1TV — Leonid Kuravlev. Eto ya udachno zashel 20261011 091500 UTC 911 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:04] Kathak dance is our roots, a show that combines [00:00:08] traditional Kathak and modern dances. The festival [00:00:11] concludes with a performance for the youngest audience. The Belarusian [00:00:14] Puppet Theater brought the clever dog Sonya by Andrey Usachev. [00:00:18] Using the example of a mischievous puppy learning the laws of human society, the director [00:00:22] explores the nature of our own curiosity and the purity [00:00:25] of a child's gaze, and the guests in the hall suddenly find themselves not [00:00:28] spectators of the theatrical action. [00:00:31] Excursions, [00:00:35] meetings with residents, educational programs, all this is also part of the International [00:00:38] Pacific Theater Festival, it has ended, but in 2 [00:00:42] years artists from all over the world will come here again to [00:00:46] Vladivostok, where they are already known and will be awaited. Marya Natskevich, Andrey [00:00:49] Mikhailov, Yan Savitsky, Dmitry Klimov, Channel [00:00:52] One. Now, captivating footage [00:00:55] of the Northern Lights, a spectacular show in the sky, could be observed by residents of different regions. [00:01:00] From the Urals to central Russia, flashes of the most incredible hues were seen, including [00:01:03] in the Moscow region. The reason for such an unusual phenomenon [00:01:07] for our latitudes was a magnetic storm, one of the strongest in recent [00:01:10] months. [00:01:13] At the end of the broadcast, an urgent message from the Ministry of Defense: Russian troops have liberated [00:01:16] the settlements of Novotroitske and Petrovskoye in the DPR. Also [00:01:20] under our control are Reznikovo and Kupina in the Kharkiv region. All details [00:01:23] will be in the next broadcasts. Now, a documentary film, "That Was a Good Idea," [00:01:27] dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Leonid's birth. [00:01:34] Hello, lovely weather, isn't it? Leonid [00:01:37] Kuravlev, on screen a simpleton, a cunning man, [00:01:40] a jester. Rare Soviet comedies were made without [00:01:44] the actor's participation. He had an undeniable gift of such [00:01:48] authenticity. What's your name, brown-eyed girl? [00:01:51] Katya. And mine is Darmidont. Kuravlev was [00:01:55] truly a people's favorite, just like [00:01:57] his charm. [00:02:30] Ours is a difficult one, well, [00:02:33] I won't complain, because why, [00:02:36] why, but my vulnerability, so [00:02:39] to speak, is terrible. Kuravlev [00:02:42] differed from many colleagues not only in vulnerability, the actor avoided [00:02:46] any publicity, [00:02:49] highly valued his family. All his life Leonid [00:02:52] Vyacheslavovich remained faithful to one sole [00:02:56] woman, his wife Nina. [00:03:05] They trusted me, I think that's all, there are no other secrets, this is the first interview of Kuravlev's only son Vasily [00:03:09] after his father's death. He looks a lot like his father. [00:03:13] Vasily, a candidate of economic sciences, teaches at the [00:03:16] Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Leonid [00:03:19] Kuravlev was always proud of his son. [00:03:23] Close actors avoided frank conversations with [00:03:26] journalists. The reason for this was not only personal modesty, but [00:03:30] also Leonid Vyacheslavovich's own unwillingness to let [00:03:33] outsiders into his family. But [00:03:36] today Vasily will talk about the Leonid [00:03:39] Kuravlev that fans and reporters didn't know. [00:04:00] I am an artist of large and small academic [00:04:03] theaters. Everyone knows the footage [00:04:06] from Leonid Gaidai's most popular comedy. We know by [00:04:10] heart the quotes of our favorite characters, including Georges Miloslavsky, performed by Leonid Kuravlev. we remember [00:04:14] by heart. [00:04:19] This is me who got lucky. Well, [00:04:21] I often use "got lucky," by the way. If [00:04:25] it fits, it fits. Yes, I always like [00:04:29] to say it. [00:04:48] It's great that they left it in [00:04:51] the film. [00:04:55] Let's be acquainted. Nowhere , boyar, do [00:04:58] I recognize you. Are you a prince? [00:05:01] I, perhaps, am a prince! For the role [00:05:04] of Miloslavsky, first-tier actors auditioned: Nikonenko, [00:05:08] Burkov, [00:05:10] innocent, even. [00:05:42] they shuddered, I don't see the profession itself, you understand, what it's all [00:05:46] woven from, this little loop, a hook, you see, [00:05:50] an internal monologue, fresh tasks, and so on, if we analyze all this according to Stanislavsky, [00:05:53] well, nothing of this, I can't analyze it, because it's just a living [00:05:57] person in front of me, a living character, alive. Kuravlev had to [00:06:00] play an imposter, our contemporary, who [00:06:04] pretends to be a boyar, a double acting [00:06:07] task, he not only put on a caftan and a hat [00:06:10] of a royal dignitary, but also... [00:06:27] But Kuravlev could not boast of strong vocal abilities, [00:06:30] so in the film another wonderful artist, Valery [00:06:33] Zolotukhin, sang for him. I froze [00:06:36] somewhere, I sailed overseas, I know, [00:06:40] it was not in vain, everything in the world was not [00:06:43] in vain, it was not in vain, [00:06:46] I was sure that it was Lyonya singing, especially since [00:06:50] he has a good voice, and he sings, but it [00:06:53] turns out it was Zolotukhin singing, but it was very well done, [00:06:57] because everything intonationally and [00:07:00] timbrally, everything fit so well with [00:07:03] Lyonya's movements on [00:07:07] his shoulders, but with all his peculiarities. [00:07:10] somewhere overseas. I know, it was not [00:07:14] in vain, everything in the world was not in vain, it was [00:07:18] not in vain, what do you want, [00:07:21] guys? [00:07:25] What is it? Banquets, [00:07:28] film festivals, red carpets, and crowds [00:07:31] of fans, it would seem, such obligatory attributes of a movie star's [00:07:34] life, but in an amazing way, Leonid [00:07:38] Kuravlev was absolutely indifferent to them, avoided [00:07:41] noisy companies and gatherings after [00:07:44] filming. Taking off his costume and makeup, he always [00:07:48] hurried home to his family. The Kuravlevs, the actor and his [00:07:52] wife Nina and two children, a daughter and a son, lived in this house on [00:07:55] the corner of Kutuzovsky [00:07:56] Prospekt. [00:08:00] We had an apartment on the twelfth floor and the twelfth [00:08:03] entrance, it was such a funny coincidence. In principle, quite [00:08:06] high, but usually, when Dad wasn't home for a long time, [00:08:10] he was on some trips, filming, and I knew he [00:08:14] could arrive any moment, so yes, [00:08:17] I either leaned out the window or went out onto the balcony, watched [00:08:21] for the car to bring Dad home. Kuravlev [00:08:24] met his future wife Nina as a teenager, carrying [00:08:27] a deep love for this woman throughout his entire [00:08:30] life. I [00:08:33] found my girl, my future [00:08:36] wife, while still in the tenth, [00:08:39] ninth grade, she was 2 years [00:08:42] younger than me, even three, two and a [00:08:46] half. My Nina, well, in short, [00:08:49] by the tenth grade I had already set [00:08:52] my eyes on Nina, we met, in those [00:08:55] days it was very fashionable to skate [00:08:59] at the rink, young people, in Izmailovo, there's a pond [00:09:03] there, a famous one to this day, of course, well, [00:09:07] on this pond we [00:09:10] met, well... my [00:09:13] soul was already [00:09:16] given, [00:09:18] given at her feet, it fell, the young people [00:09:21] got married in 1960 [00:09:24] and lived together, jokingly for half a century, such [00:09:28] a swan-like loyalty to each other is a rarest case in [00:09:31] the acting environment, and it was not just a habit, when two [00:09:35] people are married, because it is convenient, a common established [00:09:39] life and children bind them, no, Kuravlev truly loved. [00:09:57] changed their wives, why, [00:10:01] everyone has their own destiny, I am not an ideal, all the same, we are all [00:10:05] sinners and so on, so [00:10:08] everything was very simple, based on trust, and was not [00:10:11] discussed. This question was never raised, right up to [00:10:15] his very [00:10:17] death, [00:10:19] that faith was everything. Nina [00:10:23] was not just a beloved wife, but also the main advisor in choosing [00:10:26] roles for her husband. Kuravlev always listened to his wife's [00:10:30] opinion, unreservedly trusting her [00:10:33] taste. [00:10:35] He and my mom had this practice, that the first [00:10:39] script Dad received, Mom read it [00:10:42] first, well, because to discuss it with her, because it's [00:10:45] really not easy, right, you're busy with one image, right, but you read and [00:10:49] imagine yourself in another image, not [00:10:52] easy. So, somehow he first with... Mom, well, [00:10:55] I think Mom's strong support was felt in this. Why did [00:10:59] Borshchev climb into the fountain? Was it hot? [00:11:02] Because of a woman who was drowning? [00:11:05] No, we were walking in a group, and she [00:11:08] said, "Valdemar is too weak to dive." So I [00:11:11] dived. Why do you, Borshchev, always [00:11:15] have to be the one? Let Valdemar [00:11:18] dive. She called me Valdemar. [00:11:21] And this is another legendary Soviet film... [00:12:04] This phrase is also very [00:12:07] remarkable, it turns out, Leonid [00:12:11] Vyacheslavovich himself also had one favorite scene in this [00:12:14] film, which he later often [00:12:16] quoted. [00:12:24] What's wrong? Why [00:12:27] would I watch, and then in life, no, no, he loved to [00:12:31] say this phrase, like, you know, how it is, you filmed [00:12:35] here, there, and elsewhere, and he left such a mark, I [00:12:38] think he certainly drew parallels with his Afonya, even though [00:12:42] he had a complex relationship with him, but this phrase, well, it's not [00:12:45] excluded, I can't confirm it, but maybe he [00:12:49] also invented this phrase himself. [00:12:52] But what does a difficult relationship with Afonya mean? Can an artist [00:12:56] really not love a role that has become almost his calling [00:12:59] card? The plumber played by Kuravlev [00:13:03] is an iconic character, but Kuravlev himself is not thrilled with [00:13:06] his character. When the film came out, they would shout [00:13:10] at my back: "Afonya, give me a ruble!" [00:13:14] And after that, money became completely different, [00:13:17] and sometimes, rarely, now [00:13:21] "Afonya, give me a ruble!" [00:13:25] "A ruble was due." This annoys me, [00:13:29] of course, I say, "Well, come here, what can [00:13:32] you do with this ruble [00:13:35] now, when a loaf of bread already costs [00:13:39] 30 rubles and more, what can [00:13:42] you do?" Let's start with the fact that this role did not come [00:13:45] easily to him, in a fierce competitive struggle. Which [00:13:49] is better, this way or that way? The film [00:13:52] director was looking for an actor for... [00:14:25] Georgy Burkov, Vladimir [00:14:27] Menshov, [00:14:30] but Kuravlev [00:14:31] won. [00:14:36] What's your name? [00:14:37] Lyudmila. [00:14:40] And I am Ruslan. For the audience, the actor finally [00:14:43] and irrevocably merged with his character, but [00:14:47] Kuravlev was fundamentally different from the drinking and [00:14:50] frivolous plumber. Not that [00:14:53] he had affairs on the side, even. 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I [00:20:01] really don't want to pay interest. Comrade Kholba is authorized. And who will [00:20:04] pay them? The store will pay. [00:20:46] Kuravlev's extreme modesty was noted by all his female co-stars. [00:20:50] in this love scene with the young Evgenia [00:20:53] Simonova, the actor, who was already almost 40, showed [00:20:57] surprising shyness. We had a bedroom [00:21:00] scene, well, naturally, within the framework [00:21:03] of socialist realism. [00:21:06] Lyonya was lying in trousers, he even refused to take off his trousers, in such a tight [00:21:09] t-shirt, and I was lying in such a nightgown made of such [00:21:12] bulletproof domestic silk, [00:21:16] very thick and dense. [00:21:52] Dad was a locksmith, who worked [00:21:55] at the Salyut factory all his [00:21:59] life, and Mom was a women's [00:22:01] hairdresser. These are my [00:22:04] roots, these beloved, [00:22:07] glorious roots. This left [00:22:11] a mark on me, of course, this kind of [00:22:14] background, for my whole life, for my whole life, well, [00:22:17] let's just say, I don't... [00:22:37] I don't like it; there's a lot of falsity at parties, everyone shows off to each other, as a rule, and that's disgusting, I think. Lyonya was 5 years old when he was separated from his mother. [00:22:40] Valentina Dmitrievna was denounced, she was convicted in [00:22:44] 1941 for sabotage and [00:22:47] wrecking. Mother. was arrested [00:22:51] quickly, a month [00:22:54] later, after the war started, under [00:22:58] the famous Article 58. [00:23:01] It was unfair, but that's how the authorities, [00:23:04] apparently, kept society [00:23:08] in discipline, so that everyone would be disciplined, wouldn't [00:23:11] chatter there about something, [00:23:14] and so on. Well, it's clearer to them, as they say, [00:23:18] and then labor was needed. My mother ended up in [00:23:22] Kazakhstan, at a metallurgical [00:23:25] plant, [00:23:26] a woman, [00:23:31] a place for women at that metallurgical [00:23:34] plant, she was there. Lyonya's aunt was in charge of his [00:23:37] upbringing, his father worked day and night. The boy didn't see his [00:23:41] own mother for 7 years, they met when [00:23:44] his son was already almost a teenager, [00:23:47] he came to his mother in the Murmansk region, they returned to [00:23:50] Moscow, but the actor did not talk about this dramatic [00:23:53] episode of his biography. [00:23:57] Kuravlev was generally not a very talkative actor, he was not in a [00:24:01] hurry to open his heart. [00:24:04] But on screen, his character had an open [00:24:07] soul. Open, often naive and very [00:24:10] simple-minded people. I don't [00:24:14] understand anything. [00:24:23] This is not gold. Shura Balaganov, played by [00:24:26] Kuravlev, another hundred percent hit [00:24:30] the mark. [00:24:32] So it was you who stole the weights? [00:24:36] But why? Why indeed? Ponikovsky said they were [00:24:40] gold. The director of The Golden Calf, Mikhail [00:24:43] Schweizer could very clearly and [00:24:47] concisely give an instruction [00:24:50] to the actor in literally a few phrases: I [00:24:53] know for sure that when filming this film, Schweizer told [00:24:57] Dad: play a dog, play [00:24:59] a mongrel. [00:25:03] Naturally, this set the tone for the character of Shura [00:25:07] Balaganov. Indeed, how similar is [00:25:11] this charming bungler Shura to a little dog that [00:25:14] seeks its owner and finds him in [00:25:16] Bender. [00:25:30] By the way, Kuravlev immediately found a common language [00:25:33] with Sergei Yursky, who played the great schemer. These were [00:25:37] conversations, but Lyonya is not a critic of [00:25:40] time, Lyonya is open to [00:25:44] time, he always was, in his [00:25:47] roles, the best thing he did. That is precisely [00:25:51] this absolute openness, [00:25:53] if one can speak of [00:25:57] acting roles, [00:26:00] then the role of a simpleton, I think. That Leonid [00:26:04] Kuravlev occupied this place in our [00:26:07] cinematography for more than half a century. How much money do you [00:26:10] need for happiness? 100 [00:26:13] rubles. By the way, pay attention, in the film, Shura [00:26:16] Balaganov is always hungry and constantly pounces on [00:26:19] food. Each such scene was filmed not [00:26:23] in one take, and Kuravlev had to strictly [00:26:26] limit his [00:26:27] diet. [00:26:30] He practically didn't eat off-camera, meaning he... there was such a [00:26:33] cinematic, cinematic diet, or then he, [00:26:37] for example, is treated - already, when Bender, yes, uh, [00:26:41] the wonderful Sergey Yursky, so, yes, treats him, he just devours it, [00:26:45] yes, [00:26:47] off-camera, he was literally forbidden to eat [00:26:50] anything, but what won't you do for [00:26:52] art? [00:26:59] Of course, the acting profession requires a lot of dedication. [00:27:02] It requires a considerable amount of effort, both mental and [00:27:06] physical. But at home, Kuravlev did not [00:27:10] demand special treatment for himself, when he was learning lines or [00:27:13] rehearsing, his family did not tiptoe around him, [00:27:16] there was never a moment like, "Everyone shut up, silence, I [00:27:20] have filming starting at 8 AM tomorrow." It wasn't like [00:27:24] that, he found ways, life still [00:27:28] went on, there were some conversations, he always found [00:27:31] ways to rehearse something, do [00:27:33] something, well, if it didn't work in one room, he could go to [00:27:37] another. Many wives of famous husbands quit [00:27:40] their jobs to completely provide them with a household, but [00:27:44] Nina Kuravleva was not one of them, like millions of [00:27:47] other Soviet women, she combined caring for her home [00:27:51] and work, every morning she got ready and went to [00:27:54] school. Nina Vasilyevna was an English [00:27:57] teacher, and a wonderful one at that. The actor was [00:28:00] very proud of his wife. Ninka was smarter than [00:28:04] me, smarter, smart, smart, she read [00:28:07] a lot, knew this beautiful language, [00:28:11] she read in English, in short, everyone [00:28:14] noticed it, my friends, when I would go with her to [00:28:18] friends at a restaurant, she would take all the attention [00:28:22] herself, I was with her, [00:28:25] beautiful, they knew she was smart, [00:28:28] so I, I was in the background. His eldest daughter Katya was born when [00:28:40] Kuravlev and his wife were just [00:28:43] over 20, but Vasily was a late child. His father at [00:28:47] that time was already 42, a mature [00:28:50] age. For the sake of raising his younger son, Nina temporarily [00:28:53] left her job. For 7 [00:28:57] years she raised [00:29:00] Vasya. And Vasya is now a miracle as a person, [00:29:04] that is her, her upbringing, a miracle as [00:29:08] a person, doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, [00:29:10] a workaholic, uh, well, [00:29:14] just as bald as I am, [00:29:17] at the same time, a wonderful person, really, believe me, not because I [00:29:20] am his father. Of course, Vasya was Kuravlev's [00:29:24] favorite. The boy was three years old when he [00:29:27] had the good fortune to be photographed with his father for a magazine [00:29:30] spread. In Soviet [00:29:32] times, such magazines were published [00:29:36] about artists, so such [00:29:39] an publication about Leonid Kuravlev dates back to [00:29:43] 1981, I don't remember who gave him the horse, [00:29:47] but for some reason, this ZIL truck is sticking out here, [00:29:50] I remember it more somehow, yes, well, most likely, [00:29:54] most likely it was not staged, yes, most likely it was [00:29:58] also my horse. [00:30:01] The actor didn't give his son any special [00:30:05] indulgences. The boy was keen on tennis, and his father [00:30:08] encouraged these activities, buying expensive equipment. [00:30:12] Kuravlev didn't go to school parent-teacher meetings, his wife [00:30:16] handled all issues, but there was one school subject that [00:30:19] the actor helped his son with. Dad, [00:30:23] it turns out, drew very well, well, [00:30:26] in principle, in my opinion, it was simply wonderful, he could have [00:30:30] developed this skill. Wow. Well, [00:30:33] he helped me, and then [00:30:36] naturally the teacher figured it out, that [00:30:39] it was all, "This is your dad drawing, stop it, so all these [00:30:42] beautiful drawings, simply masterpieces, but [00:30:46] this is Vasenka, not you, in general, well, that's how it was, and then I [00:30:50] already, I don't know, asked my dad, we could just sit down and draw [00:30:54] together. Father and son also had another tradition [00:30:57] of going to the post office together for magazines. There was a post [00:31:01] office here - the Kuntsevskaya post office. Well, and Dad, [00:31:05] as a big fan, [00:31:07] subscribed to a bunch of magazines and newspapers, [00:31:11] yes, he had a special large [00:31:15] storage for all these subscriptions. [00:31:19] Well, and I, I understand that Dad was also given many things [00:31:23] from these subscriptions by various magazine and [00:31:26] newspaper editors, apparently they somehow found out about his love for this, well, I have [00:31:29] a weakness, I love funny magazines, and if Dad was [00:31:33] busy filming, for example, a week could pass [00:31:36] or even 10 days, then it was generally impossible to carry [00:31:40] all this newspaper and magazine [00:31:43] weight alone, [00:31:47] so I often helped him with this. On the way, Vasily and I [00:31:50] unexpectedly reached another significant [00:31:53] place in the life of our beloved actor. Well, [00:31:57] it seems that this was the location of Dad's [00:32:00] garage, and there, accordingly, [00:32:03] was kept a Zhiguli six- [00:32:06] models, of such an orange, orange, yellow [00:32:10] color, it was right here, but really, [00:32:14] there were such garages here, probably like those here, clad [00:32:17] with iron, now they've probably been dismantled somehow, but [00:32:21] Kuravlyov was not a passionate car enthusiast, and he didn't [00:32:25] particularly have time to drive himself. Regarding work [00:32:28] issues, yes, he preferred when a film [00:32:32] crew would pick him up, transport [00:32:35] him, take him back, because, well, if he [00:32:39] was going to a shoot, he needed to concentrate, [00:32:43] to get himself in the mood. 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In the film "The Meeting [00:39:32] Place Cannot Be Changed." Already the third in a row after Georges [00:39:35] Miloslavsky and Shura Balaganov. And you break the [00:39:39] billiard rules? Well, playing for money. That's [00:39:43] only for kids playing for slaps, real players play for [00:39:46] interest. I love these roles, I [00:39:50] love them and thieves love them. This is art [00:39:53] again. I once stole a book [00:39:56] in my life. From the library while filming in Kerch, in [00:40:00] Schweitzer's film, [00:40:02] "Time Forward," [00:40:04] Ma'am, [00:40:06] she is with me to this day, but that was a long [00:40:10] time ago, Ma'am, summing up, the wisest [00:40:14] book, it's at my house, I confess, [00:40:17] I confess, in childhood, Kuravlyov [00:40:20] didn't dream of an acting career, he was, to put it mildly, [00:40:23] not a good student in school, especially not good at exact sciences. [00:41:29] Lenya had a bit of a speech peculiarity, [00:41:32] he lisped a little, as I say, he had a soft "sh," [00:41:36] there were some of these sounds, I'm nervous. [00:41:41] "It's hard for me to talk," and Bibikov, well, as a teacher, of course, he saw [00:41:44] and knew this, and he [00:41:47] somehow told him, he called all the girls "matushkas" (mothers), and [00:41:50] the guys "batyushkas" (fathers), and he said, "Batyushka, I think [00:41:54] in the second year, we'll be parting ways," meaning [00:41:58] because of the lisp, then Lenya's classmates [00:42:01] stood up for him, the group was very close-knit and friendly, [00:42:05] they defended their comrade, Sophiko Chiaureli always [00:42:09] saved him. he was friends with her, she [00:42:12] saved him, she did everything to get [00:42:15] him back to [00:42:17] VGIK. [00:42:21] It's dangerous to blow your nose like that, a blood vessel might burst, and [00:42:24] the surest way to stop a nosebleed is cold on the [00:42:27] back. [00:42:31] I'm always amazed in the film "Seek a Woman" at [00:42:35] how accurately all the actors portray their [00:42:38] characters, how... [00:43:10] simpler, less masculine, who painstakingly [00:43:12] calculated the criminal, the choice fell on [00:43:15] Kuravlyov, although everyone doubted, well, Kuravlyov, [00:43:19] the Russian-looking one, so to speak, they were used to seeing him outside [00:43:23] of foreign settings, yes, in short, [00:43:25] he found the makeup himself, [00:43:29] makeup, I opened Flaubert's five-volume [00:43:32] work, he had such a snub-nosed [00:43:35] Russian face, bald, [00:43:38] just bigger. [00:44:40] I hadn't seen this, it was an improvisation, no one [00:44:43] rehearsed it, I sit down and say something [00:44:46] like, "Where did I put my [00:44:48] notebook?" [00:44:51] Excuse me, you were sitting on my [00:44:54] notebook, but it's all in character, and [00:44:58] he's in character, and it turns out so [00:45:01] naturally, these little things [00:45:05] that make up [00:45:07] a completely different... [00:45:40] I never thought that the torment [00:45:42] of insomnia is the most terrible torment. [00:45:46] It's hard to believe, but at first Lioznova offered him the role of Hitler [00:45:50] and the actor, imagine that, did screen tests, we [00:45:54] managed to find [00:45:54] them. [00:45:59] Yes, he later admitted, with [00:46:02] humor, that his [00:46:06] Russian nature just couldn't [00:46:09] play such an antichrist. [00:46:12] So, Aisaman [00:46:16] was easier to play. Don't you [00:46:19] even consider it? No, I cannot [00:46:23] believe in Shtirlitz's [00:46:24] dishonesty. Me [00:46:27] too. In [00:46:29] 1984, six-year-old Vasya [00:46:33] was lucky enough to star in a film with his [00:46:35] father. Klementy, come here quickly. [00:46:38] Here. my only episode in [00:46:42] cinematography, but a close-up, I even [00:46:45] dubbed it, I came to Mosfilm [00:46:47] to dub. [00:46:50] The filming of "Dangerous for Life" took place in the summer in the city [00:46:53] of Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Director Leonid Gaidai suggested to the actor [00:46:57] to bring his family, and the whole family left [00:47:00] Moscow. The episode with his son was born [00:47:03] by chance and did not affect Vasily's [00:47:06] fate in any way. He did not become an actor, choosing a serious [00:47:10] university, graduating from MADI to his father's [00:47:12] delight. [00:47:15] He told me directly, "Vasya, don't become an actor." Well, first of all, [00:47:19] I think he already fully understood [00:47:23] all the dangers of this profession, all, so to speak, side [00:47:26] effects. And also such a factor, that [00:47:30] in principle, if you are an actor, but not quite [00:47:32] successful, this is also a difficult fate, [00:47:36] in general, not everyone is so lucky, and he didn't understand [00:47:40] how his children could surpass [00:47:42] him, perhaps, his daughter, Kuravlyov [00:47:46] did not protect her from the acting profession, Katya graduated [00:47:49] from a theater university, played several notable episodes [00:47:52] in films, for example, in the film "The Most Charming and [00:47:55] Attractive." Listen, Nat, I met [00:47:59] two circus trainers today, they invited me to visit [00:48:02] for pineapples, let's go. But then Ekaterina left [00:48:06] the profession, perhaps unable to withstand constant comparison [00:48:10] with her famous [00:48:10] father. [00:48:14] Maybe somewhere his dad didn't approve of her, or [00:48:16] criticized her, and she thought he over-criticized her, well, I don't [00:48:20] know for sure, but generally she just. [00:48:52] your knees, the one who stands behind you, that wall, the one you don't need [00:48:56] to turn around to, look, you just know that there's a rear [00:49:00] behind you, and you live with that and you can [00:49:03] go, I even get goosebumps when I talk about them, it's really something, and the [00:49:06] more time passes, [00:49:09] the more you realize how much poor [00:49:12] Nina Vasilievna endured my clumsy cooking, my [00:49:15] cooking, my God, she never said a word to me, how much [00:49:19] Leonid Davydovich also ate all this, endured. [00:49:22] Never, well, always just support, always just [00:49:26] kind words. Vasily has three sons, all the [00:49:29] boys love sports, their passion for football is clearly [00:49:33] inherited from their grandfather. [00:49:36] Few people know that Leonid Vyacheslavovich was a devoted fan of the CSKA [00:49:40] club, never missing a single match. In his youth, [00:49:44] he would come to the stadium with his wife Nina. In his mature [00:49:47] years, he enjoyed watching matches on television, and once [00:49:51] he personally met the goalkeeper of his favorite team, Igor [00:49:54] Akinfeev. The athlete, a big fan of Kuravlyov, [00:49:58] got the actor's number himself and called to congratulate him on his [00:50:01] birthday. Thus, this friendship [00:50:03] was born. [00:50:07] About once a month, once every 2 months, we would call each other, I would just ask how things [00:50:10] were and we would just chat about everyday things. But [00:50:14] one meeting stuck in my mind, it was not far [00:50:17] from his house, he gave me a collection of all his [00:50:21] cassettes at that time. They were indeed cassettes, he [00:50:24] signed them, I still have all of them at home. It was immediately clear both in [00:50:28] conversation and in communication and simply by looking at [00:50:31] him, yes, that is, it was clear that he was a kind person with his [00:50:34] principles. In honor of CSKA's centenary, Kuravlyov [00:50:38] even recorded a congratulation for the footballers of his favorite [00:50:41] club, [00:50:43] all the best to you, health, [00:50:46] success and joy [00:50:49] not only in your soul, but on the field. [00:50:53] Joy, because the game itself [00:50:55] is [00:50:57] joyful. [00:51:05] The beloved actor of several generations, Kuravlyov [00:51:09] gave us so many wonderful and diverse [00:51:11] film works. It's interesting which role Leonid [00:51:15] Vyacheslavovich himself valued the most. [00:51:18] "There lives such a guy," and Dad always singled out this film. [00:51:22] Always, everywhere, well, it gave him a lot, [00:51:26] probably, it really gave him a ticket [00:51:29] directly to big roles, of course, this film gave that, and he was [00:51:33] very grateful to Vasily Makarovich for [00:51:36] that. Vasily Makarovich Shukshin was the first to believe in Kuravlyov's [00:51:40] talent. At that time, the young actor had [00:51:44] not a single leading role behind him, and the directors [00:51:47] kept dissuading him, "Why do you need Kuravlyov? They almost [00:51:51] expelled him from VGIK." [00:51:56] he won't be able to handle it, where are you from? From Moscow, [00:52:00] there are such such [00:52:03] big-headed people. [00:52:06] "Your grayness surprises me a little, oh-oh-oh, but I [00:52:10] like you, yes, I've been looking for such an ideal for a long [00:52:13] time, but Shukshin knew how to get his way. The image of Pashka [00:52:17] Kolokolnikov, a simple driver who performed a feat, [00:52:21] the director and actor found together. [00:52:24] Kuravlyov came up with a trick, Pashka stutters [00:52:27] a little. "And you would ask me now with a [00:52:30] smile, what's the matter, Pavlik?" [00:52:33] Shukshin said, "Keep it." the stutter, [00:52:36] but you have to do it gently, [00:52:39] like always letting [00:52:43] it through at the same time. [00:52:45] driver-mechanic of the second class. [00:52:49] Single. That's how they kept [00:52:52] this moment, this feature, it's very [00:52:55] charming, it gives the image [00:52:58] a certain naivety, openness, [00:53:01] soulfulness, if you will. [00:53:05] Don't blame me for all my [00:53:08] actions, that I [00:53:11] sometimes, [00:53:16] Kuravlyov also starred in Shukshin's film: "Your Son, My [00:53:19] Brother." The director made it based on his own [00:53:22] stories. The actor played the role of Stepan, a young village [00:53:26] man who ended up in prison after a fight, and without [00:53:30] waiting for his release, he escaped. The role was [00:53:33] by no means comedic. Kuravlyov played his fallen [00:53:37] hero precisely, sharply, piercingly, listen, take [00:53:40] her away, how can I take her [00:53:43] away, I'll smash my head, here with [00:53:46] you, let's go, let's go, forgive me, I'll bring [00:53:50] him. [00:53:58] He was in demand during difficult times for our [00:54:01] cinematography, at the end of... [00:54:35] this is such a rare and valuable quality, I later, with age, [00:54:38] began to appreciate this in people, this [00:54:41] lightness, a lightness of attitude towards the world, towards [00:54:44] the profession, towards life, towards people, lightness, not [00:54:48] because it's some kind of [00:54:50] frivolity, no, it's precisely an inner positive [00:54:54] outlook on life, very light, he's a very good partner, there's [00:54:57] a counter-idea, what, we're printing an advertisement, [00:55:01] news of individual labor activity, the first private [00:55:04] detective in the city, yes, [00:55:07] a real private detective, this might be interesting, so [00:55:11] be curious, we filmed the scene quickly, in a couple of hours, [00:55:15] and then the whole crew, led by the director, went to a [00:55:18] banquet at the House of Cinema, celebrating the first day of filming the picture, [00:55:22] Kuravlyov and I were left alone, while we washed off our makeup [00:55:26] and so on, they sent a car for us, so we talked, [00:55:29] chatted, and he somehow kindly, he [00:55:33] gave me some advice on how to work with [00:55:36] Lentevich, since he was much more experienced [00:55:40] in that regard than me, so he gave me advice on the [00:55:43] nuances with Gaidai. [00:55:46] Gaidai and Kuravlyov's last joint work [00:55:50] was the comedy "A Good Weather on Deribasovskaya" [00:55:53] or "It's Raining Again on Brighton Beach." The director [00:55:57] offered the actor, to put it mildly, a rather unusual [00:55:59] role. Good evening, Mr. [00:56:03] President, although I was already informed by the competent [00:56:06] authorities that you still have a good [00:56:09] morning, [00:56:11] quite unexpectedly, Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov was [00:56:15] in the image of Mikhail Gorbachev, and he turned [00:56:18] out to be so similar to him, an amazing, so to speak, effect [00:56:21] of transformation, the art of transformation, he played it [00:56:25] wonderfully, I think, not caricatured, but precisely [00:56:28] with immersion in the image of Mikhail [00:56:31] Sergeyevich Gorbachev, I'm glad that we have such. [00:56:47] Everything changed after the spring of 2012, [00:56:48] in April, Leonid [00:56:52] Vyacheslavovich's beloved wife, Nina, passed away. Heart. [00:56:55] The sudden loss of his dearest and closest person [00:56:59] heavily affected the actor. His whole [00:57:02] life, as if... we were filming [00:57:17] a show about Gaidai, who had just [00:57:20] recently passed away, and [00:57:24] I put on makeup and [00:57:28] came, [00:57:30] walked up to Lenya and said, "Lenya, you can [00:57:33] go, there's no one left, go put on makeup." [00:57:37] Suddenly Lenya snapped [00:57:39] at me, [00:57:41] and I was completely bewildered and [00:57:44] thought, [00:57:46] "Oh well, I don't know why." Then [00:57:50] Nina Grebeshkova, who was also filming [00:57:53] with us, said, "Nin, [00:57:56] Lenya's wife died, that's why he's in this [00:57:59] state." [00:58:02] His elder daughter Katya moved to live with her father in his apartment to take [00:58:05] care of him, but how could she replace his beloved [00:58:08] wife? And no one else [00:58:10] could. I talked to him several times, on [00:58:14] the phone, and so on, and he frankly said that it's already [00:58:18] generally not interesting without Nina here anymore, [00:58:21] everything is already done. And [00:58:24] I offered him some projects, even aspiring [00:58:27] directors wrote a script for him, and he said, "Dim, I'm not interested in all this anymore, [00:58:31] I don't want to do this anymore, I've already done everything." [00:58:35] "Hello, hello, guys, happiness to [00:58:38] you, although in principle there [00:58:41] is no happiness, where is it calling?" [00:58:45] "Thank you anyway, good luck." [00:58:48] Before, Kuravlyov avoided journalists, and now he completely [00:58:52] avoided them. His heart only thawed when he was with his [00:58:55] grandchildren. He adored Vasily's sons, always looked [00:58:59] forward to meeting them, and always bought [00:59:00] gifts. [00:59:04] My grandchildren make me happy, only them, they have [00:59:07] some successes in their studies, in the sports [00:59:11] they engage in, [00:59:14] wrestling, tennis. [00:59:19] basketball, they [00:59:22] read good books, you need [00:59:25] to be an educated person in this [00:59:28] life, well, in short, that's what makes me [00:59:31] happy, my glorious, my glorious [00:59:34] grandchildren make me [00:59:36] happy. [00:59:46] Today, his eldest grandson, Stepan, is already 23 years old, the middle one, [00:59:50] Fyodor, is 19, and the youngest, Grigory, is 16. [00:59:53] All serious and purposeful [00:59:55] young men. [01:00:00] The eldest works at an auto repair shop, [01:00:02] the middle one studies at college, specializing in [01:00:05] IT, and the youngest, besides playing bass guitar, is making progress [01:00:09] in professional sports. In [01:00:12] childhood, he went to [01:00:16] many games of his older brother, well, he gradually started to [01:00:19] get involved from the age of four, [01:00:22] he goes to the Dynamo sports school, now he's in the [01:00:25] professional basketball club MBA. Grandfather supported [01:00:29] everyone, he always came with a [01:00:32] big bag of gifts and gave them out one by [01:00:34] one. [01:00:43] We wish you health and longevity! [01:01:17] but at home, unfortunately, [01:01:20] it was not very realistic, [01:01:23] and they searched for a long time for a place where they could help, [01:01:27] in short, they found an institution with [01:01:30] doctors. [01:01:32] In the summer of 2021, relatives moved [01:01:35] Kuravlyov to a private nursing home for the [01:01:38] elderly. This decision by the actor's children caused [01:01:41] a lot of gossip, "How could they abandon their father?" [01:01:45] some were indignant. [01:01:47] But is it fair to judge the actor's relatives so harshly? No one [01:01:51] certainly abandoned Kuravlyov, perhaps [01:01:54] Leonid Vyacheslavovich himself did not want to be a burden [01:01:56] to them. [01:01:59] Everything is wonderful there, especially since there were many [01:02:02] good people there, there are doctors, there's [01:02:06] good food, there are books, [01:02:09] you can do whatever you want there, [01:02:12] people need to be taught [01:02:15] this. to give another person, [01:02:19] especially one who is about to leave, complete freedom, and not [01:02:23] pressure their soul or their mind. [01:02:27] Leonid Kuravlyov passed away at the end of January [01:02:30] 2022. He willed [01:02:33] to be buried next to Nina, and during [01:02:36] his lifetime, he arranged in advance for his name to be carved on his [01:02:40] wife's tombstone. [01:02:42] We filmed these shots in Yaroslavl in 2016, [01:02:45] but it seems like it was all yesterday. Kuravlyov, [01:02:49] of course, was recognized on the street, he never refused [01:02:52] to talk to anyone, he warmly greeted everyone, because he [01:02:56] valued and respected the audience for whom he worked. [01:03:00] Leonid Kuravlyov found his happiness. [01:03:03] A lifelong love, a faithful wife who gave him [01:03:07] a daughter and a son. He succeeded as [01:03:09] an actor. His characters, charming, [01:03:13] kind, funny, we adore. Kuravlyov remained [01:03:16] in his loved ones, children and grandchildren. His [01:03:20] colleagues and friends remember him with the kindest words. [01:03:23] And most importantly, he was true to himself, to his thoughts and [01:03:26] beliefs. Agree, one can only [01:03:30] dream of such a rich, bright, happy fate. [01:05:30] and a fountain, no, I don't have fountains, do [01:05:34] you have matches? I don't smoke, well, that's a shame, you're depriving yourself [01:05:38] of pleasure in the dark [01:05:39] forest, [01:05:43] oh, do you have a conscience? I have [01:05:47] plenty of conscience, but no [01:05:49] time.