Life behind the scenes: 13 episodes from the life of the actors in between filming

Behind the Scenes of the Headless Horseman: Why the Cult Soviet Western Was Banned 10 Years After Filming

4 years ago, on May 15, 2017, the actor, film director and producer Oleg Vidov passed away. In the 1960-1970s. he was called one of the most beautiful and popular Soviet artists, but after he emigrated to the United States, his name was long consigned to oblivion in his homeland. One of the most famous films with his participation was the Western Headless Horseman. In 1973, it made a splash: it was watched by almost 52 million viewers, but 10 years later it was banned from showing. What was the reason for the ban, why many used

Behind the scenes of the film "Experts lead the investigation": unexpected consequences of filming

From 1971 to 1989 22 episodes of the detective film "Connoisseurs lead the investigation" were released, which was so popular with viewers that the actors were called by the names of their screen characters in everyday life. On the advice of Znamensky, Tomina and Kibrit did indeed correct some of the imperfections of the system. But the triumphant period for some actors turned into fatal consequences

Behind the scenes of the film "Love and Doves": What episodes were cut by censorship, and why Menshov was accused of lack of taste

March 16 marks 83 years of the remarkable actor, director, screenwriter Sergei Yursky. In his filmography there are more than 80 film roles, but one of the most striking works was the role of Uncle Mitya in the film "Love and Doves". The episodes with the participation of this actor in fact should have been much more, and the film itself could have become a two-part film, however, director Vladimir Menshov had to cut out many frames criticized by the censorship for immorality and "humiliation of the dignity of ordinary collective farmers."

What is left behind the scenes of the film "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession": why some episodes were not censored

Nowadays, the famous comedy by Leonid Gaidai "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession" seems to the audience absolutely harmless. And in the early 1970s, when the director began filming, many feared that the film would fall on the shelf, if only because the script was written based on the play by Mikhail Bulgakov. And although the officials nevertheless released the picture on the screens, it had to be redone, and some episodes had to be cut

Behind the scenes of the film "For family reasons": What episodes required to cut out censorship

40 years ago, the lyrical comedy "For family reasons" was released, which became a real hit, which does not lose its relevance today. Today it seems like a completely harmless story about family relationships, but in those days in the film they saw dangerous allusions about the introduction of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia and even a parody of Brezhnev! For these reasons, some episodes demanded to be cut from the film