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The melodrama “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” is rightfully considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Soviet cinema. Directed by Vladimir Menshov, he shot a sincere, understandable film for every viewer.
In the USSR, it was watched by 90 million people, which allowed it to become the second largest box office in history after Pirates of the XNUMXth Century.
The main thing is that the film managed to gain recognition not only in the Soviet Union, but also in the international arena: in 1981, it won not only the USSR State Prize, but also an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film nomination.
Without exaggeration, great actors starred in the tape, to whom it owes much of its success. Today we remember the brightest heroes and find out where they are now.
10 Oleg Tabakov
It is simply impossible to fully describe this person in a couple of paragraphs: he was too an outstanding personality. Studying in the 50s at the Moscow Art Theater School, he was one of the best, and later became a great actor and director (since 2000 he also became the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater).
At the time of the filming of the film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears”, Tabakov was already a People’s Artist of the RSFSR, and in 87 he received an all-Union title.
He has dozens of films and hundreds of performances to his credit, which he staged not only in our country, but also abroad, invariably breaking the applause of the audience.
The actor continued his creative career until the very end, not imagining his life without a stage.
9. Eugenia Khanaeva
The performer of the role of the mother of Rodion and Vitya was born in a creative family: her father was the People’s Artist of the USSR, an opera singer. Deciding on a profession early, Khanaeva became famous already in adulthood after the film “Joke” (1976). All her best roles are secondary, but they were the best for her.
Being an avid motorist, the actress had an accident in her Zhiguli in the 80s and, due to the injury, she was haunted by severe back pain for a long time. Tired of suffering, she decided to have an operation, although she was warned of a high degree of risk.
Unfortunately, she was not lucky: she never regained consciousness and died in 1987, never knowing about the award of the title of People’s Artist of the USSR to her.
8. Yuri Vasilyev
Vasiliev also became famous thanks to supporting roles, having become famous after the painting by A. S. Gerasimov “Journalist”. “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” gave his career a new impetus, covering him with a second wave of popularity.
The audience, who had forgotten or did not know him, began to recognize him exclusively by the role of Rudolf-Rodion Rachkov.
His life ended abruptly on June 4, 1999, when he was 59 years old. Due to the heat, the actor had a heart attack, which caused his death.
7. Natalia Vavilova
Vavilova began her career by accident: at the age of 14, an employee of Mosfilm approached her in a store and offered to act in films. Debuting in the film “Mountains So High” (1974), she began to seriously engage in acting.
Fame came to her already in 1976 after Vladimir Menshov’s tape “Joke”, and after the drama “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” of the same Menshov, Natalia became an all-Union celebrity.
She ended her career as suddenly as she started: in 1991, she simply stopped accepting new offers, although she was invited many times by eminent Russian directors.
6. Boris Smorchkov
Boris Smorchkov, who played Nikolai Mikhailovich (Tony’s husband), starred in many films during his career, but only this role brought him fame and audience love. Everything else is small episodes, and sometimes in little-known paintings, unknown to the general public.
In parallel with the filming, he played in the Sovremennik Theater, where he was considered the soul of the team, although he was not the main star.
Boris Fedorovich passed away in 2008, when he was 63 years old.
5. Alexander Fatyushin
For the first time on the screen, Alexander appeared in 1974 in the film “Autumn”, and already in 1976 received the first major role in the film “Spring Appeal”. She did not bring him much success even despite the award of the film festival in Riga, so in the future he was called mainly for the role of minor characters.
Like others on our list, Fatyushin worked a lot in the theater, which once prevented him: he was approved for the main role in Kin-dza-dza, but the theater management did not let him go. If not for this, his success in the cinema could have been on a completely different scale.
4. Irina Muravyova
Muravyova became an actress solely due to her perseverance: after ten years, she applied to all Moscow theater institutes and was refused everywhere.
Forced to go to work, she tried again a year later, eventually getting approval only in the studio at the Children’s Theater, where there was the least competition.
At first, she was skeptical about the role in Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, because she did not like the script, but it was she who brought Irina the USSR State Prize. And then she starred in “Carnival”, which became the leader of film distribution at the end of the year.
The last time she appeared on the screen was almost 10 years ago, but at the age of 70 Muravyov does not leave the theater.
3. Raisa Ryazanova
Antonina Buyanova, the heroine of the film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears”, found her happiness, while the performer of the role of Ryazanova in her personal life did not go smoothly.
Bad luck in love was exacerbated by problems with work: during the years of perestroika, the popular artist was forced to earn a living by private cabs and rent an apartment.
In the future, she managed to return to the screens: she starred in a lot of TV shows (“My Fair Nanny”, for example), then she worked on television.
2. Alexey Batalov
For the first time, Alexei Batalov appeared on the stage of the theater created by his mother during the Second World War, at the same time making his film debut (Zoya, 1944).
He was a teacher at VGIK, wrote books, served as president of the Nika Russian Academy, and often gave lectures and master classes abroad.
He died in 2017: Batalov died at the age of 89.
1. Vera Alentova
One of the most famous Soviet and Russian actresses, as well as the wife of Vladimir Menshov, is familiar to the viewer not only by the role of Katya Tikhomirova, but Alentova herself considers this work to be the best in her career.
Despite the respectable age of 77 years, she is not going to retire and continues to work. In her own words, she cannot and never could imagine life without a stage or movie screen.