The most famous hero of Ryazanov's films 100. Top most famous films of Eldar Ryazanov

Eldar Ryazanov died in Moscow at the age of 89. The director left behind about 30 films, each of which became a hit in Soviet and Russian film distribution. Many of Ryazanov’s films have been quoted, his films, shot more than 40 years ago, are still watched in one breath and we can confidently say that there is no viewer in Russia who does not know the name of this director...

Ryazanov himself spoke modestly about himself: “ I never felt like a classic - neither cinema nor literature“, said the People's Artist of the USSR.

Musical comedy "Carnival Night", released in wide release in 1956, is considered the first feature film by Eldar Ryazanov.

Despite the skepticism of the artistic council, which called the rough material filmed by the director “boring and mediocre,” the film was an incredible success with audiences at that time: it sold over 48 million tickets. The young actress Lyudmila Gurchenko, who played one of the main roles in “Carnival Night,” according to critics, became an overnight star.

Movie “Hussar Ballad”, one of the main characters of which was the popularly famous lieutenant Rzhevsky (the role of Yuri Yakovlev), was filmed for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, and its premiere took place in Moscow at the Rossiya cinema on September 7, 1962.

Svetlana Nemolyaeva and Alisa Freindlikh also auditioned for the role of Shurochka Azarova, brilliantly played by Larisa Golubkina (this was her film debut).

In 1966, the audience was presented with a lyrical comedy by Eldar Ryazanov "Watch out for the car", which he based on the story by Emil Braginsky.

According to the director’s recollections, the plot was based on the then-popular legend of the “people’s Robin Hood,” who stole and sold the cars of “socialist property plunderers,” and transferred the money to orphanages.

As Ryazanov and Braginsky later found out, the story about the noble kidnapper turned out to be completely fictitious.

“This guy raised his hand to the most sacred thing we have - the Constitution!” – says one of the characters in the film.

In the Italian version, the comedy “ Incredible adventures of Italians in Russia“, filmed in 1973 by Eldar Ryazanov and Franco Prosperi, was called “One crazy, crazy, crazy race across Russia” - Una matta, matta, matta corsa in Russia.

They say that producer Dino di Laurentiis, having initially read the script written by the Ryazanov-Braginsky duo, declared it complete nonsense that the Italian audience would not watch.

At the request of di Laurentiis, Ryazanov rewrote the script, turning it into a chase film with various stunts and scenes with a live lion.

Ryazanov loved to play episodic roles in his films. In “Incredible Adventures,” he appeared in the film as a doctor on the wing of an airplane, beating the ice off a frozen mafioso.

Dialogue from the film:

– Don’t you know that I am Russian by origin? – Yes?

- Isn’t it noticeable?

- Very noticeable! You have a wonderful Ukrainian accent!

"Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath"(1975) is still considered one of the most popular Soviet films and is traditionally shown on Russian television on New Year's Eve.

The film is based on the play “Enjoy Your Bath!” or Once Upon a New Year’s Eve,” which was written in 1969 and by the time the film was released, it was being shown in various theaters.

The Polish actress Barbara Brylska, who played one of the main roles, was dubbed by Valentina Talyzina, but her name is not in the credits, as well as indications that the songs for the heroes of Brylska and Myagkov were performed by Alla Pugacheva and Sergei Nikitin.

Eldar Ryazanov himself played in the film a passenger on an airplane, on whom the sleeping Lukashin constantly falls.

Dialogue from the film:

- No, I'm serious. It is especially difficult for us to have our own opinion. What if it’s wrong? Doctors' mistakes cost people dearly. – Yes... Teachers’ mistakes are less noticeable, but in the end they cost people no less dear.

Movie "Love affair at work", released in 1977, was a film adaptation of the play “Colleagues,” written in 1971 by Eldar Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky.

The words to the famous song “Nature has no bad weather” to the music of Andrei Petrov were written by Ryazanov himself.

During the filming of “Office Romance,” the songs were performed by Andrei Myagkov himself (in “The Irony of Fate” Sergei Nikitin sang for him).

“If there were no statistics, we would not even suspect how well we work,” says the main character of the film, Anatoly Efremovich Novoseltsev.

In film "Garage"(1979), based on real events, Ryazanov did not change himself and again starred in a cameo role. Ryazanov’s hero is the head of the insect department, who slept through the entire cooperative meeting, leaning on a stuffed hippopotamus.

“Garage,” released in 1979, tells the story of a meeting of a garage cooperative, at which it is necessary to decide which of those present should be deprived of a garage. The action takes place in the USSR in the late 1970s at the fictional Research Institute for the Protection of Animals from the Environment.

Quotes from the film:

– The crane operator was paid a bonus, which was carried out strictly according to the estimate as payment for a day watchman. The day caretaker was paid, strictly according to the estimate, like laying asphalt, and the work on laying asphalt was paid, strictly according to the estimate, like landscaping work.

– What do you do, graduate student? You study the silver crane, and by the way, it nests abroad... This pie in the sky is not our bird at all.

– The silver crane is a dark bird. She doesn’t read newspapers and therefore has no idea whether it’s ours or capitalist.

Main roles in the film “Station for two” played by Oleg Basilashvili and Lyudmila Gurchenko.

The film participated in the official competition program of the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

"Cruel romance" filmed in 1984 based on the play “Dowry” by Alexander Ostrovsky. For Larisa Guzeeva, the role of Larisa Ogudalova became her film debut.

“Forgotten melody for flute”, released in 1987, is based on the play “Immoral History,” which Ryazanov co-wrote with Braginsky. The main roles were played by Leonid Filatov, Tatyana Dogileva and Irina Kupchenko.

Dialogue from the film:

– I don’t have ham, sorry. What else did you seduce me with?

- Oh, there’s just caviar! Zucchini!

Ryazanov about himself:

“I believe that a person should always remain himself and do what he considers necessary. I've been in and out of fashion many times, but I've never done anything to be fashionable. Sometimes I was fashionable, sometimes I was not fashionable, then I became fashionable again. Every person should express himself if he has something to express“.

“I can say one thing about myself: I have always made films that I myself, as a viewer, would like to see. When I looked at such a picture made by someone else, I always regretted that it was not me who put it“, Ryazanov said several years ago.

From repression to comedy: Ryazanov’s long life

The future director was born on November 19, 1927 in Kuibyshev (now Samara). The parents of Ryazanov’s mother, nee Sofia Shusterman, lived there. Alexander Ryazanov and his wife worked at the Soviet trade mission in Tehran. Ryazanov spent the first years of his life there.

However, already in the 1930s, the father of the future director received an assignment in Moscow, where he moved with his family. Soon after moving to Moscow, the director’s father and mother separated. Subsequently, the father started a new family. In 1938, Alexander Ryazanov was repressed; in total, he served more than 17 years in prison.

Eldar was raised by his mother and then by his stepfather.

The director's teenage years occurred during the Great Patriotic War. When it started, he was only 14 years old.

Various biographies note Ryazanov’s love of reading. For example, in order to go to the library, in the third grade he forged a certificate, posing as a fifth grader.

First works

After school, Ryazanov entered VGIK, and he was able to get into the workshop of the then famous director Grigory Kozintsev, who directed “The Overcoat,” “New Babylon,” “Hamlet” and other films.

Ryazanov also studied with another famous director, Sergei Eisenstein. He talked to him a lot, went to visit him.

In 1950, Ryazanov graduated from VGIK. His graduation work was the documentary “They Study in Moscow,” co-authored with classmate Zoya Fomina. She became the director's first wife, but this marriage broke up. In this marriage, a daughter, Olga, was born.

Immediately after graduation, Ryazanov got a job at the Central Documentary Film Studio. There he filmed stories for the film magazines “Pioneria”, “Soviet Sport” and “News of the Day”.

Only five years later, Ryazanov left to work for Mosfilm. His first major work at Mosfilm was the wide-screen concert film “Spring Voices,” which he directed together with Sergei Gurov.

The head of the studio, Ivan Pyryev, closely followed Ryazanov’s work. He persuaded his subordinate to make the film “Carnival Night,” which became Ryazanov’s debut in feature films. The film became the highest-grossing film of 1956. He also made the young actress Lyudmila Gurchenko famous. And Ryazanov himself turned into a star, whose work the entire USSR began to follow.

After “Carnival Night,” many of Ryazanov’s comedies followed, which also turned out to be successful. In 1958, “Girl Without an Address” was released, in 1961 – “Man from Nowhere”, and a year later – the famous “Hussar Ballad”. In the filming of “The Hussar Ballad,” Ryazanov was again helped by Pyryev, who persuaded Yuri Yakovlev to star in the film. The director himself had to convince the film bosses that the film was romanticizing Russian history.

At Mosfilm, Ryazanov also met his second wife, Nina Skuibina, who worked there as an editor. He lived with her until her death in 1994.

Literary creativity

Ryazanov’s childhood dream of a writing career also came true. In the 1960s, he began actively collaborating with screenwriter Emil Braginsky. It was in collaboration with him that scripts were written for many of Ryazanov’s famous works.

The first joint film between Ryazanov and Braginsky was the film “Beware of the Car,” which was released in 1966. The film is based on the story of the Soviet “Robin Hood”, who stole cars from thieves of state property. In the end, the story turned out to be fictitious. But Braginsky and Ryazanov were able to write out all the plot twists, dialogues and reversals of the characters’ characters so that the viewer believed in them.

Ryazanov and Braginsky consolidated their success with many other films. They co-wrote the scripts for such films as “Zigzag of Fortune”, “Office Romance”, “Old Robbers”, “The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia”, “Station for Two”, “Garage” and “Ironies of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath” !”.

In 1977, Ryazanov’s books “The Sad Face of Comedy” and “These Frivolous, Frivolous Films” were published. Before this, “Zigzag of Luck” was also published as a book.

Mature years

Gradually, a circle of like-minded people began to form around Ryazanov, which included famous actors of the Soviet era: Yuri Yakovlev, Andrei Mironov, Evgeny Evstigneev, Valentina Talyzina, Liya Akhedzhakova, Andrei Myagkov, Oleg Basilashvili and others.

In the 1970-1980s, Ryazanov worked a lot on television. He hosted the “Kinopanorama” program, and also created his own television programs, among which were, for example, “The Parisian Secrets of Eldar Ryazanov” and “Conversations in the Fresh Air.”

In addition, he taught at the Higher Courses for Directors and Screenwriters.

In 1991, the tragicomedy “Promised Heaven” was released, and then based on his own play “Prediction”. In 2000, Ryazanov directed the tragicomedy “Old Nags.”

The director's last films were the fairy tale “Andersen. Life without love" and "Carnival night - 2".

Ryazanov was also the president of the Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts “Nika”, as well as the founder of the Eldar Ryazanov Film Club.

Ryazanov made about 30 films and received many prizes and awards.

He was married for the third time to film editor Emma Abaidullina.

film director, screenwriter and writer, People's Artist of the USSR Eldar Ryazanov.

As a child, Ryazanov wanted to become a sailor - to travel to distant exotic countries, and then describe his adventures in books. He even submitted documents to the Odessa Naval School, but did not receive an answer (there was a war going on). Then the young man entered VGIK, graduated with honors and began working in cinema. And his dreams of literature eventually came true: the artist published several books - stories, reflections, memoirs, collections of poetry.

But Eldar Ryazanov’s paintings brought him fame and love from the audience.

"Beware of the Car" (1966)

The comedy became the first collaboration between Eldar Ryazanov and the playwright Emil Braginsky. The script was based on the folk myth about the “Soviet Robin Hood,” who stole cars from “those living on unearned expenses,” sold them, and donated all the proceeds to orphanages. As the director himself said, he and Braginsky really wanted to get to know this hero, tried to find him, sent requests to the police. But, as it turned out, the real Detochkin simply did not exist.

In 2012, in Samara, Ryazanov’s homeland, a monument to Yuri Detochkin, an irreconcilable fighter for justice, was unveiled.

Photo: Still from the film “Beware of the Car”

"Old Robbers" (1971)

This Soviet film masterpiece was also created by Eldar Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky. In the center of the plot is a couple of middle-aged, but very active old men: investigator Myachikov ( Yury Nikulin), whom they want to retire (he hasn’t solved a single case in 2 months), and his friend, engineer Vorobiev ( Evgeniy Evstigneev). The adventurers decide to organize the crime of the century, and then solve it themselves, so that Myachikov is kept at work.

Photo: Still from the film “Old Robbers”

"Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath!" (1975)

The two-part feature film was first shown on January 1, 1976, and over time, a good tradition developed of broadcasting the comedy on New Year's days.

Braginsky and Ryazanov wrote the play about the “drunken adventures” of Zhenya Lukashin back in 1969 - by the time it was filmed, the play was already running in several theaters. But it was the film that brought resounding success to the authors - for it the director, screenwriter, composer Mikael Tariverdiev and the leading actors - Andrey Myagkov And Barbara Brylska- were awarded the USSR State Prize.

Photo: Still from the film “The Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath!”

"Office Romance" (1977)

The comedy was filmed in 1977, and in 1978 it became the leader in Soviet film distribution, it was watched by over 58 million viewers.

First, a play appeared about the relationship between 40-year-old shy Novoseltsev and “mymra” Kalugina, his strict boss - “Colleagues”. The play of the same name was performed in theaters with such success that the authors (Ryazanov and Braginsky) decided to make a movie - and that’s how “Office Romance” appeared.

Photo: Still from the film “Office Romance”

"Cruel Romance" (1984)

The feature film became the second adaptation in the USSR of Ostrovsky's "Dowry", and the magazine "Soviet Screen" named it the best film of the year in 1984.

Critics assessed Ryazanov's work differently. Someone was dissatisfied with the acting of young Larisa Guzeeva (who made her debut in the film), and Evgeny Danilovich Surkov, who published an article in Literaturnaya Gazeta, was outraged that the main character “sang, danced with the guests, and then went to Paratov’s cabin and gave herself to him.”

The director in his next film (“Forgotten Melody for the Flute”) responded to the film critic - the name of Ryazanov’s negative heroine, Evgenia Danilovna Surova, is very consonant with the name of the offender.

Photo: Still from the film “Cruel Romance”

On November 18, the famous director Eldar Ryazanov would have turned 91 years old. Hundreds of millions of people love him for his films “Beware of the Car”, “The Incredible Adventures of the Italians”, “Forgotten Melody for the Flute”, and the screening of “The Irony of Fate” on New Year’s Eve has become a tradition for many years. On the eve of the director’s birthday, the Inter TV channel will show 4 films shot by Ryazanov.

On November 17 at 8.45 watch “The Hussar Ballad”, at 10.45 - the film “Girl of the Base Address”, at 12.30 - “Give me a Book of Complaints”, and at 14.10 - “Beware of the Car”.

We have collected the most striking quotes from Eldar Ryazanov and the heroes of his films.

Rules of life of Eldar Ryazanov

“Where there is humor, there is truth.”
— There are no unimportant periods in life.
“Those who constantly scold our generation seem to have forgotten who raised them.”
“Children cannot be a bargaining chip for politicians.”
“When timid people lose their temper, you should beware of them.”
“For everyone to know, it’s enough to tell just one person.”
— People are divided into those who live to see retirement and the rest.
— There are things that should not bring monetary profit. Because they bring a different profit - not material, but spiritual. It cannot be measured with any money.
“I look with despair at how such concepts as artistic image, idea, sympathy, mercy, spirituality are disappearing from our cinema. And having evaporated from the cinema, they disappear from people’s consciousness.
- What touched me in the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties - it also touched a huge number of people, the majority. Today there are fewer and fewer people like me. Fellini said in the eighties: “My viewer is already dead.” This is the terrible truth.

Rules of life for Ryazanov's heroes

- I don’t like to joke myself, and I won’t let people
— We won’t take Baba Yaga from outside - we’ll raise him in our team
- Comrades! Have a fun way to celebrate the New Year! We must spend our New Year's Eve so that no one can say anything
“If a person has become morally corrupt, you need to say so directly, and not laugh, you know.”
("Carnival Night")

- What a disgusting thing this jellied fish of yours is!
“You can’t be offended by the truth, even if it’s bitter.”
("The Irony of Fate")

- Stop! Don't raise your hands! You won’t wash them off for the rest of your life!
- If a woman with such external data fights for the truth, she is probably not married.
("Garage")

— One hundred grams is not a stopcock: if you pull, you won’t stop!
(“Station for two”)
- Chest forward!
- Breast? You flatter me, Vera.
- Everyone flatters you!

It's quiet around, only the badger is not sleeping.
He hung his ears on branches and quietly danced around.

- What about the circus?
“I have enough circus in my life.”

- Not only are you a liar, a coward and an impudent person, you are also a fighter!
- Yes, I'm a tough cookie!
("Love affair at work")

- You need to marry an orphan.
- They'll screw you, but don't steal!
— Man, more than any other living creature, loves to create additional difficulties for himself
- Listen, I've had a lot of fun. I have to put myself horizontal
("Watch out for the car")

On November 18, the famous director Eldar Ryazanov would have turned 91 years old. Hundreds of millions of people love him for his films “Beware of the Car”, “The Incredible Adventures of the Italians”, “Forgotten Melody for the Flute”, and the screening of “The Irony of Fate” on New Year’s Eve has become a tradition for many years. On the eve of the director's birthday, the Inter TV channel will show 4 films shot by Ryazanov. On November 17 at 8.45 watch "The Hussar Ballad", at 10.45 - the film "Girl of the Base Address", at 12.30 - "Give me a book of complaints", and at 14.10 - "Beware of the Car".

We have collected the most striking quotes from Eldar Ryazanov and the heroes of his films.

Rules of life of Eldar Ryazanov:

Where there is humor, there is truth.
There are no unimportant periods in life.
Those who constantly criticize our generation seem to have forgotten who raised them.
Children cannot be a bargaining chip for politicians.
When timid people lose their temper, you should watch out for them.
For everyone to know, it is enough to tell just one person.
People are divided into those who live to retire and the rest.
There are things that should not bring monetary profit. Because they bring a different profit - not material, but spiritual. It cannot be measured with any money.
I look with despair at how such concepts as artistic image, idea, sympathy, mercy, spirituality are disappearing from our cinema. And having evaporated from the cinema, they disappear from people’s consciousness.
What touched me in the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties also touched a huge number of people, the majority. Today there are fewer and fewer people like me. Fellini said in the eighties: “My viewer is already dead.” This is the terrible truth.

Rules of life for Ryazanov's heroes:

I don’t like to joke myself, and I won’t let people do it.
We won’t take Baba Yaga from outside - we’ll raise him in our team.
Comrades! Have a fun way to celebrate the New Year! We must spend our New Year's Eve so that no one can say anything.
If a person has become morally corrupt, you need to say so directly, and not laugh, you know. ("Carnival Night")
What a disgusting thing this jellied fish of yours is!
You cannot be offended by the truth, even if it is bitter. ("The Irony of Fate")

Stop! Don't raise your hands! You won’t wash them off for the rest of your life!
If a woman with such external characteristics fights for the truth, she is probably not married. ("Garage")
One hundred grams is not a stopcock: if you pull it, you won’t stop! ("Station for two").

Chest forward!

Breast? You flatter me, Vera.

Everyone flatters you!

It's quiet around, only the badger is not sleeping. He hung his ears on branches and quietly danced around.

What about the circus?

I have enough circus in my life.

Not only are you a liar, a coward and an impudent person, you are also a fighter!

Yes, I'm a tough cookie!

("Love affair at work")

You have to marry an orphan.
They'll screw you, but don't steal!
Man, like no other living creature, loves to create additional difficulties for himself.
Listen, I've had a blast. I have to put myself in a horizontal position. ("Watch out for the car")