The best New Year's fairy tale. Actors "The Irony of Fate, or With Easy Steam!"

It's hard to imagine a person who has never heard of the film "The Irony of Fate, or With Easy Steam!". One of the best Soviet comedies, a recognized role model, and a frequent television guest to this day. The picture gathered a record number of viewers - over 250 million people, including those who watched it in numerous repetitions and on large screens.

What is the New Year without a movie?

It has already happened that the "Irony of Fate ..." has become a traditional symbol of any New Year's holiday. First appeared on January 1, 1976 on the central channel, the film always finds its place in the broadcast grid.

The original was often parodies and humorous skits. Replicas became winged phrases, images of the main characters are close to each viewer, and the actors "The Irony of Fate, or With Easy Steam!" Instantly gained popularity.

The "Irony ..." has its own story

It is now easy to talk about the tape as a fact. And then, in 1975, when shooting was taking place in two Russian capitals at full speed, no one knew what success would be. But he, like the effect of a bomb exploding, instantly proved that Soviet cinema knows how to create high-quality works, and Ryazanov is one of the best of his creators. Only the director himself believed in victory. He was pinning his hopes on the first persons of the film, and the actors of "The Irony of Fate, or With Easy Steam!" Managed to translate all his ideas.

Screen pets

Nowadays, when the film is studied thoroughly, it's hard to imagine someone else in the place of Zhenya or Nadi. The director could not decide which actors he needed. He was looking for long faces, the actors "The Irony of Fate, or With a Light Steam!" Were the key moment for Ryazanov. But he made a very interesting choice.

The unusual thing was that the main actors were not newcomers. The preference for the role of Zhenya Lukashin, who by mistake turns out to be not in the one, but very similar to his apartment, was given to a native of Leningrad, the well-known actor of the theater and cinema Andrei Myagkov.

His work began with the image of a dentist Chesnokov from the comedy "The Adventures of the Dentist", immediately warmly evaluated by critics. We can say that the actor had a good start. His next works were the films "The Brothers Karamazov" and "The Unexpected Guest". Before playing in the "Irony of Fate ...", he starred in more than ten films, and at the time of filming has already gained popularity with the audience.

It was this film that secured the role of a comedian behind him. Many film critics, however, are not inclined to such an idea, because in Myagkov's filmography there are a lot of dramatic roles. "The irony of fate ..." became for him the beginning of a long cooperation with Eldar Ryazanov. As you know, he does not forget his favorites. Soon the masters met again on the platform of "Service Novel", "Garage" and "Cruel Romance".

If you remember how the cast of "The Irony of Fate, or With Easy Couples!" Were selected, one can not help talking about the search for the main female prototype that stood before the director.

To the surprise of many, Ryazanov chose Barbara Brylska. Despite the fact that the samples were taken by the most promising actresses of that time: Olga Volkova, Antonina Shuranova, Svetlana Nemolyayeva and Lyudmila Gurchenko, who had already starred in Ryazanov's Carnival Night.

Little was known about the native of Poland to the Russian audience. For the sake of the role of Nadia Shevelova, she moved to Moscow, and before that she played in more than forty scenes, most of which were shot in her native spaces. Rightfully called an international actress, Barbara collaborated with Bulgarian and Czechoslovak directors. Her important appearance took place in the film "Their weekday". In the film adaptation of Boleslaw Prus "Pharaoh" she played a priestess named Kama, and the image of Eva from the "Anatomy of Love" (like the picture itself) overgrew with a scandal.

Not only the key actors of the film "The Irony of Fate, or With Easy Steam!" Aroused spectator interest. Secondary characters were no less colorful. For the role of the groom Nadi-Ippolit - Ryazanov took Yuri Yakovlev, with whom he worked on the picture "Beware of the car." Friends of Zhenya were played by Alexander Shirvindt, Georgy Burkov and Alexander Belyavsky, and Liya Akhedzhakova and Valentina Talyzina embody Nadia's friends and colleagues. The cohesive cast of actors managed to create a harmonious and memorable atmosphere in the frame.

It is also remarkable that after the filming the picture was completely re-sounded. Nadi Sheveleva's Polish accent was replaced by Valentina Talyzina's voice, and Alla Pugacheva performed musical compositions for her. Zhenya Lukashin himself did not sing songs himself, Sergei Nikitin did it for him .

Universal success to the present day

In 2007, there was a sequel under the symbolic name "Continuation". Andrei Myagkov and Barbara Brylska again appeared in the frame. Despite the many roles played after "Irony ..." roles and the ensuing lingering break in her career, Barbara returned to the Russian screens in the movie "Down House" in 2001. In 2008 she embodied the key image of Rosa Karlovna in the military-historical picture of Andrei Kravchuk "Admiral".

Further career Andrei Myagkov was not less successful. He appeared in many different paintings. With the beginning of the new decade, the actor began to withdraw less often, preferring a quieter, more secluded family environment. He also rarely gives interviews and does not appear at social events.

Since the release of "The Irony of Fate ..." was expected a long procession on television, and many years of spectator love. The painting was recognized as the best film of 1976. The film "The Irony of Fate, or With Easy Ferry!" (Actors and roles including) received all-Russian recognition, becoming a favorite not for one generation. Characters continue to remain close and native, as it was several decades ago.