Little-known Facts About The Movie "Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears"

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11 little-known facts about the movie "Moscow does not believe in tears"

The film about difficult destinies still makes millions of women cry. And he also gives hope that everything can end quite well. Of interest is not only the plot, but also the details of the creation of the masterpiece.

A scenario from life

The plot of the film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" can be considered autobiographical to some extent. Screenwriter Valentin Chernykh is a provincial who found it difficult to adapt in the capital. As a student in a hostel, he met his future wife, a Muscovite with her own apartment, a graduate student at VGIK.

Valentin Konstantinovich developed a “non-Muscovite” complex, which he could not get rid of for many years. When he wrote the script for the play "She Lied Twice" (based on which a film was eventually made), he put into the image of Katerina Tikhomirova all the experiences that he himself faced when he moved to the capital.

Lyudmila had a prototype

Lyudmila is by no means a figment of the scriptwriter's fantasy, she has a real prototype. Vitaly Chernykh had an acquaintance, the housekeeper of the deputy editor-in-chief of a reputable newspaper, who posed as his niece. She even dated an athlete.

The heroines are named after their relatives

The names of the main characters were not chosen by chance. The writer decided to name them after his favorite aunts.

Many actors tried the role of Gosha

The role of Gosha could be played by Vyacheslav Tikhonov, and Vitaly Solomin, and Leonid Dyachkov, and Oleg Efremov. But in none of them Menshov could see that very intelligent locksmith. But I saw him while watching the film "My Dear Man", where Alexei Batalov played the main role.

The actor was not impressed by the script, and he somehow did not like Gosha, and therefore he reluctantly agreed to the role. Then he could not even think that this work would become his calling card. However, this did not change Batalov's ambiguous attitude towards his character.

In the image of Gosha, screenwriter Vitaly Chernykh has put together all his dreams and complexes. This is what he wanted to look like in the eyes of women.

Irina Muravyova is upset with her role

Seeing Irina Muravyova in one TV show, Menshov immediately realized that this was the same Lyudmila. Only now Muravyova herself was unhappy with such a role and literally hated her rude, uncouth and vulgar heroine. She seemed to have collected all the qualities that the actress despises in people. Seeing herself on the screen, Muravyova even burst into tears of frustration.

The movie has an hour cut

Art Council "Mosfilm" criticized the picture to smithereens. Among the huge list of claims, a special place was occupied by indignation over the explicit scenes with the participation of Vera Alentova and Oleg Tabakov. As a result, the creators had to shorten the picture by an hour in order to remove unwanted scenes.

Also, the censors did not like the conversation between Gosha and Nikolai. In the original, Tosi's husband said that terrorists hijacked an Air France plane. But in order not to provoke international tension, this detail was omitted. Also, Gosha and Kolya had to sing "A young Cossack walks along the Don", but in the end they had to limit themselves to eating a taranka.

The hockey player's fate was fixed

Employees of "Goskino" did not like that the hockey player Gurin was turned into a drunkard. In his last scene, he had to come to the dacha drunk as a lord in the company of a drinking companion and throw a scandal with Lyudmila over 3 rubles. But the censors felt that this tarnished the bright appearance of the Soviet athlete. As a result, Gurin took the path of correction.

Batalov was injured in a fight

In the fight scene, when Gosha and his friends stood up for Alexandra's boyfriend, professional sambist wrestlers took part. One of them did not calculate the strength and hit Batalov right in the Adam's apple. The actor even ended up in the hospital, where his voice was restored for some time.

Invented to wear socks with shoes

A notable moment - the heroines of the film wear shoes with socks. This fashion trend was born by accident and even by necessity. The fact is that the shoes, which were specially found for filming, have become very rough and warped since 1958. She stung and rubbed hard.

To protect the actresses' feet from blisters, costume designer Zhanna Melkonyan suggested wearing white socks under her shoes. This insignificant detail made a splash not only in the USSR, but also abroad.

Menshov did not believe in Oscar

Oleg Menshov did not immediately believe that his film received an Oscar. He received this news on April 1, and therefore took it for a joke.

Menshov was never able to fly to the United States to receive the coveted statuette. Due to denunciations of envious colleagues, he was not released abroad. Instead of the director, the cultural attaché received the award and handed it over to Goskino for storage. Only in 1989, Menshov was given a well-deserved Oscar.

The director played the role of Gosha's friend

Oleg Menshov himself wanted to play Gosha, but the artistic council did not like it. Nevertheless, the director still appeared in his film. In the picnic scene, he appeared as one of Gosha's friends. In the frame, he can be recognized by his black cloak and hat.