Inna Churikova and Gleb Panfilov: such a simple happiness

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

He believed in her when no one believed. Instead of a vaudeville-grotesque actress, a surprisingly sensual and deep nature suddenly appeared before the audience. The union of Gleb Panfilov and Inna Churikova has long passed from the creative rank to the life one. For 48 years now, the director and his actress have been infinitely happy.

Casual look

Inna Churikova won her place under the sun with difficulty, but very stubbornly. The words of her mother gave her confidence in herself. She certainly knew that all her daughter's dreams would come true. And she inspired this to Inna herself, who dreamed of becoming a real actress.

At the entrance exams to the Moscow Art Theater School, after reading the poem, she was advised to look at herself in the mirror. She burst into tears, but did not give up. And she took the documents to the Shchukin school, but again failed. But in Schepkinskoye, she has already entered the course of Veniamin Tsygankov.

Already in school, she began to act in films, but the theatrical stage did not obey her in any way, even after receiving a red diploma. Her talent was indisputable, and her appearance was too unusual. No matter what theater she turned to, she was refused everywhere. It was just right to give up. But Inna remembered that everything she planned would certainly come true. She became an actress of the theater for young spectators. The commission members found the fox in her performance too sexy, and for some reason Baba Yaga aroused sympathy among the little fans.

But luck could not turn away from such a stubborn and hardworking girl for a long time. Tyuzov's production was shown on TV when Gleb Panfilov, a young director, saw Inna Churikova. He needed her, this not too, as it seemed, beautiful and incredibly charming actress.

The first steps

During the undivided rule on the screens of revolutionary ideas and patriotic roles, Inna was to play the role of a completely ordinary girl in the film "There is no ford in the fire." She was supposed to play almost herself, ugly, but very touching.

She, who had already experienced so many disappointments, did not even believe in the success of this whole venture. The director himself disappointed her. She was only 23 years old, and he was already 32. Gleb Panfilov was terribly adult for her and too serious.

But work on the film was already underway. Imagine Inna's surprise when the director turned out to have a very vivid sense of humor, a lot of creative ideas and such a kind look from serious eyes. Working on the picture brought them unusually close. It turned out that they have a lot in common, they are extremely interesting together. And Inna, already inspired by love, began to play, opened up.

Gleb Panfilov was also not indifferent to her. He saw in this extraordinary girl what the others did not see: incredible tenderness, vulnerability, depth and amazing dramatic talent.

Start

Love, which began on the set, received its logical continuation, soon Inna Churikova and Gleb Panfilov became husband and wife. Their son Vanechka was born in the small communal apartment where they lived. They still remember the beginning of their family life with a touch of nostalgia. It was difficult for them, but they were happy.

Gleb wrote the script for his next film. Inna was supposed to play the main role in it. He managed to combine in this picture the story of a simple weaver Pasha Stroganova and the French heroine Jeanne d'Arc. But the management stubbornly refused to approve Inna Churikova for this role, reading her ugly for the cinema. It took four long years to fight the system and all the approvals. However, the director was persistent and convincing.

In the end, he got his way, the film was shot. The film "Inception" was a triumph for the actress and director. They received well-deserved awards at the Venice International Film Festival. True, many continued to criticize the appearance of the actress, but she already knew that hard work and perseverance helped her achieve her goal.

She became a real actress. No matter how criticized her appearance, the directors were able to see her incredible talent. Inna Churikova became a star. Mark Zakharov soon invited her to play in Lenkom. The actress remains faithful to this theater all her life.

Happy destiny

She continued to appear in her husband's films, played in the theater, but the main thing in life for her was and remains her family, her relatives and friends. After all, it was thanks to the family that she was able to survive the entire flurry of negativity that had followed her for a long time.

Inna Churikova and Gleb Panfilov are very similar in their worldview. For more than forty years of life and creativity together, they have become one. They can't even really quarrel. It is impossible to walk and sulk at each other for a long time. Often their disagreements end with their eyes meeting and laughing uncontrollably.

Inna and Gleb consider their son Ivan to be their main achievement. He did not want to follow in the footsteps of his parents, although he was not deprived of talent and abilities. Having received the specialty of an international lawyer after MGIMO, he was quite successfully engaged in the restaurant business.

True, in 2008, the men of Inna Churikova made her an incredible gift: her husband made the film “Guilty Without Guilt,” in which one of the roles was played by Ivan Panfilov. Of course, his muse, his beloved wife Inna Churikova, also starred in this picture.

After the premiere, the son of Inna and Gleb decided to try himself in a new role, graduated from the London Film School and directing courses, and now he dreams of making his own film.

Long distance running

Inna Churikova often says that without Gleb Panfilov there would be no such actress as she. Her creative destiny would have been completely different. After all, it was her amazing husband who first considered and recognized in her the whole abyss of talent and acting power.

They are inextricably linked, a talented director and a talented actress, a loving husband and a loving wife. She is simply carried away by the feeling of happiness. When it splashes over the edge and you want to hug the whole world. And all this is due to the fact that once upon a time they found each other. For more than forty years they have been together. They have no time to get bored, because there are still unwritten scripts, unfinished films, unplayed roles ahead. And endless love.

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