Video: Behind the scenes of the film "Station for Two": How Oleg Basilashvili managed to earn the respect of the prisoners
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
November 18 to one of the most famous and beloved film directors Eldar Ryazanov would have turned 90 years old, but 2 years ago he passed away. It is very difficult to name his best works, because then you will have to list all the films that have become classics of Soviet cinema. One of the most popular among them is undoubtedly "Station for two" … During the filming of this film 35 years ago, there were many interesting episodes that most viewers probably do not know about.
Eldar Ryazanov said that "Station for Two" is the final part in his trilogy of films about love, which also includes "The Irony of Fate" and "Office Romance". True, this time the idea changed during the filming. Later, the director said that they started filming from the finale, and in many ways this predetermined further work on the film: "".
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The final episodes were actually filmed not in Siberia, but in the Ikshinskaya colony near Moscow with a high security regime for juvenile criminals. Oleg Basilashvili recalled that he had to be among the prisoners for quite a long time, sometimes he spent there 12 hours a day, and at first the prisoners were wary and even hostile towards him. The actor felt very uncomfortable. "" - he said to Ryazanov.
The real prisoners were very annoyed that a well-fed and prosperous artist pretended to be one of them, and they did not miss the opportunity to demonstrate their attitude to him: when they dragged an iron snow removal device past him, they strove to hit the actor on the legs. He could not resist: "". Several takes had to be filmed in the dining room, and half-starved prisoners watched with anger as take after take the actor ate one bowl after another. But Basilashvili began to share the ration with them secretly from the guards, and so he managed to win them over.
Oleg Basilashvili prepared for this role very seriously and thoroughly. He told:.
According to the results of a survey of readers of the magazine "Soviet Screen", "Station for Two" was recognized as the best film of the year. He fell in love not only with ordinary viewers, but also with the party leadership: they say that after Yuri Andropov watched the film, he signed a decree awarding Lyudmila Gurchenko the title of People's Artist of the USSR.
The plot is based on a non-fictional story: How the composer Mikael Tariverdiev became the prototype of the hero of the film "Station for Two".
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