Your Honor, Lady Luck ...

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30 March 1970. On the screens of the country came out a film by Vladimir Motyl "White Sun of the Desert".

Work on the adventure film “White Sun of the Desert” began in 1967. In its original form, the script of the picture was called “Basmachi”, but the management of the experimental creative film studio (ETC) did not like the wording. As a result, Andrei Mikhalkov - Konchalovsky, the author of the script, was recommended to work in collaboration with Valentina Ezhova and Rustam Ibragimbekov. The idea for the movie was looking for a long time Once in a circle of authors sounded story about the escape of the Eastern robber who left his harem in the waterless desert. The story was presented by one of the former Red Army men and reflected real events. In developing the scenario, Konchalovsky refused to work on the project, as he received a lucrative proposal in another direction. In August, 1967 needed a director for a future movie. The specific scenario frightened famous people, most of them feared that the work would not pass through censorship. Finally, Vladimir Motyl agreed to take up the picture. The script was coordinated for a long time, refined and changed, filming began only in 1968.

Your Honor, Lady Luck ...


The film studio leaders met Motylya’s candidacy negatively, as the director had a reputation of an unreliable citizen. Vladimir’s father turned out to be a repressed Jew who died in camps; his mother had long lived in exile in the Urals. Vladimir Yakovlevich grew up with his mother and developed his professional career by his own efforts, he had no patrons. In 1948, he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Theater Institute, and then continued his studies at the university. He began his career as a director, sometimes acting as an actor. From 1955, he served as chief director of the Theater for Young Spectators, and from 1957, he became director in the film studio of the city of Sverdlovsk. The film "White Sun of the Desert" was his third directorial work, but it turned out to be the most popular of all ten films made during the entire period of activity.

The shooting took place in a tense atmosphere. Often adjusted, well-captured footage had to be thrown away, because the officials did not like certain moments. Motyl turned out to be a demanding director, they even tried to accuse him of over-expenditure of materials and transfer the work to another specialist. Fortunately, the attempt to change director was not successful. Shooting stopped, changed most of the plot, and finally ended in 1969 in September. The work was carried out at the Lenfilm production base, but the film had to be finished at Mosfilm. On the first viewing, the director of the Mosfilm studio Surin did not accept the work. The fate of the film seemed resolved. He was destined to always gather dust on the shelves of the film archive. However, Motylya's work was seen by Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, who was accustomed to browsing kinonovinki. The “White Sun of the Desert” made a strong impression on the general secretary, thereby receiving a wide-spread road.

The role of the Red Army soldier Sukhova was to be played by George Yumatov, but after a week of filming a drunken actor got involved in a fight, as a result of which his appearance suffered greatly. Yumatov was forced to replace another artist, who turned out to be Anatoly Kuznetsov. For the new actor who appeared in the 21 film by this time, “White Sun of the Desert” became a swan song. His hero, Fyodor Ivanovich Sukhov, became a national favorite throughout the USSR.

Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov, a native Muscovite who graduated from the Moscow Art Theater-Studio named after Nemirovich-Danchenko, began acting in films as a student. During his fruitful career, Kuznetsov played over ninety roles in Soviet and Russian films. In 1979, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR, and in 1998, the State Prize of Russia was awarded for the brilliant role of Sukhov. Among the highest awards: the Order of Friendship, the Order of Honor, the Order of "Merit for the Fatherland."



The role of Said was received by the outstanding People's Artist of the RSFSR Spartak Vasilyevich Mishulin - a man with a very difficult and tumultuous fate. He was born and brought up before the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, then life threw him into the city of Dzerzhinsk. Together with friends, he tried many times to escape to the front. He spent several years in prison for theft, after which he worked in the houses of culture of the villages of the Tver region. Mishulin enrolled in GITIS, but was unable to successfully pass the exams. However, he did not refuse the dream and went to work in the Drama Theater of the city of Kalinin. Here he graduated from drama school, playing for 5 40 years of different roles. In 1960, invitations from metropolitan theaters appeared, in one of them, at the Satire Theater, Mishulin worked for 45 for years. The first popularity emerged after the release of the TV magazine “Zucchini 13 chairs”, in which Spartak Vasilyevich played Pan Director. Fame actor is growing rapidly. In addition to numerous roles in the theater, there were brilliant acting work back in 52-x films.

During the period of creative activity Mishulin awarded:
• the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR;
• the title of Honored Worker of Culture of Poland.
In addition, the artist is:
• Laureate of the I. Smoktunovsky Prize;
• Laureate of the Lumiere Brothers Prize;
• Laureate of the State Prize of Russia for the film "White Sun of the Desert".
Beloved Spartak Vasilyevich died at the age of 78 years and was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovo ​​cemetery.



The role of customs officer Pavel Vereshchagin went to the heroic man, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Pavel Borisovich Luspekaev. 15-year-old youth Pavel went to the front, where he actively participated in intelligence. Here he was seriously wounded and almost lost his arm. In 1944, Luspekaev was demobilized from the army. After the war, he entered the Schepkinsky Higher School, where he met his future wife, Inna Alexandrovna Kirillova. After graduating from college, Luspekaev moved with his family to Tbilisi, then to Kiev and a few years later to Leningrad. In the year 1962 unexpectedly there were complications of frontal injuries. In the war years, being in intelligence, Pavel Borisovich froze his feet badly, on this basis the chronic atherosclerosis of the vessels of the legs became aggravated. The treatment was unsuccessful, the second amputation operation deprived Luspekaev of several fingers. Further, in 1966, during the shooting of the next film, the disease manifested itself again, and the doctors issued a verdict on the amputation of both feet. The artist began to experience severe pain, which only the potent drug pantopon could cope with. After a while, Pavel Borisovich realized that he was a drug addict. By force of will, Luspekaev refused to take drugs, but the unbearable pains drove him to madness. Artist lay in a faint state, stopped eating. Upon learning that in this terrible state the actor was filming a movie, the Minister of Culture Furtseva wrote out medications for him from abroad. Furtseva also contributed to the manufacture of prosthetic legs for Luspekaev in France. Pavel Borisovich overcame drug addiction, but each step was given to him with difficulty. During the filming of the “White Sun of the Desert” in 1969, he again became worse. Forces were enough only for 20 steps, then the actor needed rest. His wife carried a small folding chair with her and constantly stayed with her husband. The brilliant role of Vereshchagin, played solely thanks to Luspekaev’s will power, became his feat.

17 March 1970 Pavel Borisovich Luspekaev died from aortic rupture in Moscow. The Bolshoi Drama Theater of Leningrad refused to bury the actor, unsubscribing that Luspekayev was not working for them. The Lenfilm film studio undertook the funeral. The country announced the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the birth of Lenin, so the body of Luspekaev was taken to Leningrad and buried in the Northern Cemetery. Officials were afraid to darken the death of a great actor, solemn events in the capital. On the grave of the actor, a monument of Petersburg customs officers is installed with the inscription: "With a bow from the customs officers of the North-West." St. Petersburg customs officers gather annually on a professional holiday at his grave. In the port of Vladivostok, in 2000, the flag patrol ceremony was held on the customs patrol vessel “Pavel Vereshchagin” in honor of the film’s hero. The monument to Pavel Vereshchagin and, at the same time, Luspekaev, will soon appear in Moscow by order of the customs service of the Russian Federation. This artist has played quite a few theatrical roles, he presented 27 TV viewers with colorful film characters. He did not have time to see his last role on the screen. The film “Such a Long, Long Road” was released after the artist’s death. The title of Laureate of the State Prize of Russia was awarded posthumously in 1997 for the film “White Sun of the Desert”.



Many actors tried to play the role of the young Red Army man Petrukhi: Savely Kramarov, Yury Chernov, but she was played by a man without acting education, who worked at that time as a mechanic. Godovikov, accidentally caught in the shooting of the film "Republic SHKID", starred in several more films. However, it was precisely the role of Petruha that gave him his way to the cinema. From the end of 1970, the people's favorite was convicted of parasitism, and after its conclusion, he was brought to criminal responsibility twice more for theft. In many films, he played successful cameo roles, was married three times, currently lives in St. Petersburg and works in Metrostroy.

There were a lot of non-professional actors in the film. The role of the Russian beauty Ekaterina Matveevna was played by Galina Luchay - the editor of the Ostankino studio. In some episodes, the roles of Abdullah’s wives were performed by the soldiers, as they did not manage to persuade Eastern women to cooperate. Part of the film was shot in Turkmenistan, and filming took place on the Caspian Sea coast and near Luga. The song “Your Honor, Mrs. Luck” was written by Isaac Schwartz especially for the film, she immediately gained fame and popular love.

Despite the fact that Motylya's masterpiece did not receive the State Prize immediately after the release of the screens, in the hearts of millions of people he remained forever.
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  1. YARY
    +20
    30 March 2012 07: 27
    And still the most radiant movie !!!
    1. Vanek
      +11
      30 March 2012 07: 44
      Who set Yarom minus?

      One advice - SEE THIS FILM AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.

      I agree with Yarim, the plot, dialogues, quotes. Today this is not removed.
      1. Sergh
        +14
        30 March 2012 07: 47
        A very good movie, watched from the very seventies.
        1. +10
          30 March 2012 08: 08
          one of the best westerns of the USSR ... It’s not for nothing that astronauts always watch it before a flight ... Tradition, or maybe it’s preserved ... who knows ....
          1. +5
            30 March 2012 09: 45
            We called it Eastern)))
            1. Paratov
              +9
              30 March 2012 18: 40
              While reading, I wanted to once again review the film!
    2. Uralm
      +7
      30 March 2012 10: 12
      Who wants to watch a documentary about how the movie was shot link:
      http://dokkino.ru/2414-tayny-sovetskogo-kino-beloe-solnce-pustyni.html
      1. 755962
        +8
        30 March 2012 14: 10
        Some dialogues are very suitable for everyday life ... The film is quite often from the "catchphrases" Film legend
        1. recitatorus
          +6
          30 March 2012 18: 08
          That's right, only Valentin Yezhov is a man, not a woman! Moreover - this is the most prolific screenwriter in our cinema! Take a look at the list of his works and you, to your surprise, will find out that a good half of your favorite films were shot according to his scripts!
  2. +10
    30 March 2012 08: 03
    a masterpiece at all times, I always watch when it’s on, the best film, all the roles went to the people the actors play at their best, the spirit of the film is always capturing and relevant
    1. +7
      30 March 2012 09: 24
      You can see by the profile picture Yes
      1. +8
        30 March 2012 10: 13
        Quote: RedDragoN
        You can see by the profile picture

        Sukhov is the ideal IMHO wink values ​​and loves the house, faithful to his work, unshakable in morality
        1. vylvyn
          0
          31 March 2012 02: 08
          Sukhov, is that you? This again I am Vereshchagin. Petruha is with you? laughing drinks (shovel)
          Your Honor, Madam Luck
          For whom you are kind, for whom - otherwise
          9 grams in a heart, don't wait
          Unlucky in death unlucky in love
          drinks
          Your Honor Madam Separation
          You and I are relatives for a long time, that's what a thing
          A letter in an envelope, wait, do not tear
          Unlucky in death unlucky in love
          drinks
          Your Honor Madame Outland
          Hot hug you but just did not love
          Don’t catch in affectionate networks
          Unlucky in death unlucky in love
          drinks
          Your Honor Madam Victory
          So my song is not completely sung
          Stop the devil swearing blood
          Unlucky in death unlucky in love
          drinks

          Well yo, where is Said? Sukhov, come on the bedrooms. laughing (shovel). To all plump and have a bite of watermelons and black caviar. Customs gives the go-ahead. laughing drinks
          Petruha, pour Said. bully drinks
    2. Uralm
      +7
      30 March 2012 10: 04
      I looked thirty times and I don’t know how many times in my life I’ll look.
      Abdullah:
      The dagger is good whoever has it, at the right time
      1. recitatorus
        +5
        30 March 2012 18: 10
        Why not remember, the more press censorship, the more masterpiece the result!
    3. vylvyn
      0
      31 March 2012 02: 06
      Sukhov, this is me Vereshchagin. Petruha is with you? laughing drinks (shovel)
  3. +5
    30 March 2012 08: 21
    Interestingly, Elena Gordeeva writes.
    This, for example, ". The roles of some of the robbers were actually played by local bandits."
    Who, where, how did they find these bandits, where are they in the credits?
    Then they were not given the title - say, a well-deserved bandit?

    And the film is the best since childhood.
    You look - and you can start again. Do not get tired.
    1. Uralm
      +6
      30 March 2012 10: 33
      Igarr
      To your question. Above gave a link to the dock. movie. There is about it too. look
      1. +3
        30 March 2012 19: 05
        Well, thank you...
        I didn’t know, really. I liked it no worse than the film itself.
        Ah yes Spartak Mishulin .. 12 hours sit in the sand ..
        Thank you.
  4. +9
    30 March 2012 08: 38
    I join you guys !!!
    Classic movie !!!
    No bond was lying around !!!
    Bloodworm and actors GOOD FELLOWS !!
  5. +7
    30 March 2012 09: 01
    A great film, immortal, like the Beatles :) I always watch with pleasure. Many thanks to all the people who participated in its creation!
  6. +14
    30 March 2012 09: 22
    "I do not take a bribe. I feel sorry for the state."

    That would be the Vereshchagins we would be in the government but I think ....

    And the movie is certainly cool. And the game of actors, and most importantly with a soul made.
    I am sure if this film tried to remake Hollywood with its special effects, everyone would be sick of the result. Inaccessible level.
    1. predator
      +9
      30 March 2012 10: 29
      "I do not take a bribe. I feel sorry for the state."

      Yes, these words, as they say for all peoples and for all times, only with this phrase Pavel Luspekaev immortalized himself for centuries.
  7. Tugarin snake
    +7
    30 March 2012 09: 34
    A wonderful film, almost all parsed into quotes, which gave rise to a lot of jokes.

    Sukhov and Petruha are shooting back from the gang. The cartridges run out, the machine gun jammed, well, in general the scribe has come. Abdullah with his abreks tied the Red Army and asked how they want to die (immediately or torment).
    Sukhov dreamily:
    - Oh, if I have a machine gun ...
    Suddenly a door with hinges and on the threshold of Vereshchagin (B) at the ready with a machine gun. All fell, arms raised, in short - scared.
    (B): - That's what guys! MACHINE I WILL NOT GIVE YOU!
  8. +5
    30 March 2012 10: 01
    There is such a concept as a cult film ... So this is a CULT film ... and that says it all ...
  9. +5
    30 March 2012 10: 29
    I remember: "How do you command to understand you, Said?" and more "And get up when the second lieutenant is talking to you!" lol
    Well, and also, besides this film, I liked "At home among strangers, a stranger among friends", perhaps it is even slightly stronger ... Well, this is purely IMHO. Both films are good ...
  10. +5
    30 March 2012 10: 39
    The astronauts always watch him before the flight.
  11. +10
    30 March 2012 11: 05
    More confirmation that our films are better!
    Here you can add more and many more.
    "Checking on the roads", "At home among strangers, a stranger among friends" "Only old men go to battle", "In war, as in war", "Chronicle of a dive bomber", "Officers" but you can't list everything.
    And in them they’re not fighting for asses but for their home and land.
  12. Nork
    +7
    30 March 2012 11: 15
    Modern directors are not capable of this, unfortunately.
  13. vylvyn
    +8
    30 March 2012 12: 48
    "If you see Dzhavdet - don't touch it. Djavdet is mine."
    "Customs gives the go-ahead"
    "Grenades on the wrong system"
    "I do not take a bribe. I feel sorry for the state."
    "Shoot"
    "Gulchatay!" and "Gulchatay, open your face"
  14. SenyaYa
    +3
    30 March 2012 12: 48
    The film is excellent, no doubt, the current I kept thinking kada it watched that the Red Army soldier wanders across the wilderness ??? What did he forget there? ..... And now you will see Mikhalkovsk "Citadel" and just don't want to live, the most shameful film in the world! Delirium of a crazy person, and this is the "elite" of the RUSSIAN cinema !!!
    1. +1
      30 March 2012 22: 11
      SenyaYa, I had to watch this movie more attentively-COMRADE SUKHOV was going home on a demobilization !!!!! wink
  15. George IV
    +6
    30 March 2012 12: 59
    Who cares if the movie has received awards or not.
    Since the time of Eisenstein and his most sensitive curator Joseph Vissarionovich, the main prize is popular recognition. And in this case, without any questions at all!
  16. Focuser
    +8
    30 March 2012 13: 03
    Cool movie! ..
    Pavel Borisovich Luspekaev in this film looks like my dad ..))
    and externally and somewhat reminiscent of behavior ..
    By the way, also his (father's) favorite film was ..
    When I read about the fact that it was worth Luspekaev’s participation in this picture, respect for him as an actor, the person multiplied by 2 ..
    I watched this movie more than a dozen times! ..)
    "White sun of the desert" forever !!!
  17. Gur
    +8
    30 March 2012 13: 26
    I agree that today many films are without a soul, and they do not glorify the life and work of ordinary people. Quite a few criminals, thieves and whore, the priorities have changed ... or we have changed them. And the lack of any thread of qualification, so generally gives rise to bad films. Of course there are exceptions, but there are too few of them. Mainly on a military theme, to raise patriotism. (Brest Fortress, Thunderstorm Gates, etc.) Recently I watched "Big Change" or rather revised it, sat and smiled like a dude, either from the fact that the film is bright, or from the naivety of the film in which people live and believe in bright, but in the yard, in our life we ​​have a gray reality.
  18. BAT
    +4
    30 March 2012 14: 29
    How many have not watched this film (and watched it many times), I still watch it with great pleasure. Although I know him by heart.
  19. +6
    30 March 2012 14: 42
    The legendary movie. Almost all parsed into quotes. Favorite movie of Russian astronauts. One of the best in Soviet cinema.
    A small addition to the article. Poems for the famous song from this film were written by B. Okudzhava, and the music for her was jointly written by Okudzhava and Schwartz.
  20. +5
    30 March 2012 14: 54
    The ingenious role of Vereshchagin, played solely due to the willpower of Luspekayev, became his feat
    .
    That's for sure.
    Wonderful movie for all time.
  21. German
    +6
    30 March 2012 15: 44
    But all the same, as it is said: I do not take a bribe-it’s insulting to HOLD! what else can I say? ..... It is a pity that such people are only in the movies .... And the actor ....
    1. +2
      30 March 2012 20: 03
      Quote: German
      It is a pity that such people are only in the movies ..

      Let me disagree with you, there were such people with a capital letter. I will cite Gleb Sergeyevich Vereshchagin as an example, glorious not by his feat of arms, but by his labor. In his cares during the war and post-war years, a chemical plant was built in the Kulunda steppe, and the city of Yarovoye grew on the shores of the lake of the same name. The state was a man! For contrast, his successor in the troubled 90s collapsed, bankrupted production and safely departed for the capital. What is noteworthy, Gleb Sergeevich had a portrait resemblance to the hero of Luspekaev!
  22. +6
    30 March 2012 16: 25
    the best action movie of all time!
  23. patriot2
    +4
    30 March 2012 17: 58
    And the article + and everyone who supported our folk film.
    Recognition by the people is always higher than any state award or state award. Only we are able to correctly understand the heroes of the film "White Sun of the Desert", for other peoples there are many mysteries. This is our folk film - therefore we love its heroes, each - our own, and everyone - each.
    Thank you! Yes
  24. +3
    30 March 2012 18: 37
    Good movie, recently watched.

  25. laurbalaur
    +4
    30 March 2012 19: 35
    First of all, the movie is just great! I put + + to all respondents, because IMHO, and secondly, the image of the protagonist - well, after all, a typical commando of the 20s, gentlemen, agree! This is true for all time!
  26. 101
    101
    +2
    30 March 2012 19: 36
    The film is mesmerizing How many times I watched but accidentally stumbled upon and watched again And I know by heart but don't come off until you watch
  27. +5
    30 March 2012 22: 02
    THERE IS SO NECESSARY TO REMOVE A MOVIE, AND STILL I HOPE THAT ANY HAND WILL NOT REMOVE ANY TIMOR TO TRANSFER THIS MASTERPIECE TO A NEW LADA BY THE TYPE OF NEW IRONIS, JENDEL'S OFFICIAL NOVELS good
  28. Comrade
    +3
    30 March 2012 22: 27
    The most beloved film since childhood! Filmed from the heart, for the soul, because how much it was not watched, but it looks like the first time. For me there are several such paintings with which I can put this incomparable film on a par:
    "Come and See", "Brest Fortress", "Solo Voyage" and the like. I can watch such films often, these are not "eggs of fate" and not "Christmas trees".
  29. 37dmds
    +1
    31 March 2012 23: 48
    I serve in NWTU. Portraits of Pavel Borisovich Luspekayev hang in many offices. The image, the customs officer created by him became a household name. The customs department takes care of his grave in the Northern Cemetery.

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