. Yevgeny Semenovich stood out for his article and masculinity. No wonder he always remained the favorite actor of many Soviet women. He filmed and acted in films, played in the theater. Was always in demand.

But in the 90s, Evgeny Semenovich suffered several blows of fate. First, the betrayal by fellow cinematographers during the Fifth Congress, where he and Bondarchuk were accused of making films for the Soviet government. After that, he was expelled from the Union of Cinematographers. His children have lost their jobs. The capital accumulated over the years has depreciated. And in his old age, he and his wife had to start everything from scratch.

But Yevgeny Semyonovich did not give up. He collected money for the trilogy "Love in Russian" by a penny. And for the second film, the budget was found thanks to ordinary people. After all, Evgeny Semenovich was really a people's actor and director. Died June 1, 2003 from inoperable lung cancer.

Zinaida Georgievna Kiriyenko

Zinaida Georgievna in the film "Earthly Love" played the role of Zakhar Deryugin's wife Efrosinya. Fame came to Zinaida Georgievna long before this role. For the first time, Soviet viewers saw her in the film epic "Quiet Don". The incredible beauty immediately became popular throughout the Soviet Union. After this picture, Zinaida Georgievna shone in "The Fate of a Man", "A Poem about the Sea." But soon the invitations from the directors stopped. And Zinaida Georgievna did not take partin any cinematic project. As the actress recalls, this boycott was due to a conflict with those in power.

Zinaida Georgievna was pulled out of the cinematic vacuum by Evgeny Semenovich Matveev, inviting him to the role of Efrosinya in Earthly Love. Now Zinaida Georgievna leads an active social life, performs with concerts, acts in television programs, films.

Ostroumova Olga Mikhailovna

Olga Ostroumova stands out among the actors of "Earthly Love". In the film, she plays the role of Deryugin's mistress, Mani Polivanova. For the first time Olga Mikhailovna appeared on the screens in the film "We'll Live Until Monday." After that, she woke up popular. The next bright role was Zhenya Komelkova from the film "The Dawns Here Are Quiet." When Matveev invited her to his picture, Olga Ostroumova was very popular in the Union. In addition to cinematic roles, Olga Mikhailovna shines with talent on the stage. Now the famous actress is actively playing at the Mossovet Theater and acting in films.

Valery Gavrilovna Zaklunnaya

In the film, the actress played the role of Zakhar Deryugin's sister, Katerina. In her filmography, there were other roles that brought popularity. For example, "The meeting place cannot be changed" (Humpback's girlfriend), "The Thought of Kovpak" (Domna Radneva). After the collapse of the USSR, she accepted the invitation of the artistic director of the Lesya Ukrainka Theater. She was a leading theater actress until her death. Passed away October 22, 2016.

Yuri VasilyevichYakovlev

In the film "Earthly Love" he played the role of Katerina Deryugina's lover, secretary of the district committee of the party Tikhon Ivanovich Bryukhanov. Prince Myshkin in the film "The Idiot" - the role that made Yuri Vasilyevich famous. He was remembered by the Soviet audience for his vivid roles in the films “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession” (Bunsha and Ivan the Terrible), “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!” (Hippolytus). Yuri Vasilyevich died of a heart attack on November 30, 2013.

The actors of "Earthly Love" took part in the continuation of the story in the film "Fate".