Table of contents:
- "Khanuma", 1978, directed by Georgy Tovstonogov
- Tevye the Milkman, 1985, directed by Sergei Yevlakhishvili
- "Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro", 1974, directors Viktor Khramov and Valentin Pluchek
- "Juno and Avos", 1983, director Mark Zakharov
- "Twelfth Night", 1978, directors Oleg Tabakov and Viktor Khramov
- "Strange Mrs. Savage", 1975, directed by Leonid Varpakhovsky
- "Little Comedies of the Big House", 1974, directors Alexander Shirvindt, Andrey Mironov, Valentin Pluchek
- "Further - Silence", 1978, directors Valery Gorbatsevich, Anatoly Efros
Video: 8 television performances filmed during the Soviet era, which are still enjoyable today
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The theater has been and remains one of the most popular and beloved art forms by the audience. In Soviet times, it was often simply not possible to get tickets for the most interesting performances, and they were brought to small towns too rarely for everyone to see them. Then the performances began to be filmed and broadcast on television, and the most successful productions enjoyed no less popularity than films.
"Khanuma", 1978, directed by Georgy Tovstonogov
One of the most popular and beloved performances, which takes place in pre-revolutionary Tiflis. The play is filled with indescribable humor, it contains many directorial finds and, of course, the absolutely amazing play of actors, Lyudmila Makarova, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Gennady Bogachev, Vadim Medvedev, Nikolai Trofimov, Valentina Kovel.
Tevye the Milkman, 1985, directed by Sergei Yevlakhishvili
A poignant story based on the work of Sholom Aleichem is a touching performance in letters. The leading actor, Mikhail Ulyanov, managed to create an unforgettable image of a dairyman Jew, worthy and wise. In this production, you can see Galina Volchek as Golda, Yuri Katina-Yartsev as Pedotsur, Vera Sotnikova as Khava, Sergei Makovetsky as Motl.
"Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro", 1974, directors Viktor Khramov and Valentin Pluchek
Five years after the premiere of the play based on the play by Beaumarchais at the Moscow Satire Theater, its television version was recorded for television. The production was called the legend of the Theater of Satire, and it was played by Andrei Mironov and Alexander Shirvindt, Vera Vasilyeva and Nina Kornienko, Tatyana Peltzer and Tatyana Egorova.
"Juno and Avos", 1983, director Mark Zakharov
The love story of a Russian traveler and the daughter of a Spanish colonist became a real hit when the premiere took place in 1981. Two years later, a TV version of the rock opera was released, which still enjoys well-deserved success. A wonderful production and incredibly emotional and piercing performance of Nikolai Karachentsov and Elena Shanina, Pavel Smeyan, Alexander Abdulov and many more amazing actors who are loved and remembered by the audience.
"Twelfth Night", 1978, directors Oleg Tabakov and Viktor Khramov
The teleplay based on the comedy of the same name by Shakespeare is distinguished by non-standard direction, deliberate theatricality and grotesque. And also a brilliant cast: Marina Neyolova, Yuri Bogatyrev, Nina Doroshina, Konstantin Raikin, Anastasia Vertinskaya, Pyotr Shcherbakov, Oleg Tabakov, Avangard Leontiev, Valery Khlevinsky.
"Strange Mrs. Savage", 1975, directed by Leonid Varpakhovsky
The film-performance based on the play by J. Patrick has become one of the best in the history of the Mossovet Theater. Faina Ranevskaya initially played the main role on the theater stage, who actually "handed over" her Mrs. Savage to Vera Maretskaya. It was she who starred in the television version, and also Tatyana Bestaeva, Alexey Konsovsky, Irina Kvitinskaya and Konstantin Mikhailov.
"Little Comedies of the Big House", 1974, directors Alexander Shirvindt, Andrey Mironov, Valentin Pluchek
The performance combines five short stories from the life of ordinary Muscovites of the 1970s. A brilliant production that meets the very spirit of the Satire Theater and an excellent cast made the performance a real masterpiece. Spectators can again and again enjoy the talented performance of Andrei Mironov and Spartak Mishulin, Tatyana Peltzer and Ekaterina Gradova, Valentina Sharykina and Alexander Shirvindt, Anatoly Papanov, Mikhail Derzhavin and many more talented actors.
"Further - Silence", 1978, directors Valery Gorbatsevich, Anatoly Efros
This touching production evokes admiration for the talent of two Actors with a capital letter, Faina Ranevskaya and Rostislav Plyatt. Of course, the other actors participating in the production play with full dedication, but it was thanks to Ranevskaya and Plyatt that this story about two old men turned out to be incredible in terms of its impact on the viewer.
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