Family drama of Alexander Abdulov and Irina Alferova on-screen and off-screen

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

January 3 is the day of memory of the wonderful artist Alexander Abdulov. 11 years ago, his life ended prematurely after a serious illness. The actor has starred in dozens of films, and some of them have become iconic for him - for example, the film "Do not part with your loved ones," where he played along with his wife, Irina Alferova. The dramatic events on the screens made the audience cry, but they were unaware that the real drama was unfolding outside the set …

Alexander Abdulova and Irina Alferova were called the most beautiful acting couple of Soviet cinema. They met at the Lenkom theater, but this could have happened earlier - after all, both studied at GITIS, only Irina graduated from the university 3 years earlier. After that, she was invited to shoot in the television series "Walking Through the Torment", and for 5 years she could not combine them with work in the theater. In this film, Abdulov saw her for the first time and immediately drew attention to her beauty.

When they first met at the theater in the fall of 1976, Abdulov did not impress her. The actress said: "".

During the Lenkom tour in Yerevan in the summer of 1977, Abdulov began to actively look after Alferova and soon proposed to her, although at that time he was still in a civil marriage with the Mosconcert dancer Tatyana Leibel. The wedding was very modest - only the newlyweds and 2 witnesses were present. Mark Zakharov helped the couple get a two-room apartment in Sokolniki and raised their salaries - they said he was very interested in having such a beautiful couple in his theater that could attract crowds of fans to Lenkom.

The lyrical melodrama "Do not part with your loved ones" was their first joint work. The film was released in April 1980, but the premiere did not please Abdulov. At that moment, he was experiencing some of the most terrible events in his life. At the end of February, his father died, and 2 months later, the actor's brother, Vladimir, was killed. The circumstances of his death still remain a mystery to those close to him, because the perpetrators were never found.

Alexander Abdulov's mother said: "". And in their family life, even then, passions raged with no less intensity than those of their heroes in the film "Do not part with your loved ones." According to the plot, a young married couple was going through a crisis in a relationship and was on the verge of divorce due to jealousy and mutual grievances and claims.

In an interview with the magazine "Soviet Screen" Abdulov, when asked whether it was difficult for him to act with his wife, replied: "".

Only years later, Irina Alferova admitted that during her life with Abdulov, she cried almost every day. In fact, they were complete opposites, like their characters in the movie "Don't Part With Your Loved Ones" - there the wife looked outwardly cold, detached and stingy with emotions, and her husband was quick-tempered, hot and emotional. It was almost the same in life - calm and homely Alferova wanted quiet family happiness, and temperamental, explosive and sociable Abdulov needed noisy feasts with friends and a constant search for new emotions and impressions.

She even then suspected that he had affairs during their marriage, but her husband was never convicted of treason. Both he and all his friends carefully concealed the truth from Alferova - if she knew about one case, she would immediately leave him. In addition, in the 1980s. Abdulov's film career took off, it was then that he played his most famous roles, but Alferova got mostly supporting roles. She said: "".

In 1993, Irina Alferova went to shoot in Yugoslavia, and upon her return, she learned about another betrayal of her husband. This was the last straw, and they parted. The divorce was very difficult for both spouses. For a long time, to questions about why he does not marry, the actor replied: "". Alferova admitted: "".

After the divorce, Irina Alferova found her happiness with actor Sergei Martynov, who was able to surround her with care and attention, which she lacked so much in her previous marriage. They have been together for over 20 years. And Alexander Abdulov met his last love in 2004, but their family happiness with Yulia Meshina was very short-lived: in 2008, when their daughter was only 9 months old, the actor's life was cut short - he had lung cancer.

The early departure of the actor came as a shock to many, although his friends and relatives believe that Alexander Abdulov could have left even earlier.