Video: "I want Larisa Ivanovna!": How the Soviet comedy "Mimino" was filmed
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
After the release of the tape "Mimino" the song "Chito grito …" was sung by the whole USSR, and the phrases of Valiko and Rubik were sorted out into quotes. The story of a simple village pilot who fell in love with a metropolitan flight attendant fell in love with the audience. The uncomplicated story was watched with interest, storming the cinemas, where the film was sold out. Today we will talk about how the legendary comedy was created.
Director Georgy Danelia originally wanted to shoot a tape with the uncomplicated title "Nothing special", but at the same time he had an idea for another film - about an ordinary pilot who flies in a tiny helicopter between villages. Both ideas seemed interesting to the director, but after talking with the writer Ibragimbekov and listening to his arguments in favor of a romantic story about large and small aircraft, Danelia finally decided on which film he would shoot.
The script of the film was written almost on the go, many comedic situations were born during the filming. The choice of the leading actor was completely by chance. Choosing between Mkrtchyan and Leonov, Danelia tossed a coin. Now it seems that the choice of the actor is ideal, but by chance everything could be completely different.
As soon as Kikabidze appeared in the village where the shooting was taking place, a pilgrimage of admirers of his talent began from all over the area. Georgians came from everywhere, dreaming of drinking chacha or homemade wine with their favorite actor. No excuses helped to save Kikabidze from the daily duty of drinking with the residents of nearby villages. The situation was resolved only when the actor whispered to one of the visitors that he had a bad disease - gonorrhea. The rumor quickly spread and Kikabidze was saved.
Although the whole story is fictional, the film reflects several real-life episodes. Perhaps one of the most memorable is the scene in the court, where the repeat offender gave tips to the young lawyer Svetlana Georgievna. The name of the heroine was given in honor of her daughter Danelia, who really was a lawyer and somehow experienced exactly the same thing at one of her first meetings. The criminal took pity on the agitated girl and suggested what questions to ask him.
The fate of the film was not easy: in different years, episodes were cut from it for censorship reasons. Initially, the film was released in two versions: in the version for the festival screenings there was no episode about the conversation with Tel Aviv, since the censors in the State Film Agency feared complications in relations between the USSR and Israel. Under Brezhnev, an episode was cut out of the film, in which Valiko and Rubik met two Japanese in the elevator, and they dropped the phrase: "To what extent all these Russians look the same!"
Under Andropov, the phrase was cut out: "Israel, I swear by my mother! Listen, have you been to Kutaisi for a long time?" when calling from Germany to Telavi. Under Chernenko, the film lost the episode with Savely Kramarov, who was considered a traitor to the Motherland. Gorbachev's anti-alcohol company was the reason why the episode about the binge in the Rossiya restaurant was removed. The nice thing is that later all the episodes (except for the first) were returned to the picture.
The comedy "Mimino" is one of the brightest films of Soviet cinema, but fate actor Frunze Mkrtchyan developed tragically.
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